Axel made an offhand remark about having been convicted on drug charges, but who's to say that's true
I might have thought he could turn out the way that people have been predicting he will, by being attributed one of the graphic novel's rather upsetting plot points. It wouldn't have surprised me... UNTIL the display that the Governor put on this week with Maggie
Now I'm thinking that even though it wasn't followed through, it was still enough to put some ugly into the show, & I'm doubting now that they'd be willing to play that same card on the very next episode
Possibly in the future with his character, but it's seeming less & less likely