But it wasnt with the man many may have assumed (and hoped) it would be.
Sorry, Caryl-shippers, but it was Tobin that shared a tender moment and kiss with the abused-wife-turned-post-apocalyptic-badass.
We spoke to Melissa McBride to get her take on the episode and what it all means.
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MELISSA McBRIDE:Yeah, it was a little different.
You almost think its a commercial for Hamburger Helper or something when you first see it.
Whats her reason for keeping everyone quiet about it?
She realizes his heart is kind, and also theres a part of her that is struggling.
He doesnt want to have to do this, she understands him, she understands it.
What do you think is going on with her in keeping a list like this?
But at the same time, these are human beings.
Guilt and grief, its all catching up with her.
What the what?!?
Where did this come from?
You call that a make-out session?
Close enough for me!
Probably leading to a heavier make-out session if not something more.
Where did this whole thing come from?
But why Tobin for her?
What does she see in him?
And he does remind her that shes doing it to keep the family safe.
She says, She shouldnt be out here alone, shouldnt be out there in the first place.
Why is Carol so vehement about that?
Because she wants Maggie just to be the expectant mother.
She still carries the grief of the loss of Sophia, of the children.
She doesnt want Maggie to put herself in danger.
This is all coming full circle to Sophia.
I think everything always does, you know?
Carol has yet to grieve the loss of her child.
She has yet to grieve the loss of Mika and Lizzie.
Or, who are we killing?
We have to kill.
I think its all just stacking up in her heart and her mind.
How does the smoking play into that?
Whats up with all the smoking in this episode?
I think that too is a manifestation of her guilt.
Then she put up these walls and she became very hard, and cold-blooded.
Well, yeah, and thats precisely whats happening.
She says to Maggie, Youre supposed to be someone else.
She wants some understanding.
