Awwwwww, Shalaka! Are you feeling better?????????????? This is my all-time favorite Caryl episode. I’ll listen to your discussion several times 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 When he reclined back down next to her in that bunk bed the air escaped my lungs… He didn’t ask for permission, he just feels THAT COMFORTABLE with her. That conversation in the office when he asks her and she answers: It’s like you were a kid but now you are a man! He always asks her how does she see him and looks for that reassurance. Several times he’s asked her, who do you see in me? SHE SEES HIM. Before the ambulance falls, she reaches out for his hand and FOLLOWS HIM even if it might mean dying, agrees with him as long as they do it together, but he keeps reassuring her: Hold on! If it was just him, no matter. But, she’s here with him about to probably crash and die, and that changes things for him. If I die, fine, but not her!! He’s so protective of her!! All the good will towards Noah went flying out of the window when he put Carol in danger, and HE COMPLETELY LOST IT WHEN SHE WAS RAN OVER. I had NEVER seen him react like that. Those reactions are reserved for “Carol in danger” scenarios. He escalated to DEFCON 1 and rushed back immediately to get the army and return to rescue her. He took Noah with him to the community without a second thought, precautions be damned. I love that this episode IS ALL THEM. I love the intimate feel between them even in the midst of the mission to rescue Beth. It’s our first glimpse to the fact that they are so interesting and engrossing that the two of them together could carry an entire episode by themselves, they could carry the series, they could have a spin off. I LOVE CONSUMED ❤️‍🔥