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Which TV character was the walking example of “you’re not wrong, you’re just an a-hole!”?

Posted by phantom_avenger

Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul would be my top pick! Everytime he calls his brother out on anything, especially when he sliding himself back to his “Slippin’ Jimmy” ways, he’s often right most of the time. But the way that he goes on about it, is what puts him in a negative light where the people around him know that his brother isn’t the only one who has a problem. His hostility towards him and how he was never encouraging of Jimmy is what influenced him to keep slipping back into his old habits, especially when one of his last words were him saying “just accept who you are and embrace it since you’re never going to change your behaviour.” right before hitting him with that gut punch line “you never really mattered all that much to me.”
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HydraBob Apr 12, 2026 +237
Dr. House
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Jackbuddy78 Apr 12, 2026 +54
We need mousebites
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SeaToShy Apr 13, 2026 +25
This vexes me.
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guitar_maniv Apr 13, 2026 +17
That's because you are black.
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LysergioXandex Apr 12, 2026 +24
Obviously. Idiot.
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Flurb4 Apr 13, 2026 +14
Except he’s wrong for 50 minutes of each episode.
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iBoMbY Apr 13, 2026 +8
But maybe it is Lupus?
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harrisarah Apr 13, 2026 +3
If not lupus then sarcoidosis
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vemundveien Apr 13, 2026 +4
I watched it in PAL without commercials so then he was only wrong for 35ish minutes.
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HazelCheese Apr 13, 2026 +7
House was an immature child. He was way wrong a lot of the time, he just manipulated people to get his way whether it was right or wrong.
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atleastitsnotgoofy Apr 12, 2026 +262
Larry David
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KennyShowers Apr 12, 2026 +76
Close the thread, that’s basically the entire point of the show, at least in its peak. I do kinda feel like the last couple seasons have more instances where Larry is really just buggin.
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The-disgracist Apr 13, 2026 +21
I wanna say Cheryl says this line like ten times in the show
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Vestalmin Apr 13, 2026 +7
I feel like Curb Larry is just a caricature of the real him and then later seasons are a caricature of the caricature.
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TheGRS Apr 13, 2026 +6
I do feel like he’s gotten more off the rails where I had no reason to side with him.
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irotinmyskin Apr 13, 2026 +5
I will forever side with him as Larry David is my spirit animal.
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Doctor_Sore_Tooth Apr 13, 2026
You heard him mods! Shut it down, we're done here
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perplexedtv Apr 13, 2026 +3
Larry was usually the least assholey character in the show
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obeythed Apr 13, 2026 +2
Larry David in Curb is how I’d be if I had “f*** you” money and was not beholden to anyone, so I guess that makes me an a******
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ProofJournalist Apr 12, 2026 +69
This was literally every episode of House MD
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growsonwalls Apr 12, 2026 +39
Shane from s1 of White Lotus.
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imdrzoidberg Apr 13, 2026 +40
Dude was mad that the hotel ripped him off and didn't give him the suite his family paid for and somehow he's the bad guy. I'd be pissed too if this happened on my honeymoon and the hotel manager kept trying to gaslight me that I was wrong.
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EagleForty Apr 13, 2026 +39
The point was that he was more interested in being right than having a great honeymoon with his wife. He still had an amazing suite at a top notch hotel, but couldn't let it go, which led to him killing someone and his wife almost leaving him.
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Seraphayel Apr 13, 2026 +4
Rachel didn’t want a great honeymoon either, she was in her midlife crisis because she was a very mediocre journalist that didn’t accomplish anything besides marrying a filthy rich guy that really wanted her to be his princess. Shane was out of touch with *normal* life, but he wasn’t wrong. His wife though…
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EagleForty Apr 13, 2026 +12
When was the last time you rewatched season 1? She spends the first couple of episodes trying to get Shane to chill the f*** out, and enjoy their honeymoon. It's this whole situation that snaps her out of her romance fueled haze, and makes her come to the realization that she didn't understand what she signed up for with him. She spends the remainder of the season wrestling with the fact that her career is shit, and trying to decide if being a trophy wife to an a****** is worth it or not. Shane enjoying his trip would have prevented her from going down that path.
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Seraphayel Apr 13, 2026 +2
I‘m actually rewatching season 1 right at the moment. I didn’t like Shane during my first watch, but during the second time he‘s more relatable if you can picture yourself as a filthy rich guy that doesn’t have to worry about anything in life. Rachel wants him to enjoy honeymoon while she tries to pursue her failed career as a journalist by taking a shitty paid job about a topic that’s as vapid as their marriage. This happens either in episode 2 or 3, so early in the season. You‘re right that Shane is triggering her doubts, but it‘s not like Shane doesn’t have a point. He‘s right (even on insisting that he has a point) and Armond is just an a****** and terrible resort manager. He made a mistake and doesn’t even want to correct it. If I were Shane I’d also be pissed right until the moment I get an apology and some kind of compensation. Does that make Shane a better human being? I don’t think so, he‘s just completely out of touch. But as I said, Rachel isn’t better in any way or form. She’s the epitome of a performative social justice warrior / feminist and her getting humbled by Nicole is chef‘s kiss. *Miss Mossbacher, I wrote this article about you…*. *YOU wrote that shitty article about me?* *Uhm, I actually [didn’t do my job properly] copy pasted another article [so it’s not my fault]…* Such a great interaction between these two. Maybe that was a wake up call for her, because I think she’s a smart woman, but also quite out of touch and does like to deflect and don’t take responsibility.
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TheGRS Apr 13, 2026 +10
He was right but he also let it get to him in a way that was a window into his true self and his entire family dynamic. Wife was pleading with him to get over it because she could see this was where her life was going and she didn’t like it.
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Seraphayel Apr 13, 2026 +3
I don’t really get this point, Rachel wanted to work a shitty job during her honeymoon. She wasn’t better in any way.
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TheGRS Apr 13, 2026 +3
It’s been some time since I saw it but I thought it was pretty obvious that he was going to both be very controlling and would keep the interests of his family above hers. She didn’t really know this side of him up until then. That’s my memory of it. Also she would be materially dependent on him.
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hogballz Apr 13, 2026 -4
Whoosh
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KennyShowers Apr 12, 2026 +163
McNulty
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HalxQuixotic Apr 12, 2026 +61
I suppose we’re *all* “pieces of shit” when we are in your way, McNulty. -Lt. Daniels
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theJOJeht Apr 12, 2026 +41
Special kind of a******
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dat_1_dude Apr 12, 2026 +65
"the f*** did I do?"
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-Faulty- Apr 13, 2026 +10
"fuuuuuck me"
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rippa76 Apr 12, 2026 +12
If [you’re going to force me to](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MFg4bhBV7pk&pp=ygUQTGFuZHNtYW4gbWNudWx0eQ%3D%3D)…
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Microwave1213 Apr 13, 2026 +25
There you go, giving a f*** when it ain’t your turn to give a f***
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xfinityhomeboy Apr 13, 2026 +14
Mcnutty
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markmcminn Apr 13, 2026 +7
Good one - but man he was wrong so many times too lol
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atgrey24 Apr 12, 2026 +47
Michael Rapaport in the most recent season of The Traitors (US). I mean, he was also wrong. But he was such an a****** that nobody cared. They knew he wasn't a traitor and voted him out anyway.
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Mikeissometimesright Apr 12, 2026 +39
That’s just Rapaport’s personality
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ElectricalDark8280 Apr 13, 2026 +18
Yes. He was so intolerable that they kicked him off despite being the only person actually considering things honestly.
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namron88 Apr 13, 2026 -8
I see why they did that. But I found myself rooting for the guy. He was so genuinely himself as well as being faithful. I feel like regardless of how abrasive he was or when he inadvertently made an insensitive remark towards Colton, none of it seemed to come from a place of malice. He just had the misfortune of being the most annoying man child to appear on traitors. I'm certain that he's the type to drop everything to help those around him. With that being said, him being an outspoken Zionist does make him an a******.
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nowhereman136 Apr 12, 2026 +54
Wunch and The Vulture on Brooklyn 99 They were assholes who did abuse their power and harass the shows main characters. However, they never actually did anything illegal and on a few occasions legitimately helped out the team. It's a show with actual criminals and corrupt cops, but the most hated characters were the two who were just shitty coworkers.
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AlphaBreak Apr 13, 2026 +63
Okay but Wunch did abandon her post guarding the gates of Hades.
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Fullwake Apr 13, 2026 +1
Dude I had forgotten about that quote and you made me laugh so hard tears leaked out. Thank you.
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althawk8357 Apr 13, 2026 +5
Wuntch faked an audit on the 99 so she could wiretap the place and spy on them. Thats so f****** illegal.
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KelVarnsen_2023 Apr 13, 2026 +3
She also transferred Holt out of the 99 purely out of spite. Which took an experienced supervisor and investigator off the streets and had him doing PR.
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Youareaproperclown Apr 13, 2026 +3
Don't forget she embarrassed herself in front of Derek Jeter
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Vestalmin Apr 13, 2026 +5
Which makes sense, because in a workplace sitcom, aren’t the annoying coworkers always the antagonists of the show?
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YackDIZZLEwizzle Apr 13, 2026 +12
That’s the true genius of Better Call Saul. I hate Chuck about as much as I do any tv villain ever. But god dammit he was right.
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pikpikcarrotmon Apr 13, 2026 +4
Hamlin starts this way too but over time you realize he's not actually even an a****** at all, he was just stuck between Chuck and Jimmy
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YackDIZZLEwizzle Apr 14, 2026 +1
True that
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JustOneMoreMile Apr 13, 2026 +24
I love Justified, but definitely Raylan
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MaeveCarpenter Apr 13, 2026 +19
Some of my favorite scenes in Justified are when Raylen gets out-assholed and has this completely shocked face about it 😅
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RandomRageNet Apr 13, 2026 +9
His come to Jesus moment in the penultimate episode when the >!trooper threatens to throw him in the trunk!< is really hilarious.
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matt1267 Apr 13, 2026 +3
"When you run into one a******, you met an a******. When you run into assholes all day, you're the a******." Or something like that
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Boggie135 Apr 13, 2026 +2
Lmao I love that his boss and partners call him out on it. His ex wife as well
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RealSunglassesGuy Apr 13, 2026 +51
Dr. Santos on The Pitt
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jimbojangles1987 Apr 13, 2026 +7
She is miserable to be around but yeah even though Langdon is a good doctor, something should have been done about him stealing.
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DX_DanTheMan_DX Apr 13, 2026 +5
She’s not wrong about Langdon but she is a bully to others and doesn’t really care about her patients, I hate her guts
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jimbojangles1987 Apr 13, 2026 +4
Yeah she sucks. I feel like in any non toxic workplace she would have been pulled aside by now and given multiple warnings. Nobody wants to work alongside someone so douchey.
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UnFelDeZeu Apr 13, 2026
She should've lost her license already, just like Langdon. But she's so high off her own farts she doesn't even realise that she did way worse than him.
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Daddict Apr 14, 2026 +1
The interesting thing is that the IRL version of this would look identical to this one. The doc would likely not face charges or disciplinary action over diversion like that. In PA, there's specific language about diversion in the medical board policy regarding the physician's health program. That's what Langdon is involved with. In that situation, he would have been given an opportunity to come clean about everything without the threat of legal or disciplinary action, to a point. Diversion is only "forgiven" when it's done for personal use during active addiction. The PHP he's in is what's going to have him being regularly screened for drug use. It's also what required him to go to rehab and likely continue 26th outpatient programs for several months before being permitted to practice. As long as he complies with the PHP requirements, his license is unrestricted. Addiction is a disease. It makes otherwise decent people behave in a heinous manner. Punishing him for diversion would accomplish pretty much nothing, and if the threat was there....it wouldn't deter diversion among people with substance use disorder. It would deter such people from reaching out to get help. And after going through treatment...so long as he's complying, there's very little chance that he'll do it again. The show is a little ambiguous about the mechanics of langdon's PHP, it's hinted that the diversion was covered up. But even that looks the same way it would here in reality. The only people who know the full details of the PHP are a few administrators, the medical board and possibly his supervisor. So it might look to others like it was covered up when it in fact was not.
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UnFelDeZeu Apr 13, 2026
She's a hypocritical holier than thou piece of shit. Santos threatens to murder a patient in season 1, which is far worse than what Langdon did.
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farnsmootys Apr 13, 2026 +5
Every single surgeon too, it seems. 
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VoraciousChallenge Apr 13, 2026 +2
I have a friend who is a surgical nurse. Based on what she's told me, this is accurate to real life.
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VerilyShelly Apr 13, 2026 +7
So much.
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FireflyNitro Apr 12, 2026 +41
Shane in the Walking Dead was what Rick becomes in Season 5-6, but he went about it with far less tact and subtlety. I get that Hershel would’ve been impossible to convince until something major happened, but I think he could’ve won over the OG group if he had opened a proper dialogue instead of being so aggressive and combative.
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phantom_avenger Apr 12, 2026 +11
>Rick becomes in Season 5-6, Rick in Season 6 was the one season that I couldn't stand him, and I think that version of him would fit this topic well.
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FireflyNitro Apr 12, 2026 +12
Overconfident Rick and Co is actually my fave part of the show, and a big reason I really enjoyed Negan’s debut because it really shattered the dynamic of the show up to that point and brought it back to the desperation of the early series. But I can see why he might grate on you instead!
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bloodyturtle Apr 13, 2026 +3
Shane was very wrong and got himself killed mere weeks into the apocalypse because he was hung up on his friend’s wife. The barn stuff wasn’t really him being an a****** though.
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res30stupid Apr 12, 2026 +21
Paul in 8 Simple Rules is often right about his kids' mistakes but handles it so poorly, being extremely overbearing and in-your-face about them that his children - often his daughters - outright ignored his concerns. A great example of this is Bridget's relationship with Kyle, which he objects to due to his not thinking Kyle is good enough for her. Sure enough, Kyle ends up cheating on Bridget >!with Kerry!<, to Paul's absolute furor.
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davegammelgard Apr 13, 2026 +25
Almost every character on The Bear.
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farnsmootys Apr 13, 2026 +7
I found the show unbearable
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weefees Apr 12, 2026 +6
Cory Ellison played by Billy Crudup on The Morning Show. Technically anyway.
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stacecom Apr 12, 2026 +2
He's been wrong a lot more than he'd admit.
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human_eyes Apr 12, 2026 +32
The phrase was originally used to describe one Walter Sobchak
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fractiouscatburglar Apr 12, 2026 +15
I can get you a toe. There are ways. You don’t want to know.
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human_eyes Apr 13, 2026 +5
Sir this is a family restaurant
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VerilyShelly Apr 13, 2026 +6
Excuse me, dear? The Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint!
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SvenHudson Apr 12, 2026 +11
Who is not a television character.
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Scu-bar Apr 12, 2026 +29
This is not ‘Nam, Smokey. This is r/television . There are rules.
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NativeMasshole Apr 13, 2026 +9
You were over the line! Mark it as zero!
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TheOGRedline Apr 13, 2026 +8
Forget it Scu-bar, you’re out of your element!
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timodreynolds Apr 13, 2026 +2
You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a television show....
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human_eyes Apr 12, 2026 +8
What are you a park ranger now?
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stacecom Apr 12, 2026 -8
Seems like they're someone who pays attention to which sublistnook (and the wording of the actual question) they're answering in. Unlike **some** people...
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human_eyes Apr 13, 2026 +6
I am the walrus
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fractiouscatburglar Apr 13, 2026 +1
I am the walrus.
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Infinite-Lychee-182 Apr 12, 2026 +10
7 of 9 Star Trek Voyager
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chadthundertalk Apr 13, 2026 +5
Loudermilk
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Keikobad Apr 13, 2026 +13
Simon Cowell in the early seasons of American Idol
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MadmanMarkMiller Apr 13, 2026 +6
Whereas in real life he's just an a******.
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WrinklyScroteSack Apr 13, 2026 +11
Chuck most derfinitely! Sometimes I feel like Walt is the same way. Like yea sure, technically, Gus was gonna kill you, but it was your fault!
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PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_ Apr 13, 2026 +8
I've only watched Season 1, as BCS is pretty much just misery p*** IMO, and it is completely unbearable to watch in large amounts.  But Chuck was just straight up a villain in Season 1.  I don't know where the f*** all this "right but an a******" talk is coming from.  Jimmy was seriously trying to do right and better himself, and a gigantic part of him sliding back into his slimy ways is because of Chuck's *constant* antagonism of him. Perpetuating a self-fulfilling prophecy of Jimmy failing by constantly f****** him over doesn't make him right at all.  It just makes him an a******. Also, Walt was rarely right about anything.  He was a petty man that constantly made his own situation worse because of his massive ego.  His singular skill was being good at cooking meth.  Well, that and exploiting everyone else around him.  He has almost no redeeming qualities, and if you ever found yourself agreeing with him, you probably need a lot of self reflection. 
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jfleury440 Apr 13, 2026 +3
I feel like Chuck was slightly wrong though. He blamed Jimmy for their dad's business failing and the missing money. But really Jimmy learned his ways from the cons artists that used to come in. He wasn't actually the one taking the money (at least not most of it). From Chuck's point of view he was right because he didn't know the truth. But really he was more resentful and harsh that he should have been sometimes. Jimmy had more good in him than Chuck gave him credit for.
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KeremyJyles Apr 13, 2026 +11
Jimmy was taking money.
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jfleury440 Apr 13, 2026 +4
Jimmy only took a little money. He'd take rare coins. But he wasn't the one "taking the money". Chuck thought Jimmy was bleeding their dad dry. But you see in the flashback that their dad was giving money away to every sob story. Con artists knew about the place and would target it. Jimmy was only taking a little change for his coin collection.
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KeremyJyles Apr 13, 2026 -5
Dude I think you missed something, he was taking serious money all in.
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jfleury440 Apr 13, 2026 +6
You're the one who missed something. Chuck thought Jimmy took all the money. Even if Jimmy took serious money (which I don't think there's any evidence of) but even if he did. Chuck doesn't know about all the con artists who came through. He blames it all on Jimmy. The whole point is Jimmy didn't come up with that on his own. One of the people that came in to take advantage of their dad taught Jimmy about the wolves and sheep. Jimmy figured he could grab some coins because his dad was giving away the money anyway. And Jimmy moved on to other hustles. Chuck didn't know about any of that.
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KeremyJyles Apr 13, 2026 -6
Dude you definitely missed it. Jimmy is not taking just coins lmao, he fleeced them into ground, there is simply not that many random passing-through con men, the point of the scene was to show what turned Jimmy, not to make you think there were dozens of that guy rolling in every week.
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jfleury440 Apr 13, 2026 +6
Chuck does an audit and finds there's 14k missing over the years. Small amounts missing over time. He concludes Jimmy took it all. In Season 2, Episode 7 ("Inflatable"), Jimmy tells Kim about the "Wolves and Sheep" philosophy. He describes his father as the kindest man he ever knew, but also as someone who was constantly taken advantage of by scammers. He explains that after watching his father get fleeced by every "grifter with a sob story," he decided he wouldn't be one of the "sheep." He talks about his rare coin collection saying he started keeping them because he knew his father would give them away to strangers for nothing.
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KeremyJyles Apr 13, 2026 -6
In a series defined by the protagonist being a slimy lying b******, it is amazing to me that you just believe his nonsense. Jimmy took it all.
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jfleury440 Apr 13, 2026 +7
All the nuance just went right away your head eh? I'm sure Jimmy is exaggerating somewhat, maybe even a lot. But Chuck's version of what happened, that Jimmy took it all, is provably false. You literally see on screen someone come in and take advantage. Their dad takes cash out of the register and gives it away.
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sheetskees Apr 13, 2026 +12
Jeff Winger
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dullship Apr 13, 2026 +16
"What makes humans different from other animals? We're the only species on earth that observes Shark Week. Sharks don't even observe Shark Week, but we do. For the same reason I can pick up this pencil, tell you it's name is Steve and go like this [breaks pencil] and part of you dies just a little bit on the inside. Because people can connect with anything. We can sympathize with a pencil, we can forgive a shark, and we can give Ben Affleck an Academy Award for screenwriting."
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Fullwake Apr 13, 2026 +1
At least admit he's a very loveable a******...
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2ndRook Apr 12, 2026 +12
The first I was made aware of is Kerr Avon, Blake’s 7 (1978–1981)
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Warshok Apr 12, 2026 +5
One of my absolute favorite characters and performances of all time. And so little known here in the states.
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2ndRook Apr 12, 2026 +4
Set the standard in my mind for antagonistic protagonists. If you are not as useful or amusing in your snark as Avon, don’t even try.
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Huggable_Hork-Bajir Apr 13, 2026 +8
Sherlock
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res30stupid Apr 12, 2026 +7
There was an episode of the cartoon Fillmore where a group of bullies were being targetted with particularly vicious pranks as revenge for their unpleasant behavior. Well, one of the targets is the local computer specialist who takes his role as an IT technician so seriously, he constantly insults and harasses everyone around him. His advice *is* valid like how O'Farrell keeps installing add-ons to his web browser, unaware that they're computer viruses, but my god what an absolute d*** he was.
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TimeisaLie Apr 12, 2026 +3
Rat Trap
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cwatson214 Apr 13, 2026 +5
Don Draper
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othersbeforeus Apr 13, 2026 +6
The famous “that’s what the money is for” scene is a prime example of Don being right, yet being such an insufferable a****** about it.
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gamebuddy123 Apr 16, 2026 +2
First thing I thought of.
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Kalse1229 Apr 13, 2026 +2
Not as much in recent seasons, but Rick in Rick and Morty. 9/10 times he's right about something, but he goes about it in the worst possible ways.
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futureformerteacher Apr 13, 2026 +2
It's kinda Joel McHale's schtick for all his characters.
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Boggie135 Apr 13, 2026 +2
Sherlock from *Elementary* fits this during most of his cases
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bloodyturtle Apr 13, 2026 +3
Dr Robby Robinavitch from da Pitt
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Slevinkellevra710 Apr 13, 2026 +1
IDK if I agree with this one. He's the boss, and holds people accountable. He's definitely flawed, but who isn't? I think he's also very supportive of his interns.
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Awkward_Bison_267 Apr 12, 2026 +1
Jay Halstead on “CHICAGO PD” he always followed rules, unless it came to his ex wife and his father figure.
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thethriftstorian Apr 13, 2026 +1
Hannibal Lecter
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FurBabyAuntie Apr 13, 2026 +1
Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties). Do you talk to your mother like that?
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Cheatercheaterbitch Apr 13, 2026 +1
Perry Cox
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GameplayerStu Apr 13, 2026 +1
Dr Kelso for a lot of early Scrubs seasons. He had to be an a****** for the sake of the hospital and the position he was in as Chief of Medicine. Someone has to make the hard, unpopular decisions and a lot of the time it was him.
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indigoinblue Apr 13, 2026 +1
Al Bundy!
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jimbojangles1987 Apr 13, 2026 +1
Walter
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Agent_Zodiac Apr 13, 2026 +1
James Doakes
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TheShowLover Apr 13, 2026 +1
I can't think of anyone that even comes close to Chuck McGill in this category.
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bearfootin_9 Apr 13, 2026 +1
Any character played by David Caruso
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Johnny_B_Asshole Apr 12, 2026 -6
George Costanza
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MFoy Apr 12, 2026 +26
No way. He was wrong a lot.
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dgjapc Apr 12, 2026 +12
Well the jerk store called, and they’re running out of you!
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illbedeadbydawn Apr 13, 2026 +1
If you think George was right more than he was wrong (this goes for all of them), then you REALLY need some self reflection.
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JerHat Apr 12, 2026 -20
Also from that universe, Skylar White.
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dullship Apr 13, 2026 +5
Is that you, Frankie Muniz?
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RxR8D_ Apr 13, 2026 +3
How??
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blindreefer Apr 13, 2026 +3
She wasn’t pleasant to be around before Walt got cancer. I’m not a Skylar hater and I don’t condone the treatment she or the actor who portrayed her experienced in any way. But she was written to be overbearing and rude in the first season.
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