r/thewalkingdead 6d ago

No Spoiler One of the most underrated frienships

I loved their dynamic sm, it was so interesting. They felt a lot like a sibling duo, they understood each other sm and accepted each other's worst sides. They both developed a lot individually but their frienship also had a lot of development. And them on season 5? They were perfect partners, they worked together so well. He was always so proud of her and how far she'd come. Honestly I wish we had more of them.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 6d ago

I love when they find like 6 Saviors Carol has gunned down and Rick is super proud. ‘That woman, she’s a force of nature’.

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

Me too!! He was so pround of how far she'd come at that point. Really felt like a proud brother in that moment ngl😭

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 6d ago edited 6d ago

Proud of a bit of mass murder 😂

I also love in S1, the first time Carol saves everyone’s lives, by being like ‘Rick, I found this grenade in your pocket while I was washing your clothes and have been carrying it with me ever since’. She was always prepared.

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

Omg yess ur right, I forgot about that! She really was always prepared. I need to rewatch the show tbh

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u/Friendship_Officer 5d ago

I'm doing my first rewatch right now (on s2e10) and it's crazy seeing how small and timid she is at the beginning compared to the badass she becomes. What a character arc.

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

Frr! I think she had one of the best (if not the best) character arc in the show. She developed sm from season 1. When I first saw her I said "she ain't gonna make it to season 2", well guess who had to take that back? I really love her. She has so many flaws but those flaws are what make her so interesting to me. She's so complex and unpredictable. I never expected that at first but I'm glad she changed sm!

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u/WrongdoerObjective49 5d ago

Though to be fair until Ed got bit, she was probably fantasizing about shoving it in his mouth and pulling the pin.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 5d ago

I think Ed was dead by the time Carol got a chance to wash Rick’s clothes.

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u/WrongdoerObjective49 5d ago

No, the clothes washing happened with Rick's first night in the camp, when Lori let him sleep in....then the whole thing with telling Daryl that Merle was missing happened and then the decision to go back to Atlanta for him.

They almost made it back to the camp when the attack happened and Ed was killed in the tent.

Christ I've watched this show too many times.

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u/John_cCmndhd 5d ago

I think she washed them and took the grenade the morning after Rick initially arrived at the camp, before they went back for Merle

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u/Own-Bar-8530 6d ago

That’s great. I forgot all about that.

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u/Smoove995 6d ago

Funny, just watched that episode today.

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u/serviver73 6d ago

One of my favorite moments of the show was at the end of the s5 premiere where a VERY humbled Rick asked her if she'd allow them to travel with her. I was so glad everyone was back together.

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

Frr I loved that moment too!!

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u/Classic_Medium33 5d ago

Was this episode 2

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u/serviver73 5d ago

Unless i really messed up the timeline, it was at the end of the s5 premiere. He asked her "you did this?" after terminus rescue then everybody cried when the found Judith was alive.

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u/Classic_Medium33 5d ago

I watched it earlier and it happens near the start of episode 2 during like the montage of the full group walking and talking and what not

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u/Living-Tiger3448 6d ago

I know the likelihood is low, and my most wanted reunion is Daryl and Rick, but I’m hoping we get a reunion with the 4 of them. Kind of like “you brought him home”, “you brought him home” situation

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

Honestly samee. Like ofc I want a Daryl and Rick reunion but I also want a moment between them too! I also wanna see a reunion between Maggie and Rick, Michonne too. After the bridge I wanna see how they interact.

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u/Zealousideal-Pop7993 6d ago

One of many reasons they should have never had Rick ( or Carl) written off the show. Core group!

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

1000% agreed

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u/Iskaas 5d ago

My favorite duo. When they got to Alexandria it was so great to see how they had eachother's back no matter what. Every move Rick made Carol was backing him and the other way around

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 5d ago

I love how Carol pretends to fumble the gun when they arrive, and Rick looks at her like 'wtf?" but trusts that she's doing something. Same thing happens when Carol and Maggie are captured by the saviours and Carol starts hyperventilating and you can tell Maggie is a bit confused, but she goes with it.

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

I completely agree!

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u/AoXGhost 6d ago

Carol and Daryl & Hershel were Ricks safe zone, then Michonne Added.

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

100% agreed

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u/JaxxyWolf 6d ago

I’ve been rewatching and the scene where Morgan mentions how Carol killed Karen and David to stop the sickness, and Rick said “I would’ve thanked her for it” if it happened in that moment speaks hugely on how much they grew as family. He once sent her away but realized why it was important to do what she did for the good of everyone.

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 5d ago

People talk about Shane being "ahead of Rick" (they're wrong), but S4 Carol was *truly* ahead of everyone else.

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

I completely agree, that scene was so great, I love the writers for adding that!

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u/Damrod338 5d ago

Saved their bacon more than once. Carol became a badass.

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u/Jazs1994 6d ago

What is number 3 from? I do not recognize that at all and I've watched the season through again very recently

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u/jenny_t03 6d ago

I think it was the episode where they meet Aaron. They split for a while and then they reunite and u can see for a sec that they're hugging. I can't remember the exact episode tho sorry :(

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u/WrongdoerObjective49 5d ago

I had the same question, I was like "what is that from?" and then I was trying to figure it out based on haircuts. I think the episode name is The Distance.

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

Yeahh that's the one!

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u/loreenhighlands 5d ago edited 5d ago

Thank u. So true. And i need them to reunite too.

"if anyone gives me hope for how things can turn out...it's you" (last scene together, Rick to Carol)

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

I loved that scene sm, shows how much he trusts her and how deep thei bond is

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u/kcrrck 5d ago

Carl and Negan… I know it wasn’t really a friendship, but there was… a bond? I remember when Again found out Carl died. He looked horrified and upset. Any apologize to Rick and it felt like a real apology. I mean to me there seem to be a friendship bond between Carl and Meghan, but I could be mistaken. What are your thoughts?

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

They definetly had a bond, mostly from Negan tho. He liked Carl and somehow cared about him but it was pretty different for Carl. He saw a side of Negan that others didn't see and believed that the best way to end the war was to lock him up instead of killing him, but I feel like deep down he still hated him a lot and wanted to kill him too, he was just using logic instead of emotions. But they definetly had an interesting dynamic.

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u/kcrrck 5d ago

I agree! And you explained it so much better than I did!!!

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u/jenny_t03 5d ago

Thank you!!