There are many types of TV shows:
good shows, bad shows, bad shows with good characters, good shows with bad
characters. The main characters of a show are supposed to be compelling, but
sometimes I find myself more interested in the supporting members of the cast.
Here are a few examples of shows that would be better if they started focusing
on the more interesting supporting characters:
Kurt – Glee
If you have been following me on
twitter, you must have an idea of how I feel about Glee. Even though I don’t hate Glee
and I’ve watched all the episodes, I have never been too keen on it and I
always thought it was overrated. However, I used to have a good sense of what the
show was about, but lately, Glee has
been so all over the place I am not sure of what is going on anymore. Before,
Rachel was the main character, I suppose, now… who knows? So many storylines
and so many old and new characters popping in an out of high school it is hard
to keep track [or care] anymore. If I had to pick one character to focus on, I
think it would be Kurt. I really like his character and the actor who plays him
[I know I know if you were part of the Alpha Male Madness crazy voting you must
be lol-ing right now]. I think Glee means
well most of the times and they try to raise awareness to some important issues,
but most often than not they fail in the execution and it just feels a little
artificial and not deep enough. For some reason, I have always connected to
Kurt and whatever drama they throw his way, it actually feels honest. I
wouldn’t mind if they started focusing on him and forget about some of the
other plot lines.
Dov – Rookie Blue
OK, the fact that I have a
massive crush on Gregory Smith might be making a little biased here, but I
swear I think Dov is the best character of
Rookie
Blue. I don’t dislike any of the other actors/characters (OK maybe Andy
annoys me a little sometimes), but I always enjoy the show more when they focus
on Dov, which doesn’t happen nearly enough! He is a very interesting character
and whenever they make the episodes about him it is always heartfelt and compelling.
Even when he doesn’t have a big storyline he steals the scenes with one-liners
and sarcastic remarks. I really like his relationship with best friend Chris and
the father/son dynamic with Oliver; I would love to see more of that! I was
even rooting a little to see him with Gail (my second favorite character of the
show). If they devoted less screen time to Andy’s disastrous love life and more
to Dov the show would be better… I am telling you… (Also could someone get him
to guest star on
Revenge because that
would be cool).
Auggie – Covert
Affairs
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| Andy (Piper Perabo) and Auggie (Christopher Gorham) |
Full disclosure, I don’t have
much love for
Covert Affairs on
account of it not being the spy show I would have hoped it’d be, but also
because I am not 100% into the Annie character. I like Piper Perabo well
enough, in other roles, but it is the character that doesn’t cut it for me. On
the other hand I LOVE Auggie (and Christopher Gorham, who doesn’t love him
right?). Auggie is a very interesting compelling character, which begs the
question: why didn’t they write Annie like that? Well, anyway, I would much
rather see an Auggie central show. A show about the blind handsome smart CIA
tech, who happens to interact with spies (one of them could even be Annie). It
would be a more original concept, don’t you think?
Cristina – Grey’s
Anatomy
Grey’s Anatomy is yet another show where I wouldn’t mind losing the
lead character (Meredith). I don’t really hate Meredith or anything, but she is
way down on my ‘favorite characters’ list. Here are just some characters I like
more than Meredith: Bailey, Arizona, Callie, Alex, Dr. Webber, Jackson, Derek,
Owen… well pretty much everyone except for the new interns (not Tina Majorino,
I love her!) and April I guess. I also know that getting rid of Meredith
wouldn’t be a good idea… but I wouldn’t mind if the show focused on Cristina (my favorite character). Let’s face it, she is more interesting than
Meredith, more fun to watch and has more stuff going on right now.
Pam – True Blood
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| Pam (Kristin Bauer) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) |
I feel about Sookie the way I have
been feeling about Elena (
The Vampire
Diaries) lately which is: Just pick a vampire already and be done with it!
I mean seriously, the love triangle was interesting for a while, but who cares
anymore? Sookie also had the whole fairy thing going on for her… but then it
just got weird (although I kind of liked the fairy stripper night club), throw a
hot werewolf into the mix and you have a leading lady who doesn’t know what to
do with her life and just keeps whining about it! On the other hand Pam is cool
and fun and has the most amazing lines. Wouldn’t
it be great if they started having more Pam/Tara – Pam/Eric scenes each
episode… I know I would like to watch that. Get Lafayette in there too and that
is a sure recipe for entertainment. Having said that, I actually love
True Blood in all its craziness and I
know they can’t just get rid of Sookie, Bill and Eric, but it would be cool if
they dedicated a little more time to the truly amazing supporting characters.
The TV Empress is a Media Management graduate, screenwriter in the making (and financial engineer in the meantime). She has serious plans to take over global television. You can follow the TVEmpress on twitter @TVRepublik
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