# TV shows you like, I which you dislike one character/actor **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951 "2021-12-30T22:56:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/1 "2021-12-30T22:56:08Z")
Right now, my wife and I are binging Bosch. Pretty good show, and pretty consistently decent acting - except for Bosch’s daughter - Maddie. Not sure if it is how the character is written, or the actor’s performance, but she comes across as so wooden and unbelievable. Just has her 2-3 facial expressions - generally some form of frown or similar look of concern. Very unnatural posture. Really stands out, as so many of the rest of the ensemble are quite good. How about you? Any shows you enjoy - but for that one actor/character? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/2 "2021-12-30T23:02:58Z")
I enjoyed the show _Coupling_, but really didn’t like Jane. The character was just so incredibly self-absorbed that it bled over and I found myself not liking the actress, too. Until the episode where she took some pills and started having a fight with her own hand puppet. She was hysterical, and after that I could laugh with her. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/3 "2021-12-30T23:20:04Z")
This one’s easy. That Awful Helen Crump. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/4 "2021-12-30T23:37:37Z")
Ask the question in a house full of my extended family, and you’d get a chorus of…“Richie Petrie!” Sorry, kid, it wasn’t the writing… ---
**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:** [December 30, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/5 "2021-12-30T23:39:12Z")
I can’t think of any actors who particularly bother me, but there are plenty of characters: I loved _Torchwood_ despite Gwen Cooper, I enjoyed _True Blood_ despite Sookie Stackhouse, and I watched _NCIS_ until recently even though I was routinely annoyed by both Abby Sciuto and her replacement (Kasie Hines). ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/6 "2021-12-30T23:50:05Z")
Blue Bloods: - Nicky Reagan (Sami Gayle). Annoying beyond belief. - Henry Reagan (Len Cariou). Epitomizes why people hate/distrust the police. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/7 "2021-12-31T00:02:29Z")
Over the course of Law and Order there were four or so that I didn’t like. Chris Noth Dennis Farina Elisabeth Rohm Melina Govich ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/8 "2021-12-31T00:15:48Z")
Leon on _Curb Your Enthusiasm_. I think it’s a combination of a very annoying character and a very poor actor, but all scenes with Leon in them are just awful. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/9 "2021-12-31T00:19:22Z")
I mostly enjoyed the Battlestar Galactica reboot (although I didn’t think it was as good as its reputation suggests). But boy did I hate hate hate every scene and plotline involving Gaius Baltar. What an awful character. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/10 "2021-12-31T00:39:43Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > That Awful Helen Crump. Man, I agree. I couldn’t believe it - a coworker thought she was HOT! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/11 "2021-12-31T01:48:51Z")
_The Americans_ Loved every character except the annoying Paige. So whiny… probably a good thing I didn’t have kids… “Six Feet Under” I loathe Nate. One of my favorite shows but Nate was horrible. He made Brenda look like a good , selfless person. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/12 "2021-12-31T01:59:34Z")
I loved _Cheers_ but absolutely detest both the character Diane and the actress who portrayed her, Shelley Long. I’m stunned that she’s gotten the awards she has. IMHO (as a spectator), she’s an awful actress. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/13 "2021-12-31T02:01:24Z")
> [@CardboardBoxx](#): > > Leon on _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ . I think it’s a combination of a very annoying character and a very poor actor, but all scenes with Leon in them are just awful. To be honest, I agree. Plus it’s as if he was added because the show was too white. And I don’t understand why he lives in Larry’s house. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/14 "2021-12-31T02:47:51Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “Richie Petrie!” Agreed. A close second to That Awful Helen Crump. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/15 "2021-12-31T03:08:04Z")
Neelix. My daughter was sceptical about him being so hateful, but we’ve been rewatching all of the ST series, and she also loathes him. I keep trying not to hate him, but he makes my palm twitch, he’s so fucking annoying. “Oh yes, I can do that! Oh no, I can’t, I just watched someone doing it. Oops, now someone else needs to clear up after me! And here, have some terrible food.” He’s also racist as hell (“Mr Vulcan”), and spends the first couple of seasons dating a two-year-old (I know species age differently, but two years still means a tiny amount of time to have any experiences of, well, anything), who only dated him because he had rescued her. Their relationship appears to break up off screen - it’s not even mentioned that they’ve broken up, suddenly Kes has long hair and they’re not a couple any more. And you can’t avoid episodes with him in because that’s all of them. Scrappy-Doo is lovable by contrast. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/16 "2021-12-31T03:48:02Z")
For characters, I thought every scene in The Shield with Julian (the closeted gay cop) would grind to a screeching halt. For actors, every time I see Donal Logue in something, I think it would be ten times better if they cast someone other than Donal Logue. I don’t know what exactly what it is about him. Maybe he’s like a charmless Owen Wilson? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/17 "2021-12-31T04:19:14Z")
The Ropers always bugged me in _Three’s Company_. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/18 "2021-12-31T08:09:15Z")
Mandy in _The West Wing_ ruins every scene she’s in. Such an annoying fucking character. Fortunately, she’s gone after season 1. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/19 "2021-12-31T10:58:05Z")
Classic Doctor Who, John Nathan Turner Era: Adric. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951/20 "2021-12-31T11:34:54Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > …Bosch’s daughter - Maddie… Agreed. Someone picked randomly off the street would have been an improvement. > [@jaycat](#): > > This one’s easy. That Awful Helen Crump. I never hated Helen, but I always wondered why Andy let the lovely Ellie Walker get away. My (sorta) contribution: I was pumped to watch Dexter, but I didn’t get past the first episode because I found that I could not look at nor listen to another second of the character of Dexter’s sister. mmm [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951.md?page=2)