Talk:John Murphy/@comment-174.91.8.80-20141209064713

He's not really an evil character, I'd say the main thing with him is that he is vengeful and in most of the cases actually justifiably so. Most of the people that he wanted to kill or provoked a fight with where people who had wronged him in some way- ie Wells Jaha because of his father killing his father and Connor, Myles and Bellamy for trying to hang him. I don't see any indication that he would have tried to or wanted to kill any of the other delinquents apart from these 4.

With Charlotte his rage was misdirected at her though when he wanted her to suffer the same fate as he would: hanging. The people who had wronged Murphy in this case where Bellamy, Clarke and Connor. Charlotte actually did him a huge favor, first of all by confessing which she didn't have to as nobody suspected her of the crime she saved his life. Secondly she also killed Wells Jaha, which was something Murphy probably wanted to do and this caused Thelonious a lot of pain which is something that Murphy once again wanted.

Also as far as him being unpredictable and traitorous, I don't think he would have betrayed Mbegbe, his only friend, but this would have been an interesting relationship to have been expanded in the show if Mbegbe had not been killed and was still alive when Murphy came back to camp.