Here via whodaily. I apologize for butting into this conversation, but I'm rather interested in it.

I don't think liar and baddie always corollate, and I KNOW that Moffat doesn't think that they do. It was Moffat that introduced Capt. Jack, flawed in many ways, but definitely not a baddie. And oh yeah... a liar and a conman. I'm quite happy to think that River might be a Jack-like character, morally flexible by our standards of today, but basically one of the good guys.