19 Insufferable TV Characters Who Are — Hands Down — The Worst Part Of Their Show
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A while ago, we asked the BuzzFeed Community which TV characters were so bad — like genuinely insufferable — that they pretty much ruined their shows, and y'all had a LOT to say. So, here are 19 more:
1.Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City and And Just Like That...
"She was incredibly selfish and a shitty friend most of the time."
2.Mateo Liwanag from Superstore
"I found him absolutely annoying the whole time except for the rare times they tried to give his character more depth. Those were decently well executed, but the rest of the time, I just wanted to fast-forward through his scenes."
"I have to think that he was written to be so terrible and gratuitously mean, but at the same time, idk if that's the case. His meanness does nothing at all for the story; no one ever calls him out on it so it doesn't really create tension. The character barely even has an arc — he's marginally less mean in Season 6, but that's because America Ferrera left the show."
3.Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls
"I will always love and continue rewatching Gilmore Girls, but Rory Gilmore is insufferable."
"I hate Rory. I mean, she was fine as a teenager — she was smart but awkward, as teens should be. But then she just became this entitled, immature brat in college. Her shenanigans were not relatable at all, and she just acted like she was better than everyone. It's beyond me why everyone was so in love with her. She was the worst, even more so considering that pretty much all of the characters in Gilmore Girls were so delightful."
4.Chris Traeger in Parks and Recreation
"I had to quit watching the show LITERALLY after his character came on."
5.Jordan Catalano from My So-Called Life
"The dude was objectively horrible to Angela. When he wasn't pressuring her for sex, he was manipulating her and acting as if she was wrong for being angry after he had sex with her best friend. Then he had the nerve to have someone else write a love letter to her for him. I get that Jared Leto was a heartthrob in the '90s, but even back then, I didn't see the appeal of Jordan. The character just seemed like a douchebag who wanted to hide behind the 'lost soul' persona and never actually do anything that even resembled self-improvement."
6.Jamie Dutton from Yellowstone
"Why aren't more people talking about how awful Jamie is?? Omg. Hatred!!"
7.Skyler White from Breaking Bad
8.Mike Ross from Suits
"Mike Ross pissed me off sooo much!"
9.Frasier Crane from Frasier
"Everyone else in the show is great, but I can’t stand his obnoxious ass."
10.Raymond Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond
"I would have divorced that spineless, inconsiderate mama’s boy."
11.Izzie Stevens from Grey's Anatomy
"I skip the seasons she's in every time I rewatch Grey's."
12.Ryan Howard from The Office
"Every other character had at least one redeemable quality (or storyline). But Ryan? Just ugh! He was even worse than Andy to me."
13.Robin Sherbatsky from How I Met Your Mother
"I personally think Robin was the worst character on that show. Also, the show didn't age well…tried to rewatch a couple of episodes recently, and it definitely is not a timeless show."
"She was super irritating and selfish. She kept going on about being a tomboy when actually she never had any tomboy traits at all; she actually loved girly things."
14.Nathan Shelley from Ted Lasso
"His reasonings for becoming an asshole in the first place were utter nonsense, and his redemption back into being a good guy was so unearned."
15.Abe Weissman from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
"I found myself fast-forwarding through all of his whiney and drawn-out dialogue toward the end."
16.Dawson Leery from Dawson's Creek
"He's insufferable."
"He was the WORST and shouldn't have even been a character. The show should have scrapped him and called it Pacey's Creek instead."
17.Piper Chapman from Orange Is the New Black
"I always found it hilarious that the main character became the one everyone cared about the least. I was way more invested in the other characters, and even still, there are some I'd love to spend more time with than Piper."
"I know she was the protagonist, but she was just the worst! The cheating, playing the victim, the continuous self-centered attitude. There were also a bunch of more interesting characters that carried the show without her."
18.Debbie Gallagher from Shameless
"Debbie definitely lacked any redeeming characteristics, IMO."
"Pretty much everyone on the show has done shitty things at one point, but most of them are actually decent and show remorse for their wrongdoings. But Debbie continually does shitty things and never faces consequences for her actions. It's ridiculous. She never shows remorse for anything she does."
19.And finally, Ani Achola from 13 Reasons Why
"She annoyed me so much, and her character was so forced. Her defense for Bryce and his unforgivable behavior killed the show for me. She never should have tried to make us feel sympathy for him. She was just annoying and self-righteous."
So, did your favorite (or least favorite) make the list? Let us know in the comments!
Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
