The Governor, Philip Blake, is killed during the mid‑season finale of The Walking Dead ’s fourth season, in episode 8, titled “Too Far Gone.”

How he dies

  • After leading an attack on the prison, the Governor has a brutal fistfight with Rick Grimes and nearly strangles him.
  • At the last moment, Michonne stabs the Governor through the chest with her katana, saving Rick but leaving him alive and bleeding.
  • Lilly Chambler , the woman he had been traveling with and protecting, then shoots him in the head , finally ending his life.

What happens to him afterward

  • In the show’s world, he is dead and does not return in the main series; his death effectively closes his arc as the primary antagonist of seasons 3 and the first half of season 4.
  • Some fan discussions and later TWD spin‑off lore have speculated about “could he be alive?” plots, but canonically his story ends with that prison‑battle shootout.

If you tell me which version you mean (TV show vs. comics), I can highlight the exact differences in his fate.