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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Surely if a double cross was the plan poisoning Negan would be a good option? (although would be too uneventful for the show obviously)

I couldn't figure out if this was because Eugene is actually enjoying his new found "importance", though, or simply because he really is a coward and worries that the plan might fail (or perhaps that the wives have been instructed by Negan to "test" him) and he would be killed or punished.

He did seem to love it back when everyone believed he was leading them to a cure and were going all out to protect him as "precious cargo". He was miserable when everyone found out that he was a fraud. And that smile now that he's with another group who believe that he's a real scientist with multiple PhDs again...

Didn't really like this episode, Negan is too annoying and the whole Negan scenario is just not believable, he's one guy and he's awful to pretty much everyone, i just don't buy their loyalty to him

I don't know, I think at least this episode showed that his followers DO want him dead and some are actively plotting against him, which makes more sense. Still not a huge amount of sense as someone would have succeeded by now... but more sense than before. Also I think it's starting to become pretty clear that Dwight will turn on Negan at some point, he's already shown being willing to lie to him and manipulate him (telling him that his wife was killed, also framing the doctor for Daryl's release) so I think it's likely that when it all comes to a head and he realises that there is a real challenge against Negan's dominance... he will quickly flip sides, possibly taking a group of other current Negan followers with him.