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USD POLL : Who are some of the most underused characters on a current show?

Mar 29, 2015

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70 comments:

  1. John Diggle. Even an episode that is focussed on him isn't focussed on him. He's more than just the black driver, Arrow!

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  2. Would love to see some more Fusco on POI.

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  3. The Good Wife - Where the hell is Robyn? Maybe she will come back when Kalinda leaves but its a shame not to have them working together.


    Elementary - Doesn't use Bell enough.

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  4. Captain Lance Arrow

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  5. Cami - the Originals
    Roy Harper - Arrow
    Tyler - Vampire Diaries
    Castiel - Supernatural

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  6. Totally agree on Elementary. I know the show is about Holmes and Watson but with only four regulars, I wish they would make more of an effort to show us more of Bell and Gregson.

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  7. Mondays: Davina TO, Enigma Gotham
    Tuesday: Emily PLL, Eddie Thawne Flash.
    Wednesdays: Alex MF, Diggle, Roy, Lance Arrow, Kane The100
    Thursdays: Alex and Jo GA, Bash Reign, Tyler and Matt VD, David Scandal.
    Fridays: Brick Hod (RIP)
    Sundays: Charming, Belle, Will, Red Once, jack Revenge.

    That is it more or less.

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  8. Grey's Anatomy - Alex, Bailey, Jo
    Sleepy Hollow - Jenny
    Scandal - David
    Nashville - Will
    Elementary - Gregson, Bell
    Penny Dreadful - Anyone whose name isn't Vanessa

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  9. Definitely, I really liked the episode the other week with Bell and Holmes working together, they need to figure out how to involve them more.

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  10. Scandal- Mellie Grant
    OUAT- Ruby (Red)
    Revenge- Jack

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  11. Adalind ! Just kidding...


    Bell and Captain Gregson on Elementary.

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  12. Ouat- Ruby

    Revenge-David

    Gotham- Barbara and Cat

    The Flash- Eddie (by far the most underused character on TV)

    PLL- Jason

    Arrow- Roy,Lance

    Empire-Rhonda

    Grey's Anatomy- Bailey

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  13. John Diggle from Arrow, even given the recent episode. I miss him being central on the team, especially as he looks so much more badass working with Oliver than the new suits.


    Sleepy Hollow underused the hell out of Jenny and Irving. Five more episodes, and way less of them both.


    OUAT is using Belle better, but I wish she, and Will, could get a bit more involved in the thick of things. I also miss more of the random members of the town, like the dwarves or actually seeing Granny.

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  14. Mellie & Sally (Scandal)
    Red & Jefferson? (Once Upon A Time)
    Cameron (Modern Family)
    Root (Person of interest)

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  15. George Washington - "Turn: Washington's Spies".

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  16. You could throw in an enormous amount of recurring and guest stars for this one. Natalie Dormer (Moriarty) on Elementary, Paige Turco (Zoe) on Person of Interest, Darby Stanchfield (Meredith) and Ayre Gross (Perlmutter) on Castle just to name a few

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  17. Grey's Anatomy - Alex Karev
    The 100 - Monty Greene
    Arrow - Roy Harper
    Teen Wolf - Lydia Martin
    Vampire Diaries - Tyler Lockwood

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  18. Elizabeth Mitchell ❤

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  19. Grey's Anatomy - Alex.
    Once Upon a Time - Will (He's meant to be a regular, but we hardly see him)

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  20. The 100 - Monty
    TVD - Tyler, Matt
    TO - Davina, Marcel, Cami (Though I hate Cami and don't really want to see more of her)
    OUaT - Will Scarlett, Ruby (wish she would return),
    Revenge - David Clark, we didn't get any reason to like him or root for him

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  21. I wanna say Athelstan on Vikings, but...sad now.

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  22. Will Scarlet on Once. Shocking how they're using him.

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  23. TVD-Matt,TO-Marcel & Davina,OUAT-Belle & Will,Arrow-Diggle,The Flash-Eddie,GA-Bailey,H50-Kono,Reign-Bash,SPN-Castiel,Grimm-Adiland & PLL-Emily & Toby.

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  24. OUAT - Ruby, Mulan, Aurora, Will, Ariel, Archie.
    TVD - Matt & Tyler

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  25. I agree with those saying that Diggle is underused on Arrow. I also feel that Roy needs more screen time. As for other shows, I'll never get enough Root on Person of Interest and am beyond irritated that the majority of what little screen time Castiel has had this season has been stuck with characters I have zero interest in. Both Hannah and Claire are annoying and useless. If they aren't going to give Cas better storyarcs, they need to let him go.

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  26. Castiel on Supernatural,
    Sam on Supernatural
    Tom on The Blacklist

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  27. OUAT: Will Scarlet, it's like the writers brought him in just to stare at the screen. Pretty shocking they haven't found some real use for him.
    The 100: Bellamy; though not that underused, he had a lot less to do this season in comparison to the first, which is a shame considering how complex and compelling his character is. Also, Monty is very much underused.
    Arrow: Diggle; he just doesn't feel essential, like he could walk out of the show and everything would remain the same, albeit some short sad period of Oliver and company missing him.
    Revenge: David Clarke; he had a clear purpose and use at the beginning of the season, but now he is just there to comfort Emily. There's need for a storyline here.
    New Girl: Winston; he has been surprisingly solid through last season and this one and moments from him are lacking lately.

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  28. Paige Turco was on POI? Reasons to get back on that show are pilling on!

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  29. Chicago PD- Antonio, Kim burgess, Atwater, Platt, frankly, anyone who is not jay and Erin.

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  30. It's the best series on television so I don't know why you're missing it

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  31. I kind of a gree with Jack, but he has some stuff to do on the show; now David, he has been reduced to a role of solely comfort Emily

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  32. Mostly because I honestly disliked the first 5 episodes. I've been told it gets much better, but it felt so procedurial that I honestly didn't know why I was watching it.


    I have hear over the years lots of reasons to come back, so it's on my summer list: I'll catch up by the time season 5 arrives, I hope

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  33. Farewell Parks and RecMarch 29, 2015 at 1:44 PM

    Totally agree on Robyn and I would add Kalinda herself. They have done a lazy job at wrapping her storyline, in fact, they SA's election was a low point of the show IMO, every character became irrelevant and the show suddenly decided to be The Alicia Show.

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  34. Very true and here i have to agree with others. They completely ruined David's character. First of all he never should have killed conrad, then he should not have trusted victoria snd his whole dialogue is messed up. I wish he had stayed the nicr and innoccent david Clarke we knew back then

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  35. Once Upon a Time - Will Scarlet. Seriously. Why is he even a regular? I was looking at a chart of character screen time when 4A had finished airing and throughout the entire 11 episodes (or 12 if you're one of those people that count 'Smash the Mirror' as two episodes) he only had something like 4 minutes of screen time. Pretty much every guest star ever has had more screen time than that!

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  36. SPN: Castiel



    TO: Elijah (judging from season 2, he's a damn lead and ways degraded to a nanny)


    Blacklist: Tom


    Arrow: Malcolm, Lance, Diggle


    Flash: Grodd


    Community: Pelton, Chang, Pierce, Shirley, Troy (Pelton/Chang are mains but are underused as hell in a minimal capacity, meanwhile Pierce had appearances as a ghost this season....not enough. And Troy could easily show up through a Childish Gambino music video)


    AoS: Ward


    Forever: Adam


    PoI: Root


    Chosen: Ian (I know he's supposed to be dead...but I don't care)

    Brickleberry: Malloy



    American Dad: Jeff

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  37. Grey's Anatomy - Alex & Bailey, two of my absolute favorites.
    Justified - I always thought Tim was such a great and underused character.

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  38. ПаолинаMarch 29, 2015 at 3:44 PM

    SUPERNATURAL: Castiel (i want to see more of him and his character)

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  39. I agree with this. I keep waiting for them to explain what happened with him and Ana as well as explain how he got to Storybrook.

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  40. Elementary: Gregson
    POI: Fusco

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  41. POI: Root and Fusco

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  42. Arrow - Diggle, Lance and Nyssa
    PoI - Root
    Sleepy Hollow - Jenny

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  43. Yes to Jenny on "Sleepy Hollow". Here's hoping next season gives her some more screentime and some really good storylines, both with Abbie and on her own. Also hoping they can do more with Irving, too.

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  44. Rookie Blue: Dov
    The Good Wife: Cary, Kalinda, Finn (especially the recent seasons), Robyn (is she still part of the cast???), David Lee
    The Vampire Diaries: Bonnie, Tyler and Stefan (For a character who is supposed to be the lead, I think Stefan is relatively underused)
    Grimm: Adalind, Trubel (they need to bring Trubel back)
    Revenge: David Clarke
    Flash: Iris
    The Originals: Marcel
    OUAT: Ruby, Mulan, Dr. Whale
    Sleepy Hollow: Jenny, Hawley
    The Blacklist: Tom
    The Fall : Tom Anderson (a waste of Colin Morgan!)

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  45. Watch a lot of show but the ones I notice the most recently are.....

    The walking dead - Daryl
    AOS - Ward
    The Mindy Project - doctor Jeremy Reed
    Greys anatomy - doctor bailey

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  46. Arrow: Diggle, Roy (seriously he doesn't even get dialogues. Its his stunt double who does all the work)
    Flash: Iris (the term should be misused here)
    Sleepy Hollow: Jenny
    PoI: Fusco
    AoS: Ward
    The Originals: Davina
    Gotham: Selina
    Grey's Anatomy: Bailey, Jo, Alex
    Castle: Martha, Alexis
    The 100: Kane

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  47. SPN-Sam Winchester

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  48. I'm surprised, as I skimmed down, no one said everyone not named Rick, Glenn, Sasha, Carol, and Daryl on The Walking Dead, especially Abraham.

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  49. Yes to Iris. She is so unlikeable on the show - naive, overly the top bubbly type character

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  50. Everyone but Olivia Benson on Law & Order SVU.
    Change that, everyone but Olivia Benson & Noah (soon-to-be) Benson on Law & Order SVU.
    Sucks.

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  51. Arrow on Arrow :p

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  52. Atwater - Chicago PD

    Cary - The Good Wife

    Eddie- The Flash



    Chin and Joe White ( Terry O'Quinn) - Hawaii 5-0.

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  53. Fusco - POI, John Diggle - Arrow, Daenerys Targaryen - Game of Thrones


    I'll probably want to add more as I read other people's votes.

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  54. We could definitely use more Nyssa on Arrow and Jenny on Sleepy Hollow. Two awesome characters who don't get used as much as they should.

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  55. I agree. The Good Wife has one of the best ensemble casts, so to focus only on Alicia, is a shame.

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  56. Diggle on Arrow, Katrina on Sleepy Hollow, and on OuaT - Ruby, Will, Archie, Aurora, Mulan, Granny... almost too many to mention!

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  57. Arrow - Roy
    Flash - Eddie
    Reign - Bash
    The Originals - Davina

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  58. Carolyn on Bones

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  59. Root (POI)- there could never be enough Root.
    Maggie (The Walking Dead) as of late

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  60. Eh still more used than Roy. Guy was freaking electrocuted and left there (okay Oliver went back but it was never shown). Plus the dead shot stuff was cool. And he got decent focus.

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  61. Supernatural - Sam Winchester
    POI - Fusco and Root
    Flash - Eddie
    Grimm - Truble

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  62. She only pops up 1-3 times a year, sooo... Admittedly, she's a character who could easily be brought into the main cast, should the producers feel the need to add to it (and granted her filming schedule permits such).

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  63. I felt the same way about the first season. I stuck around for about the first eight episodes before bailing out of boredom from overwhelming procedural elements. That, and it took itself too seriously for a show so cliche.

    I saw the first season finale when Root was introduced, and my interest piqued. It's her character that finally brings real life to the show. I'd recommend checking out the second season episodes that have anything to do with Root and Shaw. Their guest appearances were really great, and finally added some serious serialized elements.

    Both are promoted to the main cast in the third season, and their consistent presence adds so much to the dynamic of the cast and charm of the show. It's in the third season that POI seems to finally learn how to have fun with itself. It's almost an intentional parody of its own genre at times. They also start maintaining a good serial-procedural balance.

    Even the stand-alone episodes are season four are mostly enjoyable.

    I'd really recommend checking out the bigger episodes in season two where prominent recurring characters are featured and the mythology of the Machine is explored a bit. Season three is things really get good, though. However, you can jump in at pretty much any point and get a rough grasp on the plot thus far.

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  64. Ha, yes, that was pretty bad of Oliver to just forget about Roy. But come on, Diggle has been there pretty much since the beginning and has been relegated to the guy who pitches in with his thoughts every so often and goes out into the field only when a) Oliver is 'dead' or b) on a suicide mission with Oliver.

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  65. Morgan on Criminal Minds this season hasn't been used enough. I'm hoping he gets a centred episode soon.

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