6 Beloved TV Characters Who Are Clearly Going To Prison (If They Are Ever Caught)

In TV land, beloved characters can seemingly get away with anything...

Dean Gif In TV land, beloved characters can get away with anything, be it a little bit of violence (acceptable if it's a villain on the receiving end) or playing with a loose interpretation of the law when it is convenient to do so (usually as the result of some 'saving the day / city / world' activity). But if you take those rose-tinted TV glasses off for a moment, that comic situation where our beloved characters try to cover up their actions or those dubious but handy skills needed to win the day will have a very different perspective in the eyes of the law. Hacking into government computers, digging up burial sites or crypts, kidnapping someone because they 'happen' to be a criminal mastermind / possessed by a demon or endangering the lives of others all for the chance to have an adventure; this might be fun for TV audiences, but not to the criminal justice system. If these actions ever came to light, the chances are that many of our beloved TV characters will end up going to prison for a long, long time. While it occasionally does happen (Gregory House pushed his actions too far and faced jail time between seasons seven and eight), there are many characters that get away with murder. Sometimes literally. So here are my six choices for beloved characters that clearly going to prison... if they ever get caught!
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A writer for Whatculture since May 2013, I also write for TheRichest.com and am the TV editor and writer for Thedigitalfix.com . I wrote two plays for the Greater Manchester Horror Fringe in 2013, the first an adaption of Simon Clark's 'Swallowing A Dirty Seed' and my own original sci-fi horror play 'Centurion', which had an 8/10* review from Starburst magazine! (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/eventsupcoming-genre-events/6960-event-review-centurion) I also wrote an episode for online comedy series Supermarket Matters in 2012. I aim to achieve my goal for writing for television (and get my novels published) but in the meantime I'll continue to write about those TV shows I love! Follow me on Twitter @BazGreenland and like my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BazGreenlandWriter