“In fact, the compelling way in which “Murder” parallels the presence of a lie in a courtroom with the lies the characters tell in Their real life is an example of the kind of connections that are extremely important to make with an audience, connections that keep them coming back for more. (Staniček, Lily) Stanicek's article simply focused on establishing a connection with viewers. In interviews with Davis and a few other actors and actresses, they opened up about their real-life struggles and how they incorporated those emotions into their character roles. Although Keating is a terrifying professor, there is an undercurrent of grief and a cheating husband, to which she retaliates by being rude to her students. Gibbons was accepted into law school just three days before the new semester started, he isn't tough like his peers and can't deliberately hurt a stranger to get what he wants. Keating, I believe, picks up on Gibbon's naive behavior and intends to treat him as his plaything. This is why he was chosen to defend him