6 Supporting TV Characters Who Stole The Show (And 3 Who Never Should Have)

2. Sue Sylvester - Glee

Back when Glee first hit our screens, Jane Lynch's Emmy-winning turn as Sue Sylvester solidified the character as one of the greatest of the decade. Unfortunately, it would all go downhill from there.

A hard-hitting cheerleading coach, Sue expected the very best from her Cheerios and pushed them well past their limits in order to achieve perfection. This kind of off-the-wall behaviour went hand-in-hand with her antagonistic attitude towards the Glee club - after all, if the arts got the funding it needed, the Cheerios would no longer receive their perks and thus, they wouldn't be the best that they could be. As ridiculous as it sounded, Sue's behaviour made complete sense.

Yet, after redeeming her multiple times throughout the course of the show's run, the writers decided to waste the final two seasons by turning her heel again and, in the process, ramming her down our throats more than ever. And this time, she was making the lives of her former students a living hell - going so far as to ruin Rachel Berry's opening night on Broadway.

It was clear that, even after the young characters had moved to New York, the writers were afraid to let go of Sue. But there was simply no way of justifying her behaviour this time because she no longer had the students' best interests at heart, and yet, they attempted to do so - giving her a solo of Funny Girl's emotional 'Who Are You Now?' as though we were supposed to believe that she could ever compete with the grandeur of leading lady Rachel.

To top it all off, they wasted valuable screen time in the final season attempting to diagnose her erratic behaviour, but by that point, everyone had had enough of leading lady Sue.