Before this episode even began I was excited purely down to
the fact that Negan was going to heavily feature. Yes, I despise him for taking
the life of Glenn, who was my favourite, and Abraham but, Negan’s character is so
brilliant in the way that even the viewers at home fear him and what he's going
to do next.
At the beginning of the episode the Saviours learn of
Daryl’s disappearance. Obviously, Negan is more than a little peeved when he
discovers this and already I'm gripped, just five minutes in. At long last,
we're reunited with our favourite character with a mullet when Eugene appears. We
haven't seen Eugene in a long time and the images of Negan brutally murdering
Glenn and Abraham are clearly still at the forefront of his mind. He begs for
his forgiveness but is surprised when he's given a pretty decent room to stay
in and is offered any food he wants. After requesting lobster (because lobster
is far few and in between in the zombie apocalypse), Eugene has a snoop around
his new room and sees that the fridge is full, no doubt with food that his
friends have sacrificed. Just as I was enjoying this episode, Eugene switched
on the CD player and to my horror “Easy Street” started blaring. Luckily, it
was for only a few seconds so Eugene obviously hated it as much as I do.
Dwight had a lot of focus in this episode which I liked
because he obviously has depths that we can see but Negan appears oblivious to.
Upon finding a note, it's clear that he recognises the handwriting: Sherry.
He's not quite sure how to process this when he realises it was her who
released Daryl but he doesn't have long to register it before a group of
Negan’s thugs come up behind him and batter him. Elsewhere, Eugene is offered
three of Negan’s wives for the night, but only for entertainment purposes. Eugene’s
a gentleman towards them, acknowledging the fact that they don't want to be
there and are not there by choice. Impressing the ladies (and everyone at home)
with his scientific knowledge, they ask him to create something that Amber can
commit suicide with. However, their story was unconvincing when Eugene very
quickly realised it was for Negan, not Amber. I'm interested to see what Eugene
does with this weapon, if or when he uses it, it's bound to be chaos.
The best part of the episode for me was when Eugene was
taken to a furnace room with a crowd of people below. He watched on in horror
as Negan held a red-hot iron very close to the doctor’s face. I felt as though
I could feel the heat of the iron through the TV as the doctor falsely
proclaimed that Sherry’s note he had belonged to him. It obviously didn’t and I
could see Dwight’s guilt creeping onto his face when Negan threw the doctor
into the furnace. Towards the end of the episode, I was personally surprised
when Negan offered Eugene a position of power. It wasn't long before he was
giving orders and looking all important. Dwight had returned by this point
after discovering his wife has run away, far away from the Saviours. The pair
seemed to be on the same level after they both declared they were Negan.
I'm interested to see how this progresses. Despite his cowardice, we know Eugene is a good man and I think it's only a matter of time before Dwight joins the fight against Negan.
Written by @sophie_jw26
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