I know who 7 of those people are (4 of them athletes), and I've heard of 1 other. I'm not sure if that means I'm out of touch with celebrity culture or not.

She did get more interesting… right before she died. Go figure.

I will admit you have a much better memory of her arc than I do. Perhaps I'm so dismissive of the character's significance to the show because I just thought much of it was forgettable relative to the machinations of the police, politicians, and street hustlers. "Ruin" the show is probably going too far; not my…

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I realize it wasn't physical, but Kima was definitely "abusive" insofar as she treated her partner like shit. I admit it's been years since I watched, but I seem to remember their worst moments coming off as somewhat scary. I guess I'm using abusive not in the way it's conventionally thought of (physical violence) but…

On a cartoon show, she's definitely most cartoonishly annoying and the butt of the easiest jokes (haha she's fat!). That said, I still liker her well enough. I can't say there's a character on Archer I really hate or that ruins the show for me.

I would also nominate Anna; I realize the writers make her a cypher for human suffering, but her stories really make the show a melodramatic downer.

It's hard for me to say that any wire character "ruined" the show, per se. Of all the main cast members, I felt her arc was the least consequential and most tedious. Yes, she was a badass. But SO much tortured soul. Most of what I remember of her is she got shot in season one, then had a relationship with a woman she…

Great point. Now that I'm thinking about it, Janice is probably neck and neck with AJ.

Seriously. I can't think of a single character on that show I liked. A couple were sympathetic, I guess — the El Salvadoran guy's daughter, the stern teacher mom's daughter… otherwise, yeah, big bag a dicks the lot of them.

Andrea was pretty bad, too, IMO.

The Sopranos: AJ Soprano
The Wire: Kima Greggs
Mad Men: Ted Chaough
Breaking Bad: Skyler White
The Walking Dead: Sasha Williams (The Governor and Andrea also)
Game of Thrones: Bran Stark (goes for the books too)
The Office: Oscar
Hannibal: Alana Bloom
Battlestar Galactica: Lee Adama
Parks and Rec: April
Arrow: Laurel (barely…

Big Poppy makes the best muffins and dressing.

I don't think there is a right way to cover or consume sports. If one wants substance, there are many good, dedicated beat writers across the country who cover individual teams very well. Not merely hack "homer" guys, but reporters who actually want to convey substantive information about the team — from Xs and Os to…

I never thought Justice could be so somber. At least all the blue in the Wonder Woman footage matches the mood.

I think those actors have one thing on their minds: "Paycheck."

These bad puns keep trickling in.

I hear you. That is my strategy with most of my indie books (25+). I can totally live with 2-3 months between issues, especially if it makes the book better and ensures it will be completed by the same writer/artist team. But when a series is 6 months to a year delayed between issues (or in this case multiple years…

Sigh. I don't want to be that guy… but I will because I'm here at the A.V. Club so why wouldn't I complain? I enjoyed the first volume of Nowhere Men… but damn, it's REALLY hard to care about an "ongoing" comic book story that literally takes years to tell. I made the mistake of reading the first volume issue, by…

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