8 Best Unsung Antiheroes Of TV's Golden Age

If the anti-hero archetype was crossed with the unreliable narrator trope, than you’d have Amy Jellicoe in a nutshell: An ostracized corporate drone with delusions of grandeur.

The series opens Amy saved from being fired from a large company through anti-discrimination laws that block HR from giving her the pink slip. Instead, she’s relegated to the company’s least respected branch where she has to manually submit cards in place of outdated software. Her marriage has fallen apart, she has to move in with her mom at the age of 40, the fellow executive that she once slept with, and her former protégé has taken her old position and isn’t much help.

Still, Amy trudges along with chirpy demeanor that thinly masks a veiled sadness and a relentless drive to go outside the box with a job that doesn’t demand it. Any viewer can see from the first episode that Amy’s lack of awareness for how she doesn’t fit into the rigid confines of corporate bureaucracy makes her disaster waiting to happen. The fun is in waiting to see how long she can prolong the inevitable.

Amy is far from a perfect character. She plays the victim card too often, treats work without prestige like it’s beneath her, and takes her co-workers for granted. At the same time, she is ultimately right about the evils of the faceless corporation she works for. While Amy is no role model, she’s relatable to any office drone who knows that their company isn’t special on any moral front.