Either you need to be like Carol and take no chances or have the martial arts of Morgan to pull that off. Carl should know better.

 

Surprised me too. So uncharacteristic of Carl who has no problem pulling the trigger. Could Enid being there have been a factor I wonder?

 

I believe he was just worried about getting grounded and forced to spend time helping Rick in the garden again.

 

I loved it when Morgan was tying up the guy and Carol came along and shot the prisoner in the head.:zombies_cool:

 

I think it's because they've been building up his humanity and morals for the past two seasons. He hasn't had to kill in a long time. And last time he killed someone who appeared at a disadvantage, he was punished for it. Hopefully the experience of almost having his gun taken was enough to make sure he never makes that mistake again.

 

This could have been the same consequences of him not killing the walker that got Dale. He should have shot in the head when he first had the chance.

 

I think Carl did not have to kill him immediately but was stupid enough to walk close enough for that Wolf to have a chance to get hold of him.

 

He has clearly spent too much time around Morgan. The Dale incident should never be forgotten.

 

Post-NWO Carl needs to arrive sooner!

 

My thoughts exactly. I think perhaps the fact that Ron was standing right there and his dad just blew his Rons dads face off a few days ago might have had something to do with it too.

 

I agree. I think Carl's head, heart and survival skills are getting messed with by Enid and Alexandria. He might need to take a cue from her and keep frosty. Remember, it was Carl who asked Rick to let him kill that walker the first time he went back into the woods. Carl wanted to stay in practice.

 

YEah so damn dark! Also shows the diffrence in those, 2 sides of one spectrum!

 

A vicious guy tries to take my gun from me, I shoot him for real, not just rely on his injured leg to protect me. That's true even before the Zombie Apocalypse. I was astonished by Carl's padawan forbearance.

 

I think it was 100% influenced because of his audience. If he just kills someone who is begging for mercy, who knows what his new friends may think.

Even though Carl is emotionally soft, he still has pretty good aim (not Sasha or Carol caliber, but good enough).

 

I think it was a character slip Carl knows better. Kinda like Daryl falling into that trap. Aaron might not know better but Daryl would not have fallen for that.

 

Dude is like 14 or 15 in the show and he just met the first girl his age since hitting puberty. I bet his mind was on enid. Any of you guys remember your hormones being 14? Imagine having them and only having just met the first girl your age.

 

I just remember hating school :zombies_neutral:

 

Admittedly, my first reaction was "Carl, what the hell are you doing? you know better", but perhaps Carl didn't want to appear like a heartless killer in front of Ron and Enid. Carl wants Alexandria to work out for the sake of the group and Judith, which means "playing nice" even though we know what it is really like out there.

 

The name of this thread says it all. Carol makes sense and Morgan too (even though mad annoying and unrealistic in this world) but Carl? What are they doing to this poor kid?! Dude should be a ruthless killer by now - I have been told he is in the comics. I think he is the most poorly used character in the show. Their is a story put now asking if "Carl grimes is the worst character on tv"!
Come on guys! You can do better by Carl! Get the kid some acting classes if he needs them but this pansyCarl things gotta go! I thought they portrayed what a kid like Carl would be like well back in that episode where Hershel says "he gunned that kid down!"
That made sense, even if it was a little cray cray. This version...smh