Scalped: 8 Reasons It's Going To Make An Amazing TV Show

Without a doubt, the best character in the whole of Scalped is the mysterious vagrant known as Catcher. Arthur J. Pendergrass opens up the story with his prophetic, booze-addled mumblings about his connection to the Great Spirit, Wakan Tanka, and the "sh*tstorm" that's about to hit Prairie Rose. Imagine the eccentricity of Johnny Depp combined with the manic, haunted, dangerous persona of El Chivo from Amores Perros and you're probably on the right track.

Catcher, in his trademark widebrim and duster, and malnourished pony Festus in tow, steals every scene he's in, and that's talking about a comic book. First randomly appearing to Dash out of nowhere in a casino bathroom, and disappearing just as mysteriously, Catcher knows everything about Dash, including his secret affiliation with the FBI.

A washed-up old drunk, a Rhodes Scholar and a former activist who used to run with Red Crow and Gina Bad Horse, Catcher lives in self-imposed exile on the outskirts of the rez, believing he is being communicated with by Thunder Beings and that he can "see" people's animal totems.

This latter fact leads to some of the coolest moments of the series; as we see through Catcher's eyes and glimpse Red Crow's animal totem - a stag, shackled to Lincoln's leg, rotting and maggot-infested - a reflection of his damaged soul. Dash's animal totem is the spider, representative of Iktomi, the spider trickster. There are more as the series goes on, and they're always revealed in really cool ways. Done right on screen, it could lead to some of the more visually-arresting moments on the show.

Catcher's whole arc constantly keeps you guessing, as you wonder whether he's crazy or whether he actually does speak to his people's deities, and more than that we question his motives and methods consistently. In the end he becomes a huge part of the story, and his role on the show will be one to watch out for.