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I appreciated the clarification in this episode, for Carol her life is her own, until it isn't. It's a biological imperative.
But also... They'd give her an atom bomb.
So biologically speaking they must "infect" Carol. But logically speaking they're ok risking not being able to "infect" Carol.
A live grenade isn't a threat. A bazooka isn't a threat. A tank isn't a threat. An atom bomb isn't a threat.
But "they" can feel threatened, because they previously accelerated their infection plan.
So I can only guess that they know Carol wouldn't actually do anything that dangerous... But they either genuinely didn't understand the sarcasm when she first asked (sarcastically) for a grenade or they're toying with her in some way. But that in theory would make Carol feel bad so they wouldn't do that.
They previously said that they couldn't protect those outside of the hive mind from others also not in the hive mind. So if Carol directly threatened one of the non-hive mind people, would they stop it? Would they provide the tools?
I know we're only four days in but Carol has asked far too few question.
She has done nothing but bitch and complain, I mean I get it, but also if this happened to literally anyone I think they would have at least a few weeks of joyriding, she went straight to grief.
Edit: I suppose I should note that she didn't seem super happy before that happened either so maybe that's it.
She just lost her spouse in a traumatic way in front of her own eyes. Imagine you lost yours and the same day you get a free trip to a luxury resort. Would you be happy and actively go around trying out all the amenities?
Also you are right that she seems to have always been grumpy and not as adventurous as her spouse.
Well she did just lose the love of her life, and clearly the one keeping Carol from the deep end. So I could understand her not suddenly taking advantage of this situation.
I mean different people handle those situations differently, and I guess it would be a little cliche to show all the things a person would do if they were the only one left in the world, you could probably make a whole show of that alone.
I mean it's been shown she's always been a miserable person even before the event, so her acting this way makes sense. She is literally the most miserable/drunk person on the planet right now.
I suppose that's true and I thought about that a bit more for my edit, she seems like a real Karen.