Speaking of the zombie herd, that particular chunk of mayhem leads causes some survivors to feel that they might be safer outside of Alexandria, and during a terribly-planned escape attempt, the zombies milling around town take a few victims.
One of them is Douglas – the male counterpart for Alexandria leader Deanna –who wildly shoots his gun around and accidentally puts a bullet through Carl’s face, putting him in a temporary coma.
I’m the jerk around these parts who always wants bad things to happen to Carl, but this part of the storyline could definitely help his TV character develop, beyond sating my fiction-based sadism.
This particular tragedy, on top of the other ones, would once again throw Rick into the pits of despair, which we’ve seen several times over the course of the TV series.
But it could also put Carl in the middle of a character arc where he actually has a purpose, and his injuries could help inform his independence-fueled personality as the show goes on.
And unless some kind of amazing new story sprouts between him and Enid, Carl’s story needs some meat…hanging from his face.