Detective Rudolph KotC (Holding back maniacal laughter) BG spoiler

[KurtinStGeorge]

Sorry, I couldn't resist trolling this topic.  No way is the subject line going to happen.  I would probably give up on the series if Jim did something that lame.

What I really want is everyone's opinion about what will happen with Rudolph.  Did he already confess to killing Murphy?  (Actually, he did.  Butters was there when Rudolph was still holding the gun and he said, "Wait. Wait. I didn't mean...")  Did he confess it to anyone else?  Will Harry publicly accuse Rudolph of murder?  (It's pretty rare, but a few people have been convicted of murder without a body as proof that a murder occurred.)  Will Harry be charged with attempted murder?  He did mess Rudolph up pretty badly and he was trying to kill him.  Will Rudolph be held up by either local politicians or the Chicago PD as a hero who fought off the terrorists?  If Rudolph hasn't confessed, who could get him to confess and how would they do it?  Will Harry forgive Rudolph?

I would have done this as a poll, but I think there are too many possibilities to make that work.  It will be interesting to see if anyone can correctly guess where Jim will go with this character.   

[Mira]

Sorry, I couldn't resist trolling this topic.  No way is the subject line going to happen.  I would probably give up on the series if Jim did something that lame.

What I really want is everyone's opinion about what will happen with Rudolph.  Did he already confess to killing Murphy?  (Actually, he did.  Butters was there when Rudolph was still holding the gun and he said, "Wait. Wait. I didn't mean...")  Did he confess it to anyone else?  Will Harry publicly accuse Rudolph of murder?  (It's pretty rare, but a few people have been convicted of murder without a body as proof that a murder occurred.)  Will Harry be charged with attempted murder?  He did mess Rudolph up pretty badly and he was trying to kill him.  Will Rudolph be held up by either local politicians or the Chicago PD as a hero who fought off the terrorists?  If Rudolph hasn't confessed, who could get him to confess and how would they do it?  Will Harry forgive Rudolph?

I would have done this as a poll, but I think there are too many possibilities to make that work.  It will be interesting to see if anyone can correctly guess where Jim will go with this character.

I have stated before that Harry will be arrested and tried for possibly Harvey's murder with Mab acting as his defense lawyer.  On the cross exam, Rudy is totally going to fall apart because Mab is going to have a real Perry Mason moment.  Rudy will be declared insane and mentally not able to stand trial.  While Harry will try to forgive him, realizing the man wasn't playing with a full deck and will spend quite some time in a mental hospital.

[Snark Knight]

It will be interesting to see if anyone can correctly guess where Jim will go with this character.

Based on Bradley's report of his dereliction of duty, he'll be encouraged to take early retirement ... then get hired as private security for Larry Fowler, to persecute Harry full time for twice what he was making as police.


Seriously though, he's going to have a hard time trying to charge Harry for trying to kill him without a) touching on the motive and b) explaining why he has crush injuries instead of marks of a beating with fists. But he'll also probably succeed at sweeping shooting Karrin under the rug. I don't doubt Butters will try to do the right thing and accuse him, but with a record of being institutionalized and zero physical evidence, that's going to fall flat. He and Sanya were way naive about thinking the system would deal properly with Rudy.

So he'll probably continue trying to harass Harry ... but as I said on another thread, if he gets sufficiently in the way of Lara's plans for Harry, or starts getting nosy about her as an associate of Harry's, his psychology would make him a juicy target for any Skavis or Malvora she were to point at him.

[Dina]

As the title of the thread has no warning, I will spoiler-tag this.

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They were not naïve, they did not know that Odin will take the body. Bodies talk. Karrin was killed for a gun of Rudolph, and they could have proofed that he had shot a gun. Also, the gun probably had only his fingerprints.

But as it is, no, Rudolph won't be prosecuted. He may take a mental health leave or he will become even more dead fixed on destroying Harry, but no matter what, I believe he is a Gollum and in the end it would be "useful" (willingly or not) to Harry, who will then be (once again) grateful to the KotC for stopping him to get the revenge.

[Mira]

Or he could be Worm Tongue.

[Dina]

Well, I don't see it. First, he is not that insidious. Second, the humiliation JB wrote for him reads more Gollum to me, but of course, I may be wrong. We will have to wait and see 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

The thing to remember is that this occurred at the Thirdwatch daycare. They were all cops kids that Rudy’s cowardice imperilled, Bradley is going to be believed by his colleagues, and the day care organiser is going to back up Bradley. Rudy is going to have very little support after that comes out.

Knight of the Cross? More like Knave of the Crap. He will never get those stains out of his expensive designer suit, and that is Exhibit A.

Rudy has also be cited previously for poor trigger control shooting at Mister. In an alternate universe Rudy killed Mister, and was demoted to uniform, and resigned and Murphy lived through BG.

[Mira]

Well, I don't see it. First, he is not that insidious. Second, the humiliation JB wrote for him reads more Gollum to me, but of course, I may be wrong. We will have to wait and see 

Oh I think he is, unless he is infected by Nemesis, then he would be corrupted like Gollum was because of the Ring. 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Oh I think he is, unless he is infected by Nemesis, then he would be corrupted like Gollum was because of the Ring.

Yes, He Who Walks Like He’s Crapped His Pants, Nemesis isn’t a coward.