2. The High Sparrow
The High Sparrow feels like a character with a lot of potential, but one who is - for a variety of reasons - not really working at the moment. As of season five, he has been poised as a half-villain type who tricks Cersei into trusting him and then places her in a dank cell as a punishment for having sex outside of marriage, Later, he forces her to walk through the streets of King's Landing... in the nude. It takes a lot to make you feel sorry for a monster like Cersei, but the High Sparrow totally achieved that in season five. But he's not the kind of bad guy you "love to hate," he's the sort of bad guy that has you scratching your head wondering why Jonathan Pryce isn't making him more interesting to watch. He's dull, though that's not to say that it wouldn't be entirely pleasurable to witness him being kicked to death in the street or something. In short, he needs to go as quickly as possible... and Cersei needs to end him.
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