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.Duryodhan
Duryodhana says: "There is only one Controller, no second. He controlleth even the child that is in the mother's womb. I am controlled by Him. Like water that always floweth in a downward course, I am acting precisely in the way in which He is directing me.
0020570081/.ekah.zaastaa.na.dvitiiyo.asti.zaastaa;garbhe.zayaanam.puruSam.zaasti.zaastaa./
0020570083/.tena.anuziSTah.pravaNaad.iva.ambho;yathaa.niyukto.asmi.tathaa.vahaami.//
0020570091/.bhinatti.zirasaa.zailam.ahim.bhojayate.ca.yah./
0020570093/.sa;eva.tasya.kurute.kaaryaaNaam.anuzaasanam.//
0020570101/.yo.balaad.anuzaasti.iha.so.amitram.tena.vindati./
0020570103/.mitrataam.anuvRttam.tu.samupekSeta.paNDitah.//

Interestingly, Vyaas gives the very same words in Asur Namuchi's voice. One may find it at 12.219.8
That brings a very interesting parallel (archetype) between Duryodhan and Namuchi. Now, in Braahman texts, Namuchi was killed by Indra with Saraswatee and Ashwins' aid. That is one base of my theory that Draupadee used her sexuality (politically) like Saraswatee (in that episode - suggested by the word 'Kubjaa') to aid Indra-Paandav to destroy Kaurav.

As we can see, Mahabharata is not a fight between Believers and Atheists, but between Believers and Believers. Also of interest is the fact that Charvaak was Duryodhan's friend, that is, Duryodhan was a very liberal fellow who despite being a Believer could still have an atheist friend. In fact it seems that Duryodhan is a misunderstood character. Ramakrishna had a different interpretation of Duryodhana ... read Gospel of Ramakrishna (Ramakrishna Kathaamrit) and you will find ...

Kritavarmaa
In a TV Serial, perhaps "Dwaaarakaadheesh", it is shown that Krishn brought back Kritavarmaa's dead son alive. Is it so?

Kuntee and Draupadee
Kuntee when she told Paandu that she had a Mantra which could help her to invoke any Devtaa and to have a son from him, first of all Paandu, asks her to invoke Dharm Raaj, then Pavan Dev and then Indra Dev, but when he commands her to beget more sons after Arjun, she says - "The wise do not sanction a fourth conception, even in crisis. The woman who has intercourse with four men has loose morals; the woman who has intercourse with five is a prostitute.” (1.123.83) At that time Kuntee shows remarkable control over her desires. It shows her mastery of scripture which is admirable.

But at that time she does not count Karn. Arjun is her fourth conception and thus she has had relations with four different men (Devtaa). If she had summoned gods, this prohibition should not have been invoked by her. For, Paandu would seize upon this flaw and command her to gratify his hunger for sons. The fact that he accepts her argument shows that the fathers of her three sons were not gods. Thus, out of her own mouth Kunti appears to condemn herself unawares. It also explains why she did not confess regarding Karn, for that would have put her into the “loose morals” category. But the same Kuntee puts herself in tragic irony: she thrusts her daughter-in-law in the same fate - having relations with five men. In the dice-game, with the same reference Karn, her first-born son declares Draupadee a whore.

 In MBH Karn is possessed by Narak and other demons possess Bheeshm, Drone and Kripaa according to the Van Parv.