...whenever we look at a given scene, there's a lot of "two things can be true" to it: there's what this means for the characters, what it means for the greater story from the audience's perspective, and then there's our gut reaction. This is the latter. We are basically feeling how Carol must feel.

I think that's a very well considered point! It should obviously go without saying that we go way deeper into this in the full discussion (I believe Rachael, who also was hosting this one, actually sort of gives somewhat your answer, too!).