One of the best things about The Walking Dead as a franchise is that the folks behind the scenes are willing to take a creative risk and play with genre. That extends to the TWDU‘s many spin-offs as well. At a press conference and panel held at New York Comic-Con 2025, Daryl Dixon‘s star/executive producer Norman Reedus and showrunner David Zabel talked about making the standout episode.
“People ask me ‘what do you wanna do on the show that you’ve never done,'” Reedus said during the panel. “And it’s always ‘I wanna do a Western.'” Season 2, Episode 5 “Limbo,” is basically a Spaghetti Western–a subgenre of cowboy movies made primarily in the 1960s by Italian directors (hence “spaghetti”) and shot in Spain, where The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 3 is set, in addition to Italy. Reedus said the episode was “a blast” to make and his favorite this season.
