9 Problems With The Walking Dead Nobody Wants To Admit
5. Daryl Isn't The Most Interesting Character
People adore Daryl Dixon. It's not hard to see why: in a show which has frequently starred totally useless characters who spent more time bleating about their feelings than dealing with the fact that there were ravenous, brain-starved ghouls clamouring to chow down on then, Daryl was a refreshing exception to the norm. Stoic to the point of silent and handy with a crossbow, he was everything the rest of the cast wasn't. So, relatively, he's a pretty great character.
In isolation, though? Daryl just doesn't add up. He's a relatively one-dimensional member of the group, as proven by the few times he's struck out on his own and...well, it's been kind of boring. Remember when he decided to go find that doomed little girl in the second season, fell into a ravine and hallucinated his racist brother making fun of him? Yeah, that was a bit rubbish. His motivation is forever muddy, his personality never making it much past sensitive tough guy written on some whiteboard somewhere, and Norman Reedus mostly coasting by on the goodwill afforded to him by starring in The Boondock Saints and being particularly fortunate looking.