Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-77.5.234.54-20150723195939/@comment-26247132-20150723213457

Murphy only hurt and killed people who tried to hurt and kill him: Charlotte, Connor, Myles, Bellamy, Octavia (to hurt Bellamy, even though it was actually Raven). Murphy took his time to kill both Connor (even helping him through his sickness first) and Myles (who lay injured in the drop ship for at least a few hours). It wasn't some rash action on his part. Even when he had Bellamy captive, he didn't kill him immediately; he savored it.

Murphy also didn't consider the Delinquents "his people" since he had been banished once and escaped the second time. Because of that, even without the character growth, his emotional stability wasn't compromised like Finn's was. He had no real investment in finding the other Delinquents besides trying to redeem himself or (more likely) because he was bored.