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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 4698772, member: 966"]
Mad Men had a few likable characters. Peggy was the one that kept me engaged. I liked a few others, too, and even the ones who were closer to 'despicable' (Roger) were fun in that regard. Ironically, i never really liked Don Draper. Which sometimes made it a chore to watch and finish that show.

The Sopranos was brilliant in how the characters sometimes bordered on 'cartoonish'—a caricaturization of the mafia and 'guido-ism' so that when they did their horrendous deeds, it somehow didn't make you hate them. It was like watching things play out from 20,000 feet up sometimes. Same with The Wire. Marlow, for example—hatable person, but i marveled at how well Jamie played that character and made him so imposing.

Succession... I'm so glad there was a Cousin Greg. He was the first character i liked. And then his every interaction made that interaction fun, no matter who the counterpart. His stuff with McFayden was often gold. Sometimes, it was worth watching an entire episode just to get to Greg. It helps, also, if you could admire the environments rather than resenting them. And maybe to find something in the dialog and language to amuse or interest you. The stuff between Shiv and Tom was wicked and perverse. Ever see the movie Closer? There was so much hard, targeted, wicked dialog in that film—like a competition to see who could injure who the most with words. There's something in Succession that feels similar. It's probably more of a British thing than an American one. They're particularly good at it...
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