(Spoiler alert: Do not keep reading if you have not seen this week’s episode of “The Walking Dead”)
In this week’s episode of “The Walking Dead,” we finally learn what happened to Eugene (Josh McDermitt) after he was kidnapped by The Saviors in the mid-season finale.
Eugene arrives at The Sanctuary and is clearly terrified at what is going to happen to him. He is led to a private room with a bed, refrigerator and even a TV complete with an old video game set.
His arrival also coincides with the discovery that Daryl (Norman Reedus) has escaped. Given that Daryl was his responsibility, Dwight (Austin Amelio) is beaten and thrown in the same bare room used to house Daryl.
Dwight has already figured out that Sherry (Christine Evangelista) let Daryl go and fled The Sanctuary, with Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) demanding that he go out and find her.
Dr. Carson (Tim Parati) patches up Dwight before he leaves, telling him that Sherry was too soft to live among The Saviors and that he and Dwight “get it” when it comes to survival.
Eugene is then taken before Negan, who confronts him about the bullet that he made for Rosita (Christian Serratos). He demands to know just how smart Eugene is, forcing Eugene to repeat his previous lies about being a doctor and a member of the Human Genome Project.
Eugene manages to impress Negan with an idea for keeping the walkers around the perimeter fence from falling apart, leading Negan to offer Eugene a night with three of his wives as a thank you.
Tanya (Chloe Aktas), Amber (Autumn Dial) and Frankie (Elyse Nicole DuFour) head to Eugene’s room that night, where they watch him play video games. When he continues to lie about his scientific prowess, they ask for a demonstration.
He takes them outside and shows them some simple science experiments, much to Tanya and Frankie’s delight. But Amber drinks heavily and complains they are all “just slaves.”
Out on the road, Dwight returns to a house he and Sherry used to share. He finds a note she left him, as they had always said they would rendezvous at the house should they get separated.
She tells him she is sorry for what has happened to him, and that she only became Negan’s wife to save his life, a decision she regrets as he has turned into a killer. She has left her wedding ring behind, with Dwight revealing that he has kept his wedding ring hidden all this time.
The next day, Tanya and Frankie approach Eugene about Amber. They ask him to help make some poison pills so she can kill herself. Eugene agrees and even manages to intimidate a Savior worker into giving him the materials he needs.
After he has made the pills, Eugene is taken to watch a gathering of The Saviors. Negan is furious that Sherry has left, and he accuses Dr. Carson of letting Daryl go and helping them both escape.
Carson denies this, but Negan says Dwight told him the whole story, that Sherry confessed everything to him before he saw her get torn apart by walkers out on the road. Negan then takes a hot iron from an industrial furnace and holds it up to Carson’s face, telling him to confess.
Carson, in tears, confesses despite being innocent. Negan seems placated for a moment, only to suddenly grab Carson and throw him head first into the furnace. Negan then says they will be fine without Carson since Eugene is also a doctor.
Later, Frankie and Tanya go to Eugene to get the pills. He refuses to give them up, as he knows they want to use them to kill Negan. When they remind him that Negan killed several of Eugene’s friends, Eugene says that Rick and the others killed upwards of 30 of Negan’s men. They curse him as a coward, and he says they are right.
Negan shows up to talk to Eugene the next morning. Before Negan can even get the question “Who are you?” out of his mouth, Eugene responds, “I am Negan.” The episode ends with Dwight and Eugene watching the walkers on the fence, with Eugene saying, “We are Negan.”
'Walking Dead' Season 7 Highlights So Far, From Negan's Victim to the Road to War (Photos)
Time to Catch Up
The second half of "The Walking Dead" Season 7 is upon us! But before you dive back into the zombie-filled world, catch up on key moments from each episode so far
Gene Page/AMC
Negan's Victim(s) Revealed
The now infamous Season 6 finale cliffhanger left fans angry as hell, but that didn't stop them from tearing up with the death of not only Abraham (Michael Cudlitz), but also Glenn (Steven Yeun) at Negan's hands.
Gene Page/AMC
Bow Down to the King
Plenty of characters have come and gone on the series, but few made the same kind of first impression as King Ezekiel (Khary Payton), the tiger-toting, flowery language-loving ruler of The Kingdom
Gene Page/AMC
Daryl's on "Easy Street"
Daryl (Norman Reedus) spent the entire first half of the season a prisoner of the Saviors, who continually tortured him (and fans) with a loop of the song "Easy Street"
Negan Comes Knocking
Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) made his presence felt in a big way when he made his first trip to Alexandria. He and his men ransacked the entire community and callously took all the mattresses, only to burn them
Gene Page/AMC
Maggie Climbs the Hill
Maggie (Lauren Cohan) suffered the loss of her husband and nearly her unborn child. But that didn't stop her from becoming the de facto new leader of Hilltop this season
Gene Page/AMC
Tara's Day at the Beach
Tara (Alanna Masterson) avoided most of the serious Savior drama, but still had problems to face. Tara was taken captive by the women of Oceanside and nearly killed, but a friend she made inside the group saved her life
Gene Page/AMC
Carl Drops the Ball
Carl (Chandler Riggs) decided to make killing Negan his top priority, only to bungle the job at the moment of truth. Negan then kept Carl at his side for the day, showing him all the wonders/terrors of living with the Saviors
Gene Page/AMC
Reunited and It Feels So Good
Rick (Andrew Lincoln) finally found the courage to fight the Saviors, which just happened to coincide with Daryl escaping the Saviors. The two friends reconnected in the Hug Seen Round the World
Gene Page/AMC
Rick and friends encounter the Scavengers
We meet this previously unknown faction which, delightfully, forces Rick to fight a walker dressed in spiky gladiator armor to prove he's worth a damn.
Daryl and Carol reunite
Daryl follows Ezekiel to Carol's countryside estate, and the pair have a tearful reunion in which Daryl lies to her about how the encounter with Negan went in the season premiere.
Negan throws Dr. Carson into the furnace, Dwight starts his rebellion
Dwight frames Dr. Carson for helping Sherry escape, and Negan murders him publicly for it. With Sherry gone, Dwight is finally free to begin his turn against the Saviors.
Eugene assimilates into the Saviors
Eugene, believing that he'll be safer among the Saviors than anywhere else, gets over his fear of Negan and, as all the members of the Saviors do, becomes Negan. He proves his loyalty by not providing Negan's wives with poison pills they'd hoped to assassinate season 7's big bad with.
Rick and Michonne go on a road trip
Richonne takes a chill jaunt around the countryside in search of guns, and Rick treats it like he's on vacation. They get into a bit of a hairy scrape with walkers near the end, but it was totally worth it.
Richard digs his own grave (literally), and Morgan puts him in it (also literally)
Richard hopes to sacrifice himself to start a war between the Kingdom and the Saviors, but all he really accomplishes is getting the teenager Benjamin killed and reigniting Morgan's bloodlust.
Sasha and Rosita go after Negan
Their shared love of Abraham leads this unlikely pair to go out on their own to try to take out Negan. But seeing Eugene among the Saviors derails the whole endeavor. Short version: Sasha ends up captured and Rosita brings home a defector.
Maggie accidentally humiliates Gregory, who decides to do something bad
It turns out Gregory is a virgin when it comes to murdering walkers, a fact that almost gets him killed when he hangs out with Maggie outside the Hilltop walls. Embarrassed that Maggie had to save him and realizing the impending uprising against the Saviors puts him in jeopardy, Gregory hatches a plan.
Rick's group steals all the guns from Oceanside
Tara finally tells Rick about the all-women colony of Oceanside that saved her earlier in the season. They repay Oceanside's generosity by invading the town and stealing all their weapons to use in the war against the Saviors. Oceanside's lead, Natania, opts not to keep her people out of the fight.
Dwight defects
Fed up with the years of abuse, Dwight finally betrays the Saviors just as their enemies are preparing to go to war.
1 of 19
(Spoiler Alert) Get caught up on all the zombified action before the second half of the season begins Feb. 12
Time to Catch Up
The second half of "The Walking Dead" Season 7 is upon us! But before you dive back into the zombie-filled world, catch up on key moments from each episode so far