Announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has been renewed for a fourth season that will also mark the end of the line for the series. Following the reveal, the show’s stars, Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) and Melissa McBride (Carol Peletier) stopped by the IGN SDCC studio to discuss the series now heading towards its conclusion, with Season 3 first debuting this fall before they go into production on Season 4.
Asked about the decision to wrap up the show with Season 4, Reedus explained: “That was always sort of the plan.” After the first two seasons took place in France, Season 3 will move the action to Spain and Reedus revealed that’s where the show will remain through its conclusion, as he remarked that the story had gone “through France, through Spain, and it wraps up in Spain.” He then declared: “it wraps up in a satisfying way.”
While The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will be wrapping up after four years, viewers obviously have a much longer connection to Daryl and Carol, given the fan favorite characters were the only two to be a part of the original The Walking Dead series for its entire 11-season run prior to the spinoff. Reedus and McBride were mindful to avoid any specific spoilers about what’s to come, and when asked if they could elaborate on how fans might feel when the series concludes, Reedus reiterated, with a grin: “All the storylines wrap up in a way that will be satisfying to the viewers.”
He did stress that the last couple of episodes have yet to be written so he couldn’t actually speak to specifics, though it’s worth noting that Reedus and McBride, who are also both Executive Producers on the show, are likely well aware of what the overall plan is for the ending by now — but understandably, secrets must be kept!
The bond between Daryl and Carol became an integral one on The Walking Dead, making it a big deal when they were reunited in Season 2 of TWD: Daryl Dixon after a long separation. Asked how either of the characters might handle it if they were separated again, Reedus said he felt that at this point, even if they weren’t together physically, “There’s a bond there between them that they probably won’t ever lose each other.”
Both McBride and Reedus said they’ve seen their fair share of fan theories about where storylines might go but revealed they felt it was never a good idea to let that guide the actual storytelling. As Reedus put it: “Sometimes it’s better to do the opposite of what people expect so they’re surprised.”
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 premieres September 7, 2025, with Season 4 expected sometime in 2026.
