I think Eugene is supposed to be the guy who does what he has to to survive, which includes playing Negan's game. He knows he's a coward and harbours no delusions about becoming a hero.


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He had to decide right then and now whether he would be the Butcher or Cattle.

 

It also lets us know that he is still a good guy, because we won't see him turn the guy in. And that guy will know Eugene isn't a typical Savior when he doesn't get turned in.

 

That was a guy I thought it was a female.

 

It was the same person watching Dwight go through the footlocker for mustard in an earlier episode.

Not my catch, I saw it on a video somewhere.

 

I have a feeling, that guy will be beneficial to Eugene in the future.

 

That guy is the son of the older red headed guy who was beat to death in the episode Cell, for stealing. His father was beat to death for it, and now he is doing the same behavior. Maybe Eugene will help break the cycle.

 

In Cell, you see a man in the background being beaten by other men, apparently after stealing. Dwight then goes into that man's sleeping area, and retrieves the stolen items from a backpack. The young red headed kid [who stole in last week's episode] and a middle aged woman look on as Dwight goes through the pack. They are meant to be the stealer's family, it seems.

Later in The Cell, you can see the older red headed guy who stole is now a walker in the moat.

 

I think the red-haired man (a worker) was beaten to death because he got into an argument over not being able to afford food or whatever from a vendor's table. That's what I took from that scene. And then Story Sync for 7x11 sort of confirmed that notion. The pregnant wife was seen again, behind Amber and Frankie in the Dr. Carson death scene. The long-haired son is there too.

 

That was a guy???

 

I think they're trying to humanize some of the background figures at the Sanctuary as well as show us that there is dissent and dissatisfaction within the average people there who work for points. I assume this will come into play when we see our group in conflict with the people of the Sanctuary. Either creating a moral dilemma for some, or as unexpected allies for us.

It does seem that this young man with the long red hair is family to the man who was killed by the Saviors in The Cell in a dispute over food. There was also a woman who appeared to be pregnant with the family in cubicle 39. Dwight stole their pickles from a footlocker, which I think is as much an indicator that Dwight is a douche as any of his larger offenses.