# Loved the show, hated the character, so I stopped watching... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426 "2010-07-12T18:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/81 "2010-07-19T12:24:35Z")
I hate the Aidan character on Sex and the City with a passion. I generally don’t like that actor (John Corbett, I believe) much, but the clean-cut, all American, woodworking, athletic, outdoorsy SMUG SMUG SMUG character he’s playing there takes the cake. Bleeegh. Vomit. I’d even take the Russian fella ten times over him. Not enough to actually stop watching, but I do tend to ruin any episode with him in for anyone else watching by going on the above rant over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/82 "2010-07-20T02:34:46Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Let’s just say you won’t be seeing much more of her… Jaysus, **BrotherCadfael**. I didn’t like her much, but did you have to have her wacked? ☹ I’m riddled with guilt. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/83 "2010-07-20T02:41:23Z")
> [@Acantha](#): > > Agreed. I don’t understand why anyone resurrected his career for that show. I love to mimic his speaking style. Me: _looking down_ What do you mean you…_raise head, make eye contact_ aren’t hungry? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/84 "2010-07-20T03:04:04Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > I quit “The Sopranos” during Season 2 in part because I found Dr. Melfi so annoying (mainly because of her leisurely and infantile speech patterns) – and partly because it strained credibility that she wouldn’t also drive Tony up the wall (and into a homicidal rage). If it brings you back to the show, I think she had much lower screen time as the series progressed. ---
**Author:** ![Acantha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/85 "2010-07-20T03:18:57Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I love to mimic his speaking style. > > Me: _looking down_ What do you mean you…_raise head, make eye contact_ aren’t hungry? LMAO. I know so many people who do Caruso imitations. And _everyone_ is more entertaining than he is. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/86 "2010-07-20T03:27:59Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Monk, when they had the Annoying Neighbor in most of the shows. The guy who won the lottery. Monk is an Annoying Character himself, and while one Annoying Character can be interesting, two of them are just extremely annoying. Monk’s character had a lot of backstory, and Monk was a sympathetic character, while the Annoying Neighbor was just a PITA. I remember someone bring this up when the Finale aired, and I still don’t understand it. He was in a whole six episodes out of 125. And it wasn’t in a row. Pretty much one a season. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/87 "2010-07-20T20:10:14Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > If it brings you back to the show, I think she had much lower screen time as the series progressed. That’s good to know. I doubt I’ll give it another shot, but thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/88 "2010-07-20T21:46:13Z")
I’m surprised no one said Buffy herself. I think mid-S7 she was purposefully written as the most unlikable character on the show- next to Spike. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/89 "2010-07-21T00:09:10Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > After Lem died on **The Shield** , I stopped watching. I loathed Shane so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much that I just couldn’t stomach another second of that show. Same here! I still have the entire next to last season on VHS; I’ve never been able to bring myself to watch it. I did eventually look up episode spoilers out of curiosity, just to see how the series would end. ---
**Author:** ![FrigidLizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@FrigidLizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrigidLizard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/90 "2010-07-22T23:30:18Z")
I had to stop watching Weeds when I realized I was wishing that Nancy would go to jail, and that Cynthia would find some sort of happiness. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/91 "2010-07-22T23:43:27Z")
I stopped watching Heroes and Lost when I realized that I would cheer if every character on both shows would just die already. And stay dead. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/92 "2010-08-02T02:23:07Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > > [@bump](#): > > > > For example, Sil always seemed to be one of the “nicer” gangsters- loves his wife, dotes on his daughter, etc… but then kills Adriana in cold blood, among other things. > > Thanks for the spoiler warning on that rather important event which doesn’t happen until much later on in the show’s run. You know, for all the people that haven’t seen the complete series and hadn’t got to that part yet. What’s the spoiler rule anyway? That show went off the air, what- 3-4 years ago, and the events I mentioned were at least a year or two before that? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/93 "2010-08-02T02:49:03Z")
I’m with **bump**. I saw the show right before it went off the air, and even though I got a few moments spoiled, I figured it was luck of the draw. That’s what happens when you see a show in reruns. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/94 "2010-08-02T02:59:03Z")
I really only liked the episodes of **King of the Hill** that featured Hank and his alley buddies. Couldn’t stand anyone else. I also stopped watching **The X-Files** soon after Doggett showed up. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/95 "2010-08-02T03:10:28Z")
> [@torie](#): > > My ex and I made it through one season of _The Sopranos_ before I started to find Tony Soprano so horrible I had to stop watching. I just could not take one. more. minute. of his garbage. I understand that the character was supposed to be fatally flawed, but it got to the point for me where it was painful to watch him abuse and misuse everyone close to him. > > I was so rooting for him to get shot at the end. Dammit. Spoiler/discussion of last episode of _The Sopranos_: Ya know, many folks believe that he did get shot. In an earlier show, there was a scene where Tony was talking with someone, and they described what they thought getting killed was like. Paraphrased - “You never even hear it when it happens.” It pretty much matches the last scene of the show. So be of good cheer 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mutantmoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@mutantmoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mutantmoose)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/96 "2010-08-02T03:22:51Z")
Pretty much all the presidents in 24. Although not enough to make me stop watching. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/97 "2010-08-02T03:34:17Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > I can’t stand Vincent D’Onofrio’s character in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” so much so that I can’t watch the show. I otherwise liked the show when it first came on, but cringed the whole time that his character was on screen that I gave it up. “Annoying as hell” is the phrase that comes to mind. > > His character has been written off, if you want to give it another chance. > > The Closer. I could never get used to the main character, or the actress’s accent. > > **I never loved Will and Grace, but would have watched more episodes if it weren’t for Karen and Jack.** I came in to say that Will & Grace would have been great without Will or Grace. I only liked Karen and Jack! ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/98 "2010-08-02T09:51:10Z")
> [@Flip\_Pancake](#): > > But hells bells I cannot stand David Caruso. I \ can’t…understand…why…you hate…people that…talk…like…\…this. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/99 "2010-08-02T10:27:24Z")
I have no time for Bart Simpson or for that matter Marge (the voices don’t help) I just wanted Homer to be the centre of every scene. Otherwise I got bored or annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426/100 "2010-08-02T12:02:26Z")
> [@torie](#): > > My ex and I made it through one season of _The Sopranos_ before I started to find Tony Soprano so horrible I had to stop watching. I just could not take one. more. minute. of his garbage. I understand that the character was supposed to be fatally flawed, but it got to the point for me where it was painful to watch him abuse and misuse everyone close to him. > > I was so rooting for him to get shot at the end. Dammit. Seconded on _the Sopranos_. Actually, I actively hated all of the characters. Not one redeeming feature between them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-the-show-hated-the-character-so-i-stopped-watching/546426.md?page=6)