jail, Negan discovers that the door to his cell was left unlocked and exits it. Daryl's group lures the herd away and goes to a barn that was near Rosita's location, where they find Eugene hidden under its floor. Eugene explains to them that Rosita stashed him there due to his knee injury and warns them that the herd outside is unusual, having heard them speaking before and that they have come through twice before looking for him. He suggests the possibility that the walkers may have evolved into more intelligent foes. The group quickly find that the herd is approaching the barn and evacuate. Daryl offers to lead the herd away while the others take Eugene back to the Hilltop. However, despite creating a distraction with fireworks and Dog's barking, the herd continues on following the others. Aaron, Eugene, and Jesus eventually get trapped in a walled cemetery, and as they take out the front line of walkers, Michonne arrives with others from the Hilltop to help rescue them, but Jesus decides to stay back to cover the others. Jesus dispatches several walkers, but one of them ducks his blade and grabs and fatally stabs him, warning him that they are where they "do not belong." Daryl arrives and kills the walker while the group clears the rest. As Aaron mourns over Jesus's body, Daryl examines the walker that killed Jesus, revealing that it was a living human wearing a mask made out of a walker's skin. Before they can process the situation, whispers around them get louder; the group circles up preparing for a fight. Production "Evolution" marks the death of Paul "Jesus" Rovia (Tom Payne). Jesus was a recurring character in the sixth season but became part of the main cast in Season 7. His death at the hands of the Whisperers is a significant change from the comic arc, in which Jesus helps spearhead the communities' fight against the Whisperers and comes to have a long-term relationship with Aaron. Payne stated that he was not disappointed in leaving the show as he had become frustrated by how little the character has been used despite the fact that he had taken efforts to train for various action roles that had been suggested by the comic storyline during the war with the Saviors and Whisperers. He stated "it was mutual and they knew I would be OK with