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Welcome to The Watching Dad, the official unofficial podcast.

All of The Walking Dead, I'm Jim.

I'm Aaron.

And today we're talking season one, episode six,

titled Coming Home.

Aaron, this is season finale for the Daryl Dixon show.

Uh, soon to be the Daryl Dixon and Friends show.

Uh, we'll see.

Uh, what did you think of this episode?

I mean, it's, uh, it's a better than average episode of The Walking Dead.

Uh, I think this is a better than average season of The Walking Dead.

Um, it's actually so close to flirting with greatness.

Um, as I was watching this, uh, you know,

and I was reflecting on, like, we got to the scene at the end

where Daryl, Uno reverse storms Omaha Beach.

And I'm like, holy shit, I can't believe they're going for this

and I can't believe it's kind of sort of working, like,

thematically and where Daryl's been on his journey.

And, you know, Norman Reed is kind of selling his search

for his father's tombstone or grandfather's tombstone

and the emotional impact of that.

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