She even tried to sexually molest the childlike Cyril O'Reily (earning her a beating in response) and blackmail his brother Ryan into forcing Cyril to have sex with her under penalty of her making sure he'd never see Cyril again if refused.

She knows that no one would believe a woman could possibly rape a man. Double Standard: Rape, Female on Male: Exploited.Does Not Like Men: She expresses misandrist views in some of her rantings.Dirty Cop: Aside from abusing prisoners, she kills Nikolai Stanislofsky on behalf of Ryan O'Reily.Crazy Jealous Girl: The reason McManus broke up with her was because she started harassing him over the fact he comforted Wittlesey when her mother died.Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She initially starts out as being rather pleasant, but she drops the mask after McManus breaks up with her.No one finds her attractive but she uses her position to get who she wants to have sex with her. She has sexual relationships with several staff members and inmates in order to dominate them. Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He's more than willing to skirt around the rules to give the prisoners a break when they deserve it, and openly rebels against Querns when he believes that he is ruining Em City.Ī female CO, she is extremely unstable and prone to sadistic sexual violence.Reasonable Authority Figure: Without a doubt the most reasonable authority figure in Oz.Only Sane Man: He seems to be the only character in the entire series who isn't dealing with personal problems, is overly ambitious, corrupt, selfish, cruel or moronic.My God, What Have I Done?: He's tormented by guilt over cutting Morales' tendons, subsequently confessing to Glynn.Not So Above It All: After Morales has Brass injured, Murphy agrees to be part of the guard posse to cut Morales' tendons.They rarely have conflict and trust each other pretty much unconditionally. Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Tim McManus.This cools a little bit when Murphy realizes that O'Reily's taking advantage of him, but Murphy remains one of the few people Ryan trusts in Oz. Commonality Connection: He and Ryan O'Reily bond over their shared Irish heritage.He is more honest and competent than the other guards and Warden Glynn also holds him in high regard. A fair and confident officer, Murphy maintains order to the best of his ability in Oz while doing what he can to support McManus' ideology. 'I didn't become a zookeeper just to behave like one of the animals.'Īn Irish CO, Murphy is the staff member most trusted by McManus.

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