Is that Michael James Shaw’s Mercer the leader of the Commonwealth army fighting a Commonwealth soldier?

The question is: What is Eugene on trial for?

But the intrigue does not stop there.

Walking Dead. Eugene (Josh McDermitt) Credit AMC

Josh McDermitt as Eugene on ‘The Walking Dead’.AMC

That visual is then reinforced later when we also see Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura) in that same courtroom.

“No matter how bleak things look, this is not the end,” says a Eugene voiceover.

Will Eugene be innocent or guilty?

And, more importantly, will he and everyone else live or die?

Those questions will begin to be answered on the Oct. 2 premiere.