Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 21:06     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Angela chase.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 21:06     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.


Omg me too! And I watched that show years ago…I'm sure it was before I had kids, who are teens now. I think it's because in today's shows, they make everyone have some nasty dark side, because they think they will be boring without it. But I don't have a dark side, so I want to relate to a character who isn't a backstabber.

Re Downton Abbey, I wanted to care about Edith but never got over her letter-writing, ratting out Mary about the "affair" with Mr. Pamook. And she's so horrible with what she's done, ripping Marigold from family to family to family.
I love the cook, though. Love her…
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 21:05     Subject: Re:TV characters you actually care about
Another vote for poor old Edith.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 20:45     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The last episode of Downton is nigh, and I feel . .. relief. OK, I loved the first season, and I know other people (mostly women of a certain age) who still adore it (repeatedly binge-watching -- yes, even accomplished professionals, upstanding mothers and, dare I say it, PTA presidents). But, for me, it's become sort of a duty -- I mean even the clothes and Violet's best zingers just barely compensate for the redundant idiocy of the plot.

That said, though, I find myself wondering this morning . . . what will happen to Edith? (Beg pardon, meant to say "poor Edith", of course.) She's the only one whose fate I really care about . . . well, maybe Thomas, though I'll have to throw the TV out the window if they "promote" him to butler. So, here's my question:

are there TV characters you find yourself caring about -- perhaps even after the show ends?


I completely agree. I think Edith will get a lot better than she deserves. Mary is more outwardly bitchy but Edith has been more passive aggressively horrible.


They're both horrible. Edith basically kidnapping Marigold, taking her to that hotel, and talking about how they can finally be together and she'll buy her ice cream. So gross. A normal toddler would have screamed their head off being spirited away by what was essentially a neighbor she saw from time to time.

I think 180 degrees differently. Mary is horrible and underhanded.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 20:11     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Carmela Soprano. Would love to watch a show to see what happened to her after Tony died.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 19:58     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
I stopped watching DA when Anna was raped. I really really enjoyed the first season but they couldn't keep it up.

Characters I care about? Gibbs on NCIS. Most of the cast actually.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 18:58     Subject: Re:TV characters you actually care about
I wish I knew what happened to the characters on American Dreams. ABC just ended it with no closure. The older brother back from Vietnam had gotten into trouble with a gambling debt and Meg was on the back of a Harley.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 18:55     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:Jesse from Breaking Bad.


I just finished the series. I think Jesse drove off the Mexico, at least I hope so.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 15:28     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Jesse from Breaking Bad.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 15:27     Subject: Re:TV characters you actually care about
I hoped they'd given Tim Riggens a better HEA after everything he'd put us through all those seasons.
Texas Forever.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 14:19     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:I stopped watching DA a Lon time ago, n part because I didn't care at all about the characters. (But also because I think the writing is lazy.)

My list of favorite TV characters of all time includes:

Felicity and Ben

Mark Greene and Abby Lockhart from ER

Elliot from Thirtysomething

Julia, Kirsten, Justin, and Griffin from Party of Five

Pacey from Dawson's Creek

Too many to name from The West Wing, I'll Fly Away, Friday Night Lights, Once & Again, and The Wonder Years. Terrific ensembles.




I'd love a check-in on how the Friday Night Lights characters are doing.

From shows I currently watch, the one that comes to mind is Sue from "The Middle."
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 14:17     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:I stopped watching DA a Lon time ago, n part because I didn't care at all about the characters. (But also because I think the writing is lazy.)

My list of favorite TV characters of all time includes:

Felicity and Ben

Mark Greene and Abby Lockhart from ER

Elliot from Thirtysomething

Julia, Kirsten, Justin, and Griffin from Party of Five

Pacey from Dawson's Creek

Too many to name from The West Wing, I'll Fly Away, Friday Night Lights, Once & Again, and The Wonder Years. Terrific ensembles.




*a long time ago*
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 14:15     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
I stopped watching DA a Lon time ago, n part because I didn't care at all about the characters. (But also because I think the writing is lazy.)

My list of favorite TV characters of all time includes:

Felicity and Ben

Mark Greene and Abby Lockhart from ER

Elliot from Thirtysomething

Julia, Kirsten, Justin, and Griffin from Party of Five

Pacey from Dawson's Creek

Too many to name from The West Wing, I'll Fly Away, Friday Night Lights, Once & Again, and The Wonder Years. Terrific ensembles.


Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 14:03     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The last episode of Downton is nigh, and I feel . .. relief. OK, I loved the first season, and I know other people (mostly women of a certain age) who still adore it (repeatedly binge-watching -- yes, even accomplished professionals, upstanding mothers and, dare I say it, PTA presidents). But, for me, it's become sort of a duty -- I mean even the clothes and Violet's best zingers just barely compensate for the redundant idiocy of the plot.

That said, though, I find myself wondering this morning . . . what will happen to Edith? (Beg pardon, meant to say "poor Edith", of course.) She's the only one whose fate I really care about . . . well, maybe Thomas, though I'll have to throw the TV out the window if they "promote" him to butler. So, here's my question:

are there TV characters you find yourself caring about -- perhaps even after the show ends?


I completely agree. I think Edith will get a lot better than she deserves. Mary is more outwardly bitchy but Edith has been more passive aggressively horrible.


They're both pretty terrible. Edith's business with Marigold made me loose all respect for her character.

I think 180 degrees differently. Mary is horrible and underhanded.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2016 13:58     Subject: TV characters you actually care about
Anonymous wrote:Claire and Frank Underwood

Hah! Just kidding!


Her wardrobe is worth caring about though.