Carol

**Carol** is a supporting character in The Walking Dead. She is the mother of Sophia and Anna and a member of the Atlanta survivors group.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Atlanta, Georgia

Not much is known about Carol's life prior to or as the outbreak began, expect that she is the mother of Sophia and Anna.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1

#### Our Horrific Adventures

Carol is first seen gathered as the rest of the camp greets the runners back from Atlanta. She is with her two daughters Sophia and Anna as Rick Grimes reunites with his family, Carol appearing in shock as it happens. She is seen later that night with daughters and boyfriend Ed Peletier, who has separated the four of them away from the rest of the group. She greets Shane softly as he walks towards them, but remains quiet as Ed talks for them. She is instructed to pull the fresh log from the fire, and does so as Shane glares at Ed.

The next day, she is seen around camp as Sophia, along with Carl Grimes and Jacqui rush out the woods. She comforts her daughter as Jacqui explains what happened. Later, she is seen briefly inside the tent, having been yelled at by Ed for an unknown amount of time. Orlando attempts to intervene, but Ed shuts him down quickly.

#### Inner City Blues

Carol is seen walking towards Lori Grimes and Donna, who are talking to Andrea and Amy while they prepare to do the laundry. Her eyes are red and her face is wet, clearly having just cried, which draws concern from the other women, though Carol shuts down any talk of it. At the creek, she breaks the silence by saying she can't wait to smell the clothes with the new detergent. Donna takes concern with how contempt they are, and goes on a rant, ending by brining up Ed's abuse towards Carol, which is once again shut down, telling her they just need to get the clothes done.

Later, Lori tells Carol it’s okay to not be on watch. Carol tells her she just wants to be safe. After Donna asks Lori to tell them how she met Rick, Carol comments on how they seem perfect together. The four women begin to head back shortly after, and she is close to a stray roamer, which goes after Donna who was in the back. She is shown comforting her daughters as the survivors process what had just occurred.

While the survivors begin to clear up camp due to the rain, some of the woman, including Carol, begin talking about what they miss, joking and laughing with each other. Carol grabs some of the food to place inside the RV, but slips in the mud, and spills it across the ground. She apologies as Jacqui attempts to calm her down, telling her it wasn’t an issue. However, Ed walks up, and yells at her, and tells her Sophia and Anna will starve now. Ed then demands that Carol comes with him, but Jacqui rebukes that they know of his domestic abuse to Carol. As Ed tries to grab Carol, he slaps her across the face. Shane, upon witnessing Ed slap Carol, and still seething over his confrontation with Lori, pulls Ed away from Carol and proceeds to beat him to a bloody pulp. Carol watches on in horror during the beating. Shane warns Ed that if he lays another finger on Carol or anyone else in the camp, he will beat him to death. He then leaves Carol to tend to her battered boyfriend on the floor, while the members of the camp watch Shane walk away in horror.

#### A Matter of Time

Carol is first seen with Dale and Amy, the three watching the children while the group practices shooting. She arrives back to camp with the rest, and walks with Lori. After Donna makes a judgmental comment regarding Dale and the two sisters, Lori makes a snark response, causing Carol to laugh and tell her "good one". Later, after watching Jim's outburst, Lori asks her to watch over Carl before she goes to talk with Shane alone. Before the group sits down to eat together around the campfire, Carol grabs Anna, and looks back towards a loan tent where Ed has been staying by himself. She goes to ask Ed if he wants to join them, and from the dark, he denies them, telling her to fuck off. He grabs Anna’s hand, asking if she’d stay, but Carol forces her away, and tells him never mind.

At the campfire, Shane brings up how they found each other on the road before finding the camp. Rick then asks her about her life, and she tells the group about her ex-husband who killed himself, and how she Ed afterwards. She mentions how he watched his parents get eaten, and that she thinks it ruined him as a person. After the camp is swarmed, she sticks close to Lori while leading Sophia and Anna. At one point, a roamer gets close to her, but Glenn manages to kill it, before he checks on her. He comforts her, as she shakes. She is later seen reacting in horror to Jim's bite.

## Relationships

### Ed Peletier

Ed and Carol seem to have an abusive relationship, and Carol is constantly yelled at by him, and is ordered around.

### Sophia

Carol's youngest daughter, she is only seen briefly around her but is assumed she has a good relationship with her.

### Anna

Carol's oldest daughter, she is only seen briefly around her but is assumed she has a good relationship with her.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead

#### Season 1

* Our Horrific Adventures
* Inner City Blues
* A Matter of Time