SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses Episode 8, titled “The World Before,” of AMC’s The Walking Dead Season 10. Please proceed with caution if you have not yet viewed this episode and wish to avoid spoilers.
As pointed out by Entertainment Weekly, the midseason finale episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead saw a group trapped by Alpha’s (Samantha Morton) herd of walkers. This came about as a result of a rash decision made by Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), earlier in the episode.
Over the course of Season 10, Carol has shown some questionable behaviors. While branching out on her own in order to trap a Whisperer for interrogation is certainly something that Carol would normally do in order to proactively protect her group, taking medication in order to keep herself awake is somewhat outside of her normal behavior. However, considering she lost her adoptive son, Henry (Matt Lintz) to Alpha in Season 9 of The Walking Dead, viewers could certainly understand why Carol did this.