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(#8) True Blood
- Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell
Bill Compton may not be True Blood’s main character (that honor clearly goes to Sookie Stackhouse), but he certainly has a central role. In fact, it's too central. For someone who is 173 years old, this dude is pretty boring.
It feels like the writers eventually realized this and tried to rectify it by having Bill go from hero to villain and then back again. However, all of those Civil War flashbacks in Season 6 do nothing to redeem his character or help the audience empathize with him. The amount of screen time Bill receives is one of the most annoying things about True Blood, leaving audiences to wonder what Sookie possibly sees in him.
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(#10) Westworld
- Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Luke Hemsworth, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Simon Quarterman, Rodrigo Santoro, Angela Sarafyan, Shannon Woodward, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Barnes, Clifton Collins Jr., Jimmi Simpson, Tessa Thompson
Dolores Abernathy is essentially the heart of Westworld. Everything the show aspires to portray begins and ends with Dolores’s experience as a host in the titular park. Her journey from slave to mechanical messiah is compelling stuff; however, she often comes off as a plot device.
Dolores's motivations don't track from season to season. One moment she’s a helpless farm girl, the next she’s an enraged resistance leader, and, more recently, the master manipulator/savior of humanity. Dolores masquerades as the main character but, in truth, it’s Maeve who steals the show. The latter’s motives feel consistent and relatable (she just wants to be safe with her daughter and loved ones). More often than not, the audience has no idea what Dolores is up to, making her more of a soap-boxing caricature than a well-developed protagonist.
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(#1) Sex and the City
- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis
Sex and the City follows sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her friends’ dating lives in Manhattan. At first, Carrie appears to be the type of independent woman most audiences can get on board with. Unfortunately, she begins to become the opposite of that as Sex and the City goes on.
The show wants to promote a lack of judgment and a free-spirited mentality, but Carrie judges her friends (e.g., slut-shaming Samantha) and believes herself to be above others. Think of all her affairs with Mr. Big and the way she treats her boyfriends deplorably. Calling that behavior "insufferable" is an understatement.
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(#5) Girls
- Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver
Girls’ Hannah Horvath is deliberately written to be self-indulgent, rude, and selfish. She grates on pretty much everyone and doesn’t care at all. Even though she constantly compares herself to other people, she openly admits to loving herself above all else.
When she starts working at the coffee shop, she acts as if serving people is beneath her. When her dad comes out as gay, she makes it about her rather than supporting him. In fact, she doesn’t appreciate her parents at all. Hannah is over-dramatic about everything, and not in an empathetic way but in a “the world doesn’t understand me" kind of way. No, Hannah, you are not the voice of a generation, but you are one of the worst main characters to ever grace the small screen.
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(#4) Dawson's Creek
- James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams
Is it called Dawson’s Creek because of the stream of tears running down the face of one Dawson Leery? The main character of this show is always crying! All Dawson seems to do is complain. Sure, this sort of thing was popular in teen dramas of the early 2000s, but it hasn’t aged well.
The best example of this is at the end of Season 1 when Dawson guilt-trips Joey for wanting to spend the summer away from him in France. Why can’t she go see the world, Dawson? Don’t have enough tissues?
We’re meant to side with Dawson often, but we don’t. Being sensitive doesn't make you morally superior.
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(#15) The Office
- Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B. J. Novak, Melora Hardin, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Creed Bratton, Craig Robinson, Ellie Kemper, Zach Woods, Amy Ryan, James Spader
From his will-they-or-won’t-they relationship with Pam to his tongue-in-cheek comments, Jim Halpert adds an inimitable element to The Office's dynamic. We love him more each time he looks knowingly into the camera. That said, it’s hard not to call Jim the worst because of his horrible treatment of his coworkers.
Imagine things from their perspective: Jim's work ethic is questionable, he makes Dwight’s life a living hell, and he is basically a bully - not just to Dwight but to Michael, as well. On top of this, in later seasons, he’s not the greatest partner, putting his personal dreams and goals ahead of communicating with and being there for those who depend on him.
On closer inspection, the lovable Jim Halpert is kind of a jerk. Sure, Michael is also a jerk, at times, but at least he's honest.
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