‘The Walking Dead’ Fans Are Not Taking A Certain Betrayal With Much Sympathy

Oh Eugene, where did it all go wrong? For the past several episodes of The Walking Dead, we’ve all been assuming that everyone’s favorite mullet-wearing genius was secretly plotting against Negan, or at the very least only working with him enough to not get his head bashed in by Lucille. But in episode seven, ‘Time for After’ we learned that Eugene is Negan through and through. He’s chosen sides, and that side is with the Saviors.

The fact that he’s doing this for somewhat moral reasons (to save all the workers inside Sanctuary) didn’t save him from getting absolutely savaged by fans of The Walking Dead on social media. Who would have thought at the start of the season that nearly halfway through we’d be loving Father Gabriel and hating Eugene? Yet here we are. People are definitely hating Eugene.

https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/937510577630478338

This tweet pretty much sums up the situation in Sanctuary…

In retrospect, it seems like Rick did indeed have everything under control with his ridiculously thick plot armor. Alas, Daryl just couldn’t help but deviate from The Plan!

And as usual, people had some pretty strong opinions about Jadis and her Junkyard Gang.

https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/937502920026869760

https://twitter.com/TheGamePunk/status/937502867040210945

The final gut-kick came when we learned that Eugene’s plan (whatever it was) worked, wrecking Rick’s plan, probably on account of Daryl’s plan. This is why you need to believe in Rick Grimes, people!

It certainly sets things up for an interesting mid-season finale, one that we’re sure is going to set people on social media off more than usual. We can’t wait.