The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2, Episode 1, “La gentillesse des étrangers,” which premiered Sunday, Sept. 29 on AMC.

Losang was introduced in the Season 1 finale of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon as the official leader of the Union of Hope, a religious organization in France. Losang’s objectives with the group are well-meaning and, as far as anyone knows, there aren’t any dirty secrets that he’s holding close to his chest. But every man with power has a vulnerable button that, when pushed, sets off a darkness only the apocalypse can bring out. That’s exactly what happened to Lance Hornsby, The Walking Dead Season 11’s charismatic, but compulsive Deputy Governor of the Commonwealth who devolved into one of the show’s most fascinating antagonists.

As far as Walking Dead villains go, Lance has gone fairly unnoticed when looking back at its legacy. Among the likes of the Governor, Negan and Alpha, Josh Hamilton’s Lance was a much more subtle antagonist. He was quiet, but impulsive, and had a unique position as a subordinate to the second half of Season 11’s poster villain, Pamela Milton. But these qualities as a lower man climbing up the ladder are what made Lance a provocative character to watch unravel. While Losang already has the power that Lance strived for, his insignificance compared to Laurent and Daryl could secure him a fate similar to Lance’s.

Losang’s Disapproval of Daryl Breathes Familiarity

The Season 2 premiere, “La gentillesse des étrangers,” takes place some time after the Daryl Dixon Season 1 finale, but not so much that there’s a huge time jump. Daryl is more accustomed to life at the Nest, despite him second-guessing his decision to stay in the first place. Laurent and Isabelle are perfectly content with Daryl staying in France, as if he’s already a part of the family. The one person who’s still on the fence is Losang, who’s growing more suspicious of Daryl the longer he’s there.

It goes unsaid that Losang and Daryl aren’t two people cut from the same cloth. Losang prefers to stay on the defensive strategy, displayed by his reluctance to actively ambush Genet and the Guerriers to rescue Fallou, Emile and others. On the other hand, Daryl has always been on the offense to stay one step ahead of his enemies. Both strategies of confrontation are valuable in this world, and if there wasn’t obvious passive-aggressiveness between the two men, they could both learn from each other’s ways of solving conflict.

We’re a pacifist movement. We resist violence. — Losang

Unfortunately, Losang is dismissive of Daryl’s walker-killing lessons for Laurent, and Daryl’s equally dismissive of Losang’s practice of aikido, a Japanese martial art that promotes a defensive strategy. Losang and Daryl’s clashing of philosophies isn’t apples to apples to Lance and Daryl’s conflict, but it’s pretty close. Back in Season 11 of The Walking Dead, Lance more saw Daryl as a threat to the future of civilization.

No matter how much Daryl tried to adapt to the Commonwealth’s society for the sake of Judith and RJ Grimes, he was a hunter and gatherer. That’s who he was raised to be, and that’s who he will always be. Daryl’s influence on his own people threatened Lance’s ambitions to expand the Commonwealth. If he couldn’t get Daryl on board, then Lance wouldn’t have succeeded. To an extent, that also meant Daryl was an obstacle to Lance winning over Pamela’s affection, whom he always shared a sexual energy with that she was the manipulator of.

Losang and Lance Hornsby Hide Their Sins With Innocent Fronts

Where Losang and Lance’s paths could cross is mischievous truths behind their façades. Losang clearly has apprehensions about Daryl staying at the Nest. Losang disapproves of Daryl, but isn’t upfront about it. Instead, he assures Daryl that he can find a purpose in the Union of Hope, just not distracting Laurent with violence. Losang has the voice of a leader but the tone of an adversary. He might as well say, “You’re welcome here, but know your place, and we won’t have trouble.”

As Walking Dead fans know, tone and appearance don’t mean everything. When he first arrived in Alexandria, Lance was dressed to the nines and spoke with elation. His presence was a fever dream for the starving people who were struggling to rebuild the community. But to him, the place had “charm.” It was a work in progress, but it had potential. At least, that’s what he had to tell Pamela to persuade her to build the network of communities.

Overtime, as the Coalition hit the Commonwealth with small acts of rebellion, Lance became more unhinged. His obsession with Pamela’s approval made Lance a power-hungry wild card that turned a blind eye to Sebastian Milton’s bigoted exploitations of citizens and ordered the decimation of an entire community. When it was time to decide what to do about Oceanside when they refused to become a part of the network, he simply flipped a coin to decide their fate. Losang hasn’t degraded himself to this unbearable bar, but his power also hasn’t been threatened. When that time comes, and surely it will, Daryl Dixon will see just how much of a monster a person can become when triggered.

Losang’s Religious Goals Are No Different From Lance’s Political Ambitions

Lance was like many other people in the apocalypse: a person with dreams of rebuilding civilization. Even Rick Grimes had this same goal for the majority of his run in the franchise. The difference between Lance and Rick, however, is the execution of the plan — Lance made the easy choices that were barbaric. Rick’s choices made it harder to achieve his dreams, but they never corrupted him. Losang, by all means, is France’s Rick Grimes right now.

Losang’s determination to keep the Union of Hope a pacifist movement is admirable. But it can also be unrealistic for a man with such an ambitious goal to make Laurent a messiah of the world. An endgame on a grand scale proved to be too much for Lance to handle on his own, and he was compelled to resort to inhumane measures to achieve it. The Losangs and Lances of the world are too small to handle grandiose plans all by themselves, and the pressure bottles up until they explode. The Ricks of the world are practical, so they can manage without completely falling apart.

If something happens to me, certain alliances the Commonwealth has, certain stabilizing factors, are likely to become a problem. Whatever game you’re playing, Pamela, I’m very much in it! — Lance Hornsby

For that reason, maybe Losang will just become a Lance Hornsby. He’s secure in his ability to control Daryl and keep Genet off his radar, but what will happen when several little snags put a wrench in his plan? For Lance, his downfall was a culmination of tiny things boiling into one big mess: Maggie’s refusal to enter the Commonwealth, Leah’s failure to assassinate Maggie and Pamela forcing Lance to feed a zombified Sebastian one of Lance’s spies. He brought upon his own death by being oblivious enough to believe he could outsmart Daryl and Carol. The very same thing could happen to Losang if he continues to make Daryl his enemy, despite the archer being the one person he needs the most in a time of war.

New episodes of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon premiere every Sunday at 9 PM ET on AMC and AMC+.