The Walking Dead: 10 Characters Who Stuck Around Too Long
4. Eugene Porter
Played by: Josh McDermitt
First appearance: Inmates (S4E10)
Last appearance: Ongoing
It is all business in the front, party in the back for The Walking Dead's waffling mullet. Eugene Porter has to be the most useless waste of space since Father Gabriel put on his clerical collar.
Like Carl's hat, or Carol's floral shirts, Eugene is now an integral part of the group - he just doesn't do a lot. One of those storyline limpets, Eugene seems to pick up the scraps of what other stories are left behind. Take for instance the trip to Washington which could have been a turning point for the show. After the (not so) big reveal that Eugene wasn't leading them to a magical cure, what else was there to do?
There was the opportunity of an ammunitions factory, so just when you thought Eugene might get a bit of story...Negan shows up. That isn't to say that there isn't something round the corner.
The comics have that blossoming romance with Rosita, but is it too little too late for McDermitt's version? Eugene could actually be one of those who gets bashed round the cranium with Lucille, but with Abraham looking like target No. 1, Eugene can go back to combing his mullet.