2. Annie Blackburn - Twin Peaks
The second half of the second season of Twin Peaks is a mess of red herrings, drawn-out storylines, audience-bating cliffhangers, and seemingly nonsensical scenes. As audience interest waned, the producers brought in Annie Blackburn, one of the most unnecessary and boring characters of the 1990s. With the reveal of Laura Palmer's killer, Twin Peaks didn't really have much more to offer and giving Dale Cooper a sudden love interest in the blasé and vanilla Annie seemed too forced and awkward. It's been alleged that the only reason why Annie was created was because the Dale Cooper and Audrey Horne romance was kyboshed by one of the other actresses who was dating Kyle MacLachlan (Dale Cooper) at the time. It certainly feels that way. Unlike Audrey, Annie was dull, pleasant, and sadly aware of all the troubles of the world. She had nothing to offer Dale or the audience except become a victim for Windom Earle. She was essentially created to become a Woman in a Refrigerator, yet she had done nothing to garner the audience's sympathy or even interest. What makes Annie even more aggravating is that she could've been a cool character. She was set up as being a counterpart to Dale and her involvement in the Black Lodge should've been explored more. Due to producers' involvement and simply a lack of time before cancellation, the writers never got a chance to really flesh out this woman. She simply floated through Twin Peaks, somehow managed to make the quirky and complex Dale Cooper fall in love with her despite having little to no personality, and then was killed, forcing the audience to wonder, What exactly was the point of all that?
