Eventually, the group arrives at Terminus. Carol and Tyreese realize that it's crawling with cannibals who have taken their friends hostage. Carol launches a one-woman, full-frontal assault on the compound, almost single-handedly taking it down with some clever explosions and a herd of walkers. Thanks to her bravery, she's welcomed back to the group. However, that's not exactly the boon to survival it once was. With the prison gone and Terminus a proven sham, the remaining survivors wander the woods aimlessly.
When Beth Greene is kidnapped by a group of vicious survivors living at a hospital, Carol ends up getting hit by a car and taken into the belly of the beast. She spends a good deal of time unconscious while receiving medical treatment before Daryl and company rescue her. Their fates change when Aaron arrives and invites them to be a part of the Alexandria safe haven. However, Carol is skeptical of this apparently apocalypse-proof community. To ensure that they maintain the element of surprise, Carol reverts back to her cheery old housewife persona, lying in wait for the moment her true new nature will be needed.
It doesn't take long before she and Rick discover a man in the community, Pete, is abusing his wife and kid. Carol stops baking cookies for a moment to threaten Pete's life, ultimately turning that particular conflict over to Rick, who executes him.
