On the latest installment of The Walking Dead on Sunday night, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) quickly reminded fans just how much of a cowardly lion and survivor he truly is.
In the episode, titled “Hostiles and Calamities,” Eugene did everything he could to get in the good graces of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and stay at The Sanctuary, and by the end of the episode, Eugene even said he is Negan. In fact he said, “I am Negan! I am utterly, completely, stone-cold Negan. I was Negan before I even met you. I just needed to meet you properly to know. I am Negan.”
Eugene is so convincing, fans don’t know if he’s serious or if he’s putting on the ultimate act to do what he does best: stay alive.
I want to believe Eugene is in control of this situation, and is just playing Negan like a fiddle. But I'm scared. #TheWalkingDead
— Your Local Jacob ? (@YTM1staWu1fy) February 27, 2017
And:
When Eugene said he was Negan #TWD @Cudlitz @JoshMcDermitt @TheWalkingDead @WalkingDead_AMC pic.twitter.com/GY1dfjeFSp
— Ryan The Lion™ (@HerculesHandy) February 27, 2017
Whatever is going on with Eugene, at least he’s smart enough to pretend to be smarter and more invaluable than he is, and he’s smart enough not to listen to Negan’s wives. For a while there it seemed like they had tricked him, but Eugene is a man of many unexpected gifts.
Eugene pic.twitter.com/cXyTb4g9hn
— Dolla Store Caviar (@LordPenniless) February 27, 2017
Speaking of gifts, Dwight (Austin Amelio) has a knack for fooling viewers and being a bigger SOB than anyone could ever imagine. The way he double-crossed and framed the doctor is both inspiring and horrifying. Sherry’s (Christine Evangelista) letter was right: Dwight has become a monster, and it’s partially her fault. In fact, Sherry said she didn’t know if Dwight would embrace her, turn her in or kill her, so she ran away.
#PSRecaps Sherry/Dwight may b the saddest most touching love story in the entire course of the walking dead :(. @robcesternino @alexkidwell
— Derreck Blaise (@DerreckBlaise) February 27, 2017
It’s no wonder that Eugene’s fear of Negan and the Saviors only grew once he saw Negan throw the doctor in the fire on Dwight’s word. As it turns out, Eugene also figured out that Negan valued Dwight over the doctor in order for him to spare Dwight’s life. But the Saviors have a backup M.D., right?
Wait! Do y'all have another doctor….for THE DR.?! #TWD #DemDeadz
— AfroDite (@AfroDite_87) February 27, 2017
Plus:
When Negan threw the doctor into the furnace instead of giving him the iron #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/nDpXgZ9hXJ
— Andrew Warren (@Drew__Warren) February 27, 2017
The strangest alliance to come out of this episode has to be the bond between Eugene and Dwight. On one hand, you could interpret this as game recognizing game. Both men are cowards and both men know how to ingratiate themselves with Negan in order to stay alive.
But viewers also haven’t forgotten that it was just a season ago that Eugene bit Dwight’s man region in order to escape. #neverforget
I think Eugene and Dwight will bond in this ep, I mean you can bite a crotch and not be friends later…
— hida abu (@LadyHida) February 27, 2017
Eugene eating a pickle next to Dwight in the last scene of tonight's walking dead was perfect after the bite he took out of him in season 6
— J. Stroop (@_jpstroop) February 27, 2017
The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on AMC.
