Alouette
- Episode aired Sep 17, 2023
- TV-MA
- 1h
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
3.6K
YOUR RATING
Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.
Anne Charrier
- Marion Genet
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe mule's name is Asterix which is the name of a famous French comic book character.
- GoofsWhen Isabelle is smoking her cigarette, she is on the Bir-Hakeim bridge. She then walks 5.2 km (3.2 miles) to reach Saint Georges station, a 1h15 walk in Paris. Why such a long walk when she could have use any station located near the bridge to escape and eventually go back home.
- ConnectionsFeatures Mork & Mindy: The Mork Report (1982)
- SoundtracksBlue Monday
Written by Gillian Gilbert - Peter Hook - Stephen Morris - Bernard Sumner
Performed by New Order
Featured review
"Alouette" moves the story forward whilst giving us great character development and moments to treasure, spectacular cinematography and fantastic direction, a great episode
The second episode of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is written by Jason Richman and David Zabel, whilst Daniel Percival directed the episode, titled "Alouette". The episode continues where the previous episode left us, the world and groups have been introduced, now it's time to move the story forward and thus the mission has started to get Laurent to Northern France, this is an example of the badass and child duo which was made famous by Lone Wolf and Cub, The Hound and Arya but also Joel and Ellie. Before the title sequence is a flashback scene from when the outbreak started, a scene which had suspense and tension from start to finish. We learn Isabelle was a illicit drug user and thief, and how she escaped with her boyfriend Quinn and her pregnant sister Lily. It's a great way to start the episode because we get more insight on the characters, giving Clémence Poésy more time to shine with her performance, I wrote in my previous review I loved her strong performance and after watching episode 2, I find her even better in the role. Like Norman Reedus himself, I can't see anyone else playing the role of Isabelle. Norman Reedus gives us a terrific performance, even better than the previous episode if you ask me as this episode has him say more lines of dialogues and more scenes where he can act dramatically; joining him are; Clémence Poésy as Isabelle, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi as Laurent, Laïka Blanc-Francard as Sylvie, Anne Charrier as Genet, Romain Levi as Codron and finally Adam Nagaitis as Quinn. I still find it weird how Laurent, a twelve year old, is acting like a teenager. You could argue it's because of his intelligence but it's just strange, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi's performance is still quite
Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.
Great establishing shots, the production and art design were fantastic. The mise-en-scene was also quite great, they set up each shot so perfectly and I think the steadicam and the lens choice is perfect for the show. The cinematography is truly amazing. Everything around the filmmaking was great in my opinion, I really like the writing much better in this episode as everything has been introduced. David's writing is very cinematic, focusing on telling a story like a film in a way. The flashback scenes contribute to the show, the pacing is good and I would say it's nicely edited (like the rest of the episode). The set design, costume and makeup department, lightning, composition, and so on. Everything is brilliant. I found the direction to be quite great actually, mostly the visual storytelling. What's interesting about this episode is how Daryl Dixon and company come across this group on the road which reveals to be living in a pre-school which just made so much sense. Would children leave a preschool if their parents wouldn't come, no, because they feel safe there. It's a nice little subplot which develops the characters, leaving them time to get to know each other better and grow as individuals. The episode is full of these little moments which are just so perfect. They save the action sequence to last, which is not only there for entertainment, but character development too. It's a great sequence, I won't spoil it here but it gave me hope for this show because of how different it was to The Walking Dead. It felt more personal, the writing and direction made the action feel meaningful and impactful for the characters. We know Daryl Dixon is great at killing zombies, being a bad ass, but here we see something else other than that. I think it's how the action scene was written and directed.
I think this is a better written episode, overall a much better episode than the premiere as what I didn't like there is not found here. Maybe too much focus on the flashbacks, could have possibly trimmed it down a bit. Laurent is still a character I dislike but the writing is getting better though, with the preschool and the children/teenagers he met there, made him understand that he's not like everyone else, as to be honest I think he have never met another child in his life. With this stop on the road, I think Laurent could become more likeable in the upcoming episodes, I just hope the actor improves. This was a great episode!
Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.
Great establishing shots, the production and art design were fantastic. The mise-en-scene was also quite great, they set up each shot so perfectly and I think the steadicam and the lens choice is perfect for the show. The cinematography is truly amazing. Everything around the filmmaking was great in my opinion, I really like the writing much better in this episode as everything has been introduced. David's writing is very cinematic, focusing on telling a story like a film in a way. The flashback scenes contribute to the show, the pacing is good and I would say it's nicely edited (like the rest of the episode). The set design, costume and makeup department, lightning, composition, and so on. Everything is brilliant. I found the direction to be quite great actually, mostly the visual storytelling. What's interesting about this episode is how Daryl Dixon and company come across this group on the road which reveals to be living in a pre-school which just made so much sense. Would children leave a preschool if their parents wouldn't come, no, because they feel safe there. It's a nice little subplot which develops the characters, leaving them time to get to know each other better and grow as individuals. The episode is full of these little moments which are just so perfect. They save the action sequence to last, which is not only there for entertainment, but character development too. It's a great sequence, I won't spoil it here but it gave me hope for this show because of how different it was to The Walking Dead. It felt more personal, the writing and direction made the action feel meaningful and impactful for the characters. We know Daryl Dixon is great at killing zombies, being a bad ass, but here we see something else other than that. I think it's how the action scene was written and directed.
I think this is a better written episode, overall a much better episode than the premiere as what I didn't like there is not found here. Maybe too much focus on the flashbacks, could have possibly trimmed it down a bit. Laurent is still a character I dislike but the writing is getting better though, with the preschool and the children/teenagers he met there, made him understand that he's not like everyone else, as to be honest I think he have never met another child in his life. With this stop on the road, I think Laurent could become more likeable in the upcoming episodes, I just hope the actor improves. This was a great episode!
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