Carol is often Lori's shoulder to cry on, as well as the one person to whom she can vent about her various frustrations.Īfter leaving their first campsite, they meet Tyreese, whom Carol grows to like. She and Lori quickly become best friends, the two of them often conversing about the current happenings around them. While in the camp, she usually assists the other mothers in domestic duties such as washing clothes and looking after the children. Carol is in the process of moving herself and Sophia to her sister's in Atlanta when they meet and eventually join Shane's settlement of survivors on the outskirts of the city. During the initial stages of the outbreak, her husband commits suicide after losing his parents to walkers, leaving Carol and their daughter Sophia to fend for themselves. She endured a rather unsatisfactory marriage, and it is implied that she only married (and continued to stay with) her husband because of her frequent need for attention and comfort.
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Appearances Comic book series Early storylines (2003–2004) Ĭarol is described in the comics as being a housewife who occasionally helps pay the family's bills by selling Tupperware out of catalogues to friends and neighbors. However, McBride exited the project prior to filming. In September 2020, it was announced that McBride and Norman Reedus (Daryl) would headline their own spin-off series, scheduled to premiere in 2023. McBride's performance as Carol has received critical acclaim from television commentators, and some critics have referred to Carol as the series' best character. Carol and Daryl are the only characters that have been in the series since the first season. She is also the series' longest-living female character, and the only female character to have appeared in every season. As of the third season's finale, Carol is one of the last original survivors, along with Rick and Daryl. McBride became second-billed as of the final three episodes of the tenth season. Initially a recurring cast member, McBride was upgraded to a series regular at the onset of the second season, and the character's role predominantly increased since the fourth season. She eventually marries Ezekiel and adopts a young Kingdom resident named Henry. She begins to feel the guilt of those she has killed and becomes suicidal, until saved by Morgan and brought to the Kingdom led by King Ezekiel. After arriving at the Alexandria Safe-Zone, Carol becomes one of its key defenders and attempts a relationship with a resident named Tobin, but quickly realizes Tobin is only a bandaid on her pain. The trio meet up with Tyreese and Carol saves the rest of Rick's group from the cannibals at Terminus. After the prison falls, she becomes the adoptive mother to Lizzie and Mika Samuels. Following the deaths of her husband and daughter, Carol forms a close bond with camp survivor Daryl Dixon.
In the television series, Carol evacuates her home with her abusive husband Ed and her daughter Sophia in hopes of a safe haven in Atlanta, where they join a camp of survivors. In addition, Carol and Tyreese have a brief romantic relationship in the comics before they break up and Carol commits suicide. The abuse she suffered from her husband was explicitly shown in the television series, whereas it was hinted at in the comics. In the television show, she is shown to be a stern, pragmatic and compassionate individual who has been gradually building inner strength, becoming much more capable and emotionally stable than her comic book counterpart. Throughout her arc, she grows increasingly unstable, to the extent of self-destruction, and ultimately commits suicide.
In the comic series, Carol is a 25-year-old housewife who exhibits a neurotic, self-centered, and naive demeanor. The direction of her character is contrasted between the two mediums. Gimple, having made many difficult decisions in order to survive. Her arc in the television series was described as a "hero's journey" by executive producer Scott M. Carol is introduced in the third issue of the comic's first volume, "Days Gone Bye", and the third episode of the first season of the television series, as a meek housewife and mother of Sophia at the survival camp in Atlanta, Georgia. Lizzie and Mika Samuels (adopted daughters)Ĭarol (full name in the television series: Carol Peletier) ( / ˈ p ɛ l t i eɪ/) is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead, and the television series of the same name, where she is portrayed by Melissa McBride.
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