Start to Finish

"Start to Finish"
The Walking Dead episode
Deanna faces the herd before letting out one last defiant scream.
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 8
Directed by	Michael E. Satrazemis
Written by	Matthew Negrete
Featured music	"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" by Nick Lucas
Original air date	November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29)
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Merritt Wever as Dr. Denise Cloyd Corey Hawkins as Heath Benedict Samuel as Wolves Leader Jason Douglas as Tobin Austin Abrams as Ron Anderson Major Dodson as Sam Anderson Christopher Berry as Bud Mandi Christine Kerr as Barbara Katelyn Nacon as Enid David Marshall Silverman as Kent
Episode chronology
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"Start to Finish" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the sixth season and 75th episode overall of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on November 29, 2015. The episode was written by Matthew Negrete and directed by Michael E. Satrazemis.

The survivors flee from the walkers that have invaded the Alexandria Safe-Zone.

The church tower smashes three panels of the wall, and everyone scrambles for whatever shelter they can find as hundreds of walkers pour inside Alexandria. Eugene (Josh McDermitt) finds a walkie-talkie on the ground and yells "Help!" into it, before being rescued by Tara (Alanna Masterson) and Rosita (Christian Serratos). Maggie (Lauren Cohan) is forced up the ladder to a lookout post and lies back on the platform, trapped but out of sight from the walkers.

The home of Jessie (Alexandra Breckenridge) hosts a group of Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Carl (Chandler Riggs), Judith, Michonne (Danai Gurira), Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam), Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh), and her own sons Ron (Austin Abrams) and Sam (Major Dodson). They discover Deanna was bitten while saving Rick. Later, Carl checks on a distressed Ron who blames Rick for what's happening and lashes out at Carl, breaking a garage window and drawing the attention of walkers. Rick breaks down the interior garage door to get the boys out as the walkers enter; Carl covers for Ron but confiscates Ron's handgun.