No Way Out (The Walking Dead)

"No Way Out"
The Walking Dead episode
Sasha and Abraham help Maggie off the platform after saving Glenn's life.
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 9
Directed by	Greg Nicotero
Written by	Seth Hoffman
Original air date	February 14, 2016 (2016-02-14)
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearances
Merritt Wever as Dr. Denise Cloyd Corey Hawkins as Heath Major Dodson as Sam Anderson Benedict Samuel as Owen Jason Douglas as Tobin Austin Abrams as Ron Anderson Katelyn Nacon as Enid Ann Mahoney as Olivia Christopher Berry as Bud Vanessa Cloke as Anna Ted Huckabee as Bruce Mandi Christine Kerr as Barbara Dahlia Legault as Francine Brody Rose as Young Boy David Marshall Silverman as Kent Jordan Woods-Robinson as Eric Raleigh
Episode chronology
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"No Way Out" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the sixth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on February 14, 2016. The episode was written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Greg Nicotero.

Continuing from the previous cliffhanger, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs), Michonne (Danai Gurira) and the Anderson family move through the herd while Denise Cloyd (Merritt Wever) deals with being Alpha Wolf's hostage. Meanwhile, Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), Sasha Williams (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) are forced to surrender their weapons to a threatening force of biker men, led by the unseen and enigmatic Negan. Most of the episode deals with the herd invasion in the Alexandria Safe-Zone. The episode adapts material from "Volume 14: No Way Out" from the comic book series of the same name. The injury of Carl Grimes and the deaths of the Andersons are major moments from the comic book adapted to screen.

This episode marks the final appearance of Alexandra Breckenridge as Jessie Anderson, as she is killed off along with her two sons, Ron (Austin Abrams) and Sam (Major Dodson). Their deaths were one of the many comic book moments adapted into this episode. The episode received critical acclaim and is generally considered to be one of the best of the series

While the episode serves as the mid-season premiere, it was the eighth filmed episode overall, succeeded by the Morgan Jones (Lennie James) flashback episode, "Here's Not Here", in production order.^[1]