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Best-written female character on television?
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RatskyWatsky
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Peggy from Mad Men
Escape Goat
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Lionel Mandrake
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Leslie Knope
Devolution
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Rome - Atia
Deadwood - Trixie
The Wire - Kima
The Wire - Snoop
Deadwood - Trixie
The Wire - Kima
The Wire - Snoop
I hate her.
B For Bendetta
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Peggy from Mad Men
Sapphire Dreams
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No love for Zoe from Firefly ?
Dark Octave
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You have got to be kidding me.
Annoying, over reacting, cheating, spiteful and unreasonable.
What a great character.
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Zoe
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No way, she's a self-proclaimed bitch. Her character was downright unlikable by the end of the show.Veronica Mars
She's just so sassy.
terribletwo
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Yep. Absolutely.
Trent Strong
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Peggy from Mad Men.
Dark Octave
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Watching the show now for the first time and yeah she's cool.No love for Zoe from Firefly ?
SlowRevolution
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Carmela wasn't written by Sorkin at his peak.
Also never performed The Jackal, but I guess that was less writing and more Allison Janney having a weird talent.
Lindsay in Freaks and Geeks deserves a mention too.
Also never performed The Jackal, but I guess that was less writing and more Allison Janney having a weird talent.
Lindsay in Freaks and Geeks deserves a mention too.
EnderWiggles
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smokeandmirrors
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1st post n all dat
Candeldandel
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Leslie Knope
Seriously love this lady.
My answer was Carmela Soprano as soon as I saw the thread title. She manages to be as compelling as the gangster characters or more. She also serves as the main force for keeping Tony grounded in his family life and what we would all think of as the "real world" without coming off as a shrew.
Runner up is Peggy from Mad Men. You've come a long way, baby.
Runner up is Peggy from Mad Men. You've come a long way, baby.
That was quick.
The topic is about how well written the character is, not how much you like her. Skyler is written wonderfully.
My vote goes to Peggy though.
Randolph Freelander
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StalkerUKCG
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Kate Beckett (Castle)
Boardwalk Empire?
Yep. One of the best written characters ever.
FootballFan
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Mad Men. Peggy Olson.
NathanMcMahon
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stop it
sleeping_dragon
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2 broke girls?!
NotTheGuyYouKill
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No one's mentioned Nikita (Maggie Q) on Nikita. Definitely one of the best-written (and most beautiful) female characters on TV
terribletwo
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Margaret is great tho
shanshan310
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She is the worst.
She's also very well written and a convincing actor. Which is why everyone hates her so much.
Discotheque
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i gave up on nikita during season 3. i'll get back to it when it comes on netflix.
no cw show has the best written anything, even if their shows can be very entertaining (looking at you Arrow)
Carmela Soprano
runner ups: Atia from Rome, Peggy Olsen
no cw show has the best written anything, even if their shows can be very entertaining (looking at you Arrow)
Carmela Soprano
runner ups: Atia from Rome, Peggy Olsen
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Season 1 and 2 Nikita had some of the best written female characters on TV with Nikita and Amanda. Seriously yo.
Rome - Atia
Deadwood - Trixie
The Wire - Kima
The Wire - Snoop
Really great choices. Recently I was very impressed with Robin Wright Penn on House of Cards, but I'm not sure she'd make a "best of" list.
white dynamite
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Gotta go with Andrea from The Walking Dead.
jadedm17
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No love for Zoe from Firefly ?
And we have a winner.
I love strong women, too bad I fall for weak girls.
Seconded. Motion upheld.
Also, no one on Firefly belongs near any best-written list.
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