# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 327
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6521 "2024-10-31T19:15:35Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6522 "2024-10-31T19:25:02Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ The original plan was to kill him off after the first couple of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6523 "2024-10-31T19:27:30Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6524 "2024-10-31T19:46:02Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6525 "2024-11-01T01:20:54Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6526 "2024-11-01T01:53:06Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ 6. Mr. Spock - _Star Trek_ Much to Shatner’s annoyance, by all accounts. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6527 "2024-11-01T01:56:36Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ 6. Mr. Spock - _Star Trek_ 7. Steve Urkel - _Family Matters_ Initially intended to appear in a single episode, he was made a regular due to his popularity, and eventually became the series’ primary character. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6528 "2024-11-01T02:15:26Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ 6. Mr. Spock - _Star Trek_ 7. Steve Urkel - _Family Matters_ 8. President Josiah Bartlet - _The West Wing_ Sorkin’s early concept for the show would have POTUS never appear at all. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6529 "2024-11-01T03:31:13Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ 6. Mr. Spock - _Star Trek_ 7. Steve Urkel - _Family Matters_ 8. President Josiah Bartlet - _The West Wing_ 9. Darryl Philbin - _The Office_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6530 "2024-11-01T03:58:18Z")
**Side characters that later became main characters** 1. Steve Harrington - _Stranger Things_ 2. Dr. Zachary Smith - _Lost in Space_ 3. Fonzie - _Happy Days_ 4. Miles O’Brien - various _Star Trek_s 5. Spike - _Buffy the Vampire Slaye_r and later _Angel_ 6. Mr. Spock - _Star Trek_ 7. Steve Urkel - _Family Matters_ 8. President Josiah Bartlet - _The West Wing_ 9. Darryl Philbin - _The Office_ 10. Saul Goodman - _Breaking Bad_ pass ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6531 "2024-11-01T15:07:58Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6532 "2024-11-01T15:30:28Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ Maybe I would have liked him in my young and party days, but today, I’d take a rifle after him. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6533 "2024-11-01T15:39:21Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ (shares first place as the most annoying character I’ve ever watched) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6534 "2024-11-01T15:44:48Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ A Time Lord, like the Doctor, and the series’ archvillain. An exceptionally nasty, probably psychopathic, individual. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6535 "2024-11-01T15:52:50Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ It would be thoroughly unpleasant to be anywhere around that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6536 "2024-11-01T16:04:03Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ 6. Sheldon Cooper - _The Big Bang Theory_ ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6537 "2024-11-01T16:57:20Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ 6. Sheldon Cooper - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. Lalo Salamanca - _Better Call Saul_ ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6538 "2024-11-01T18:03:01Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ 6. Sheldon Cooper - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. Lalo Salamanca - _Better Call Saul_ 8. The Vulture - _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6539 "2024-11-01T20:44:01Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ 6. Sheldon Cooper - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. Lalo Salamanca - _Better Call Saul_ 8. The Vulture - _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ 9. Toby Ziegler - _The West Wing_ A talented wordsmith, but arrogant, rude, self-righteous, sullen and nails-on-a-chalkboard annoying IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6540 "2024-11-02T17:43:37Z")
**TV characters you’d rather not meet** 1. Lucifer Morningstar - _Lucifer_ 2. Jean-Ralphio Saperstein - _Parks and Recreation_ 3. Gwen Cooper - _Torchwood_ 4. The Master - _Doctor Who_ 5. Todd Packer - _The Office_ 6. Sheldon Cooper - _The Big Bang Theory_ 7. Lalo Salamanca - _Better Call Saul_ 8. The Vulture - _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ 9. Toby Ziegler - _The West Wing_ 10. Pete Campbell - _Mad Men_ pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=326) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=328)