IWAS KIND OF PERPLEXED BY THE PREMISE OF THIS SPIN-OFF SERIES. I KNEW THE MOST BASIC ASPECTS OF IT GONG IN (DARYL DIXON SOMEHOW WINDS UP IN FRANCE), ANDIT STRUCK ME AS A PECULIAR CHOICE, EVEN THOUGH FRANCE HAS BEEN A PONT OF INTEREST GOING AS FAR BACK AS SEASON ONE OF THE MAIN SHOW. MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WAS CURIOUS AS TO HOW HE GETS THERE, AND WHY. FORTUNELY, THE SHOW NOT ONLY EXPLAINS THIS, BUT ALSO GIVES US SEVERAL NEW INTERESTING CHARACTERS AND CONFLICTS. IT DOESNT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW UP ON THOSE PREVIOUS STORY POINTS THAT WERE DROPPED IN THE WALKING DEAD' EPISODE TS-19, OR WORLD BEYOND'S POST-CREDIT FINALE SCENE, BUT THE SHOW AND CHARACTERS ARE SATISFYING ENOUGH ON THEIR OWN, AND PRESUMABLY THEYLL GET AROUND TO IT IN FUTURE EPISODES, AS THE FINALE SEEMED TO IMPLY THAT HE WASNT NECESSARILY LEAVING RIGHTAWAY. NEW CHARACTERS, MOST NOTABLY ISABELLE, ARE GIVEN DEPTH AND THE ACTORS ALL DO A GREAT JOB. HER NEPHEW, LAURENT, IS ONE OF THE BETTER YOUNG CHARACTERS INTRODUCED IN THE WALKING DEAD' AND ITS' SPIN-OFFS, WHICH HAS BEEN KIND OF AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE MORE RECENT TWD