# Most despicable television character in history, in your humble opinion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498 "2015-09-10T04:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/21 "2015-09-10T13:38:45Z")
Just about any of the four main characters on Seinfeld, but especially George Costanza. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/22 "2015-09-10T13:55:51Z")
Black Jack Randall, **Outlander**. Holy God, that man is pure evil. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/23 "2015-09-10T13:57:24Z")
ZipperJJ: > [@](#): > > Ben Linus on Lost I think ended up redeeming himself a bit at the end but for most of his run he was superfucking evil. I didn’t see any redemption. He was rotten to the end. The writers may have attempted to assign to him some noble motivations, but ultimately, everything he did was through cold manipulation of other people. ---
**Author:** ![groovie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@groovie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groovie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/24 "2015-09-10T13:59:47Z")
Falconetti off Rich Man, Poor Man. A nasty piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/25 "2015-09-10T14:16:32Z")
I’m sure I could think of more evil characters, but Vee Parker in season 2 of Orange is the New Black sucked. She manipulated our favorite characters and brought down the mood of the whole show. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/26 "2015-09-10T14:23:59Z")
Syler from Heroes ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/27 "2015-09-10T14:26:22Z")
Dr. Smith from Lost in Space. Or… Gilligan 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/28 "2015-09-10T14:27:26Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > ZipperJJ: > > I didn’t see any redemption. He was rotten to the end. The writers may have attempted to assign to him some noble motivations, but ultimately, everything he did was through cold manipulation of other people. I honestly couldn’t remember the exact details of his story line, so this information makes him even more evil for purposes of this thread. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/29 "2015-09-10T14:28:15Z")
[Russell Hantz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Hantz) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/30 "2015-09-10T14:31:33Z")
Garret Dillahunt in both of his rolls in _Deadwood_: Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott. Both were amoral, murderous psychopaths with zero to redeem them. Dillahunt was brilliant in both rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/31 "2015-09-10T14:50:50Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > I really don’t think this is maintainable on any rational level. Sure, McNulty was an asshole, but he wasn’t an asshole all the time, and at any number of points he tries to do the right thing. And given that there are undoubtedly television characters that are written as having no saving graces _at all_ I can’t see how McNulty makes the grade. I just found him despicable. He was a cop-- a “good guy”-- but I found him less honorable than many of the guys in the game. His motivation for solving crimes was never about doing the right thing, but rather winning. Very self serving asshole. And when he was in “win at all costs” mode, he fucked everyone around him. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/32 "2015-09-10T15:07:01Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Shinji from Evangelion. Boy needed to be slapped more in that show. A lot more. Well sure, but he was merely a cosmic wuss (and it turns out near the end a perv). Gendo and Ritsuko, OTOH… The crimes against humanity trial would last several lifetimes… > [@Gothic](#): > > Mr Morden. > > What do you want? AAAahhhh, Miiister Mordenn… Nah, come on: _ **Bester** _!!! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/33 "2015-09-10T15:21:56Z")
> [@Orr\_G](#): > > “That’s like this one time, when I didn’t like a kid…” > > [South Park - TV Series | South Park Studios US](http://southpark.cc.com/clips/155218/whos-more-hardcore) I don’t use websites that make me read a Terms of Use agreement and agree to policies “should you pursue a claim”. WTF is up with that? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/34 "2015-09-10T15:37:40Z")
Vern Schillinger from OZ. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/35 "2015-09-10T15:39:43Z")
Adebisi and Schillinger on “OZ”. (How did Adebisi keep that little hat on his head, anyway?) EDIT: LOL, ninja’ed. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Vern Schillinger from OZ. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/36 "2015-09-10T15:42:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I just found him despicable. He was a cop-- a “good guy”-- but I found him less honorable than many of the guys in the game. His motivation for solving crimes was never about doing the right thing, but rather winning. Very self serving asshole. And when he was in “win at all costs” mode, he fucked everyone around him. He was a classic anti-hero. I’m sure that was always David Simon’s intention. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/37 "2015-09-10T15:54:54Z")
Billy Bob Thornton’s character in **Fargo** , Lorne Malvo. If I was making a movie with the Devil in it…I’d cast Billy Bob as Lorne Malvo. Pure, sociopathic evil…with a hint of whimsy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/38 "2015-09-10T16:26:17Z")
Bugs Bunny…after all, we have testimony from one of his closest associates… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7Xrw0gbnNuU/hqdefault.jpg "You're despicable") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xrw0gbnNuU) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/39 "2015-09-10T16:27:51Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > He was a classic anti-hero. I’m sure that was always David Simon’s intention. I’m sure it was. McNulty’s a very well written character. I just can’t stand him. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498/40 "2015-09-10T16:43:07Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Garret Dillahunt in both of his rolls in _Deadwood_: Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott. Both were amoral, murderous psychopaths with zero to redeem them. Dillahunt was brilliant in both rolls. Can’t believe I misspelled “roles” twice in the same post. Senility has set in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-television-character-in-history-in-your-humble-opinion/730498.md?page=3)