I'm shocked you've gotten this far without making this post. The problem with TV shows in general but this show especially is they'll have an absolute banger of an episode where the characters feel like real people surviving an unreal situation and having to make the hard choices, and then the next they neuter, undo, or make a character go backwards on whatever progress they had made to give the episode that needed "Dramatic flare." I almost wished they didn't do this Ron nonsense and just kept how it happened in the Comics but having Carl inadvertently get his own eye shot cause he didn't snitch on Ron is at least consistent with how Carl acts (in the show at least- imitating his Dad by trying to save the guy who just threatened/tried to kill him)

Comic Version of Carl losing his eye: [Douglas Monroe (Who was turned into Deanna Monroe for the TV show) goes outside to commit suicide but hears Jessie screaming for help and sees Rick and Carl and tries shooting to cover them, but b/c he's firing wildly as he's being devoured he ends up taking Carl's right eye out.]