1. Al Swearengen
2. Tyrion

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Man this is hard.

Shortlist would include Rust Cohle, Omar, Maeve from Westworld, Tony Soprano, and Nucky Thompson.

I'm also partial to Stringer Bell

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I know it was an unpopular opinion last time we did this, but I still have Bunk as the best Wire character.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Bunk is under rated

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Lack of love for "Oz" characters around here. I'd go with O'Reily. Survived the whole series and made it out of Emerald City.

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Oz was a dry run for prestige TV yet to come, doesn't really belong in the conversation of HBO greatness.

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That's a bad take.

McManus was fucking terrible though. I mean, his character was necessary but that guy just sucked.

Omar Little,
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Tony Soprano

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Arli$$,he was Ari before Ark Was way more over the top funnier and was actually likeable.

Miguel Alvarez (OZ) played the long game with his revenge. In a fast of total suck have he at times came across as a some what not that an evil fuck.

Schillinger,evil pure and simple evil. He would have shanked his mom to make a deal.

Pauline Walnuts, Everyone talks about how dumb Chris was but Paulie might have been actually retarded. Yet he kept coming up roses,every time he might get called by Tony or MY he comes through or reflects it off onto someone else,even when he is in jail. I seriously though Tony was gonna come back alone when they went on the lamb to Florida. Plus,the final episode should have had the Russian come back.

Lt Spears Band of Brothers,Fucker was cold blooded killed and ran across an active battlefield twice to rally the troops.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Larry Merchant

Omar is the winner but this is so hard to pick. It's hard enough to pick the greatest character on any particular show let alone all of the fantastic stuff that HBO has put out.

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Uh huh, yeah, and then the last scene should have been Tony saying "but through it all, we truly were...The Sopranos," then turning to the camera, winking, and saying "Thanks for watching." Jesus Christ.

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Ernie Denardo, Diane Barrow, and TD Parker.

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

Classic Hank with Henry Winkler pre-Arrested Development:






Hon. mention:

The dead father on Six Feet Under made having to watch that show every week with the gf at the time tolerable.

This feels like dejavu. I feel like you had this exact exchange with either chas or scorehead before.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

It's an established meme.

Kenny Powers.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I just started watching this show...is it worth it?

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Depends on your sense of humor I guess. Some people probably find him annoying after a while.


If I were picking a serious character, #1 would be Tony Soprano.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

I'll probably get killed for this but I've never seen an single episode of the Larry Sanders Show. Not on purpose, just never got around to it.

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Gotta be Tony Soprano. The humor, sarcasm and witty banter that was integrated into scenes was unmatched. Some of the biggest scenes were peppered with humor.

Tony's interaction with pivotal characters like Livia, Christopher, his kids, Richie, Carmela, etc. showed many layers of his world.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Killed? No! For years it was relatively hard to find -- there was the first season on DVD, a best-of, and that was about it unless you were willing to resort to low-res youtube videos. The full series only made it to HBO Go shortly after Shandling died. But it's all there now, and you should definitely check some out. The one where Hank is the guest host is one of my favorites, but the first three years or so, you cannot go wrong.

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Junior was the best Soprano character, The Sopranos is ridiculously over rated though. I'd take a character on Deadwood, Game of Thrones or the Wore before Sopranos.

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You should be commended, the show sucked..Gary Shandling was never funny at any time.

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Sounds like an interesting show

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Kevin Garvey and Nora Durst deserve some love too.

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I was always a Bodie guy. He always felt like a real person where you understood his motivations and was just a tragic story. His scene with McNulty on the bench was fantastic.

It was a great character and a great performance.

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You know me like that.