'The Walking Dead' returns: A who's who of who's left to fight the zombies (and each other)

Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride)

Carol has become a tougher chick since losing her abusive husband and her daughter Sophia, not to mention surviving what her friends thought was a fatal zombie onslaught earlier this season. A big chunk of her resilience is due to her friendship -- or whatever it is they might have going -- with Daryl, but now prison inmate Axel is also looking in her direction (since she let him know she's not a lesbian), and ... more 

Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride)

Carol has become a tougher chick since losing her abusive husband and her daughter Sophia, not to mention surviving what her friends thought was a fatal zombie onslaught earlier this season. A big chunk of her resilience is due to her friendship -- or whatever it is they might have going -- with Daryl, but now prison inmate Axel is also looking in her direction (since she let him know she's not a lesbian), and Carol is the sole mother figure in the group. So her life could get even more complicated than the inherent complications of living inside a prison and trying to avoid getting eaten by the undead on a daily basis would suggest. less