10 TV Shows With No Redeemable Characters
3. Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad was all about the degradation of a mostly-decent man, but while it had its share of complex heroes, the likes of Walt Jr, Hank, and even Jesse Pinkman could hardly be said to be irredeemable.
Better Call Saul, meanwhile, invests its time in an altogether nastier or more criminally inclined bunch of characters. Its self styled moral compass, Chuck McGill, was by the end fuelled exclusively by petty jealousy. Hitman Mike Ehrmantraut is a decent man willing to do incredibly bad things for his family’s security.
Its most fascinating character, Kim Wexler, has been on a downward slide of morality ever since getting involved with Jimmy McGill. Her ultimate fate is the dangling question going into the final season, but we can bet it won’t be one of sunshine and rainbows.
And then there’s Jimmy himself. It being a prequel, we know he’s going to survive, but viewers of Breaking Bad will have seen the slippery lawyer behaving even worse in years to come. This is one morality tale without a hero.