| This article is about the Daryl Series character. For other pages with the same name, see: Stephen |
| “ | ” |
Stéphane Codron is a main character and a former antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. He was a soldier for Power of the Living and the brother of Michel. He served as the secondary antagonist of Season 1.
Quick Answers
What role did Stéphane Codron play in the Power of the Living?
What led Stéphane Codron to become an antagonist in Season 1 of Daryl Dixon?
How did Stéphane Codron's relationship with his brother Michel influence his actions?
What is the significance of Stéphane Codron's ruthless nature in the series?
What events led to Stéphane Codron's transformation from antagonist to main character?
Overview[]
Stéphane shows himself to be pragmatic, hardened, and ruthless if need be, best exemplified by how he interrogated and killed Guillaume so that Maribelle can show him where his brother was attacked and killed. Despite his ruthless nature, he does care about those in his squad, especially his brother. Furthermore, he is shown to be merciful, but credulous, as he lets Maribelle go after believing her lie that Daryl killed his brother instead of her. While he intended to kidnap Laurent for Genet, Stéphane appears to be worried when Genet states her intention to eliminate the boy, suggesting that Stéphane isn't comfortable with the idea of harming children. When ordered to kill Laurent, Stéphane chooses instead to kill Capo and the other Guerriers with him instead and let Daryl go despite the personal cost, unwilling to cross the line of harming a child.
Due to years of training and survival, Stéphane has proven to be an extremely skilled combatant and showing himself to be tough and quick to free himself, especially against Daryl Dixon, who is a capable fighter in his own right. He shares similar traits to Daryl, both having lost their brothers and having to put them down as walkers.
Stéphane's imprisonment gives him time to reflect and regret his actions, later siding with Daryl's Group and the Montmartre Rooftop Community against his former allies. Stéphane explains to Laurent that when the boy told him that God loves him, Stéphane had felt for the first time like God to see what he would do, what choice he would make. Stéphane suffers with survivor's guilt, blaming himself for the loss of his parents, brother, and all of his men in the south -- everyone that Stéphane has tried to protect. Laurent reassures Stéphane that he has already forgiven the man for his actions, and expresses hope that Stéphane will be able to forgive himself someday. Stéphane dedicates himself to protecting Laurent, even allying himself with Daryl despite their previous animosity. Before parting ways as Daryl prepares to take Laurent to America, Daryl and Stéphane shake hands, albeit with a moment of hesitation on Stéphane's part, finally making peace with each other.
Stéphane is shown to have a sense of humor, cracking jokes while traveling with Daryl's Group and teasing Fallou about his obvious attraction to Akila.
Stéphane later describes killing Michel as killing a part of himself, something that Daryl is able to sympathize with from personal experience. After finally learning the truth about his brother's death from Daryl, Stéphane is horrified by what he did in the name of revenge against the wrong person. Due to hallucinating while in the Chunnel, Stéphane attacks Daryl again after seeing him stabbing a zombified Michel. Although Stéphane nearly kills his friend, he visibly hesitates when Daryl tries to snap him out of it before running off after a hallucination of his brother.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
France[]
Nothing is known about Stéphane's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he had a brother.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[]
At some point following the outbreak, Stéphane and his brother Michel became "Guerriers" and fought for a political movement known as Power of the Living.
Season 1[]
| Content |
|
On the road, Maribelle reads American idioms from Daryl's book to her grandfather with amusement. Stéphane drives up with Martin and Phillippe and asks after two men who went out on this road a few days before. Guillaume claims not to have seen them, but Stéphane hits the old man in the face with his spear and tells the two that there's a reward for information. Maribelle pleads that Guillaume is old and weak and wants to stay out of trouble, but Stéphane makes it clear that the other option is punishment for deceit, stomping on Guillaume's hand. Maribelle lies that a man had tried to rob them and two men like Stéphane had come to their aid, but Maribelle and her grandfather ran away without seeing what had happened with Guillaume adding that they were terrified. Stéphane asks where it happened, but Guillaume takes the chance to ask about the reward. Taking a spear, Stéphane stabs Guillaume to death and orders a shocked and horrified Maribelle to take them to where she had encountered his people, leaving Guillaume's body lying on the side of the road. At the farm, Maribelle claims that she and her grandfather were minding their own business when the man came begging for food. Philippe recognizes Henri, having gone to school with him, and Stéphane demands to know where Michel, who is his brother, is. Stéphane frantically calls for his brother and a zombified Michel emerges from a doorway, the spear still in his chest. Pulling his brother close by the spear, Stéphane stabs Michel in the head with the bayonet on his pistol, putting Michel down. Cradling his brother's body, Stéphane breaks down in tears. Stéphane demands to know who did it, and Maribelle tells him that it was an American while Martin finds tracks of blood and one of Isabelle's God loves you signs. Philippe recognizes it as something that Sister Isabelle at the abbey puts up all around. A vengeful Stéphane decides to pay the abbey a visit and tells Maribelle that her reward is their mercy. Stephane later arrives at The Abbey and asks Véronique about an American at large, but she tells him that they're in afternoon prayers. Stéphane makes it clear they're coming in one way or another and Véronique reluctantly orders two nuns to open the gate, but she instructs Isabelle and Sylvie to hide Laurent and be ready. As the Guerriers are led into the abbey, Isabelle hides Laurent in Père Jean's office, ordering him to stay there and to not come out, telling the boy that they will protect themselves from the Guerriers. Giving him the keys to lock the door behind her and a reminder not to come out, Isabelle leaves and Sylvie and the other nuns begin gathering weapons from the armory. Stéphane instructs Martin to keep watch while Richard and Philippe go left and the rest come with him. Inside, Stéphane has Jèrèmie come with him as his other two men spread out. Hearing Stéphane and Jèrèmie in the armory, Laurent belatedly locks the door which Stéphane hears. Stéphane prepares to shoot the lock off, but is distracted by shouting from Philippe. Stéphane, the other men, Isabelle and Véronique join Philippe who has discovered the zombified Père Jean. Véronique explains that they are keeping him because they have certain beliefs about the redemption of souls, even the wicked and the hungry ones. Stéphane orders Philippe to aim his bayonet at Père Jean, but the young man is reluctant as he recognizes the priest. Knowing that Isabelle was there when his men were killed, Stéphane demands that she start talking or the Guerriers will start doing what they do. When Isabelle refuses to answer, Stéphane orders Philippe to finish it. Véronique recognizes the young man as Philippe Poulin whose family worshipped at the abbey, and who was taught the catechism by the Mother Superior and had his confession taken by Père Jean and she pleads with him not to do it. After some hesitation and asking the priest to forgive him, Philippe stabs Père Jean in the right eye with his bayonet, putting him down. Drawn his curiosity and the ongoing commotion, a horrified Laurent runs up, exposing his existence to the Power of the Living. As Isabelle comforts Laurent, Stéphane demands to know who the boy is and where his parents are, and Isabelle explains that Laurent's parents died, and the nuns took him in. Stéphane orders Laurent taken with them to be made a Guerrier for Genet. After the shootout begins, Stéphane sends Richard, Jèrèmie, and another Guerrier after them and the sisters while the rest go with Stéphane after Daryl. In the courtyard, Sylvie and the eight other nuns confront the three men armed with a variety of weapons. In the battle that follows, Sylvie stabs Jèrèmie to death and attacks the other Guerrier, but most of the nuns are downed by the men's gunfire. Inside, Stéphane, Philippe, and another Guerrier split up to look for Daryl, but Daryl manages to ambush and kill the third man while Stéphane and Philippe are elsewhere. Outside, Isabelle grabs the axe from Martin's back to join the fight after having hidden Laurent away. Seeing the Guerrier fall, Stéphane and Philippe search the room for Daryl, splitting up again. Daryl ambushes Philippe, knocking the young man's rifle from his hands with a morning star and using him as a human shield when Stéphane shoots at him, causing Stéphane to accidentally kill his comrade. Daryl and Stéphane engage in a brief fight that ends with the Guerrier viscously kicking Daryl and retrieving his gun to shoot him. However, Isabelle knocks Stéphane's gun from his hand with the axe and he flees. Grabbing the gun, Daryl shoots at Stéphane, hitting him in the shoulder, and chasing Stéphane despite a mortally wounded Véronique's attempts to stop him. Daryl runs out of bullets before he catches up with Stéphane and can only watch him make an escape in one of the Power of the Living's jeeps.
A limping Stéphane walks through the abandoned abbey, stopping briefly to look at the corpses of his men who were just left lying in the courtyard. Stéphane finds an abandoned gun as well as Daryl's tape recorder and listens to the message that he had recorded on it. Looking through a journal, Stéphane finds a picture of a 2 month old Laurent as well as the wall map showing the group's route to Paris. Stéphane, having apparently recovered from the wounds that he had sustained fighting Daryl, arrives at the Power of the Living base at Maison Mère, pausing briefly to observe experiments being performed on one of the test subjects from the ship. Stéphane meets with Genet, 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 Genet. 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 Genet. Stéphane promises to find Daryl for her and to prove his usefulness to her here at Maison Mère. Stéphane swears to not stop, having promised his parents when they died to look after his brother, only to have Daryl make him a liar. Genet 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. Later that night, Stéphane arrives at Demimonde with two armed guerriers and Quinn reminds Stéphane of his arrangement with Genet that leaves the nightclub off limits to her people. Stéphane reveals that they are looking for an American named Daryl Dixon who has been there. Guerriers led by Stéphane burst in, demanding to know where the American is. Laurent escapes down some scaffolding while Stéphane spots Daryl and chases after him and Daryl orders Isabelle to get Laurent and meet him back at her apartment. Daryl reaches the edge of the roof and pauses after spotting a herd below before jumping across to the next building. As Daryl makes his way across the adjacent rooftop, Stéphane orders his men to track Daryl and follows Daryl across. Daryl ambushes Stéphane, knocking the man's feet out from under him with his morning star and then trying to stab him. The two men engage in a vicious fight that ends with Daryl strangling Stéphane from behind. However, before Daryl can kill the man, the guerriers open fire on him, forcing Daryl to grab his weapons and flee. Isabelle runs through the building, calling for Laurent. As Daryl hides, the roof beneath him suddenly gives way and Daryl falls into the building below. At the Montmartre Rooftop Community, Stéphane questions Sonia about Daryl and why he came from the south. Sonia states that Daryl came in 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. Daryl is led into the fighting pit during Genet's speech and untied. Seeing Daryl, Isabelle and Laurent exchange concerned looks. As the crowd chants Pouvoir at the end of Genet'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 while 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. With Daryl's group escaping from Maison Mere, Daryl works on a car. When Isabelle doesn't respond to his request for a big wrench, Daryl emerges from under the truck to find Stéphane holding it and he hits Daryl in the face with the wrench and throws him onto the ground next to the truck where Capo and three other Guerriers gather up Isabelle, Sylvie and Laurent. Daryl pleads with Stéphane to not do this, promising to go with him, but Capo tells Daryl that Genet has ordered for them all to die today, Laurent first. When Isabelle tries to resist, a Guerrier stabs her in the right shoulder and Capo hands Stéphane his gun, telling Stéphane to do it for his brother, letting the death of his friends be the last thing that Daryl sees. Daryl pleads with a visibly conflicted Stéphane to not go through with it as Stéphane takes aim at Laurent and Capo orders him to hurry up. Laurent tells Stéphane that God loves him, and Stéphane suddenly shoots Capo and the three Guerriers dead instead. Stéphane takes aim at Daryl as he, Sylvie and Laurent hover protectively over Isabelle, but lowers his gun after a moment, deciding to let Daryl go and get his revenge the next time. Taking Azlan's watch, Stéphane recognizes the location of the Nest as Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy and tells the group that it's not even a day north and burn the truck as it makes them too easy to track. 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 who comes 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. |
Season 2[]
| Content |
|
At Maison Mère, Stéphane is brutally tortured by Genet personally for the location of the Nest and information on Isabelle, Laurent and Daryl. Unnoticed by Genet, Azlan's watch sits amongst Stéphane's belongings nearby, depicting the Nest's location. Serving stew to the hungry people in a bunkroom, Carol tries to ask people if they know anything about an American named Dixon. Overhearing Carol, Stéphane, chained to a nearby pipe, says Daryl's full name and weakly reveals that he had Daryl and let him go. As a punishment, Genet had Stéphane's left pinky and ring fingers amputated. Carol asks if Stéphane knows where Daryl is now, but he's reluctant to tell her. Carol doesn't believe in coincidences and there was a reason that she found him and it's a sign. Stéphane is unconvinced, but Carol tells him that Daryl Dixon is her brother and her only surviving family. As Agathe tries to get Carol to leave as mealtime is over, Carol introduces herself and begs Stéphane to help her. Stéphane finally tells Carol that Daryl's at an island fortress on the Normandy coast and she must hurry because Daryl is a dead man if Genet finds him first. Carol discusses what she's learned with Rèmy who tells her that it can only be Mont-Saint-Michel which is just a few hours' drive away. Carol asks Rèmy to come with her, but he can't go without Julien. Carol hugs her friend goodbye, and they wish each other luck before she leaves. However, Rèmy subsequently betrays Carol and tells her where Stéphane revealed that the Nest is in exchange for the release of himself and his husband, enabling Genet to launch an attack on it. 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 Guerriers manning the machine gun opens fire, killing all but Carol who throws herself to the ground and plays dead behind Jean's body. An ATV drives up with Stéphane -- 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. Upon the main gate being blown up with a cannon, Carol drives into the Nest and races through gathered Nest guards, followed by the Ampers who quickly fall upon and devour the surprised guards with the Guerriers moving in behind the Ampers. Finally, at the top of a hill, Carol hits a guard and comes to a stop. Grabbing the guard's gun and hatchet, Carol shoots an approaching Amper and begins cutting Stéphane loose. A guard approaches, but is attacked from behind by another Amper. Carol finishes cutting Stéphane loose and shoots the Amper. "Go on, up the mountain. Tell Dixon I did it for the boy," orders Stéphane. He grabs the fallen guard's sword and rushes into a crowd of Ampers, attacking them with the sword and his dangling chains as Carol moves further into the Nest on foot. Carol later tells Daryl about her encounter with Stéphane and passes on his message, surprising Daryl. Someone bangs on the door at Fallou's Community, and everyone readies themselves, finding Stéphane Codron on the other side. Stéphane surrenders to the guards, recognizing Fallou who leads Stéphane into the main area. Furious at Stéphane's role in the attack on the community, Fallou demands to know why he came back and how they can know that Stéphane isn't there to kill everyone. Laurent intervenes, telling Fallou that Stéphane had saved his, Daryl, Isabelle, and Sylvie's lives out on the road. The Power of the Living Guerriers would've killed Daryl's group, but Stéphane stopped them and let everyone go. Stéphane announces that he has news from the Nest and that there was a siege which Fallou already knows as he was there. Stéphane reveals that Losang was caught by Genet and locked up, pleasing Sonia who says that that's what Losang deserves. Laurent asks if Isabelle and Daryl got out, but Stéphane doesn't know. Stéphane explains that he had met an American woman who was looking for Daryl, but they got separated in the struggle. Recalling Daryl's stories about his friends, Laurent asks if the woman's name was Carol. As Stéphane eats, Fallou asks what made the man come to them, and Stéphane admits that he had nowhere else to go. Sonia asks if he had a change of heart, and Stéphane explains that during his imprisonment at Maison Mère he had time to think about his brother Michel, his parents and his men in the south, all of whom are lost now. Everyone that Stéphane had wanted to protect is dead because of him. Laurent watches from nearby, sympathetic to Stéphane's story. Stéphane picks a strawberry which Laurent informs him are rich in Vitamin C and prevents scurvy. Stéphane admits that he didn't know that, and Laurent tells him that most people don't know that you can get scurvy on land. Stéphane enjoys the strawberry, and Laurent asks him if he's had bananas before, which Stéphane confirms he did many times before the world ended, describing them as sweet, although it's been so long that he can't remember for sure. Laurent asks why Stéphane wanted to kill Daryl, and Stéphane explains that Daryl had killed his brother whom he loved, so Stéphane was angry, and he wanted revenge. "Anger is a disease. It makes you do terrible things," Stéphane states. Stéphane reveals that Michel wasn't a bad person, he was just afraid, and Laurent tells him that fear also makes you do terrible things which Stéphane regrets not protecting his brother from. When Laurent told him on the road that God loves him, Stéphane believed him because God loves us all. When Laurent said that, for the first time Stéphane felt like God was watching him to see what he would do, what choice Stéphane would make, and Laurent reassures the man that he did the right thing. Knowing that he's hurt the boy a lot, Stéphane asks for his forgiveness, but Laurent has already forgiven him. He just hopes that one day, Stéphane will be able to forgive himself. Losang enters with a number of armed Union soldiers and Guerriers including Jacinta, Mathis, Gilbert, Dr. LaFleur, Valon, and Sabine. Nadine discreetly signals Stéphane to hide Laurent and the two climb higher up on the catwalk surrounding the community. Losang calls that they mean no harm and to not worry or to be alarmed by the Guerriers who are brothers and sisters united in their common cause. However, the Union's cause will be lost without the boy because Laurent is the chosen one and he needs to be protected. Sonia tells Losang that they sent Laurent to the Nest, but Jacinta states that Laurent was taken from them, lured away by the American. Sonia begins making preparations to have the community help search for Laurent, but Losang stops them, noticing Laurent's Rubik's Cube on a nearby table which Mathis retrieves for him. Losang sends his men to split up and search for the boy. Seeing Jacinta getting close to Laurent and Stéphane's hiding spot, Fallou emerges from hiding and takes one of the Guerriers hostage, drawing everyone's attention to him and giving Laurent and Stéphane the chance to move. Fallou rejects Losang addressing him as his brother, causing Losang to suggest that he's a fallen brother who is under the spell of apostate Dixon. Seeing Laurent and Stéphane move, Fallou releases his hostage and surrenders, proclaiming that Losang might speak the word, but Daryl lives it. Losang insists that Daryl is only faithful to himself, wanting to go back home to his own world. Losang asks what will become of their world if Daryl takes the boy, but Fallou counters that Daryl wants to save Laurent while Losang wants to make him a martyr. "Look. Look at how we have to hide from the hungry ones. On the rooftops. In the cellars. Our children, all they've known is fear. And what of their children? The living cower. The numbers dwindling, the dead flourishing, the natural order of things twisted and perverted beyond comprehension. Some people believe the world has ended, that God is also dead. That is why we must find him. The world must see that God is still here and the boy is proof," Losang passionately addresses the community. Fallou counters that if Losang needs proof, then he has already lost his faith and Sonia leads the community in applauding for Fallou, rejecting Losang's words and leadership. With Losang and his forces distracted, Laurent and Stéphane make their escape from the community. Daryl returns to the Demimonde where Anna leads him to Laurent and Stéphane. The two explain that they came to the club looking for Daryl after Losang came to the camp looking for Laurent. With Genet dead, Losang now has some of her people behind her in addition to his own people, so Stéphane brought him to the Demimonde. Daryl thanks Stéphane, promising that he owes him one, and asks about everyone else. Laurent confirms that Fallou and his community are safe with Stéphane adding that Losang is only interested in finding Laurent, not hurting innocent people. Daryl asks Anna for help again, and she jokes that people are gonna talk. Seeing Losang's people coming, one man helps Stéphane-- who was helping to get the fuel ready -- to escape. In the catacombs, Daryl, Laurent and Stéphane find each other and split up after hearing Losang coming. Finding this, Losang splits up, taking Gilbert and Valon while Dr. LaFleur and the others go with Jacinta. Daryl has Laurent hide, promising to come back for him and Losang walks right by the boy's hiding place without seeing him. Elsewhere, Stéphane ambushes and strangles Mathis before shooting the female Guerrier when she goes to investigate. Stéphane sneaks up on Dr. LaFleur, disarms him and shoots the mad scientist in the head with his own rifle, killing him. Jacinta attacks Stéphane with her sword, but Stéphane grabs and strangles her. Jacinta manages to stab Stéphane in the shoulder with a knife and break free, but he just grabs her and flings Jacinta into the wall before walking away. Back at At Fallou's community, Daryl shakes hands with Stéphane, the two men finally making peace with each other. Akila leads Fallou, Stéphane Codron and Nadine to an abandoned Mental Hospital that may have some supplies that they can find. Akila tends to their horses, telling Fallou that her horse is showing signs of getting dehydrated. Akila explains that she knows a lot about horses from her experiences with mules because her father was a farmer in Algeria before their family emigrated to France. Akila's two brothers are both dead and she has lost track of her sister Djamila. Fallou reveals that he had come on his own from Cameroon and when the hungry ones came, Fallou had no one to lose. Stéphane leads Fallou inside, leaving the women alone with the horses out of concern that it might be dangerous inside, teasing the other man about love at first sight. They find an old woman walker in a wheelchair and more walkers tied to beds in the infirmary, causing Stéphane to quip that French healthcare is the best in the world. Fallou goes to search down the hall as Stéphane searches the infirmary alone, taking a cross necklace from one of the walkers. Fallou calls for Stéphane who finds his friend held captive by two Power of the Living Guerriers in the hallway while a third one disarms Stéphane from behind. Sabine reveals herself, demanding to know where the plane is. Stéphane tries to get Sabine to let it go as the cause is dead, but Sabine reveals that the cause is not dead because Jacinta will see the prophecy fulfilled. Fallou states that Daryl's Group is gone by now, but Sabine states that they have been watching, and no plane has flown in the last 2 days. Although Fallou insists that they don't know where it is because Daryl and the others never said, Sabine suspects that Stéphane does know and threatens to kill Fallou if he doesn't talk. Suddenly, the two Guerriers holding Fallou captive are shot from behind with arrows by Akila, forcing Sabine to flee as Stéphane overpowers the third Guerrier and stabs him to death with the bayonet on the man's Flintlock Pistol. Taking a grenade from the dead man, Stéphane states that they must warn Daryl, and he actually does know where the plane is. At Ash's plane, Carol argues that it's the right thing for everyone and she's going to get him home even if it means that she has to stay behind because if anything happens to Daryl, Carol won't be able to live with herself. Joining the argument, Ash tells Carol that Daryl is right: Daryl has been in France longer and he knows how to survive while Carol knows the plane and she can help him. Having been convinced to help them to save Laurent, Ash states that this is about whatever can get the kid back to a safe place. The argument is interrupted by the arrival of Stéphane and Fallou with the warning that Jacinta's still alive and that she's coming for Laurent. Having run out of time, Daryl, Stéphane and Fallou push the sheet metal wall down for an immediate departure. Ash and Daryl bring the plane outside where Ash tests the engine. Taxing towards the makeshift runway, Ash is forced to stop because of a problem with air in the fuel line, this time accepting Daryl's help in repairs. Standing guard, Stéphane and Fallou notice a Guerrier on a motorcycle and warn the others of that they have incoming. Ash orders the others to give them some time to get down the runway and Daryl hugs Laurent, promising to see the boy again soon. Two Union soldiers open fire from the stands and, taking cover in a set of starting gates, Stéphane and Fallou each kill one. Daryl and Carol say a silent goodbye as she boards the plane, and Daryl orders them to go, joining Stéphane and Fallou. As the plane taxis to the end of the runway, the three men move the starting gates to serve as a barricade for them. Jacinta's vehicles drive onto the field and Stéphane throws a grenade at one, killing the driver and the gunner. Both sides take cover, with Stéphane's fire killing two more of the Guerriers. Reaching the end of the runway and seeing the gunfight, Carol asks Ash if they're good, which he confirms after looking at Laurent in the backseat holding his guitar. Later, Daryl's group and Akila drive through Paris for the last time in a truck and on a motorcycle, crossing a bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background and driving past the Arc de Triomphe which is still mostly intact, although partially reclaimed by nature. The group stops at an abandoned farm where Fallou tells the others that a couple that he met at the Demimonde will be there by sundown and they can head out in the morning. The couple can help them get to England where Daryl and Carol might be able to find a way across the Atlantic Ocean to America. Carol asks if they speak English, and Fallou tells her that they're from Scotland, causing Stéphane to quip that they don't then, making everyone laugh. Fallou and Akila work on the truck together, and Fallou tells her that England it's supposed to be better in England, but Akila went to London when she was little, and the food is terrible. Fallou invites Akila to go with them, but she likes Paris where something special survives and Akila still hopes to find her sister Djamila. Angus and Fiona enter and Fallou introduces them to the rest of the group. Stéphane shows the couple the food and wine that they have to get through the checkpoint which the couple confirms will be more than enough, Angus taking one of the bottles to celebrate. Stéphane offers Daryl his condolences about Isabelle's death and tells Daryl about his brother Michel, reminiscing about how he would tease his brother about his name. Stéphane sadly notes how hard it was to finish his zombified brother off, stating that in a way you're putting an end to a part of yourself, something that Daryl can sympathize with from personal experience. Stéphane asks what happened when Daryl killed Michel, and Daryl finally reveals that "I didn't kill him. That girl beat me to it. A skinny girl on the road. She was with some old guy who, uh... He tricked me into thinking he was blind." Stéphane is shocked by this revelation as Maribelle had told him that it was Daryl, but Daryl points out that Maribelle would never have told him the truth. Realizing that Daryl is telling the truth, Stéphane is left horrified by the things that he did in the name of revenge on the wrong person because of Maribelle's lies and Daryl guesses that the girl was a pretty good liar. The next day, the group drives to the Chunnel, a 50 kilometer underwater tunnel leading to England which took Angus and Fiona about 9 hours to walk on their way to France. Carol and Akila hug goodbye, and Akila promises that they'll be here thinking of them. After a moment, Fallou says his goodbyes to the group. Fallou knows that they'll make it, and he now has a reason to stay in France thanks to Akila. Stéphane and Fallou hug and Stéphane teases his friend that he'd warned him. Fallou hugs Daryl goodbye, calling them brothers-in-arms which Stéphane translates for Daryl whose French is now good enough to have guessed as much. Holding hands, Fallou and Akila watch as their friends leave with Daryl taking one last look back at them and at France before he enters the tunnel. Stéphane hallucinates it as the weapon that killed his brother and the walker as Michel. Finishing off the last of the walkers, Daryl spots his friend in trouble and takes the walker out with his morning star and stabs it in the head, appearing to Stéphane as if Daryl had just killed his brother again. Caught up in his hallucination, Stéphane furiously tackles Daryl to the ground and the two men fight. Stéphane manages to stab Daryl in the shoulder with his bayonet and Daryl tries to snap the other man out of it. After a moment's hesitation, Stéphane hallucinates his brother again and runs off down the tunnel after Michel, leaving him with an unknown status. |
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Stéphane has killed:
- Guillaume
- Michel Codron (Zombified)
- Jean (Caused, Zombified)
- Philippe Poulin (Accidental)
- Lucci (Caused)
- Dell (Caused)
- Köping (Caused)
- Véronique (Caused)
- Gate Guard (Caused or Direct)
- Guerrier Capo 1
- Mathis
- Dr. LaFleur
- 5 unnamed nuns (Caused, 4 Alive)
- 1 unnamed rooftop community member (Caused or Direct)
- 9 unnamed Power of the Living Guerriers
- Several unnamed Power of the Living selectees (Zombified)
- 1 unnamed Union of Hope soldier
- Several unnamed British soldiers (Zombified)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Stéphane's relationships, read here; Stéphane Codron (Daryl Series)/Relationships
Allies[]
|
Enemies[]
|
Appearances[]
Daryl Dixon[]
Season 1[]
- "L'âme Perdue"
- "Alouette" (No Lines)
- "Paris Sera Toujours Paris"
- "La Dame de Fer"
- "Deux Amours"
- "Coming Home"
Season 2[]
- "Moulin Rouge" (No Lines)
- "L'Invisible"
- "Le Paradis Pour Toi"
- "Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir"
- "Au Revoir Les Enfants"
Gallery[]
- For more images of Codron, please visit Stéphane Codron (Daryl Series)/Gallery.
Trivia[]
- Stéphane was described by Romain Levi as "There are things he won't do. For Codron, I know he's the bad guy, but I don't see him like that. This guy wants to take revenge for his brother's death. He really loved his brother, and he will never be the same after that, so he needs to find a way to get justice. That's all. But he will not do everything to get what he wants. In his way, he is aware of what's good and what's not good."
- Stéphane is the only antagonist in Season 1 to reform his antagonistic ways.
- Stéphane shares similar traits with Perlie Armstrong from Dead City. Both lost their brothers and both were antagonists who redeemed themselves at the end of Season 1. They both were after the protagonists but eventually let them go.
- As of "L'âme Perdue", Stéphane is the last surviving member of his family.