Norman Reedus Wraps Daryl Dixon Season 4: Is This the End of His Walking Dead Icon?
Blessed and beaming, the breakout star turns a quiet moment of gratitude into fuel for the next big move.
Norman Reedus just wrapped filming on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 4, and his goodbye note reads less like a wrap-day high and more like a curtain call. If you have a soft spot for the crossbow guy, brace yourself.
"Last filming day today for Daryl Dixon. It has been such a joy for me to play this guy with all of u for this long. I feel really blessed. Truly. Thank you all really from my heart."
Reedus posted that on November 20, 2025, and yeah, it sounds like he is closing the book. For clarity: AMC has not said whether this is the end of Daryl in the franchise as a whole. But the series itself? That was already confirmed to be ending with season 4 back in July.
Where Daryl Dixon left him
The first three seasons sent Daryl on an unlikely trek through Europe and reunited him with Melissa McBride's Carol. Season 3 planted them in Spain and finished on a cliffhanger, so season 4 still has business to finish before the lights go out.
How fast could season 4 hit?
The franchise chief, Scott Gimple, recently told GamesRadar+ that he is big on quick turnarounds and thinks TV has drifted away from the basics for no good reason. He pointed to the old Walking Dead cadence before COVID: shoot May/June through October/November and keep episodes rolling so audiences know when to expect them. Translation: if they followed that mindset here, the wait for season 4 should not be long.
The state of play
- Reedus finished filming Daryl Dixon season 4 on November 20, 2025.
- Season 4 is the final season of the Daryl Dixon series; whether Daryl shows up elsewhere later is unknown.
- Seasons 1–3 covered Daryl's Europe arc, his reunion with Carol, and a Spain-set cliffhanger.
- Gimple favors fast, pre-COVID-style schedules, so a similar release window next year would not be surprising.
- Elsewhere in the universe: The Walking Dead: Dead City is currently shooting season 3.
If this really is Daryl's last ride, maybe keep some tissues handy. Just saying.