I love TV shows. For me, television is about connecting with characters and engaging storylines. As a writer and viewer, I love analysing character behaviour and getting engrossed in well-written dramas. On this blog I have written a lot about my favourite TV shows. I have discussed characters who touched […]
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Discussing Characters on Weeds
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Weeds is definitely the most ridiculous show I’ve seen. It has a similar plot-line to Breaking Bad; parent starts selling drugs to support their family (only BB is twenty times better). It’s the kind of show that doesn’t take itself […]
Daenerys and Walter White: Same Characters, Different Shows
Daenerys Targaryen and Walter White are two of the most compelling, well-written anti-heroes in TV history in my not-so-humble opinion. They also star in two of the world’s greatest TV shows. In the last episode of Thrones, I thought about how incredible Daenerys is as a character. She’s brilliant, brave, […]
Discussing Characters on Breaking Bad
Time for another character discussion post! After a few years of watching the first season then stopping, watching the first and second season a few years later and then stopping, and finally completing seasons three, four and five, I finally finished Breaking Bad. And what a phenomenal show with an […]
Cersei Lannister: A Complex Villain
Beautiful. Manipulative. Narcissistic. Paranoid. Maternal. Incestuous. Hateful. Distrusting. Cersei Lannister is one of the most interesting characters (for me) on Game of Thrones. Cersei is a bad, selfish person; no doubt about that. But had George R R. Martin simply made her a cruel, menacing woman that had no humanity, […]
Discussing Characters on Mad Men
Yesterday I finished this show that I have been watching for the past six months. Mad Men is a period drama set in the 1960s about men and women working in a high profile advertising agency. Its an incredible TV show that is character driven and focuses on human psychology, […]