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| “ | Do you know what else I've seen? The City of Lights gone dark while the wealthy fled to their villas and their chateaux. Families huddled in terror under the Pont Neuf as barges took the powerful down the Seine for refuge. (...) And while the great works were safe... I saw my love -- my hope -- devoured by the monsters they made. Five feet from me. On the other side of the glass. Have you ever known that kind of loss?
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Marion Genet (née unknown) is a main character and an antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. She was, until her demise, the leader of Pouvoir, a growing nationalist movement in France. She served as the primary antagonist of Season 1 and one of the two primary antagonists of Season 2 (along with Losang).
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Overview
Before the outbreak, Marion was a kind-hearted and somewhat meek person, refusing to stand up for herself against her supervisor, whom she heard had a husband with cancer. She was also reluctant to take part in a national walk-out of janitorial staff because she didn't see the point, as it was unlikely to cause any changes. However, the death of her husband on Monument Day greatly changed her for the worse. As noted by Laurent Carrière, Marion still deeply loves her husband and remains heartbroken by his loss over a decade later.
Over a decade later, Genet is a cunning, ruthless, and deeply ambitious leader, driven by a vision of rebuilding France under her control. She exudes a cold and calculating demeanor, valuing power and order above all else. Genet is unapologetically pragmatic, willing to make harsh decisions and sacrifice others to achieve her goals. Beneath her stoic exterior lies a fierce determination born from personal loss and a belief that humanity's survival depends on her uncompromising methods. While authoritative and commanding, she is also charismatic, able to inspire loyalty among her followers, even as her morally questionable actions sow fear and division.
Pre-Apocalypse
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Before the outbreak, Marion worked as a janitor at the Louvre and was married to a man named Adrien. Her mother used to work as a waitress at a bar, and her father used to be a captain of a small boat that had a small crew.
Post-Apocalypse
Paris, Île-de-France
On Monument Day, Marion was working at the Louvre and wasn't allowed to leave as the building was locked down. A horrified Marion was forced to watch as her husband Adrien was devoured right in front of her by walkers on the other side of the Louvre's glass.
The Louvre itself was locked down for one week; afterwards, it was presumably lifted by the remaining security forces inside the building. Genet claimed that the police were there not to protect the people, but the art.
At some point following the outbreak, Marion became the leader of a political movement called Power of the Living, which has reclaimed the majority of the pre-pandemic national territories, leading Genet to proclaim the 6th French Republic. During her speech, she criticizes the so-called "pharmaceutical elites" and the "old state" that was alleged to have created the virus.
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At Le Havre, a ship's captain explains to Guerriers that they were in the Gulf of Cadiz when the prisoners escaped, and it was beyond their control. Marion joins them, asking the captain who is in control of his ship if not him. The man insists that a captain is only as good as his crew, and Marion recalls that her father fished these waters for days at a time in a small trawler, knowing only one thing: no matter how hard it got, the crew is only as good as their captain. The doctor reports that their research is largely destroyed, but some of the test subjects may still be of use to them as five chained up walkers are led onto the dock. Whoever did this made a real mess of things for them, and Genet is angered that after spending three years to get this ship seaworthy, things have been messed up because of one American. The captain states that they did manage to stop the mutiny, while the American went overboard and is presumed dead by him. Genet is obviously doubtful that the man is dead, and the captain reveals that the American responsible is Daryl Dixon. Calling it a start, Marion orders one of her men to find Daryl if he's not dead and leaves. At Maison Mère, Stéphane meets with Marion, introducing himself and revealing that he's from Marseille. Stéphane explains that a few years before, a traveler had come through the village and spoken of a movement in Paris that would make the world right again. The man gave Stéphane the tattoo and told him that he was now a warrior for Marion. Stéphane tells Genet that she can thank him later for getting her what she wants, the American, which she has already been told about. Stéphane plays Daryl's recorded message that he had recovered from the abbey for Marion. Stéphane promises to find Daryl for her and to prove his usefulness to her here at Maison Mère. Stéphane swears not to stop, having promised his parents when they died to look after his brother, only to have Daryl make him a liar. Marion officially hires Stéphane and leads him to the Doctor's lab to observe his progress after two other scientists injected the test subject with something. The Doctor starts a timer, and the group watches as the test subject - who is a cohort variant with pure black eyes - rips its chains out of the concrete walls that they are anchored to, charges the glass, and suddenly has blood explode out of its head and chest before collapsing. Once the walker stops growling, the Doctor reports to Genet that it took 18 seconds, and she orders the Doctor to continue his experiments. At the Montmartre Rooftop Community, Stéphane questions Sonia about Daryl and why he came from the south. Sonia states that Daryl came in the service of the Union of Hope to deliver the boy. Stéphane asks if she means the kid that the nuns had raised at the Abbey of Saint Bernadette, but Sonia tells him that Laurent isn't some kid, and he has a greater destiny. Genet approaches, commenting that it's true then, and he actually exists. Genet explains that she had heard about a special boy from Lourdes whose birth was deemed a miracle, which Sonia confirms. Genet had thought it to be only a rumor and a foolish tall tale that everyone in the Union had wanted to believe. "The fools are the ones who put their faith in you. Because Laurent will save us all. Even you," Sonia returns. Genet states that the weak, the submissive, the credulous, people like the Union of Hope, are what got the world into this mess in the first place. Noticing a baby that continuously cries, Genet takes it from the frightened mother. Stéphane asks if Laurent is dangerous to her, and Genet states that the boy gives the people false hope, and it's a disease that must be rooted out. Stéphane promises to find both of them, and he leaves as Genet soothes the baby with a surprising tenderness. At the Demimonde, Quinn meets with Genet and Stéphane in the main room, pouring Genet a drink which she comments disdainfully upon and asks if Quinn brought her here to show off his whiskey collection. Quinn reveals that he brought her to the nightclub to negotiate for the American instead. Genet offers Quinn a stash of weapons, 20 bushels of corn, and a case of calvados in trade. However, what Quinn wants is a Monet painting, The Japanese Footbridge, which Genet agrees to, calling Impressionism "degenerate art." Quinn lies that he doesn't have the boy, but he promises to keep looking. In the meantime, they will make this trade and then take it from there. Once Quinn is gone, Stéphane wonders if he will actually deliver, and Genet tells him that Quinn is a transactional man. However, that doesn't solve their other problem, namely that they can't let Laurent get out of Paris. Fallou later reveals that Genet is locking down the city, and soon, there will be no way out. In order to ensure that Daryl and Laurent escape on Azlan's boat, Isabelle returns to Quinn in order to get him to use his influence to allow them to slip past Genet's guards. Isabelle and Quinn arrive at Maison Mère, where numerous people are gathering for Marion's celebration. In the crowd, Isabelle notices Emile, Sylvie, and Fallou, who discreetly nod at her as Isabelle passes by her friends. Guerriers lead Quinn and Isabelle to Marion as a man is dragged into a cell and beaten to death by two other Guerriers. Quinn introduces Isabelle to Marion, who explains that the man was one of her Guerriers charged with securing the city, but he accepted a bribe to let out people that the Power of the Living had wanted to keep in. Marion leads them to a cell area where Anna and Stéphane are waiting, and Daryl is locked up, revealing that Anna had betrayed them to Marion. Quinn warns Anna that she's got no idea what she's done, but Anna just kisses him on the cheek and leaves without a word. Marion locks Quinn in with Daryl and leads Isabelle away as Daryl apologizes to her. In Marion's office, Laurent greets his aunt, and Marion explains that they've been getting to know each other, and she sees why people fall for a special child, born from a walker, life from death, comparing it to Mother Mary and a Phoenix from the ashes. Marion wants Laurent to make an appearance before her people, stating that he only has to smile. Some people think that the Union of Hope is against her, but they must show them the truth, that they are all one French people, which Marion has been trying to make clear to Laurent. Isabelle tries to convince her nephew to do what Marion wants, but Laurent refuses, as he knows that it's a lie. Marion tells Laurent that he's making her angry, which isn't a good idea, but Laurent states that Marion isn't angry; instead, her heart is broken. Upset, Marion tells Laurent that he'll do as she asks, as there's no other choice, before she storms out of the room. Guerriers take Daryl from his cell while Marion leads Laurent and Isabelle into the gallery of a fighting pit, telling the boy that there will be a few words and a show, but it won't last long, and then Laurent will come out and meet everyone. Marion makes a speech before the gathered crowd, who sing an anthem during part of it: "Welcome brave friends. Brave, because you have ventured out. From Saint Denis to the Rive Gauche, Montmartre to la Chapelle. Today we celebrate our rebirth and the rise of the 6th Republic. Today, and ever after we will be free, and strong, and unafraid! We have all felt lost at times, far from the life we knew. Deprived of the people we loved. In a hopeless world, it would have been so easy to give up. But we did not give up. In the name of all those we loved. In the name of all those we lost. As we must continue to do... Not for ourselves. But for the future. Years from now, you will tell your grandchildren that you were here. Now. The day we ushered in a new France! A France free of the tyranny of the elite, that welcomes in all friends. With hope for a future... Because, yes, the world is simple now, there are friends. And there are enemies. The enemies want to go back to the way things were, when the few controlled the many. They took everything, bringing pain and suffering down on those who could least bear it, profiting all the while. Finally, out of greed and hubris, they unleashed this plague on the world. They made up pay for being poor, vulnerable, meek. But remember what the Bible says about the meek. We're not meek anymore! The world is ours, now. So today, we will make our enemies pay! We have all felt the anguish. We have all suffered loss. Loss blinds us! Loss gives us power! They gave us this disease! But I want you to see today the power our future holds. Because their disease can also be our cure. Power to the living!" Daryl is led into the fighting pit during Marion's speech and untied. Seeing Daryl, Isabelle, and Laurent exchange concerned looks. As the crowd chants Pouvoir at the end of Marion's speech, a man tosses an axe at Daryl's feet, and a walker is led into the pit. A Guerrier shoots the walker in the neck with a dart, which causes the walker to mutate, developing black eyes and the veins of a burner. The crowd cheers, a horrified Isabelle tells Laurent not to look, and Stéphane yells at Daryl that he dies today for his brother. Daryl raises his axe as the walker breaks free of its restraints and charges at him. The walker test subject mutates into an "Amper" variant while Stéphane Codron yells at Daryl that he's going to die today for Stéphane's brother. Daryl dodges the Amper's first charge, sending it into the wall, and knocks its feet out from under it with his axe when it charges the second time, but the Amper gets back up both times. The third time it charges, Daryl impales it with his axe and traps it against a pillar, but he is forced to let go as the Amper's acidic blood burns his hands. Genet is pleased with these events, while Isabelle prays for Daryl as she holds Laurent. Laurent reassures his aunt that Daryl will win, having confidence in his friend's skills. The Amper is able to pull itself off the axe and charges Daryl again, who grabs a French flag while dodging the Amper's attacks. Using the flag as a makeshift spear, Daryl impales the Amper mid-charge, flips it to the ground, and finally finishes it off by planting the flagpole in the Amper variant's head. Genet is furious at Daryl's victory, while a pleased Laurent tells Isabelle that he was right that Daryl could do it. Dr. Lafleur reassures Genet that that's not the best that he has, just the first. Men enter and remove the corpse and the axe, placing the flag back where it belongs before a shackled Quinn is led in. The two men are shackled together at the wrist with a chain of a few feet between them, and a new axe and a weapon for Quinn are brought in. The two men initially believe that they are being pitted in a battle to the death against each other before the lights go out for a moment and, when they come back on, spotlights illuminate four chained walkers around the fighting pit and Laurent begins desperately praying for Daryl's safety. Genet orders Dr. Lafleur to give the Power of the Living crowd a show and, on his signal, all four walkers are darted with his mutation solution. However, while three successfully mutate into Amper variants, the head of the fourth explodes, just like one of the doctor's previous experiments. In the gallery, Fallou orders Sylvie and Emile to go around while Fallou stays in his current position, and Isabelle notices her friends moving through the crowd. Daryl orders Quinn to follow his lead as one of the Ampers breaks free, only for, much to the shock of everyone, another Amper to rush in and rip apart its head. Dr. Lafleur nervously reassures an increasingly angry Genet that there are still two left. The final Amper breaks free and charges, but Daryl and Quinn use their chain to clothesline it to the ground and do the exact same thing to the second Amper as it breaks away from the one that it had killed and attacks as well. Daryl chops off the leg of one of the Ampers, but their attempts to take out the other one are deflected by the metal headband that it's still wearing. Daryl's efforts to finish off the downed Amper are interrupted by Quinn's fight with the one that's still standing, and the chain that's connecting the two men and giving them a limited reach from each other. The Amper tackles Daryl to the ground, and he uses his chain in its mouth to hold it at bay as Quinn tries unsuccessfully to strike its brain with his weapon. The other Amper drags Quinn away, inadvertently pulling both Daryl and the Amper that he was fighting along by the chain. Knocking the Amper off of him, Quinn manages to bash its head in, which is unprotected, unlike the other Amper. As the surviving Amper attempts to kill Quinn, Daryl wraps the chain around its neck and, working together, the two men use the chain to decapitate it, winning the fight. Excited by the victory, the crowd turns from chanting "Pouvoir" to chanting "Dixon," cheering Daryl on. Furious, Genet reminds Dr. Lafleur that the whole point of the fight was to win these people over to their cause, and he admits that there's still some work to be done. Holding the zombified head up to the cheering crowd, Daryl tosses it at Genet, landing near the feet of her chair, although Genet quickly moves out of the way of any danger. As men enter the pit to remove the bodies, Genet orders Capo to get this over with. Capo signals one of his men to kill Daryl and Quinn, but Fallou shoots him in the head before the Guerrier can open fire. The crowd panics and flees while Genet, Isabelle, and Laurent are escorted out by the Guerriers. Seeing that the fleeing men in the pit had left the door open, Daryl and Quinn grab their weapons and make their escape. A furious Genet orders Capo to find out how many of the Union of Hope people there are, how they got in, and how they got weapons past the guards. Genet asserts her authority over Capo, warning the man that she's the one giving the orders while he's the one following them. If Capo can't, she'll give the orders to someone who can. After confirming that Daryl killed Stéphane's brother, Genet orders Capo to find and kill Daryl and to take Stéphane with him, as he's motivated to kill Daryl. "You want your revenge? Go get it," Genet orders him. Hiding from searching Guerriers, Daryl notices a wound in the back of Quinn's left shoulder, which Quinn insists is just a burn from the Amper, and he's fine and doesn't even feel it, but Daryl is unconvinced. Isabelle and Laurent are led back to the cells, where Isabelle tries to get answers about what's going to happen to them next, but Genet tells her that all that she knows for sure is that God is not coming for them. Laurent tries to escape, but is recaptured and forced back into the cell. Once they're locked up, Genet scoffs at the idea that Laurent is the Messiah and leaves. Isabelle demands to know what her nephew was thinking as he could've been killed, but Laurent explains that he was thinking about what Daryl would do. Laurent mournfully suggests that Genet is right, and God has abandoned them. Telling Laurent that now is when they need faith the most, Isabelle reveals that she had used her skills as a thief to pickpocket the cell key from a Guerrier while she was struggling with him to help Laurent. After checking that they are alone, Isabelle unlocks the cell, and she and Laurent escape. At Maison Mère, Stéphane claims to Genet that it was a lack of vigilance on Stéphane and his men's part that allowed Daryl's group to get away, that they were too confident, and the group came out of nowhere and outnumbered the Guerriers in an ambush. Genet gives Stéphane a cigarette that she's just hand-rolled and notes that Stéphane has returned completely unharmed. Stéphane claims that Laurent escaped, and he went after him, going back too late to help after he heard the gunshots. Stating that Stéphane did his best, Genet reveals that, before the world ended, she worked nights in a museum, night after night, just her and the art, thousands of eyes following Genet from room to room. It taught Genet how to tell which eyes tell the truth and which eyes lie. Genet realizes that Stéphane killed her men himself, and after taking a drag on his cigarette, Stéphane explains that they had told him to kill the boy, which is a line that he couldn't cross. Genet tells Stéphane that it means that he's not the man that she thought that he was, and the Union offers fairy tales. Every person who joins the Union makes her group weaker, which is why they must be snuffed out, because the Power of the Living is building the future, not for themselves but for those who come after them. They have to do the hard, unspeakable things so that those who come after them won't have to. Genet asks where the Nest is, but Stéphane just shrugs. The two Guerriers in the room with them knock Stéphane to the ground and disarm him. Genet warns Stéphane that it's only going to get more painful, and the Guerriers drag him away. |
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In a meeting, Losang reveals that they have received a troubling report from Paris. The Union of Hope camp there, which was being rebuilt, was raided by the Power of the Living and three of their people were captured. Jacinta lists them as Martin Fournier, Fallou Boukar and Emile Thibault, causing Sylvie distress due to her romantic relationship with Emile. Sylvie tells Losang that Emile is her friend, and Isabelle explains that Emile and Fallou had helped Daryl's group to get out of Paris. Jacinta realizes that Genet will use them in the hopes of locating the Nest, but Isabelle doesn't think that they know the Nest's precise location. Jacinta points out that they can't be certain, and Mathis tells Losang that he hopes to have a report from his scouts soon. Sylvie argues that they have to save their people, which Losang promises to do, but he advises patience. However, Daryl tells everyone that patience won't work because Genet will just kill their people if she can't get anything from them. Seeing how dour the mood is, Losang promises that they will do everything that they can with caution and dismisses the meeting, asking for Daryl to stay behind. Losang recognizes that Daryl thinks that it's a mistake not to send a team in right away, and Daryl points out that Genet's ruthless, meaning that if Losang waits, their people will die. However, Losang counters that if he acts impulsively, then they will all die, so he has to act prudently for the greater good. Sometimes that means resisting the urge to go on the offensive. Daryl argues that "sometimes you gotta be willing to throw the first punch," but Losang prefers to throw the last one instead. Losang later tells Daryl that Genet is transporting her prisoners from Maison Mère to another facility in a few days, and Mathis' team will intercept the transport. Daryl wants to go with them, but Losang tells him that the Union of Hope is a pacifist movement, and they resist violence when they can. Daryl states that he resists violence, too, when he can, and Losang shows Daryl his staff, which they use as training for Aikido. Losang isn't using it as a weapon; he's using it to prepare in case he might need a weapon when he wants to punch back. Losang agrees to let Daryl go, telling him to bring their people back safely. In a deserted town, Daryl, Mathis, and their team set up for the ambush. Mathis tells Daryl that the convoy will arrive shortly, and the first truck will trigger the explosion, which will be just big enough to blow out their front tires. Alodie and Winston will keep the first vehicle busy while Daryl and Mathis go to the transport truck, which is where their people will be. They will get in and get out as one. Genet's convoy passes through the town, but avoids hitting the trap. Although Mathis calls for them to abort, Daryl emerges and shoots Genet's driver, causing her jeep to crash. A Guerrier emerges from the transport truck and shoots one of the team members before being killed by the team's sniper. Daryl kills two more Guerrieres while Mathis shoots the two in the final vehicle. Daryl and the team help the rescued prisoners out of the transport truck, and Fallou thanks Daryl. Emerging from the wreckage of her vehicle, the injured Genet laughs as she recognizes Daryl, commenting that she should've known because "angels always send their most vicious demon to do the dirty work. And here you are." Daryl reloads and prepares to kill Genet, who simply stands there with her arms outstretched. However, the explosive suddenly detonates, distracting Daryl, and when he turns back, Genet is gone, having escaped. Sabine visits a cell where Genet is brutally torturing Stéphane Codron personally for information. Sabine reports that they got 19 volunteers in all, and she tries to convince Genet that Stéphane doesn't know anything. However, Genet simply tells Sabine that someone had taught her years ago to never give in. Sabine promises to prepare the Atelier, and she leaves. Genet tells Stéphane that Sabine is her right arm, a job that could've been his. Genet reveals that her mother was a waitress at a small cafe in Pigalle, and some bankers came in one night, half drunk and convinced themselves to buy the most expensive bottle worth 1,200 francs. Genet's mother was so nervous that she broke the cork, and she was given a choice by her boss to pay back the money or to be fired. Genet's mother taught her that the secret to a stuck cork is patience and not to pull too hard or too gently, but to tease it out instead. As a Guerrier drives a corkscrew through Stéphane's hand, Genet tells him that "the information I want is inside you. Eventually, it will leak out. The nun, the boy, the American... You'll tell me where they are." Unnoticed by Genet, Azlan's watch depicting the Nest's location lies open in plain sight amongst Stéphane's belongings on a nearby table. In a flashback, a docent shows the Mona Lisa to a crowd of tourists at the Louvre. Three American teenagers playing on their phones spill a soda, and Genet, working as a museum janitor, is sent by her supervisor to clean it up, much to her frustration. Sabine tells Genet not to let the older woman talk to her like that, but Genet is more sympathetic, having heard that the woman's husband has cancer. Sabine urges her friend to be at an upcoming meeting during their break. At the meeting, Sabine organizes the details of a walk-out of the janitorial staff on Saturday, but while she's prepared a pamphlet for the tourists to explain, Genet states that the tourists don't care, as they are only here to take a selfie with the Mona Lisa, not worry about French health care. Sabine reminds her friend that it's a national walk-out, but Genet doesn't see the point as "we'll be on the news and the government will keep on screwing us as usual." Annoyed, Sabine states that Genet's negativity isn't helpful, and she needs to be engaged. Everyone's phones go off with an alert, which someone suggests is probably another bomb threat, meaning that they'll be stuck at the Louvre for a while. That night, alarms go off throughout the museum as Genet is on the phone with her husband Adrien, attempting to understand what's going on as everyone is losing it. Adrien, making his way through a massive traffic jam on foot, is unable to get in the staff entrance to pick her up as the whole building is locked down. Everyone is being told to go home, lock the doors, and wait. Adrien reaches the main entrance, but the police are everywhere, preventing him from getting through, so Genet makes her way to the entrance to meet him outside. However, a National Guardsman forcefully prevents Genet from leaving, as no one is being allowed in or out. Outside of the Louvre pyramid, a herd of walkers move in on fleeing civilians: it's Monument Day, the beginning of the end of the world. Through the glass of the pyramid, Adrien reassures his wife that it's going to be okay and that he loves her, a sentiment that Genet returns. Two walkers grab Adrien and devour him as Genet can only watch on and scream in horror before sobbing over the loss of her husband. Still crying, Genet walks into the empty gallery and looks at the Mona Lisa. In the present, Carol looks at the Mona Lisa, now hanging in the dining room at Maison Mère. Genet asks what Carol sees in the painting's expression, and Carol tells her Mona Lisa looks sad with Genet calling her "a woman gazed on by millions, never actually seen." However, Genet sees a secret in her smile, something withheld. Genet notices that Carol is new, and she explains that she has just arrived, claiming to be from a little east of the city, having come to Paris as a tourist 13 years ago and gotten stuck. Genet reveals that it's the original painting from the Louvre, and that the French government had protected the art rather than the people when it all started. Genet smugly tells Carol that she knows that it's the original Mona Lisa because she's the one who stole it from the Louvre in the first place. At a nearby table, Jean complains about the lentil soup that's being served to everybody, purposefully shoving the tray to the ground. As Agathe goes to get a mop to clean up the mess, Genet intervenes, berating the Guerrier for wasting the food and ordering him to eat it off the floor. After a moment of hesitation, Jean complies, earning Genet the gratitude of Agathe. Genet formally introduces herself to Carol, welcoming her to Maison Mère and explaining that she has no tolerance for bullies. Sabine leads Carol to Genet's office, where Rèmy and Julien are sitting, Rèmy having betrayed Carol in exchange for the return of his husband. Genet states that information is a commodity, and Rèmy apologizes to Carol, as this was the only way that he could think of to save Julien, guessing that she would've done the same thing for Daryl. Genet tells the two men that Sabine will take them both back to Paris and drop them wherever they like, and they leave with Sabine. Left alone with Carol, Genet warns her against trying anything, as there are two Guerriers right outside, so Carol might as well sit down. Genet pours Carol some wine and explains to her that they keep a little vineyard behind the mill. Genet wants to know what Carol wants, threatening to assign her to the Atelier -- the place where the experiments are taking place -- instead. Carol asks about the experiments, and Genet explains that they're "creating a new subtype of hungry ones, more directable warriors. They will help bring peace back to the world." Carol quips that she's heard about the "war to end all wars" before, and Genet demands to know the truth about how she got here. Carol admits that she had landed two days ago from America after manipulating an innocent man into letting her fly in his plane under the false pretense of looking for her daughter. On the way, they had to stop in Greenland, where Ash was almost used as a sperm donor and Carol was nearly murdered by insane environmentalists. Highly amused by the story, Genet asks why she wants to find Daryl, and Carol claims that she had come to France to kill him. Genet sympathetically guesses that Daryl must've done something terrible to her, noting that they all need a raison d'etre. Carol states that Genet can't imagine what she's done to get this far, and Genet reassures her that she understands. "These pains we carry, we women need to let them go. Men seem to have no problem doing that. But we have to forgive ourselves. For all the losses," states Genet, and Carol agrees that they can try, although it clearly isn't that easy. The two women share a drink, and Genet tells Carol that Daryl has aligned himself with a group of religious zealots, surprising Carol as Daryl isn't really the aligning type. Genet thinks that Carol has helped them to find the Union's headquarters and hands Carol Azlan's watch depicting Mont-Saint-Michel. Genet will organize a convoy in the morning for an attack, and if Carol wants to kill Daryl herself, then Genet will take her to him. Accepting her offer, Carol returns the watch to Genet. Genet's convoy stops outside of the Louvre, now in ruins, partially reclaimed by nature, and overrun by a small herd. Looking at the ruined pyramid, Genet tells Carol that she used to work at the Louvre as a janitor. At first, she was on nights, almost alone, sweeping the floors of galleries full of religious paintings, and wondered why the greatest artists felt compelled to depict the same violent imagery over and over again. When the undead came, Genet and the others were locked in for a week, which was when the paintings began to make sense to her. "There was one in particular. Le Deluge. A desperate family hangs in peril over a raging flood. And I realized all these scenes of apocalypse, they want to make sense of the chaos and destruction that humanity brings upon itself. The fantasy that there's a higher power that can make things better. Prayers didn't help us. Not then and not now." Genet signals the convoy to start moving again, and Carol tells her that everyone needs hope. However, Genet feels that religion isn't about hope but control and keeping the masses in line. Carol admits that it can sometimes turn into that, and Genet tells her that the Union is deluded by an opiate of hope, and thinks that the masses, the small and unseen, are stupid, that their fairy tales can control the masses. Genet intends to show the Union that they're wrong. In a flashback, a despondent Genet looks at Le Deluge and wanders through the galleries as people sit on the floor, shell-shocked, with one well-dressed woman sobbing as a man comforts her. Genet stops and looks around at all of the survivors, huddled in the Louvre. The Power of the Living convoy drives out onto the tide lands near the Nest and stops at a close distance, but far enough away to avoid detection. Sabine is concerned that the plan is rushed, but Genet just instructs her to make sure that everyone is ready. Genet tells Carol that they're rallying the troops and to stay close, as this is history. Dozens of people gather, and Genet tells the selectees that they have been chosen for this mission as they are about to become her most devoted, most ferocious, and most devoted fighting unit. Genet salutes them and offers her deepest gratitude, as so many years of research, patience, and commitment have brought them to this day. Right here and now, they will be making the noblest sacrifice as they crush the Union's tyranny of false hope. In the name of liberty, equality, and fraternity, they will be remembered as heroes. Spotting Dr. LaFleur reading the Amper Serum and a dart gun, Carol confronts Genet, realizing that she is going to be turning the selectees into Ampers for the battle, which she confirms, stating that they're doing it for the greater good. "We've been training for months. We're ready. The question is, are you? I'm giving you what you asked for. You're gonna kill your friend." Two Guerriers grab Carol and place her into the crowd next to Jean as Genet and her forces prepare to begin their attack on the Nest. On the tidelands near the Nest, the Power of the Living prepares for battle, rolling two cannons past the lined-up selectees. Carol steps behind Jean for cover as a large machine gun is uncovered in the back of a truck. The crowd panics but is held at bay by Guerriers as Genet orders them all to be shot, but not in the head. The Guerriers manning the machine gun open fire, killing all but Carol, who throws herself to the ground and plays dead behind Jean's body. Dr. LaFleur and several others quickly move in and begin firing darts full of Amper Serum into everyone before they can reanimate. Although one hits Carol, she quickly manages to pull it out before she can be injected. An ATV drives up with Stéphane Codron -- a bandage covering his left eye -- chained to the back of it to be used as a lure for the Ampers. The selectees all reanimate as Ampers and move towards Stéphane, the closest living thing, before one notices Carol. Getting up, Carol quickly hijacks the ATV and drives towards the Nest with Stéphane, chased by the Ampers. Carol is forced to stop due to the gate to the Nest being sealed shut, but the Guerriers blow it open with a cannon. Carol drives into the Nest and races through gathered Union soldiers, followed by the Ampers who quickly fall upon and devour the surprised soldiers with the Guerriers moving in behind the Ampers. In the Nest, Losang fights a Guerrier with his staff, overpowering the man as Jacinta struggles with another Guerrier nearby. Before Losang can finish off his opponent, he is interrupted by Genet, who enters with Sabine and several other Guerriers. "Give up. The Nest is ours," orders Genet, and Losang reluctantly surrenders, ending the battle. Genet interrogates Losang, demanding to know where the boy is and if he's with the American. Losang tells Genet that she won the battle and to leave Laurent out of it; however, she intends to win the war. Losang rebukes Genet that their war should be with the dead, hopelessness, and despair, not with an innocent child. Genet states that she can see how Losang has lulled the sheep into submission with empathy and concern, and asks him if he thinks that all of this time, she's been relying on only the truth. Genet reveals that they had found Isabelle and that she's dead when Losang tells Genet that Isabelle won't tell them anything. Losang is shocked to learn that he had killed Isabelle, and Genet asks if she was hiding the boy and fearing what Losang would do to him. Losang states that Isabelle had nothing to fear, but admits that he fears for his people and the future. "When the boy escaped, I feared that God was protecting him from me. I doubted myself, even my faith. But I don't anymore. Because I realize now that God was protecting him from you." Genet derisively asks if the American works for God, but Losang states that everyone serves God whether or not they believe, even Genet. Genet states that if she finds the boy, it will prove that God is on her side, and orders Sabine and the Capo to scour the countryside for Laurent, as he couldn't have gotten far. Genet tells Losang not to worry so much about the future, as he doesn't have one, and departs, leaving Losang and Jacinta locked up in the Nest's jail. At Theo's Plantation, Daryl and Carol notice a Power of the Living convoy approaching the house, and Theo pulls a shotgun on them, shocking both them and Didi. "What'd they offer you," asks Daryl, realizing that the old man had sold them out to Genet. Theo insists to Didi that he did it for the two of them and that armies come and go, and you don't survive by picking the losing side. Disgusted and furious, Didi takes the gun from Theo and orders Daryl and Carol to come with her. Spotting several Guerriers and Genet herself, Didi directs Daryl and Carol on where to hide and gives them the shotgun. Genet, the Capo, and three of her men enter the kitchen, and Didi lies that Daryl and Carol had left that morning after breakfast with Theo, adding that they had done their best to assure the two, but Daryl and Carol were suspicious. Genet sits down to enjoy some of the truffle eggs, telling Theo and Didi that they're looking for some very dangerous people, and they are the enemy that Genet's people are at war with. Didi has heard of people like Genet from her father, who died young fighting with the maquis, people who came to their village during another war, people who were looking for children to put on trains -- the Nazis. Didi defiantly refuses to help the Guerriers despite Genet pointing out that the eggs are still warm even though Daryl and Carol had supposedly left hours ago. Genet knows that the two are still here somewhere, and she orders the Capo to turn Theo and Didi into Ampers to search for the pair. Spotting Guerriers moving to search the barn, Daryl gives Carol the shotgun and instructs her to cover him while he gets the car. Daryl attempts to retrieve his weapons from the car, but he is forced to hide, grabbing a tire iron from the garage instead. Seeing that Theo and Didi are in trouble, Carol fires through a window, killing the two Guerriers, one of whom fires his gun wildly as he falls, and causing Genet, the Capo, and the other Guerrier to flee from the kitchen. As the two Guerriers outside move towards the house, Daryl drops the tire iron in favor of a hammer, the noise drawing the Guerriers towards him. Entering the kitchen, Carol shoots a Guerrier that enters through the opposite door and makes her way upstairs, where she exchanges fire with one of Genet's men, before being caught by one from the other direction and cornered at gunpoint by Genet, the Capo, and the Guerrier. Genet tells Carol that she sees judgment in Carol's eyes, but Carol tells her that she's confused how someone like Genet could turn into such a monster. "Do you know what else I've seen? The City of Lights gone dark while the wealthy fled to their villas and their chateaux. Families huddled in terror under the Pont Neuf as barges took the powerful down the Seine for refuge. And while the great works were safe... I saw my love -- my hope -- devoured by the monsters they made. Five feet from me. On the other side of the glass. Have you ever known that kind of loss?" Genet signals the Capo to kill Carol, but Daryl, having killed the Guerriers outside, enters and shoots the Capo from behind and then kills the last remaining Guerrier, leaving Genet cornered by Daryl and Carol. As Genet divides her attention between the two, Carol grabs the Capo's dart gun and shoots Genet in the back with the Amper Serum, which Genet is unable to remove despite her frantic efforts. Genet's veins and eyes turn black, and her head swells up before blood bursts out of it as she horrifically dies. Subsequently, Sabine, Dr. LaFleur, and several Guerriers join forces with the Union of Hope to find Laurent, realizing that neither Genet's nor Losang's way alone is working. Genet's death while searching for the boy only solidifies Losang's belief that God is on the Union's side. |
Death
- Killed By
- Daryl Dixon (Caused)
- Carol Peletier
After being cornered by Daryl and Carol, Marion is shot in the back by Carol with an Amper Serum dart, which she is unable to remove. Marion's veins and eyes turn black, her head swells, and blood bursts from it as she dies from the effects of the serum being used on a living person.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Marion has killed:
- Quinn (Caused, Alive)
- Jean (Caused, Alive)
- Didi (Caused)
- 1 unnamed Guerrier (Caused)
- Many unnamed Power of the Living test subjects (Caused, Alive)
- 33 unnamed Power of the Living selectees (Caused, Alive)
- Many unnamed Union of Hope soldiers and Nest residents (Caused)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Relationships
Allies
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Enemies
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Quotes
The following is a list of some of Marion's most memorable quotes.
Season 1"Welcome brave friends. Brave, because you have ventured out. From Saint Denis to the Rive Gauche, Montmartre to la Chapelle. Today we celebrate our rebirth and the rise of the Sixth Republic. Today, and ever after we will be free, and strong, and unafraid! We have all felt lost at times, far from the life we knew. Deprived of the people we loved. In a hopeless world, it would have been so easy to give up. But we did not give up. In the name of all those we loved. In the name of all those we lost. As we must continue to do... Not for ourselves. But for the future. Years from now, you will tell your grandchildren that you were here. Now. The day we ushered in a new France! A France free of the tyranny of the elite, that welcomes in all friends. With hope for a future... Because, yes, the world is simple now, there are friends. And there are enemies. The enemies want to go back to the way things were, when the few controlled the many. They took everything, bringing pain and suffering down on those who could least bear it, profiting all the while. Finally, out of greed and hubris, they unleashed this plague on the world. They made us pay for being poor, vulnerable, meek. But remember what the Bible says about the meek. We're not meek anymore! The world is ours, now. So today, we will make our enemies pay! We have all felt the anguish. We have all suffered loss. Loss blinds us! Loss gives us power! They gave us this disease! But I want you to see today the power our future holds. Because their disease can also be our cure. Power to the living!" "The American? Find the man and kill him." |
Appearances
Gallery
- For more images of Genet, please visit Marion Genet (Daryl Series)/Gallery.
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Trivia
- As revealed in the Episode Insider for "L'Invisible", the reason Genet holds the baby in "La Dame de Fer" is because she was thinking of the family she never got to have with her husband due to the apocalypse and him dying during its onset.
- Marion is the second main character to be killed by another main character, the first being Isabelle Carriere and the third being Losang.