Gavin Murphy is a main character in the first, second and third seasons of the CTV medical drama Saving Hope. He is a psychiatry resident at Hope Zion, and the ex-boyfriend of Maggie Lin. He is portrayed by Kristopher Turner.
Background[]
Personality[]
Gavin is incredibly patient and understanding with everyone, often realizing that some patients he is called to do a psychiatric consult for are mentally ill instead of being physically sick or lying, such as the cases when he realized a woman had conversion disorder after a car accident and became unparalyzed.
He is close with most of the main cast, often revealing the other's prejudices and "judgey-ness" when helping to treat or consult on their patients, such as Joel's patient who had been treated harshly due to his many extreme body modifications. He is often described as being trustworthy, helpful, understanding, saintly, very "happy go lucky", or sometimes "puppy like."
He also dislikes people using the word "issues" to describe others who may need help mentally because he believes they do not have "issues" but rather a sickness that may need to be treated.
Physical Description[]
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
In Season 1, most appearances of Gavin is him as a psychiatric consult and councilor for patients the other main characters need help with or his role as Joel's love rival with Maggie. It is revealed they had been friends for 5 years prior, with Gavin having feelings for her for most of their time together. Maggie originally rejects Gavin while she is secretly seeing Joel saying "I love you, you love me too, but we're not IN love." Eventually Maggie begins dating Joel publicly to the dismay of Gavin.
After Joel's incident in which he witnessed a suicide Maggie and Gavin are outside the hospital having a beer and talking about the incident. Gavin kisses Maggie who tells him it was all a mistake, causing a rift in their friendship. When Joel and Maggie's relationship begins to become strained, she attempts to rekindle her ang Gavin's friendship, eventually leaving Joel for Gavin.
After Maggie's initial rejection, Gavin became much closer to Hannah, a fellow doctor at Hope Zion. When Maggie makes a comment about being happy for him for moving on he says they are just friends.
Season 2[]
In Season 2, Maggie and Gavin have become a couple. They learn that Maggie is expecting but she has a miscarriage, straining their relationship. After seeing how Charlie fights for Alex while she is in a coma, Maggie believes that Gavin could not do the same and their relationship will not work out. Maggie leaves Gavin who is heart broken.
Season 3[]
In Season 3 Episode 4, its revealed that Gavin's Mom left him at the age of 7. He left in the same episode to find himself, like his mother did when he was 7. He has not returned to Hope Zion since.
He was the first person that Charlie trusted and believed could help him after waking up and learning he could still see the people on the other side.