The Ones Who Stay Leaving Netflix In August

Certainly one of The Strolling Lifeless‘s highest-rated spinoffs is formally leaving Netflix US in August. Since The Strolling Lifeless‘s flagship present got here to an finish after an 11-season run in 2022, its zombie-infested world has been saved alive in a number of sequels and spinoff exhibits.

These embrace The Strolling Lifeless: Lifeless Metropolis, which follows Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) unlikely partnership, The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon, which follows Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and later Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) as they trek throughout Europe, and The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Stay, which lastly reunited Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) with Michonne (Danai Gurira) and their youngsters.

The latter, which is presently the highest-rated Strolling Lifeless spinoff on Rotten Tomatoes with an 88% critic rating – for context, The Strolling Lifeless has a 79% score, Lifeless Metropolis has a 71% score, and Daryl Dixon has a 69% score – will probably be leaving Netflix US on August 19. Which means the final day subscribers can watch The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Stay on Netflix is August 18.

What This Means For The Strolling Lifeless On Netflix

The Ones Who Stay is presently the one certainly one of Netflix’s obtainable Strolling Lifeless exhibits slated to go away the streaming service. Because of a brand new 2025 cope with AMC, all 11 seasons of The Strolling Lifeless can be found to stream and can stay on the service till 2027. All eight seasons of The Strolling Lifeless’s prequel collection, Concern the Strolling Lifeless, are additionally nonetheless obtainable to look at.

Of the more moderen spinoffs, Netflix subscribers can even benefit from the first seasons of Lifeless Metropolis and Daryl Dixon. We might count on season 2 for each exhibits to reach on the streaming service quickly, as we inch nearer to the discharge of their respective third seasons. Daryl Dixon will return to AMC and AMC+ for season 3 on September 7 and has been renewed for a fourth and last season.

The Ones Who Stay is the one Strolling Lifeless spinoff that was deliberate as a restricted, six-episode collection. Its final episode premiered on March 31, 2024. Licensed exhibits usually depart Netflix after a set time has handed following their last episodes. CW exhibits like Riverdale, Jane the Virgin, and the Arrowverse collection have all left or are set to go away Netflix 5 years after their last season premiered, as an example.

Our Take On The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Stay’s Attainable Return

Strolling Lifeless mastermind and Chief Content material Officer Scott M. Gimple hasn’t solely dominated out the potential for revisiting Rick, Michonne, and their household. It is unlikely to occur in a second season of The Ones Who Stay, nevertheless. Throughout an interview with The Direct, Gimple defined that The Ones Who Stay was all the time meant to be a restricted collection, however that followers would not “essentially by no means see these characters once more.”

Star Andrew Lincoln has likewise teased his curiosity in returning to the world of The Strolling Lifeless. Throughout an interview with Leisure Weekly, Lincoln mentioned:

“By no means say by no means. There are different crucial characters within the universe which are nonetheless wandering round and alive, that I feel it may be fairly thrilling to have them breathe the identical air and see how lengthy they survive collectively. Nevertheless it’s a tough one. It must be like this, a very thrilling story.”

Some followers have speculated that Daryl may be reunited with Rick (and Michonne) within the collection finale of The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon, although Norman Reedus was fast to close these theories down at this yr’s San Diego Comedian-Con. The star defined that he would not need the present to go there simply because the web thinks it ought to, and that the story wants to stay stunning.

The Strolling Lifeless universe continues to be going robust. Even when Rick and Michonne are leaving Netflix, even when they do not present up in Daryl Dixon‘s last season, there’s an opportunity we’ll see them once more sometime. It could definitely be cathartic to see The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Stay‘s main characters reunited with their family and friends someplace down the road.

The Strolling Lifeless: The Ones Who Stay leaves Netflix on August 19.