TV Badasses #1-2

Back in my Vox blogging days, I did a list of movie badasses, and I started feeling guilty for leaving off the TV badasses, which are even more special because they are rarer, I think.

Anyway, here we go with the first couple. As usual, these are NOT in order of preference, just in the order in which I think of them. Updates will be sporadic.

Enjoy.

1. John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)—Supernatural

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Who He Is: A hunter of the supernatural who has raised his two sons Sam and Dean in the family business.

Why He’s a Badass: He is uncompromising in his methods, dedicated to revenge, but still has a heart so goddamn big it’ll break yours.

Badass Moment: He has many in his brief screentime, but screaming for Sam to kill him while the demon he’s been hunting for years is briefly trapped in his body sort of takes the cake.

How Does He Go Out? Selling his soul to that same hated demon so that he can save his son Dean’s life. Remember that thing I said about his big heart? Yeah.

Badass Dialog:
John Winchester: I never used the gun, how would I know it wouldn’t work?
Meg: Oh, I am so not in the mood for this. I’ve just been shot!
John Winchester: Well, then I guess you’re lucky the gun wasn’t real.

2. Number Six (Patrick McGoohan)—The Prisoner

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Who He Is: An ex-government agent who resigned without explanation, and if you’ve only seen the recent, crappy A&E remake, you can be forgiven for thinking he’s a pussy. Because trust me, he isn’t.

Why He’s a Badass: The greatest and most devious minds available try to break his spirit, wear him down, and get him to talk. But he never does. Never. He even drives one of his minders crazy rather than give them an inch.

Badass Moment: It’s hard to choose one, as each of the series’ 17 episodes contains at least one moment where you have to marvel at this man’s ingenuity and hardness. Maybe the episode where he manipulates his own dreams to make it seem as if the current Number Two is a traitor? Sure, we’ll go with that.

How Does He Go Out? The operators of The Village realize they will never break his spirit, so they simply let him go. He wins, utterly.

Badass Dialog: “I will not make any deals with you. I’ve resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered!  My life is my own.”