Sep 29, 2025
My Interpretation:
Carol hesitates when replying. If there was absolutely no feelings, a person would reply simply with: "No, we're good friends though." But Carol hesitates and appears unsure.
Then Daryl says "Nope." in a very quick and abrupt way. He appears agitated/mad, and quickly walks away. This could be him dealing with his own feelings and unsurety.
Overall, when two people have genuine feelings for each other (which is unspoken) there is so much fear involved. Sometimes people can just blatantly deny their feelings because they are afraid.
If they didn't have feelings for each other, why do they act weird about it. Unless it's just bad writing/script.
