Except now it's two crappy episodes. i thought the episode with Beth in the hospital was pretty decent and was clearly setting up future action. I thought this episode was terrible. It was basically a full episode to tell us what we already know. Carol was married to white trash. Darryl was white trash. They are both better people now but still haunted by their past. They have a special relationship but it's not exactly clear what it is. They spent an hour on this without really fleshing out anything we didn't already know. They could have done the entire setup for Carrol going into the hospital in less than a quarter of an episode.
And the van was the worst thing that show has ever done. I'm guessing they shot the scene leaving the van before they did the shot of the van falling. And then once they got that shot and realized it didn't work, they either didn't have the time or money to fix it. They need to make sure they avoid situations like that in the future. THey don't really need stunts like that and if they don't know that they can do it right, they just need to avoid it.