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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue
I guess one thing people note is having Carl stay behind with Rick and Shane, but I don't even think that was all that dumb. He's with the second and third most compotent people (Daryl is clearly el numero uno in that regard). He would have probably been safer going back with the big group, but this is sort of their "new normal." He's got to start growing up a bit and the situation seemed pretty decent. It would have been fine save a completely random happenstance that could have easily happened anywhere.
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This. One of the more themes they tried to introduce in the opener was Carl's situational need for maturity, perhaps beyond his years. Contrast that to the problem created by the little girl panicking, leaving her safe spot too soon (a few more minutes & Rick would have picked her up as planned), and then getting lost.
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As for her complaining about looting from the dead, I really didn't have a problem with it. I would have had an issue if she complained and they didn't do it, but I have no problem with her voicing the concern and how bad it feels. It's a realisitic reaction to the situation.
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The group reaction to it (basically staring at her like she's nuts for a few seconds & then proceeding to scav the hell out of stuff) really made it work okay for me. It was like a momentary lapse of reality but we clearly saw that it was an isolated reaction, that the group as a whole is in touch with the situation even when a single member isn't. I suspect we'll see that kind of thing happen somewhat frequently this season, where an individual briefly reverts back to old reality but the group carries on to deal with the situation. They also made use of the incident when the formerly abused wife/mother was lookingly longingly at some frilly thing she found in a car, going from a questioning look by Lori to a line meant to show the emotional damage that Carol(?) carries from being married to the abusive asshole.