I wonder if the writers gave him the name Eddie Murdoc, just so it would feel more like a person to Michael Des Barres? I think they sometimes do that so that the actor portraying the character gets a since of humanity instead of just being a roll.

what about Michael Murdoc

I should ask MDB on twitter.
Michael Murdoc could work...

Eddie? That is SO weird!

Haven't seen that interview before. Interesting.

Found part of the interview! (There were mature references in the interview, so I only posted the part about Murdoc here.)

-from HERE

Eddie just sounds strange to me as a first name for Murdoc.

I like it, it fits the era/time and common among period rockers too. Who's he having din-din with in his twitter feed image, btw? He looks familiar but I can't quite grasp a name ......

I think it's Don Johnson.

OMG!! that's NOT Don Johnson. I kind-of recognize the face but have no idea who it is.



this is Don Johnson

LOL!

Ok, I got a reply, Murdoc didn't have a first name.

Angus. That might have friends out of them...

That's great Aussie!!

I have to say I'm glad it's not Eddie. And it is good that some secrets stay unrevealed.

I quite like that Murdoc doesn't have a first name, keeps his mystery going better. Finding out what Zito's first name was, was a bit of a let-down too - makes him more human somehow, that he has an ordinary name... I might have picked something a bit more sinister!

I don't recall ever wondering about Murdoc's first name when the show was on. But thanks to last year's elections - specifically the Indiana senate race - his first name will always be Richard to me from now on.

What? When did we find that out?

I don't really like the idea of Murdoc having a first name. It draws away from the dark, mysterious feel of the character. And if he had a first name It would make him more human somehow, that he has an ordinary name. And that mysteriousness of the character would be gone.

I agree. When one is left wondering and imagining, it adds much more intrigue to Murdoc and his character. The, for lack of better wording, "magic" would leave the mystery of the characterand he would seem a bit less interesting - in my opinion.

Yeah, I like that we don't get to know a lot about him, like how he survived falling off the Widowmaker.

Yeah, I like that we don't get to know a lot about him, like how he survived falling off the Widowmaker.

Oh my geese! What if he's a cyborg?!
Or maybe he's a rebuild-able humpty dumpty.

If Murdoc had a first name, it's pretty likely he also has a second one. Like in David T. Murdoc. Isn't that initial a thing with killers?

You wouldn't happen to be an Indiana resident? If so, there are at least 3 of you here!

Well it's pretty obvious that he's a terminator!

I mean just look at the way he sits up and throws all those big rocks off himself in the cave in Strictly Business.

You wouldn't happen to be an Indiana resident? If so, there are at least 3 of you here!

I'm from New Hampshire and I now live in Singapore. But I'm also a political junkie, and I follow elections in all 50 states. Last fall, the Indiana candidate I was referring to (he spells it Mourdock: Richard Mourdock) made a really stupid comment in a debate, concerning rape and pregnancy. When his flub made the news, I joked on Facebook that although the election was a few weeks away, I had just taken it upon myself to write Mourdock's concession speech, and it only had one word: "MACGYYYYVVVVEEEERRRRRRRR!"

What? When did we find that out?

I'm pretty sure it was Raymond, though I forget the episode. Might have been 'Lessons in Evil'

What? When did we find that out?

I'm pretty sure it was Raymond, though I forget the episode. Might have been 'Lessons in Evil'

And how is the name presented? Do they say it, show it?.. what?

I'm amazed that no-one else has ever noticed this is it's correct - including myself.

What? When did we find that out?

I'm pretty sure it was Raymond, though I forget the episode. Might have been 'Lessons in Evil'

And how is the name presented? Do they say it, show it?.. what?

I'm amazed that no-one else has ever noticed this is it's correct - including myself.

Um... Written on his Psycho-notes before he escapes, if memory serves. Either that or it's mentioned in the courtroom when he's trying to get declared sane (though that might be a different episode!)
I'll have to watch the episode again and let you know

I just watched both episodes and saw or heard no mention of his name so I'm interested to know where you saw it.

OK, I'll watch and let you know (won't be tonight though!)

It's just possible I'm mixing it up with the memory of reading one of the fan-fiction stories, but I don't think so...