Heads Up

"Heads Up" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the seventy-fourth episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 22, 2015. It was written by Channing Powell and directed by David Boyd.

Plot
Things in Alexandria are quiet, briefly.

Co-Stars

 * Jay Huguley as David
 * Mandi Christine Kerr as Barbara
 * Katelyn Nacon as Enid
 * Elijah Marcano as Mikey
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Hannah
 * David Marshall Silverman as Kent
 * Michael Traynor as Nicholas

Uncredited

 * Chloe & Sophia Garcia-Frizzi as Judith Grimes
 * Curtis Jackson as Bob Miller
 * Marvin Lee as Kyle
 * Anne McBrayer Childress as "Alexandria Resident"
 * AV Ford as "Alexandria Resident"
 * Randy Gibson as "Alexandria Resident"
 * Jennifer Davis Brennan as "Alexandria Resident"
 * Sebastian Lobo as "Alexandria Resident"

Deaths

 * David (Zombified)

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Nicholas. (Voice/Corpse)
 * Last appearance of David. (Zombified)
 * The title of the episode, "Heads Up", is a reference to one Enid telling Glenn "heads up" after tossing a water bottle down to him.
 * The title can also be interpreted as a reference to when everyone looked up, and witnessed the tower falling down.
 * After being removed from the "Starring" section in "Thank You", Steven Yeun is relisted in the opening titles.
 * This is the second time that a main cast member has been removed from the opening credits and re-added in the same season. The first being Hershel Greene.
 * Sasha Pieterse is also re-added to also starring section
 * This episode also marks the return of Enid and Mikey, who both last appeared in "JSS".
 * This is the first episode in Season 6 that does not feature a living character's death.
 * This is also the first episode in Season 6 that does not introduce a new character.

Comic Parallels

 * Rosita's machete lessons to the Alexandria residents and Eugene is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 86, where Andrea gives shooting lessons to the residents and Maggie instead.
 * Spencer's failed attempt to traverse over the walkers with a rope and his subsequent rescue is adapted from Issue 81.
 * The tower collapsing onto the wall is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 81, where the wall collapses due to the herd instead.