Sure, there are unlikable characters, evil and irredeemable characters, and controversial characters…

And then there are characters so badly written you must assume it’s done simply out of spite. Did something behind the scenes turn the writing room against the actor?

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Or, in the case of some of our picks, did the writers use the character as a scapegoat for all they hated about the world? Compiling this list was challenging because some annoying characters on TV were written that way for a purpose.

We can usually explain away a lot when a character disappoints us, but the TV characters who made our list took things too far. Sadly, it wasn’t their fault; it was the writing Gods manipulating them. Let’s consider 11 characters the writers must have hated.

11. Laurel Lance – Arrow Katie Cassidy’s Laurel Lance takes up residence as Black Canary on Arrow. (Ed Araquel...