Eugene Porter

{{Alive|title1 = Eugene Porter|image1 = Liy.jpg|actor = Josh McDermitt|gender = Male|hair = Dark Brown (Graying)|age = Late 30s (Season 9) Early 40s|occupation = Engineer for the Alexandria Safe-Zone (Post-Apocalypse) Former Chief Engineer for the Sanctuary (Post-Apocalypse)

Former Lieutenant for the Saviors (Post-Apocalypse)

Former Head of the Bullet Factory Outpost (Post-Apocalypse)

Former Biofuel Producer (Post-Apocalypse)|family = Unknown|first_appearance = "Inmates"|status = Alive|series_lifespan = "Inmates" to Present|ethnicity = Caucasian- American

Eugene Porter is a main character and a former antagonist as well as a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He and his travelling companions Abraham Ford and Rosita Espinosa were en route to Washington, D.C., before Eugene revealed that he had been lying about being a scientist. Eugene is an intelligent man whose skills in producing resources and intellect are much appreciated by Negan, but were not recognized by the members of Alexandria. He later joined the Saviors and eventually became a high-ranking member, serving as one of Negan's lieutenants and the Sanctuary's chief engineer. Following a tense encounter with his former protector Rosita, Eugene reevaluated his decisions and saved the Militia by causing the Savior weapons to explode at a vital moment, earning his friends forgiveness and acceptance once more. Three years after Rick's assumed death, Eugene now serves as Alexandria's engineer, with people having a greater appreciation for his talents.

Overview
Eugene is aloof, eccentric, and highly intelligent. While a detriment to the group while on the road due to his cowardice and clumsiness, being neither "combat ready or for that matter combat inclined," Eugene's value is evident in his ability to build helpful devices such as water filters and batteries out of common items. He's also extremely able to force locks. Due to some of his personality quirks, Eugene may have Asperger's Syndrome, a fact that producers have hinted at. He shows extremely poor social skills, poor coordination, peculiar habits of speech, and seems to have difficulty reading body language. He enjoys reading books and he is shown to be highly interested in video games. He sports a mullet, which he is very proud of. He is somewhat of a voyeur, who enjoys watching people having sex and eyeing up women. He very rarely smiles and speaks in a long winded, pedantic and clinical fashion. He has on occasion shown an ability in neologisms, evident when he saw a very unusual stuffed toy he took a liking to and named it a "grimbly gunk". He has a fondness for good food such as lobster, and also enjoys pickles.

Eugene prioritizes his survival over anything else, even allowing multiple people to sacrifice themselves to protect him under the false belief that he was an important scientist, although at the same time he was genuinely remorseful over this-he was always compassionate enough to care when others died and honestly showed regret over their sacrifices, but at the same time could not find the courage to put others before himself, something he was deeply ashamed of. After being kidnapped by the Saviors, he uses the same lie in order to impress Negan, and seemingly becomes one of his men in order to survive. Despite his manipulative abilities, he does possess a will to do good when he can, and as he continues to survive, he begins to put into perspective the importance of his conscience, going so far as to expose his lie for the well-being of his new friends.

Over the course of the second half of Season 5 and the entirety of Season 6, Eugene slowly begins to develop his skills as a survivor, and his courage, first when he saves Tara's life after being injured by a grenade. While this is slow at first, it is only when the survivors fight back against the herd in Alexandriathat he truly shows he has developed the courage and skills needed to survive. This evolution continues after the time jump, and he shows his courage and newfound skills to survive when he is taken hostage by Dwight and the Saviors, and gives the other survivors the opportunity to fight back. Eugene even offers to put his life in danger to distract the Saviors from Rick and the group while they attempted to take a sick Maggie to the Hilltop Colony, showing how mature he'd become over the course of the series.

Eugene's newfound confidence, courage and selflessness however is severely retracted when he is captured along with his fellow survivors by the Saviors and is forced to witness the brutal executions of his close friends Abraham and Glenn within minutes of each other. Ever since that night, Eugene has reverted back to his cowardly state in order to continue surviving under Negan so he can never feel as afraid for his life as he did at that moment.

As the Sanctuary comes under siege, Eugene is shown to heavily question his decisions and his loyalties. As a result, Eugene has trouble sleeping and begins drinking heavily. Though Eugene discovers that Dwight has betrayed the Saviors, he chooses not to expose him, even after Dwight directly foils his plan to lead the walkers away. He is also conflicted with whether or not to help Gabriel escape with Harlan Carsonto help Maggie and claims that Rick's group are now just his former traveling companions. Daryl and Tara leading the walker herd inside the Sanctuary appears to cause Eugene to let go of all ties to his former friends and to now state that anything he does will be for his own benefit. Despite this, Eugene still remains conflicted to the point that he aids Gabriel and Harlan in escaping to ease his conscience.

After being made the leader of his own outpost, Eugene begins to act more tyrannical and cruel, appearing to let his new power go to his head. He shows little care for Gabriel beyond keeping him from getting others sick (although this is most likely because he is angry about the death of Harlan, who was killed after Gabriel convinced Eugene to help them escape from the Sanctuary).

After an encounter with Rosita and the reminder of his betrayal of the only friends he ever had, Eugene has a change of heart and takes a stand by sabotaging the Savior weapons to allow the Militia to win. In doing so, Eugene acts selflessly as he would've been safe if he hadn't betrayed the Saviors and allowed them to slaughter his former friends. Eugene's act of bravery saves the lives of many people and earns him the forgiveness of the friends he had proclaimed to no longer care about. When discussing his choice with Rosita, Eugene makes it clear that it was her opinion of him and his actions that swayed him to do the right thing in the end.

Three years after Rick's supposed death, Eugene seems to have become a far braver, more competent, and more selfless individual, as he fearlessly took out several walkers, and was even willing to distract a large herd so that Rosita could get away.

Houston, Texas
Very little is known about Eugene's life before or as the outbreak began, Eugene lied about who he was, stating that he worked on a Human Genome project with nine other scientists, dealing with research on how to combat diseases with other diseases.

He is seen to be an avid fan of video games. He is also seen to have knowledge of dinosaurs, as he mentions that no one can know for sure if the zombie disease didn't cause the extinction of the dinosaurs; though he admits it's highly unlikely but he finds the theory highly amusing. While his occupation prior to the outbreak is unknown, he appears to possess a vast amount of knowledge of many different areas, and is well read.

Post-Apocalypse
Eugene somehow survived the onset of the outbreak, and eventually came across Abraham Ford, who saved him from walkers. Seeing the opportunity of being protected, he lied to Abraham, pretending he was a scientist who knows what caused the epidemic, and that he was on a mission to go to the capital, where supposedly he could reverse the effects of the plague and restore order to the world. During their journey they encountered fellow survivor Althea, who interviewed them both before parting ways.

Eventually, they were joined by Rosita Espinosa and several other survivors, who traveled from Houston to northern Georgia, losing several members on the way. After he was exploring an abandoned train searching for Dwight, a reanimated and zombified Dwight bit him on the stomach. Eugene was found by Daryl and put down.

Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Eugene has killed:
 * Olivia (Indirectly Caused)
 * Sasha Williams (Caused)
 * Roy (Indirectly Caused)
 * Harlan Carson (Indirectly Caused)
 * Cam (Possibly; Caused)
 * Wade (Possibly; Caused)
 * Huck (Possibly; Caused)
 * Many unnamed Saviors (Caused)
 * Numerous counts of zombies

RelationshipsEdit
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Abraham Ford
Abraham is seen to be Eugene's escort to Washington, DC. It is seen that Eugene feels a superiority complex over Abraham, because he considers himself to be smarter than Abraham. However, Abraham does not appear to be that angry over the disabling of their vehicle, despite it being caused by Eugene's poor riflemanship from his failed attempt to kill some walkers. Abraham was willing to do anything to protect Eugene, up until the latter finally revealed that he is not a scientist and doesn't know how to stop the plague, completely severing their friendship and partnership, as Abraham beats Eugene almost to death. Despite this, Abraham still preserves Eugene's life when he knocks a bottle of water he found on the road from his hand, fearing it could be poisoned.
 * "Thank you for your protection... I almost certainly needed it between here and Houston but your services are no longer required. The truth, plain and honest. You've outlived your usefulness to me."
 * —Eugene scolding Abraham after saving him from a walker.[src]

Their friendship is repaired while visiting an unconscious Tara - Eugene apologizes for his lie as Abraham apologizes for almost killing him, and they both seem to return to being friends. However, in "Twice as Far" when Abraham saves him from being bitten by a walker whose head is drenched in liquid metal, Eugene scolds him as he could have killed it himself and that he no longer needs Abraham's protection but the two repair their relationship after Eugene helps save Rosita and Daryl from the Saviors by creating a diversion and biting Dwight in the crotch, taking a bullet during the firefight as well.

When Eugene volunteers himself as a diversion to get Maggie to Hilltop, Abraham and he share a touching moment of reminiscence, and they hug. Upon Abraham's execution, Eugene is utterly devastated by the loss of his mentor, protector, and best friend. Eugene will later help carry his body to the RV.

Despite having witnessed his brutal death at the hands of Negan, Eugene eventually sides with the Saviors to ensure his own survival, essentially betraying all that Abraham had done for him by siding with the ones who had killed him.

Rosita Espinosa
As traveling companions, it can be assumed that they have a stable friendship. However, in "Us", Rosita is annoyed at Eugene's lack of navigational skills. Eugene is also mentioned by Abraham to be attracted to Rosita, as he watches her and Abraham together quite often. After finding out Eugene is a liar, Rosita stood up for him, protecting him from Abraham's wrath, proving that she does see him as a friend. She also works to reconcile Abraham and Eugene's relationship, showing a level of compassion.

As the two continued to survive the apocalypse alongside each other, Rosita began to look down on Eugene, doubting his capabilities due to his awkward and cowardly nature; this was especially evident during the machete lessons she had been conducting with the Alexandria residents in "Heads Up", where she lectured him on fear, and in "No Way Out", where she decided that Eugene was not capable of fighting. He soon proved to her that he was indeed a capable fighter during the herd massacre. It is assumed that she now treats Eugene with more respect as a survivor. When Eugene is taken by the Saviors after Rosita attempts to kill Negan, Rosita is devastated and pleads for her to be taken instead. When Rosita and Sasha attempt to rescue Eugene, he declines to join them and retreats to the Sanctuary. Rosita is angered at his betrayal, destroying whatever friendship they had.

In "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life", Rosita seethes as Eugene attempts to convince Rick and the other Alexandrians to surrender. Despite her hatred, she turns her head away as she attempts to detonate the explosives seemingly planted next to Eugene, not wishing to see the results. In "Time for After", Eugene no longer considers Rosita or anyone else as his friends, as he shows full loyal to Negan.

In "Worth", Eugene is captured by Rosita and Daryl and he attempts to explain himself to his former friend. However, Rosita is too angry and betrayed to listen and states that all Eugene did is betray the only friends he ever had and will now be locked up and used only for his brain. Eugene vomits on Rosita, escapes and appears more determined than ever in his Savior loyalty after their encounter.

In "Wrath", when Eugene falls into trouble from Regina and a few other Saviors, Rosita saves his life, protecting Eugene once again. In the aftermath of the battle, Eugene admits that he sabotaged the Savior weapons to help the Militia, having been inspired to help by the things Rosita said to him when she had him prisoner. Rosita punches him in the face for vomiting on her, but otherwise appears to forgive Eugene's actions. At some point, Eugene developed feelings for Rosita and tried to confess them in Who Are You Now, though she stopped him from doing so. He was also willing to sacrifice himself so Rosita could get away from the herd.

Tara Chambler
Eugene has a very close relationship with Tara. Upon meeting and traveling with Tara, Eugene is shown to take an interest in Tara in "Us" where he talks to her about video games. Later when Abraham decides to let Tara and Glenn go through the tunnels alone, Eugene confesses to Tara he finds her "seriously hot", she tells him that she's a lesbian and he claims he already knew, although it is unclear if he was being truthful. Later, Eugene decides he has to know if Glenn and Tara made it out of the tunnels alive and he tricks Rosita into going to the tunnel exit to find out.
 * "Thank God nothing happened to your hair."
 * —Tara to Eugene[src]

Eugene and Tara interact several times throughout the journey to Terminus, Gabriel's Church and the road to Washington. Eugene confides in Tara that he was the one to disable the bus carrying them to Washington, and despite her best judgement, Tara keeps his secret. Tara does appear stunned to learn Eugene lied but is actually more sympathetic towards him than the others, as he had little survival skills and lying was the best he could do.

During their time at Alexandria, Eugene goes on a run with Glenn, Tara, Noah, with two Alexandria residents to find a device that would restore power to Alexandria. Tara is severely injured in an explosion, and due to his new found friendship with Tara, Eugene has a change of demeanor. He vowed to Glenn that he'd keep Tara safe, and surrounded by walkers, Eugene picks Tara up and exits the warehouse in which they'd entered to find the device; killing walkers as he brings her to the van outside. He has also been shown to visit Tara several times while under medical care. When he sees Tara awake in "First Time Again", he was struck with happiness.

As the series has progressed they have spent less time interacging with each other. It is assumed that Eugene still cares for Tara and their relationship remains healthy.

Glenn Rhee
Eugene seems to appreciate and has a neutral relationship with Glenn. Eugene decides he has to know if Glenn and Tara made it out of the tunnels alive and he tricks Rosita into going to the tunnel exit to find out. Glenn gave him his own riot gear to increase Eugene's odds of surviving the journey to the capital. Even after learning about Eugene's lie, he still tries to protect him from Abraham. Eugene later accompanies Glenn on a supply run after arriving at Alexandria and they appear to be on good terms now. Eugene was horrified and reduced to a sobbing wreck, covering his eyes as Negan killed Glenn. Despite this, he betrayed Glenn as well as Abraham by joining the Saviors, who are responsible for their deaths.

Sasha Williams
When they first met, Sasha appeared to be stunned to hear that Eugene knew what caused the outbreak and agreed to accompany him and Abraham to Washington. However, Sasha still appeared skeptical as she demanded he tell her what the cure was and how it worked. Eugene did, but nevertheless Sasha still protected Eugene from the walkers in their escape from Terminus. It is unknown how Sasha reacted to Eugene's lie, but she seems to be on neutral ground with him regardless.

When Eugene revealed to Sasha his new alliance with the Saviors, Sasha was taken aback. After she was captured, Eugene visited her in her cell, sharing his reasons for switching sides and recommending she do the same for her own safety. When she requested a tool to aid in her "suicide", Eugene was reluctant but eventually relented, slipping suicide pills he had made earlier under the door. Despite allowing Sasha a way out, he shows great sorrow at her choice to consider suicide, showing that he still somewhat cared for her well-being. When Eugene comes across the coffin used to transport Sasha, having vivid and disturbing flashbacks to her shocking reveal as a walker, feeling saddened of her death. Despite this, he blames Sasha's downfalls on their choices of doing the "right thing".

Rick Grimes
Eugene and Rick have a good relationship. Though they haven't interacted much, Eugene seems to respect Rick's abilities as a leader, trusting Rick's plan to kill Gareth and the Hunters despite the plan involving using himself as bait. He was also present when Rick announced his desire to find Noah's home community in Richmond, Virginia, and when they arrived in Alexandria followed, through with his plan to stay in one house rather than be divided among themselves in case Alexandria was more than it appeared. In "First Time Again", Rick saved Eugene from being killed by Carter.

Later in the series, Eugene proved himself to be a valuable member of the community in Rick's eyes, most prominently shown in his talent for creating bullets. After offering to divert the Saviors' attention to himself for the safety of the group en route to the Hilltop, Eugene handed over the recipe for bullet-crafting to Rick, entrusting him with his methods in the event that he is killed.

After Eugene was taken by the Saviors and spent time in their main compound, he returned to Rick a changed man, having wholeheartedly sided with the Saviors to ensure his own safety. Rick was visibly struck by his betrayal. Later at the assault of the Saviors compound, Eugene attempted to reintroduce himself but was immediately and angrily shot down by Rick. Showing that Rick harbors anger and ill will towards him after the battle at Alexandria. In Time for After, Eugene no longer considers Rick as his friend, blaming him and the Militia for causing the herd and getting people killed.

After Eugene's betrayal of the Saviors, their relationship seems to be repaired, as Rick tells Eugene how valuable he is to them, which makes Eugene smile.

Maggie Rhee
In "Self Help", Maggie, along with Tara, is supportive of Eugene and his abilities and a friendship develops between them. Despite having lied, Maggie still tried her best to revive him after getting knocked out by Abraham, despite clearly being mad at him. Maggie and Eugene are on better terms now as they have been seen together without any resentment present towards him.

Gabriel Stokes
The two have a neutral relationship, Eugene believes that Gabriel's beliefs are absurd. Gabriel's confession about his past, hits Eugene hard and he thinks about it. Possibly seeing himself in Gabriel, this may have played a part in Eugene confessing about his past.

When Gabriel is caught by the Saviors, Eugene is concern about Gabriel and takes him to Carson. Gabriel has no hard feelings about Eugene joining the Saviors. He tries to convince Eugene to leave and help him return Carson to the Hilltop.

When Eugene, Gabriel, and the Saviors start making bullets and Gabriel refuses, not wanting to contribute in hurting his friends. This angers Eugene. He then gives him a choice to make bullets or die. Gabriel reluctantly chooses to make bullets.

Daryl Dixon
Daryl and Eugene haven't had much interaction on screen, but seem to have a negative relationship due to Eugene siding with the Saviors.

Aiden Monroe
When Glenn, Tara, Noah, Nicholas and Aiden returned from their first supply run together Eugene saw Glenn and Aiden coming to blows and appeared concerned for Glenn and witnessed them fight. Eugene later, reluctantly, accompanied them on a supply run to find more parts for Alexandria's generator. Though Eugene tried to plead his case not to go Aiden still insisted he needed to as he didn't want to "come back with the wrong shit". When Aiden accidentally causes and explosion that gets impaled through metal bars but still alive, Eugene insisted Glenn, Noah and Nicholas rescue him. How Eugene reacts to Aiden's death is unknown but he was presumably saddened.

Nicholas
Eugene and Nicholas didn't interact much but they didn't get along well due to Nicholas' cowardly nature. Later when Eugene rescues Tara but Nicholas arrives without Glenn or Noah Eugene immediately stopped him from taking off in the truck, demanding to know where his friends are. When Nicholas threatened to leave him if he didn't get back in the truck, Eugene immediately pulled out his gun to shoot him though Nicholas overpowered him but Glenn arrived in time to stop him. Eugene may have lost any respect for Nicholas after this as he was seen holding him at gunpoint while unconscious on the trip back.

Dwight
Eugene, along with his group, most likely hates Dwight for him being apart of the Saviors and with him tormenting Daryl Dixon. When Eugene and Abraham Ford went looking for a place to manufacture bullets, Eugene had been captured by Dwight and was threatened to be executed. After Negan, the leader of the Saviors, killed Abraham and Glenn Rhee, he had Daryl taken. Eugene somewhat seemed to be angry at the Saviors, but mostly at the one loading Daryl up who was Dwight.

Later at the Sanctuary, when Eugene becomes one of the higher-ups, Eugene recognizes Dwight and apologizes for him biting his crotch. He then assures Dwight of his name and that they both are Negan to which Dwight reluctantly agrees. From this conversation, it appears any hostility between the two has subsided.

Negan
Starting off, Eugene's relationship with Negan was strained due to witnessing his closest friend, Abraham, being brutally beaten to death by Negan in front of him. After Rosita unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Negan, Eugene gave himself up as the creator of the bullet, resulting in Negan taking him back to the Sanctuary. Despite Eugene making the bullet that damaged Lucille, Negan held much respect for Eugene due to his smarts and knowledge and showed him respect and kindness, even giving Eugene a comfortable apartment and all the supplies he wanted. Negan later visited Eugene's apartment to ask him if he was truly loyal to the Saviors, leading Eugene to reassure that " I'm Negan."

When Negan enacted his plan to confront the Alexandria Safe-Zone, Eugene offered his assistance, inquiring to try to talk Rick and the rest of the community into surrendering to the Saviors. His attempts proved unsuccessful, and Negan chastised the community for attempting to detonate explosives next to Eugene and the Saviors, defending Eugene by pointing out that he was once one of them.

Frankie
Frankie and Eugene have a rather poor relationship. At first they get along when Frankie, Tanya, and Amber keep Eugene when he first comes the Sanctuary. But then when Eugene refuses to give her and Tanya the pills to kill Negan and her threats don't work on Eugene, she cuts off any kind of friendship they have between them.
 * "That would be a tactical error on your part. They'll believe me over you for the same reason he believed Dwight over the doctor. You're replaceable to him."
 * —Eugene after Frankie threatens to report him to Negan[src]

Tanya
Tanya and Eugene seem to have an unstable relationship. However, when they first meet, she seems to like, trust and be entertained by his scientific abilities. This is shown when Tanya jokingly asks Eugene if he can make a bomb, which leads to him to actually igniting a bomb. Tanya claps giddily. Later on, she explains to Eugene about Amber's depression, and being suicidal. She asks him to make pills for her, so she can die peacefully. Eugene agrees to this. When Eugene refuses to give Tanya the pills later, after relizing they were instead intended for Negan, she calls him a coward and threatens to lie and tell Negan that it was Eugene's idea to make the pills. Eugene admits that it would be a mistake as she, as one if Negan's wives, is replaceable and he is not.

Regina
During a meeting in the absence of Negan, Regina suggest a plan to tactically sacrifice 40 workers in order to escape the Sanctuary surrounded by walkers. Eugene not only dismisses the likelihood of success in her tactics but also calls her out for risking a potential loyalty fallout from the workers. Agitated, Regina threatens to march Eugene out to the walker mass to motivate him to solve their crisis at hand. Regina spent much of the remainder of the meeting glaring at Eugene. However, later that day, Eugene has successfully came up with a tactical solution to rid the herd surrounding the Sanctuary. With Eugene's tactics ensuring the immediate survival and welfare of everyone in the building including Regina, it's possible her attitude towards the former may have improved.

Regina is seen alongside Eugene at his bullet factory outpost, while a shipment of spent bullet casings are being transferred to the facility. Later after Eugene is revealed to have sabotaged the Saviors' weapons, which allows the Militia to defeat them, Regina attempts to attack and kill Eugene though he is saved by Rosita who shoots and wounds Regina.

Simon
Simon and Eugene rarely interacted directly to each other, but it seems that Simon valued his intelligence and adored him for figuring out a way to lead the walkers out of the Sanctuary.

Eugene likely shows no remorse for Simon's death.
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AppearancesEdit
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Season 4

 * "Inmates" (No Lines)
 * "Claimed"
 * "Us"
 * "A" (No Lines)

Season 5

 * "No Sanctuary"
 * "Strangers"
 * "Four Walls and a Roof"
 * "Self Help"
 * "Crossed"
 * "Coda" (No Lines)
 * "What Happened and What's Going On" (No Lines)
 * "Them"
 * "The Distance"
 * "Remember" (No Lines)
 * "Spend"
 * "Conquer"

Season 6

 * "First Time Again" (Flashback)
 * "JSS"
 * "Now" (No Lines)
 * "Always Accountable" (Voice Only)
 * "Heads Up"
 * "Start to Finish"
 * "No Way Out"
 * "The Next World"
 * "Not Tomorrow Yet"
 * "Twice as Far"
 * "Last Day on Earth"

Season 7

 * "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be"
 * "Service"
 * "Swear" (No Lines)
 * "Sing Me a Song"
 * "Hearts Still Beating"
 * "Hostiles and Calamities"
 * "The Other Side"
 * "Something They Need"
 * "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"

Season 8

 * "Mercy"
 * "The Big Scary U"
 * "Time for After"
 * "How It's Gotta Be"
 * "Honor" (Dream)
 * "Dead or Alive Or"
 * "Still Gotta Mean Something" (No Lines)
 * "Worth"
 * "Wrath"

Season 9

 * "A New Beginning"
 * "The Bridge"
 * "The Obliged"
 * "What Comes After"
 * "Who Are You Now?"
 * "Evolution"
 * "Adaptation"
 * "Guardians"
 * "Scars" (Flashback)
 * "The Calm Before"
 * "The Storm"

Season 10
TBA
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Trivia

 * The name used for Eugene's casting call was "Wayne Kesey", until the casting was revealed at NYCC on October 12th, 2013.
 * In an interview with Access Hollywood, Josh McDermitt described Eugene as someone who lived "in a dark apartment, by himself, maybe with his mom, and not so much a hoarder of everything, but just a hoarder of just like weird items that mean something to him that would mean absolutely nothing to someone else."
 * Eugene has been captured five times and is in the lead for being captured the most amount of times.
 * He has been captured by Gareth at Terminus in Season 4. In Season 6, he was captured twice by the Saviors: once was by Dwight after he and Abraham parted ways and the other was from trying to set up a diversion at the roadblocks which failed and led to him being captured and added into the lineup to meet Negan. He was captured again in the mid-season finale of Season 7 after revealing that he was the one that made Rosita a bullet to try and assassinate Negan. He was later captured by Rosita and Daryl in Season 8 after defecting to the Saviors but was able to escape.
 * Talking with Access Hollywood, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd revealed that she believed Eugene to have Asperger's Syndrome.
 * Josh McDermitt refused to officially confirm the claim, but suggested its validity, saying "I don't want to address that. That's something for me, whether he has it or not."
 * As of "The Calm Before", Eugene, Ariel, and Rosita are the only remaining characters introduced in Season 4.
 * Eugene is also one of only six named former Saviors confirmed to be alive, the others being Negan, Laura, Quan, Alden, and Gracie.
 * Eugene appears to be an atheist, as suggested by his response of "It's absurd" to Gabriel explaining his religious beliefs in "Time for After".
 * Eugene is the fourth main character to be part of Rick's group and later become an antagonist, the first being Shane Walsh, the second being Merle Dixon and the third being Spencer Monroe.
 * In the Fear The Walking Dead episode "No One's Gone", one of Althea's tapes labeled "Abe/Doctor" is seen. On Talking Dead, it was confirmed to be an interview of Eugene and Abraham, revealing that they encountered Althea before meeting Rick's group.
 * In the script for "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", there were 3 alternative death scenes, one of them where Negan would have killed Aaron and Eugene instead of Abraham and Glenn