After Enid ate the turtle, they show her walking to the front gate of Alexandria. Some time had clearly passed. She looked different. But she turned away. Now obviously she's not comfortable around people and likes to keep to herself, but the other possibility is that she had a mission and did not want to carry it out. There could very well have been time for her to meet the Wolves between the turtle and the front gate.
I think there's more to her story than the flashback, but she could be associated with another threat to come. She clearly likes Carl, so she would never want him sacrificed (not that should would have any influence over that) for the cause of an enemy force.
We also had that scene where Carl was walking Judith early in the episode, and he saw Enid talking to some blond kid. The blond kid looked like Enid had just given him some very bad news, and he looked sad/upset about it. So she may have been warning a few other kids about the Wolves impending attack, trying to help them survive too.
Was he blond? The shot was so quick, I thought it was Ron, which would support Ron's disgusted look at seeing Enid standing in Carl's doorway.
One last thing, and this might be barking up the wrong tree, but I would have been much more comfortable if, when Carl turned the kitchen timer off at the end, it would have been the same camera angle from earlier, which showed Judith safely on the baby monitor. The fact that they made a point to show Judith on the baby monitor the first time, but not the second time, means at the very least, the possibility entered my head that Enid took Judith with her.
But Carl passed by the monitor after removing the food from the oven. With the ASZ just suffering an attack, he would have checked on Judith. Further, I do not like the idea of a child in peril AGAIN--it was teased at the end of the prison arc (bloody carrier), Lizzie nearly smothering Judith, and later only one moment away from being stabbed by her, and finally, Terminus Martin threatening to break her neck.
Enough of the baby in peril, as its too much--even on a show with constant danger.
And on a different note, I also want to say that they did a good job of introducing the new doctor lady. That was certainly what you'd call a trial by fire, and her lesson learned on Day 1 is that you can't save every patient, but you have to give it your best.
Of note in that scene was Tara complaining of feeling dizzy. While I think that is likely after significant head trauma, something tells me this will play a part in her being a short-timer in the ZA this season.
And yeah, that was a pretty Carol-like turn from Jessie when she killed the Wolf in her house.
Oh yeah, one other neat thing from this episode was the truck horn. Funny how it was completely unintentional from the Wolves, but could possibly help their cause greatly.
Did the Wolves not know that Rick was off being the zombie pied piper? Did they know that Alexandria was missing some of it's strongest defenders when they attacked? Maybe they knew a bunch of people had left, but had no clue where they had gone to.
They were watching--or had to, since they felt it was time to attack. Then again, if its true that the Wolves do not use guns (other than a one-time scare tactic), it would be pretty bold to assume they could slaughter the ASZ, without facing resistance. Or, maybe they do not use guns,
but have heavy firepower as backup, if you remember the damage to the walls surrounding Noah's hometown.
Enid likely was planning on leaving, hence the angst with her and the other kid as well as the general Teenage Angst Love Triangle. I'd expect to see her again, however.
Agreed. I think she believes Carl--with his world-wise experiences--might be the only person who is close to understanding her.
I'm not nearly as much on the "Carol!!! OMG!!!!!" train is everyone else, as I've said before it was rather forced and happened out of nowhere with no development of it, but in this episode I really liked how she behaved and pulled things off, as well as what Morgan was doing.
Everything witnessed over the past two seasons can be explained by her statement to Daryl--that she (once staying at the prison) became the person she thought she should be. That would tie into her take no prisoners (or sick people) behavior, along with teaching the prison kids how to use weapons.
Remember, she was a victim for many long years, so breaking out of that was a desire bubbling under the surface, first with openly saying what she believe others thought of her (S2 -- complaining that others treat her like she's crazy, or a burden) to life on the road before arriving at the prison, where she's already using guns.
Carol's transformation was not overnight by no means, and if Rick, Michonne and Glenn could (at varying stages) become fed up with abuse and threats to just living, there's no reason Carol (who led a terrible life before the ZA) would not adopt that same, security-minded behavior, too.
(Though how did Morgan get to Alexandria ahead of the rest of the "parade" handlers?)
Perhaps he strayed back toward ASZ after Rick killing the bitten, would-be usurper, and was a right place, right time sort of thing.
Though she gets some serious demerits for killing the Wolf Morgan had captured and tied-up. Yeah, no use he could be of, Carol. Except, you know, getting information from him regarding who they are, where they're from, where their camp is, why the came to attack the town, etc. Even Rick would see the value the guy had in providing information.
Come on. The Wolves are demented savages. Did any of their raid--strictly to slaughter--suggest any of the members would be even slightly compliant with an interrogation?
Moreover, Aaron now knows of at least one Wolf trap area (thanks to finding his backpack), so they have a general sense of their stomping grounds.
It's interesting to see how brutal and "feral" The Wolves are, it's still fairly important to remember that we're only a little over 2-years into the ZA at this point and apparently these men and women went from ordinary, every-day, people going through life to being utter savages. Yeah, there's a segment of our population who're savages and are only held back by the confines of society and those who aren't usually find themselves in prison sooner or later, but The Wolves seem like a rather large group of people who went savage quickly. I'd think most people would be more like our group. More-or-less still compassionate humans but battle hardened into being jaded and cynical; brutal if need-be.
The part in bold is the answer--even in the real life, there are brutal savages who live in law-enforced, industrialized countries, but that does not prevent mass shooting, cannibalism, rape, dismemberment, and all other types of inhuman actions. If the rules-free ZA hit this world, i'm betting Governors, Claimers and cannibal towns would pop up like weeds, as there's not much more than a thread keeping humanity from falling into base desires.
I liked the "flashback" of Enid's "story" and the "feral child" aspects, like with the turtle. But, sheesh, you'd think she would have cooked it or something first!
She would do well being the sidekick of snake, owl and possum-eatin' Daryl.
That'd keep em busy for a while.
