We're coming up on three years since the airing of the final episode of The Walking Dead, and fans are still waiting on that epic reunion. We're talking about the one that would finally bring together all the iconic characters who have survived unimaginable horrors, faced heartbreak and loss, and become a part of our lives in ways few shows ever manage.
The surviving characters have been off doing their own things in the various spinoffs. Fear the Walking Dead wrapped up in November 2023, but we got to see OG character Morgan Jones return to the Walking Dead universe after departing the original series. Throughout the zombie show, we watched as Morgan navigated dangerous new landscapes while confronting both walkers and human threats.
The last time we saw Morgan in this spinoff, he was headed to Alexandria with his daughter to reunite with Rick and the others he left behind. Then, there's the current ongoing spinoff series, Dead City, which features fan-favorite characters Maggie and Negan traversing through New York City. Daryl Dixon is another ongoing spinoff that follows Daryl and Carol as they attempt to find their way back home to America while stranded in Europe.
And finally, there’s arguably the best Walking Dead spinoff ever, The Ones Who Live, which focuses on Rick and Michonne as they do everything in their power to reunite with each other. By the end of the six-episode series, the beloved couple does manage to find one another and even reunite with their kids, Judith and RJ, back in Alexandria.
But when will all of these characters finally come together in one place, giving fans the ultimate reunion they’ve been dreaming of for years? That's a burning question that has yet to be answered, but we just know it will happen one day. As we've begun to think about how a potential reunion could possibly play out, there's one thing that keeps coming to mind. It's something that could completely ruin the reunion if it happens.
A Walking Dead reunion does not need to happen in the Daryl Dixon season 4 finale
I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. As much as I love The Walking Dead universe, the long-awaited reunion of our favorite characters doesn’t need to happen in the Daryl Dixon season 4 finale, which also serves as the series finale. Why? Well, I feel like the reunion will be squeezed in at the end. To have waited for so long, only for the reunion to be rushed and underdeveloped would be a disservice to both the story and the fans.
We've seen this happen to other shows and spinoffs before, where a highly anticipated moment is rushed, leaving fans underwhelmed and the story feeling unearned. The Daryl Dixon season 4 finale will likely see Daryl and Carol's return to America, and we already know that Rick, Michonne, and Morgan are already there. Meanwhile, it would be nothing for Negan and Maggie to meet them since they're just in New York.
So, yeah, it would make sense for the Walking Dead reunion to happen in the Daryl Dixon season 4 finale, but I just don't think it should. The reunion is far too important, far too monumental, to be confined to a small part at the end of the Daryl Dixon series finale. It deserves its own spotlight.
I'm not even saying another 16 to 20-episode season of The Walking Dead is needed. But perhaps a one-off limited series or a feature-length episode could work. And the limited series could be six episodes like previous spinoffs. That would work perfectly in my opinion. But for now, we'll just have to wait and see if a reunion ever happens.
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