# The Walking Dead; 4.14 " **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887 "2014-03-17T00:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/161 "2014-03-23T15:16:45Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > I still don’t buy Carol’s out-of-character murder of Karen (she was already quarantined from the rest of the group) My thought was she was trying to eradicate the virus. By burning the bodies, she hoped to completely eliminate the virus before it could infect more people. Letting them live would mean that there would be more opportunities for the virus to propagate. However, the total disregard they have for sanitation and cross contamination in general from blood spatters and handling corpses means they are certain to get any number of other diseases and infections anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/162 "2014-03-23T15:29:53Z")
I dunno, if conventional bacteria could live in a walking corpse, wouldn’t the walking corpses rapidly succumb to decay? I get the impression that reanimation is a near-perfect sterilization process, hence virtually no flies or scavengers or conventional decay processes that would (especially in Georgia temperatures) quickly reduce the corpses to skeletons. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/163 "2014-03-23T17:55:42Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t have a problem with Tyreese forgiving her. He’s a good egg. He did grab the gun, but the better angels of his nature stilled his hand. He loves Carol. Even though she killed Karen, killing Carol would take one more loved one from him and he would be alone. There’s still plenty of time for his emotions to work their way out, and for him to come to terms with his relationship with Carol. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with him forgiving her. It’s just that after so many episodes of Tyrese actively looking for the killer, I’d expect a greater response to finding out that someone so close to him murdered his girlfriend. Much more than a brief conversation that conveniently wraps up that dilemna. I hope it’s explored more in later eps., but I doubt it. > [@](#): > > My thought was she was trying to eradicate the virus. By burning the bodies, she hoped to completely eliminate the virus before it could infect more people. Letting them live would mean that there would be more opportunities for the virus to propagate. But the problem is that there were many others at the time who were also exposed to the disease. It seemed like a jump too far ahead with the character up to that point. Teaching children to arm themselves is one thing. Outright murdering two innocent people while covering for herself is another. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/164 "2014-03-23T18:20:02Z")
> [@Roundabout](#): > > Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a problem with him forgiving her. It’s just that after so many episodes of Tyrese actively looking for the killer, I’d expect a greater response to finding out that someone so close to him murdered his girlfriend. Much more than a brief conversation that conveniently wraps up that dilemna. I hope it’s explored more in later eps., but I doubt it. You would be correct, had Carol confessed before the whole Lizzie/Mika thing. But after Tyrese saw that Carol did what needed to be done with Lizzie, he understood why she had made the same decision with Karen & the other person. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/165 "2014-03-23T19:10:53Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > You would be correct, had Carol confessed before the whole Lizzie/Mika thing. But after Tyrese saw that Carol did what needed to be done with Lizzie, he understood why she had made the same decision with Karen & the other person. That, and sometimes you just have to say, ‘Aw, _fudge_.’ ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/166 "2014-03-24T22:36:30Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > You would be correct, had Carol confessed before the whole Lizzie/Mika thing. But after Tyrese saw that Carol did what needed to be done with Lizzie, he understood why she had made the same decision with Karen & the other person. I just wish the circumstances leading to Karen’s murder were better set up. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/167 "2014-03-24T22:58:21Z")
> [@Reverse](#): > > They mentioned that they’re thinking and maybe working on one, but nothing concrete. That’s what I was talking about. Thanks. At the time, I figured Carol’s sudden departure from the show might lead to her inclusion in the spin-off, although that doesn’t seem the case now. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/168 "2014-03-24T23:15:15Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > That’s what I was talking about. Thanks. At the time, I figured Carol’s sudden departure from the show might lead to her inclusion in the spin-off, although that doesn’t seem the case now. That was a popular theory. Along the Governor actually trying to be redeemed. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/169 "2014-03-26T02:32:30Z")
I got caught up this weekend. A few months ago I wondered how different/alike the show is from the comics, which I haven’t read, and happened upon a discussion about whether the show would go the same place with the girls as the comics did two male child characters, with one brother killing the other to prove that people always came back. So I wasn’t really surprised by this turn of events, but I was impressed that they did indeed “go there.” > [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Judith isn’t going anywhere as eventually there’ll have to be a touching reunion scene. I don’t know about that… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887/170 "2014-03-26T03:05:07Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I don’t know about that… Sure there will. And Daryl will be expected by his new group to go up against Rick. Since that group, while in the house with Rick, were discussing the possibility of raping the girl who owned the clean shirt, I hope Daryl names the philosophic leader first. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-14/683887.md?page=8)