No Way Out

"No Way Out" is the ninth episode and mid-season premiere of the sixth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the seventy-sixth episode of the series overall. It premiered on February 14, 2016. It was written by Seth Hoffman and directed by Greg Nicotero.

Plot
With walkers inside the gates of Alexandria, Rick and the group are overwhelmed and outnumbered. Unfortunately, things are only getting worse.

Co-Stars

 * 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
 * Brighton Sharbino as Lizzie Samuels
 * Brody Rose as Nathan Webber

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Uncredited

 * Chloe & Sophia Garcia-Frizzi as Judith Grimes
 * Curtis Jackson as Bob Miller
 * Marvin Lee as Kyle
 * Brian Lancaster as Timmy
 * Brian Farmer as Savior
 * Matt Bolick as Savior
 * Joey Rodriguez as Savior
 * Josh D'Agostino as Savior
 * Brandon Gamble as Savior
 * Jennifer Davis Brennan as Alexandria Resident
 * Anne McBrayer Childress as Alexandria Resident
 * Sebastian Lobo as Alexandria Resident
 * Randy Gibson as Alexandria Resident
 * Qualen Bradley as Alexandria Resident
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Deaths

 * Timmy
 * Sam Anderson
 * Jessie Anderson
 * Ron Anderson
 * Owen (Alive and Zombified)
 * Ted (Off-Screen)
 * Maya (Off-Screen)
 * Pascal (Off-Screen)
 * Lucy (Off-Screen)
 * 7 unnamed Saviors including Lead Savior

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Jessie Anderson. (Alive)
 * Jessie is the second main character to be killed off in a mid-season premiere, the first being Tyreese in "What Happened and What's Going On".
 * This is the fourth time two main characters have been killed in two consecutive episodes.
 * With Jessie's death, none of the Anderson family members are alive, by following Sam and Ron.
 * Last appearance of Sam Anderson.
 * Last appearance of Ron Anderson.
 * Last appearance of Nathan Webber. (alive and zombified)
 * Last appearance of Owen.
 * With Owen's death, all known members of the Wolves are now dead.
 * Last appearance of Lead Savior.
 * Last appearance of Timmy.
 * The title of the episode, "No Way Out", comes from Tara mentioning "There's no way out of the house".
 * It is also referencing the nature of the episode, in the fact that many residents are trapped inside their homes with no way out, and the fact that Rick's group had tried to escape but were unsuccessful. In the end, the group takes on the walker herd and secures Alexandria. Referencing that that was the only solution, since there was no way out.
 * This is the fifth episode to share its name with a comic volume, the first being "Days Gone Bye" and the following being "Made to Suffer", "This Sorrowful Life", "Too Far Gone", "A New Beginning" and "What Comes After".
 * This episode and "Days Gone Bye" are the only episodes to be directly adapted from the respective comic volumes of the same name. The other three used the titles for episodes are not directly related to the source material from that volume.
 * This is the first mid season premiere episode to not have more views than mid season finale's.
 * This episode marks Alanna Masterson's 25th appearance on the show.
 * This episode marks the first time that a child character has been seen devoured alive in the TV Series.
 * Unlike Meghan, who was severely bitten and died from blood loss.
 * This is the first episode of Season 6 that Glenn, Abraham, Sasha, Ariel, and Daryl appear in Alexandria in the current timeline of the story. The scenes in which they all appeared in Alexandria during the premiere were all flashbacks, and technically took place before the Season 6 narrative.
 * This is the first episode since "First Time Again" that all of the credited actors appeared.
 * Katelyn Nacon (Enid), Elijah Marcano (Mikey), and Hailee Steinfeld (Hannah) are all upgraded from "Co-Star" to "Also Starring" in this episode.
 * When Rick carried an unconscious Carl throughout the herd, Andrew Lincoln was actually carrying a dummy of Chandler Riggs.
 * On a Reddit post, Chandler Riggs confirms that it was scripted & filmed for Carl to lose his eye jumping in front of Rick to protect him from Ron, but this was edited out later.[2]
 * The way Abraham and Sasha saved Glenn reflects the way that they saved him back in "Us".
 * Excluding walkers, there were two characters that became amputees in this episode
 * Jessie Anderson got her hand chopped off by Rick Grimes.
 * Carl Grimes got his right eye shot out by Ron Anderson.
 * This is the highest ranked The Walking Dead episode in IMDb (9.6), alongside "Too Far Gone".
 * When Rick is talking to unconscious Carl at the end of the episode, he says "there's gotta be more after". This is likely a reference to Jessie's words to him in the episode "Now", before the pair kissed.
 * To help eliminate the walkers, Daryl uses a tanker's oil to start a massive fire so that they get attracted and consumed by the flames. This is similar to the story Dwight told Daryl about how he burned the forest in "Always Accountable".
 * Furthermore, they both used one of A.A. Pattrick Fuel Co.'s tankers to execute the plan.

Comic Parallels

 * Daryl blowing up the group of Saviors with a rocket launcher is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 97, where Rick's group shoots them all instead.
 * Sam getting scared in the herd and being devoured is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 83, where Ron gets scared and devoured instead.
 * Jessie being devoured and having her hand cut off is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 83, where Jessie begs for Rick to help her instead.
 * Ron accidentally shooting Carl in the eye is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 83, where Douglas accidentally shots Carl instead.
 * Rick rushing to the infirmary and begging Denise to save Carl's life is adapted from Issue 84.
 * Rick fighting the herd alone, prompting everyone else to get out and help is adapted from Issue 84.
 * Eugene telling Rosita he will join the fight is adapted from a similar scene in Issue 84, where he tells this to a scared Gabriel instead.
 * Rick's speech to an unconscious Carl about wanting to show him the new world is adapted from Issue 84.