Sunday, February 2, 2014

50 All-time Greatest Characters in Television History: #2, #3

               #3: Walter White, Breaking Bad

Born: September 7, 1959

Died: September 7, 2011, after sustaining a gunshot to the stomach

Though this may be stating the obvious, Walter White is a main reason that Breaking Bad conclusively lives in the Top 5 of every credible Greatest of All-Time list. From seasons 1-5, Walter makes a perfect and gradual transition from victim to villain. Critics can look back on the life of Walter and declare it either a victory or a tragedy. On one hand he beats cancer by going out on his own terms, and he does leave millions of dollars for his family in the end. The downside, of course, is that his reputation has been completely destroyed, and his legacy he leaves behind is one of lies, murder, and drug-dealing.

Most defining moment: He poisons and almost kills a child, and then he frames someone else in order to get what he wants. Was he absolutely sure the child would live when he poisoned him? If so, was he justified in doing it? Questions like these are what make WW such a great character.










                   #2: Don Draper, Mad Men

Born: Unknown

Where he is now: More than likely dead. He was born in about 1928 or so, and he was a heavy drinker and heavy smoker. Plus he slept with many married women, so you’d think their husbands might be coming after him one of these days… IF he is somehow still alive, he is probably in a nursing home or hospital.


Everybody loves Don, except maybe all the women he has slept with and thrown away. Just in case you are not keeping score, the current count is 15 women as of Season 6. Everybody he knows calls him the best ad agent they have ever known. Of course, none of this is true, as the real Don Draper is probably buried somewhere in an unmarked graveyard in Korea. Dick Whitman, on the other hand, might just razzle and dazzle your hot wife if you don’t take care of her.














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