53 Awful TV Protagonists Who Should've Been Written Off
Emily from Emily in Paris
"Emily is probably the most Mary Sue character (i.e., unrealistically perfect) I have ever seen. I hate that trope so much, but the show is so absurd it's my guilty pleasure, and I can't stop watching it. I like her coworkers a lot better than I like her. Especially Luc; he is hilarious."—Naraniel
Rick from The Walking Dead
Jess from New Girl
Ginny from Ginny and Georgia
Galadrial from Rings of Power
Marissa from The O.C.
"I had to stop watching The O.C. because of Marissa. She was so annoying and pathetic."—catieferrarer
Frankie from Grace & Frankie
"She was just awful and got worse with each passing season. ... I was rolling my eyes whenever she came onscreen."—ej16"I loved earlier Frankie, then something changed and became very annoying, which sucked as Lily Tomlin's awesome. :( "—oliviajay_
Fiona from Shameless
Barry from The Flash
"He was constantly mucking things up and was self-absorbed."—Lilacfox
Temperance Brennan from Bones
"She's the most condescending, self-absorbed character amongst gems. I don't know how or why everyone caters to her temperament."—effintigre
And Booth from Bones
"Booth was the character I couldn't stand. He was judgmental, disrespectful, and sometimes intolerant. He didn't seem to take seriously most people who were younger than him (Sweets), smarter than him (the Jeffersonian team), or who had a different perspective or point of view."—geekybibliophile
Olivia Pope from Scandal
"I loved her at first and then got soooo tired of the constant bullshit with Fitz."—paperdecker12"When he went to war for her...🙄🙄🙄"—thaliaslaugh"Yeah, I stopped watching because the Olitz stuff was insufferable."—skilletgirl81
Olivia Benson from Law & Order: SVU
Frasier from Frasier
"It's one of my favorite shows, but he's a narcissistic, gaslighting windbag. It's no wonder he's always alone. Here's the thing: In my opinion, the series is way more about Niles and the other characters' arcs than it is about Frasier, which is fine by me. Frasier is insufferable."—Bella La Ghostly
Mike Wheeler from Stranger Things
Hughie from The Boys
"Hughie in The Boys became a whiny asshole in Season 3, and I can't stand him anymore."—[deleted]
Rory from Gilmore Girls...
...And also Lorelai
Elizabeth from The Blacklist
Elena from The Vampire Diaries
Hannah From Girls
Rachel from Glee...
...and also Will from Glee
Piper from Orange Is the New Black
June from The Handmaid's Tale
Nancy from Weeds
Sabrina from Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Carrie from Sex and the City
Actually, really...everyone from SATC.
"SATC was projected as female friendship and empowerment, but they are all awful to each other and everyone they date. It's written as if everyone else they date is the problem. He was bi, he had a small penis, she was a lesbian, he used sex talk, my ex married someone else. There were never really any moments of self-awareness."—joehoover3
Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory
Raymond from Everybody Loves Raymond
Alan from Two and a Half Men
House from House M.D.
Tori from Victorious
Meredith from Grey's Anatomy
Jack from Lost
Dawson from Dawson's Creek
Eric from That '70s Show
Amy from Superstore
Ross from Friends
...Actually, make that ALL the Friends
"Most of the characters in Friends aren't very nice people. If you can't see the flaws in both Ross and Rachel, maybe you will in another 10 years. Then there's Joey with his piggish and sometimes sexist behaviour, and Phoebe with her increasing abrasiveness. Chandler is oddly rude at times, and his lying about smoking is always a bit off-putting, but he and Monica seem the best of the bunch to me."—cakecheese"All the main characters in Friends are absolutely terrible people. I will die on this hill. In It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the gang is meant to be absolutely awful people. The six main characters in Friends are meant to be nice and the kind of people you'd want to hang around with. I wouldn't want to know any of them...and would run out of Central Perk if I saw any of them coming in."—copperghoul948
Shawn from Psych
Kevin from Kevin Can Wait
J.D. from Scrubs
Both Claire and Jamie from Outlander
"I hate Claire and Jamie from Outlander. She is hard, smug, and entitled, and he is such a meathead who is inexplicably worshipped by everyone they encounter. Terrible."—lexiv
Michael from The Office
"Michael Scott is one of the worst characters in television history. Absolutely insufferable, with almost zero redeeming factors."—palimpsest00"Michael Scott does not have one redeeming quality. He is an immature jerk with zero social skills and a totally inappropriate sense of humor."—sidneykaler "Steve Carell has said he wouldn't work today, and he's not wrong. Michael has an immaturity to him, such as turning off the power because he's not the center of attention. When he gets called out for not being safe in the warehouse, he ends up organizing a fake suicide jump so people will pay attention to him. Then there's his bullying of Toby, who is targeted for doing his job. Michael should have been demoted or fired many times over."—jbmasta
And also, essentially the lead after Michael left, Jim
"Jim is arguably the main character in The Office...he's suppised to be the romantic and also the normal guy whose above it all, but hes actually just a jerk who thumbs his nose at the weirdos and makes important life decisions that concern his wife without telling her, and them acts all sheepish when she calls him out on it. He's supposed to be the character you root for, but I deliberately root against him."—devilthedankdawg"Besides the fact that he interfered with a coworker's engagement and helped break up the couple, he was a complete dick to Dwight. Every prank and practical joke was uncalled for. He instigated everything, and Dwight never retaliated."—[deleted]
Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell
Ted from How I Met Your Mother
Gilligan from Gilligan's Island
Even as a 10 year old kid, I wanted to kick this main character's ass for just constamtly fucking up the chance for sux other castaways to get off an island in some way every week. Some time in the afterlife, we will meet, and I will have my revenge. Mark my words...GILLIGANNNN!!!"—Shaboomer
Clarke from The 100
Ellie Miller from Broadchurch
Skye from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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