A six-year time skip on The Walking Dead brought big changes for Carol (Melissa McBride), including a new family made of husband Ezekiel (Khary Payton) and son Henry (Matt Lintz), and a long-haired look fans are now comparing to everything from The Witcher and Halloween to The Lord of the Rings.

"I know all the actors had such a great time just collaborating on the looks, and the hair," showrunner Angela Kang told EW of reinventing The Walking Dead and its characters with a multi-year time jump.

Both McBride and Michonne star Danai Gurira had "these great ideas on what to do with their hair that we were able to design," Kang said, pointing to McBride's citing Carol's history as a survivor of an abusive and controlling marriage.

"Melissa, at first we were going to keep her hair short, but she was like, 'You know, it'd be really interesting to have her grow her hair long.' There's a whole story behind why Carol has short hair, and we actually have a scene that speaks to that at some point in the season," Kang explained.

"It's part of the backstory of Carol and why she has short hair, why she had short hair in her marriage and everything. It really shows where that character is at with her state of happiness. She's at a place where she feels safe and at peace, and that's reflected in the hair.

"That really was very driven by Melissa's feelings about where the character was at. That was the process. It came out of these conversations about these characters, and where they felt they were at, and what is important to maintain about that character's personality, et cetera."

Carol has let her hair down, literally, acting as a major counter to her marriage with the emotionally and physically abusive Ed (Adam Minarovich).

The longer hair also signifies the mostly quiet peacetime of the past six years, which also played out in a pacifist streak Carol nurtured as result of her motherly relationship with young Kingdom ward Henry.

Carol next reunites with woodsman best friend Daryl (Norman Reedus) in "Stradivarius," premiering Sunday at 9/8c on AMC.

Look at the Rings

Carol out here looking like Legolas! #TWD #TheWalkingDead

— Alexis (@lexxyre) November 12, 2018

The new Carol #WalkingDead

— Danny Patton???? (@BladeBrown79) November 12, 2018

I CANT LOOK AT CAROL WITHOUT THINKING OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES LMAO#TheWalkingDead

— mel,, ☁️ (@valentinemaIum) November 12, 2018

New Carol looks like Legolas from The Lord of the Rings ?? #TWD #TheWalkingDead #twd9 #TWDFamily #twdseason9 @mcbridemelissa

— Valdemar Verbicki (@valdbicki) November 11, 2018

Carol the White

#thewalkingdead carol gone full Gandalf this episode, and father Gabriel is getting some in the apocalypse too! #thewalkingdeaduk

— Robyn Brown (@bobnotrobyn) November 12, 2018

Tonight on #TheWalkingDead #carol'shair

— Rebecca_S (@Rebecca62505947) November 12, 2018

Why did Carol have to turn into Gandalf though! #TheWalkingDead

— Michele (@shellbelle1022) November 12, 2018

They Share a Love of Burning People Alive

Carol that you? #TheWalkingDead

— Traci ❥ (@clubtraci) November 12, 2018

Why Carol out here looking like Laurie Strode? #TheWalkingDead #TWD

— JD Hyman (@jdhyman) November 12, 2018

Is that Carol or? ?... #TheWalkingDead #TWD #FreshBuzz

— Ben Dover (@WhatchamacallJO) November 12, 2018

'90s Movie References Everywhere

Carol’s hair didn’t grow an inch between season 1 and season 9 yet across this new time jump she somehow turned into Aunt Meg from Twister?????????????? #TWD #TheWalkingDead

— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) November 12, 2018

They got Carol looking like Miss Daisy. #TheWalkingDead

— Sweet Potato Pie Advocate (@lynjaimeee) November 12, 2018

Carol aged 50 years in the jump ?????? #TheWalkingDead

— Black Prayer Hands (@blackprayerhand) November 12, 2018

Carol: Season 9 #WalkingDead

— Fred E (@radley_atticus) November 15, 2018

The Witcher Dead

Who wore it better?#TheWalkingDead#TheWitcher

— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) November 16, 2018

Not sure if this is Henry cavill as Geralt from @netflix the Witcher series or carol .... #thewalkingdead

— TWD IRELAND (@TWDIRE) November 5, 2018

Fatality

I love that Carol on The Walking Deadnow looks like Raiden from Mortal Kombat #TheWalkingDead

— Michael Heslington (@blink_mikey) November 17, 2018

Carol? #TheWalkingDead#TWD9naFOX

— Thallys Miller (@MillerThallys) November 12, 2018

Carol the Unburnt, Mother of Henry, Breaker of Saviors, Lady of Kingdom

Oh, y'all thought Carol went soft 'cause she grew out her hair, huh? GUESS AGAINNNN. #WalkingDead #CarolPeletier #TheWalkingDead

— M. Cox (@Megg2189) November 13, 2018

Carol right now #TheWalkingDead

— Chelsea Is Unbreakable (@chelsmeetsevil) November 12, 2018

WIGardium Leviosa

Carol looking like Lucius Malfoy #twd #TheWalkingDead

— Nathan Michael G. (@NathanMichaelG) November 12, 2018

Carol y-your hair... #TheWalkingDead #TWD

— Logan Thomas (@LoganTommo) November 12, 2018

Wtf has happened to Carol’s and Eugene’s hair #TheWalkingDead

— Rebecca☃️?❄️ (@squissshycharms) November 17, 2018

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9/8c on AMC.