Anti-Heroes are fast becoming a staple of high-quality TV dramas. Gone are the days we expect the hero to be a noble everyman, for more often than not that noble everyman will find himself physically or morally compromised, or just outright decapitated. Arguably the first major antihero of this new era of TV was Breaking Bad's Walter White, a character defined by his transformation from ordinary high school chemistry teacher, to ruthless drug lord. Since Breaking Bad's end, many have moved on to proclaim Kevin Spacey's grandiose performance as Frank Underwood in Netflix's House of Cards to be the new definitive antihero of our age. But wait just a minute, people. While Frank Underwood's deliciously Machiavellian scheming has been the main draw to House of Card's neo-Shakespearean narrative, it is hardly any contest as to who is the more iconic antihero of the modern TV age: Bryan Cranston's performance sets the bar extremely high, at a place Kevin Spacey's Underwood cannot reach (not yet, anyways).
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