One ofThe Walking Dead’s highest-rated spinoffs is officially leaving Netflix US in August. SinceThe Walking Dead’s flagship show came to an end after an 11-season run in 2022, its zombie-infested world has been kept alive in multiple sequels and spinoff shows.
These includeThe Walking Dead: Dead City, which follows Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) unlikely partnership,The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which follows Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and later Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) as they trek across Europe, andThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which finallyreunited Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln)with Michonne (Danai Gurira) and their kids.
The Ones Who Liveis currently the only one of Netflix’s availableWalking Deadshows slated to leave the streaming service. Thanks to a new 2025 deal with AMC, all 11 seasons ofThe Walking Deadare available to stream and will remain on the service until 2027. All eight seasons ofThe Walking Dead’s prequel series,Fear the Walking Dead, are also still available to watch.
The Ones Who Liveis the onlyWalking Deadspinoff that was planned as a limited, six-episode series. Its last episode premiered on June 08, 2025. Licensed shows often leave Netflix after a set time has passed following their final episodes. CW shows likeRiverdale,Jane the Virgin, and the Arrowverse series have all left or are set to leave Netflix five years after their final season premiered, for instance.
Walking Deadmastermind and Chief Content Officer Scott M. Gimple hasn’t entirely ruled out the possibility of revisiting Rick, Michonne, and their family. It’s unlikely to happen in asecond season ofThe Ones Who Live, however. During an interview withThe Direct, Gimple explained thatThe Ones Who Livewas always meant to be a limited series, but that fans wouldn’t"necessarily never see those characters again."
Star Andrew Lincoln has likewise teased his interest in returning to the world ofThe Walking Dead. During an interview withEntertainment Weekly,Lincoln said:
“Never say never. There are other very important characters in the universe that are still wandering around and alive, that I think it might be quite exciting to have them breathe the same air and see how long they survive together. But it’s a difficult one. It would have to be like this, a really exciting story.”
Some fans have speculated thatDaryl might be reunited with Rick (and Michonne)in the series finale ofThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, though Norman Reedus was quick to shut those theories down at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The star explained that he wouldn’t want the show to go there just because the internet thinks it should, and that the story needs to remain surprising.
The Walking Deaduniverse is still going strong. Even if Rick and Michonne are leaving Netflix, even if they don’t show up inDaryl Dixon’s final season, there’s a chance we’ll see them again someday. It would certainly be cathartic to seeThe Walking Dead:The Ones Who Live’s leading characters reunited with their friends and family somewhere down the line.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Liveleaves Netflix on August 19.
