20 of the Evilest TV Characters of All Time
Golden age be damned, nuance has no place on television. You want flawed heroes and sympathetic villains? Go read a book, Poindexter. They call it “the idiot box” for a reason, so — a handful of gritty prestige dramas notwithstanding — things are a lot simpler and easier to digest. The good guys are good, and the bad guys are bad. In fact, the bad guys are really bad, to the point that you might develop a gut-level hatred of someone who doesn’t exist.
For one Reddit user, it’s a particular middle-aged gang boss with impeccable lip liner. “I’ve recently been rewatching Orange Is the New Black, and Vee is one of my most hated TV characters,” they told r/AskReddit. “I had forgotten how truly awful she was.”
They then asked, “Who is the most evil tv show character of all time?” and their fellow Redditors responded with all kinds of televised malevolence.
Livia Soprano
Eric Cartman
Fire Lord Ozai
The Truth Behind the Myth of the Devil
Mr. Crabs
Gul Dukat
Walter White
Ramsay Bolton
Marco Inaros
Hannibal Lecter
Kris Jenner
Carol Miller (aka Mom)
June Stahl
Vernon Schillinger
Zebediah Killgrave
Rick Sanchez
Lucifer
Homelander
Donald Trump
Angelica Pickles
