Consumed

"Consumed" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It is the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall. It premiered on November 16, 2014. It was written by Matt Negrete & Corey Reed and directed by Seith Mann.

Plot
Cautiously, members of our group must venture into a familiar location on a heroic rescue mission. It's a huge stage, but so are the stakes.

Co-Stars

 * Ricky Wayne as Officer O'Donnell

Uncredited

 * Sammy Hadid as Officer Alvarado
 * Matthew Lyda, Stephen Vinning and Chris Harrelson as Walkers

Deaths

 * None

Trivia

 * Last appearance of Karen. (Flashback, Corpse)
 * Last appearance of David. (Flashback, Corpse)
 * The title of the episode, "Consumed", refers to Carol claiming that the new world "consumes you".
 * The original title was "Heart Drift", but it was changed for unknown reasons.
 * The scene where Carol and Daryl enter Atlanta, via Interstate 85, is identical to the scene from "Days Gone Bye" where Rick enters the city on horseback.
 * On Talking Dead, it is revealed that Noah is the one with Daryl at the end of "Four Walls and a Roof".
 * This is the second episode to feature the prison in a flashback after the group had left it, the first being "A".
 * There are 10 fires shown in this episode. All fires in the flashbacks are lit by Carol (sans for one of the towers at the prison) while all in the present are lit by Daryl. White or black smoke from fires is a recurring theme that's often associated with Carol.
 * This episode features nods/flashbacks to nine previous episodes, "Days Gone Bye", "What Lies Ahead", "Chupacabra", "Infected", "Indifference", "Too Far Gone", "Inmates", "The Grove", and "No Sanctuary".
 * The shot of Rick Grimes riding on horseback in "Days Gone Bye" into Atlanta is paralleled when Daryl and Carol drive into Atlanta in the same fashion.
 * The exact same shot of the tank in "What Lies Ahead" is shown in this episode, however this time with more plant growth.
 * The aftermath of the bombings in the "Chupacabra" flashback are shown in the episode when Daryl and Carol look out the window of a building.
 * Karen and David's corpses from "Infected" are shown in a flashback.
 * Carol and Tyreese burying Mika and Lizzie during the events of "The Grove" is shown in a flashback.
 * Carol taking off the zombie guts-covered robe during the events of "No Sanctuary" is shown in a flashback.
 * Carol is shown driving away from Rick at the end of the events of "Indifference", driving to the prison to see a burning prison tower from the events of "Too Far Gone", and shown driving past the "Hitchhikers may be escaping inmates" sign from "Inmates", in the opening flashback of this episode.


 * The song featured in this episode is "Bad Blood" by Alison Mosshart and Eric Arjes.
 * In the van there is a Virgin Mary figurine facing away from the camera. This is a reference to Lost, where inside a plane that was halfway over the edge of a cliff (like the van is hanging over the side of the highway) there were many Virgin Mary figurines that were filled with heroin.