The Teri Bauer Award- Worst Character Action

Named For: Teri Bauer played by Leslie Hope in 24
Awarded To: The character you love to hate in an action series from
June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: Olivia Taylor- 24

Place. Character (Show) Points (My Vote)

10. Clay Morrow (Sons of Anarch) 1 point

9. Aaron Stark (Flash Forward) 5 points

8. Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) 5 points

7. Bill Compton (True Blood) 8 points (2nd)

6. Matt Parkman (Heroes) 10 points

5. Walter White, Jr. (Breaking Bad) 11 points

4. Tyler Evans (V) 15 points (4th)

3. Dana Walsh (24) 19 points (5th)

Runner-Up
2. Allison Taylor (24) 19 points (1st)

and the Poolie goes to...
1. Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
21 points (3rd)

Here with his thoughts on Skyler White is Poolie voter, Larry...

No wonder Walter White contemplates killing himself all the time. Who could blame him? He’s had to deal with two of the top contenders for this award, who also happen to be his only family. Through two plus seasons, Sklyar White has been miserable, a real testament to why females tend to be the worst. First of all, she’s selfish. The guy is dying of cancer, operating in an extremely dangerous drug ring, and all he gets when he comes home is a scolding about his lack of availability. Are you kidding me? Can the man get a little alone time in between his dealings with drug lords? Jesus. Second, she somehow managed to make Walter feel bad about having cancer. Seriously, he should have told her to GTFO and been done with it. This series, if nothing else, shows you what happens when a man’s home is no longer his sanctuary (#vehicularmanslaughter).

To top it off she decided, in typical female fashion, to sleep with her boss in order to provoke Walter. I pray for the day males are no longer affected by this, because then females will literally have nothing to hold over our heads. Is she deserving of this award? Absolutely. However, if the poolie votes had been cast a few weeks later, she might not have gotten my vote (her terrible son probably would have). Once she started to get into the drug game, a genuine excitement seemed to come over her and she seemed less annoying. With this show, I enjoy the characters involved in the drug operation and dislike the ones living a normal New Mexican life. If she crosses over, she has a chance to improve her likability. She’d still be terrible, just less.

by Larry Avitabile

The Teri Bauer Award (2009)

The Teri Bauer Award for the
Character You Love To Hate in an Action Series

Rank. Character (Show)- Total Points...(My Rank)
10th. Catherine Weaver (Terminator: TSCC)- 0 points

9th. Jack Shephard (Lost)- 3 points

8th. Olivia Dunham (Fringe)- 3 points...(3rd)

7th. Riley Dawson (Terminator: TSCC)- 4 points

6th. Kate Austen (Lost)- 5 points

5th. Larry Moss (24)- 8 points...(5th)

4th. Bill Compton (True Blood)- 10 points...(2nd)

3rd. Matt Parkman (Heroes)- 13 points

Runner-Up
2nd. Allison Taylor (24)- 16 points...(1st)

The Poolie Goes To
1st. Olivia Taylor (24)- 17 points...(4th)
And with no guest spot, you are stuck with me on this one...

24 has always been a hotbed for hated characters. Whether it was Teri Bauer, Ryan Chappelle, Sherry Palmer, Audrey Raines or the one and only Behroooooz, I have found myself screaming at the tv throughout the show's seven season run. After a yearlong break, due to the writers' strike, 24 has come back with a vengence and given us three, and maybe more, very hateable characters. Larry Moss found himself in fifth for the award, but the mother/daughter combo of President Allison Taylor and Olivia took gold and silver of this awful character olympics.

After the first gentleman has been severly wounded by a terrorist, the President reaches out to her estranged daughter and brings Olivia to the White House. She immediately becomes a nuisance, quarreling with her mother about the past and just being in the way when terrorist Juma comes to take over the White House. After most of the people being held hostage in the White House (RIP Bill Buchanan) end up alright, Olivia goes behind her mother's back to get Chief of Staff/Shawshank Warden Ethan to resign. Interestingly enough President Taylor appoints Olivia to fill in for Ethan while this tragic day continues. She makes dumb move after dumb move concluding with putting a hit on Jon Voight 'the actor's character Jonas Hodges. While not as terrible as past 24 hall of famers, Olivia definitely delivered moments of rage during this year's 24.