15 Greatest TV Villains Of 2014 So Far

10. Rowan Pope (Scandal)

A commanding officer for the CIA, Pope is one smooth, conniving sonofa. There€™s hardly a moment when he€™s not plotting to ruin the life of an unsuspecting sucker, all for his political gain. First of all, he doesn€™t shy away from mass murder. Hey, if it gets the job done - Pope will shoot down a planeful of people despite the intel being questionable. His resourcefulness (see: utter lack of soul) extends to interfering with his daughter Olivia€™s life. He kills the president€™s teenage son as a warning to stay away from Olivia, with whom President Fitz had been shaboinking on the side. In an effort to stop their romping, he enlists another chap to woo his daughter and videotape their sexual antics - which he then ensures the President sees - to split them up! Does this man have no shame? Hiring somebody to sleep with his own daughter is a loathsome act. His worst offence however involves his wife, who reportedly died years before in a plane crash. A fabricated lie he fed to Olivia since she was young - he had his wife, Maya captive in a secret prison. For 22 years.
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