--- title: The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 7: Eugene Is Tested description: After discovering that Dwight was the traitor amongst the Saviors, Eugene was faced with his biggest test since arriving at the Sanctuary. canonical: https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-04T03:04:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:24:33.324Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Walking Dead Just Put Eugene to the Ultimate Test og:description: Things are getting tense in the Sanctuary og:url: https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd737160190407b09/6988f35c7cdbac1c77d5b130/the-walking-dead-time-for-after-eugene-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The-Walking-Dead-Time-for-After-Eugene-Porter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Walking Dead Just Put Eugene to the Ultimate Test twitter:description: Things are getting tense in the Sanctuary twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd737160190407b09/6988f35c7cdbac1c77d5b130/the-walking-dead-time-for-after-eugene-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Walking Dead_ Just Put Eugene to the Ultimate Test > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 4, 2017 3:04 AM UTC  Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter in 'The Walking Dead' Season 8, Episode 7 Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter in 'The Walking Dead' Season 8, Episode 7Gene Page—AMC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 4, 2017 3:04 AM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for Season 8 of [_The Walking Dead_](http://time.com/5016011/walking-dead-season-8-episode-4-shiva-death/). After discovering that Dwight was the traitor among the [Saviors](http://time.com/4408204/walking-dead-began-saviors-inner-workings/) in “[The Big Scary U](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FBig%5FScary%5FU),” [Eugene](http://time.com/4679572/walking-dead-eugene-negan-follower/) was faced with his biggest test since arriving at the Sanctuary. With the compound still surrounded by walkers and Eugene tasked by Negan himself with finding a way to get rid of them, it was clear throughout Sunday’s episode that Eugene was reaching his wits’ end. However, despite the risk involved in keeping his secret, he still promised not to tell Negan about Dwight’s betrayal as long as Dwight would stop working with Rick. Eugene was also faced with the added pressure of Father Gabriel pleading with him to do the right thing by getting Dr. Carson back to the Hilltop so he could monitor Maggie’s pregnancy. “You’re a man of science who not too long ago would’ve found it impossible to believe that the dead could walk,” Gabriel told him. “So maybe it’s not impossible to believe that you will know what the right thing is when the time comes, and then you’ll act.” But after Dwight foiled Eugene’s plan to use a homemade drone of sorts to draw the walkers away and Daryl — disregarding Rick’s orders — slammed a truck into the Sanctuary to give the dead a way inside, Eugene was intent on convincing Gabriel that he would never stick his neck out for anyone but himself. “I will not end up like Sasha or you! You both made your choices — what I imagine most were calculated as the right thing,” he angrily asserted. “I cannot do the same. Now judge me if you choose. But I’m seeing 20 for 20, I’m feeling 10 for 10, I’m receiving five by five that staying safe means staying alive and I’m A-OK with doing whatever it takes to lock that down.” This led to a conversation with Negan in which it seemed certain that Eugene would out Dwight as the mole. But when the other Savior lieutenants, including Dwight, entered the room, he appeared to flip-flop on his decision. While that doesn’t mean Eugene has had a complete change of heart — he’s planning to get Negan and the Saviors out of their current bind — it seems to prove that there is at least a small part of him that is still willing to look out for others. Elsewhere, Rick brought Jadis and her junkyard gang to heel by defeating one of their armored walkers for a second time and offering them a fourth of the Saviors’ belongings once the group was defeated. But if the episode’s final scene is any indication, Rick and company may be on a crash course to disaster in the mid-season finale. “How It’s Gotta Be,” the mid-season finale of _Walking Dead_‘s eighth season, will air Dec. 10 at 9 p.m. on AMC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/"},"headline":"The Walking Dead Just Put Eugene to the Ultimate Test","datePublished":"2017-12-04T03:04:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:24:33.324Z","description":"Things are getting tense in the Sanctuary","url":"https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/","keywords":["Television","The Walking Dead","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd737160190407b09/6988f35c7cdbac1c77d5b130/the-walking-dead-time-for-after-eugene-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd737160190407b09/6988f35c7cdbac1c77d5b130/the-walking-dead-time-for-after-eugene-porter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The-Walking-Dead-Time-for-After-Eugene-Porter","caption":"Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter in The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 7","creditText":"Gene Page—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5043714/the-walking-dead-season-8-episode-7-eugene-tested/","name":"The Walking Dead Just Put Eugene to the Ultimate Test"}}]}] ```