Although the last four seasons of the series completely destroyed her character, it is impossible to ignore the character of Daenerys Targaryen, the daughter of the Mad King, who claims the crown and demands the throne taken from her father. Daenerys was sold to the Dothraki clan and became their leader, freeing slaves, raising dragons and never forgetting to buy her daily cup of coffee from Starbucks. It’s also a great reminder for the incoming prime minister: whoever brings dragons into the coalition, don’t be surprised if your kingdom catches fire.
9. Selina Meyer – “Veep”
The comedy Veep follows Selina Meyer, played by Julia Louis Dreyfus, the Vice President of the United States who, together with her team, tries to climb the ladder of ranks – well, exactly one rung, but a very significant one – of the American government. As the series progresses Mayer becomes more and more corrupt and at the end of the series even though she wins the presidency (again, but it’s a long story), she loses everything else.
8. Peyton Hobart – “The Politician”
Peyton Hobart is a high school student who dreams of becoming the president of the United States, so he starts from the bottom. the bottommost. from student council elections. During the campaign period of the first season, Hobart and his team try to pull all the strings to ensure Hobart’s victory, and in the second season, he already steps up and runs for a seat in the Senate. Although engaging in the real political arena can sound more terrifying, nothing seems to feel more excluded and inferior than wallowing in the quagmire called high school. Peyton is a politician who doesn’t give up and is ready to do anything to get to the top and is ready to pay a heavy price (and also pay the heavy prices of others, for fun) on the way there. Although we haven’t heard an update on the series for a long time, it hasn’t been canceled – its creator, Ryan Murphy (the hardest working man in the business) wants to wait a few years so that Ben Platt, who plays Peyton Hobart, will grow up a bit for the third season, which will also be the final season of the series.
7. Peter Maldonado – American hooligan
Dylan Maxwell (Jimmy Tatro), star of the first season of “American Hooligan” is a great example of the average American bully. He is not the brightest student, uses his strength and size to get ahead and generally attracts a lot of bad attention, which makes him an easy target in the eyes of the teachers when large male genitalia are painted on all the cars in the parking lot of the high school he attends. Luckily for him, Peter Moldanado (Tyler Sage Alvarez), a young teenager who loves photography decides to turn the story into a docu-crime series to find the real culprit, enters the school with a hidden camera, interrogates his teachers who are clearly in a higher position of power and fights the corrupt system . In short, sometimes journalists also have power, but it’s mostly on Netflix.
6. Peggy Olson – Mad Men
Okay, so maybe Peggy Olson’s realm is a little more modest than the other members on the list, but consider how much effort she has to put in to conquer what she conquers: she’s a woman in her 50s and 60s trying to get ahead in a closed men’s club in a time that really Did not give women the opportunity to advance. Peggy starts the series as a simple secretary (quite innocent, although that part is thrown out the window relatively quickly) and ends as a copywriting manager in a huge company. There is no doubt that Moss’s amazing acting talent contributed a lot to the character, but her unexpected plot move also indicates a lot of ability to lead and change. Peggy can be demanding, angry and stubborn, but she will always be remembered as an unusual character in a landscape full of excess testosterone.
5. Alicent Hightower – “Dragon House”
How can we not mention the queen who changed the king’s decree and decided to steal the monarchy for her son? Although the first season of the prequel to “Game of Thrones” was mostly long exposition and full of dragons, it also had moments of grace, mainly thanks to the character of Alicent (Olivia Cooke). When her father, Otto Hightower decides to pimp her out to ensure the kingship for his grandchildren, Alicent is only a child, but quickly finds herself a queen with her own position and voice. She is cunning, vindictive and even though she claims to be nothing like her father, they both still obeyed the King’s order and anyone else who stood in their way. In short, they are not as different as she would like to think.
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4. Nucky Thompson – Empire of Crime
Steve Buscemi is great as Nucky Thompson (it’s hard to remember now, but at the time it was a crazy scoop for a movie star like Buscemi to get a lead role on TV), the city treasurer of Atlantic City and also the real mastermind behind the alcohol smuggling empire during the dry season in the United States. Nucky zigzags between the character of the brutal and ruthless gangster to the character of the kind and generous politician, who does everything he can for his community. He also manages to move the rustiest cogs in the White House with one hand while with the other he maintains ties to the biggest crime families. Alongside appearances by well-known gangsters such as Al Capone in his youth, we see how Nucky manages to concentrate all the power in him and actually controls not only Atlantic City, but also half the country. Until… well, it obviously doesn’t end well, does it?
3. Rick Sanchez – “Rick and Morty”
Rick Sanchez is so many things: he’s a bad dad, a mad genius, a revolutionary who subverts the entire universe. Rick Sanchez just doesn’t listen to anyone, including other versions of himself from other locations, who have set up a government that runs all the empty and morons that exist. He is also the most dangerous criminal in the galaxy. Rick’s influence on his universe (and others) is insane and is only balanced by the fact that there are quite a few other characters in this universe who can rock universes just as easily (well, otherwise it would be boring). He may not be a legitimate leader, but he is definitely the most influential person in the Rick and Morty multiverse.
2. Tommy Shelby – “Picky Blinders”
Cillian Murphy was known as a wonderful movie villain, like “The Scarecrow” in “Batman Begins”, but very quickly he was promoted to a central role – Tommy Shelby in “Peaky Blinders”. Tommy returns from the war and takes over his family’s gambling business, until it grows and Tommy moves from street politics to political politics and even tries to overthrow the fascist party in England from within. Tommy’s shark eyes and ability to always tip the scales in his favor indicate a survival instinct befitting a… well, politician. Tommy must always come out with the upper hand, no matter what the cost.
1. Sol Goodman – Trust Sol
The series that began as a collective eyebrow raise (“What, are they really doing a ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff? What are they, screwed up?) became one of the great masterpieces of the last decade and expanded the story of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), who we knew in the parent series. When only We first met him as a shady lawyer employed by chemistry-teacher-turned-drug-lord Walter Heisenberg-White, but it turns out that the path he took to get there is just as interesting. At first he was Jimmy McGill, a street thug who is accused in public and turns to seek help from his brother, Chuck. Following the entanglement, Jimmy decides to get back into the groove and starts working at the law firm that Chuck founded, with a big dream: to become a lawyer himself in Chuck’s company. When the dream exploded, he started working as a freelance lawyer out of the warehouse of a beauty salon and as time goes on, Jimmy, with endless willpower, sophistication and desperation, transforms into the colorful and slick Sol Goodman, the lawyer for one of the biggest drug dealers in the history of the United States. And then, of course, someone else too, But that’s another story.