47 Most Shocking Moments from The Walking Dead… So Far

4. Carl Shoots Lori

I’ll always have this moment burned into my barin- the moment Carl picks up a gun and shoots his mother, reminding us absolutely nothing and nobody is safe in the world of The Walking Dead. We all saw it coming. We all knew Lori was probably going to die after her pregnancy was announced. But by Carl? Did not see that coming.

This is a shocking moment but also an important one. It’s where we saw a light go on in Carl’s behavior and attitude. This was no longer the young child we saw in episode 1, clinging to the idea of hope. This was a young adult, who’s experienced things that no person of that age should ever have to experience.

This was a turning point for Maggie, too. She goes through her own transformation. She watches Carl walk out of that room with a stone cold look on his face, after shooting his own mother. Carl changed. Maggie changed. Lori died. And now they have this baby to take care of, and nobody was ever the same after that.