Plot SynopsisMore than seven years before the Joining, Carol and Helen visit an ice hotel, where they witness the aurora borealis. Carol and Zosia fly back to Albuquerque, during which Carol calls Manousos, one of the immune, but he curses at her. Zosia provides Carol with a gift that Helen had ordered before the Joining; Carol demands the hive mind completely forget about Helen. Carol refuses a meal prepared by the Others and instead goes grocery shopping, finding her local store empty because of the Others' allocation of resources. At Carol's request, the store is immediately restocked. Angered by a forced power outage, Carol sarcastically asks for a hand grenade. Later, Zosia brings a grenade to Carol's home. Over drinks, Carol vents her frustrations and primes the hand grenade, thinking it is fake, but is shocked to learn it is real. Zosia quickly throws it away but is injured in the explosion and taken to a hospital. While waiting for Zosia to recover, Carol speaks to a representative of the hive mind, asking if they would give her anything, even a nuclear weapon. When the hive mind confirms that they would, Carol dismisses the representative as she contemplates.
This is another instance where Carol is shown as a bitch, but she's also very independent so of course she wants to shop and cook her own meals. Still she forced the others to restock her local grocery store, and all she bought were frozen meals and didn't bother to get ingredients to make her own food. Though I have to admit the fact that Carol sarcastically asked for a hand grenade and got one from Zosia was hilarious. And it was funny that Carol didn't think it was real so she pulled the pin and ended up destroying part of her house and also injuring Zosia. This shows that the others will do whatever for those who are not affected by the virus, so these people can literally get anything even weapons. The flashback at the beginning of the episode really helps the viewer see Carol's true colors if they didn't see them already.