10 Awesome TV Shows With One Awful Character

7. Marnie Michaels - Girls

Girls Marnie
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Though Girls does in fact seem to pride itself on its array of frustrating characters, the majority of them at least harbour some redeeming qualities. Marnie Michaels? Nope.

She may be beautiful and a moderately talented singer, but she's also the show's all-time most head-smackingly self-absorbed individual, and even when the show flirted with redeeming her near the end of its run, it ultimately still ended up being all about her.

Numerous think-pieces have been written over the years about Marnie representing the person we all hope we're not (in business for ourselves but desperately trying to prove otherwise), and yet, while Hannah, Jessa, and Shoshanna still felt relatably human in even their worst moments, Marnie is a detestable depiction of millennials at their absolute worst.

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