TV Characters Who Had An Awful 2017
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Rebecca Bunch, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Got left at the altar by her childhood crush-turned-fiancé. Got drunk and had sex with her ex-boyfriend's dad. Nearly lost all of her friends. Attempted suicide. Was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
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Amelia Shepherd, Grey's Anatomy
Spent the last of what should have been her and Owen's honeymoon period estranged from her husband. Learned that a brain tumor might have been impacting her behavior for years. Feared that she'd been endangering patients for all of that time. Underwent a scary but successful operation to remove the tumor. Still lost Owen.
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Madison Clark, Fear the Walking Dead
Mourned the death of her fiancé Travis. Was judged by son Nick and daughter Alicia after confessing that she murdered her abusive father. Lost the ranch she hoped to call home, the dam she next hoped to call home and, depending on whether anyone besides her survived the Season 3 finale, her kids and pals Strand and Daniel, too.
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Kevin Pearson, This Is Us
Injured his knee while filming his dream movie role. Got hooked on pain meds. Turned to alcohol when he ran out of pills. Broke up with the love of his life. Got arrested for DUI — with his niece in the backseat.
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Issa Dee, Insecure
Had to pretend to be happily single while Lawrence moved on with a new girlfriend. Crashed her car while looking at a photo of male genitalia. Got, um, sexually disrespected by Daniel. Missed out on a promotion at work. Couldn't afford a rent hike, and was forced to move in with... Daniel.
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Laurel Castillo, How to Get Away With Murder
Found out her father was responsible for her boyfriend's murder. Doesn't know who the father of her baby is. Watched a classmate die. Gave birth in a broken-down elevator.
The Good Place - Season 2
Michael, The Good Place
Forced to team up with the people he wants to be torturing. Had his first existential crisis. Handed over the torturing reins to disgruntled townspeople. Nearly had to terminate Janet, his only friend. Was discovered by his boss to be lying about "Attempt No. 2" in The Good Place.
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Shadow Moon, American Gods
Lost his wife. Found out, after her death, that she'd been cheating on him with his best friend. Got beat up and nearly hanged by a bunch of Technical Boy's goons. Gets infected by some anthropmorphic wood.
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Lee Russell, Vice Principals
Shot in the face. Mauled by a tiger. Fired from his job. Left by his wife.
Chicago P.D. - Season 4
Kelly Severide, Chicago Fire
Suspected by P.D. of vehicular homicide. Went through a painful bone marrow donation without anesthesia. Lost his girlfriend Anna to cancer.
Chicago P.D. - Season 5
Jay Halstead, Chicago P.D.
His ex Lindsay left town without saying goodbye right before he was about to propose. Accidentally shot and killed an innocent young girl on the job. PTSD issues resurfaced during undercover case.
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Clary Fray, Shadowhunters
Got dumped by her first real boyfriend. Lost her mother. Unknowingly made out with her own brother. Watched the love of her life, whom she previously believed to be her brother, die. Had to murder her father.
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Iris West-Allen, The Flash
Just barely dodged death at the hands of Savitar, only to then watch Barry bail on her to appease the Speed Force. Entered couples therapy upon fiance's return. Saw wedding crashed by Nazis, second try at "I do" hijacked by visiting friends. Honeymoon cut short by Ralph's Stranger Things binge. And did we mention that for Christmas, her husband got framed for murder?
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Jemma Simmons, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nearly killed by true love Fitz's LMD — then saw the real Fitz get abducted into the Framework, where he was transformed into an evil overlord canoodling with Aida. Upon rescuing Fitz, she was abducted by mysterious agents and subject to a(nother!) Kree monolith that catapulted her into a post-apocalyptic future in space, while Fitz was left behind in the doomed present. Oh, and that new makeup job.
Choose Your Pain
Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery
Unwittingly reignited the Klingon war by bumping into, and then killing, one during a space walk. Committed mutiny as a commander in the name of saving her crew from certain death. After watching her longtime mentor get slain at the hand of a Klingon, received her lifetime prison sentence — which, thankfully, was cut short by her stealthy recruitment by the Discovery.