Is there a more complex and interesting character in TV history? He is objectively a monster and yet the writing and performance makes him sympathetic and likable.
Is there a more complex and interesting character in TV history...
Hunter Allen
Colton Martin
He's only sympathetic and likeable after Cy Tolliver comes around though.
Tyler Hall
The sopranos
Noah Carter
you mean the first episode?
Zachary Long
? So like an anti hero? That trope has been around at least in its modern narrative form for centuries. But maybe since ever
Jacob Gomez
Doesn't he only show up towards the end of the first season?
idk it's been a while since I saw the show
Ryan Watson
An anti-hero usually does some good and has redeeming characteristics, Al is a fucking demon. The tiny amount of good he does is cancelled out a thousand times over.
Justin Hernandez
>Is there a more complex and interesting character in TV history?
yes.
Brody Powell
I need to give this a rewatch. So many kino scenes. I can barely remember the context, but the scene in Swegen's office where the shifty untrustworthy guy slits the other guy's throat after trying to extort Al over his arrest warrant or whatever was so fucking good. Or his angry drunken monologue while getting sucked off by that prostitute. Or the whole arc in general of Al and Seth's relationship developing into one of simultaneous mutual respect and disgust with each other. Such a good show. It's not my favorite show of all time but it may well be the best written show ever aired.
Eli Miller
Unironically
Camden Sanders
None was arguing that it hasn't been around for centuries.
Lucas Long
There's a term called anti-villain where the character's actions are inarguably villainous but his methods and motivations make as much sense as the protagonist's, and he usually has an inarguably noble goal and is quite sympathetic despite his villainous acts. Don't know if McShane's character fits this well, though.
Nathan Cox
he's just boring.
and i like mcshane.
Carson Fisher
>boring
Adrian Rodriguez
Al's goals were just power and wealth though.
Jayden Harris
He shows up in like episode two or three.
Luis Young
Got an example of an antivillain?
Cooper Fisher
How could a short, portly man in his sixties be so terrifying? Amazing performance.
Jaxson Cooper
t. hooplehead
Cooper Garcia
did people back then really say "fuck" and "cocksucker" all the time? I thought it was mostly "gosh darn it" and "tarnation".
Henry Torres
yes
Christian Young
Thanos I think, Walter White at the beginning.