Boardsies Decide... TV's Greatest Drama Character

Necro

Here we go folks, the final.

The corrupt cop takes on the Don

It's the final of the greatest TV Character (Drama Edition)


Vic Mackey - The Shield

The Road So Far:


Round 1 Vic Mackey - The Shield 4 1 Walter Schweppenstette: Deutschland 83 & 86
Round 2 Vic Mackey - The Shield 5 4 DCI Jane Tennison - Prime Suspect
Round 3 Vic Mackey - The Shield 6 1 Toby Ziegler - The West Wing
Round 4 Vic Mackey - The Shield 7 2 James "Sawyer" Ford (LOST)
Quarter Final Vic Mackey - The Shield 9 3 Superintendent Ted Hastings - Line Of Duty
Semi Final Vic Mackey - The Shield 15 4 John Locke (LOST)


VS


Tony Soprano - The Sopranos

The Road So Far:


Round 1 Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 5 1 Andy Renko (Hill Street Blues)
Round 2 Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 6 2 Paulie Gualteiri - The Sopranos
Round 3 Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 6 1 Frank Underwood - House Of Cards
Round 4 Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 7 1 Jim Moriarty (Sherlock)
Quarter Final Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 8 3 Arthur Mitchell aka The Trinity Killer - Dexter
Semi Final Tony Soprano - The Sopranos 12 7 Walter White (Breaking Bad)


Voting starts now and ends at 12 mid day tomorrow, most votes wins!!

pc7

Vic for all the reasons I’ve posted previously, from the 1st to last episode he’s a maniac. Amazing character and as good as Tony was we’ve had loads of wise guy characters in movies and shows. Vic is in a league of his own. I also know now to always carry a throw down gun

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Tony Soprano is probably the single Greatest TV Character of all-time and he paved the way for the plethora of antagonistic protagonists that came in his wake. Simply put, its down to the success of Tony Soprano that we have all the fantastic TV Dramas of the last twenty years, he changed the TV landscape as we knew it and it was finally okay for our TV Heroes to be deeply flawed and downright villains. Tony's therapy sessions with Dr Melfi alone should earn him the crown here, but then there's all the other fantastic stuff on top of that from The Sopranos that put him head and shoulders above everyone else in the competition.

James Gandolfini was superb in the role, and a talent that was taken from the world too soon. RIP James.

My vote, is obviously for, the great and iconic Tony Soprano

Sawduck

Vic
Two of my favourite TV characters ever, but Vic doesn't get the same recognition as Tony

JP Liz V1

I vote Mal

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I vote Mal

have to give a reason

I'm just happy Walter White didn't win.

JP Liz V1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

have to give a reason

A true worthy Captain winner and he provides Serenity

What a beautiful final, proper TV drama has truly won here no matter the outcome of the final. (Al Swearengen was just too under the radar to win this, but y'all fückin need to watch Deadwood!)

I can't vote, it's like choosing between my loveable, sociopathic children. I'm just going to pat them both on the head and say 'Buachaillí maithe'.

eldamo

Vic Mackey has swept me along with him through this, he gets my vote, what a bollox.

Currently watching sopranos, both deserving winners.

Vic shades it, I will rewatch no matter how heartbreaking.

thelostboys23

Tony Soprano. As good as the shield was the sopranos is the greatest and Tony would have had some dirt on vic and had him on his payroll.

Tony for the win.

quickbeam

I don’t care. I’ve seen neither. But if we do a third place play of them Walter over John.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

What a beautiful final, proper TV drama has truly won here no matter the outcome of the final. (Al Swearengen was just too under the radar to win this, but y'all fückin need to watch Deadwood!)

I can't vote, it's like choosing between my loveable, sociopathic children. I'm just going to pat them both on the head and say 'Buachaillí maithe'.

Well said, Werewolf nemesis.

keepalive213

Tony (you muda****a Soprano)

The real mccoy 91

Not sure if anyone can jump in here but if allowed I'd be voting for tony soprano as mentioned the whole series transformed television and as a lead character he was phenomenal so many layers and different aspects to his life were portrayed across the series and it was just top notch tv. Glad he got to the final as in my eyes hes the greatest character I've ever seen

Necro

Vote away, even if you haven't voted before now you can have your say

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Well said, Werewolf nemesis.

Ahaha

You'll probably kill me first chance in the next game we play together, but you were my hero in The Witcher! 10/10 stuff.

Trigger

Tony Soprano

Cause I love Ducks too



Cause he could be incredibly funny





Cause he didnt care if you were family or not ,Cause he was the feckin boss!



And to anyone who says otherwise..

Blue_Dabadee

I don't like voting against a character that I have not seen TV show yet. But, since this one could be a close one, I have to vote for Tony.

I watched The Sopranos for the first time a few weeks ago. It is one of those shows that has aged very well and prefer it over shows that came after it since ever character on the show was important.

Tony was a tough guy, but you got see his soft side with his love for animals and that episode when he was in hospital.

Trigger

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What a beautiful final, proper TV drama has truly won here no matter the outcome of the final. (Al Swearengen was just too under the radar to win this, but y'all fückin need to watch Deadwood!)

I can't vote, it's like choosing between my loveable, sociopathic children. I'm just going to pat them both on the head and say 'Buachaillí maithe'.

This just screams "I'm afraid to be judged on my vote"

Just feckin vote

kitten_k

Tony because he paved the way for a new era of tv.

JP Liz V1

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Tony Soprano is probably the single Greatest TV Character of all-time and he paved the way for the plethora of antagonistic protagonists that came in his wake. Simply put, its down to the success of Tony Soprano that we have all the fantastic TV Dramas of the last twenty years, he changed the TV landscape as we knew it and it was finally okay for our TV Heroes to be deeply flawed and downright villains. Tony's therapy sessions with Dr Melfi alone should earn him the crown here, but then there's all the other fantastic stuff on top of that from The Sopranos that put him head and shoulders above everyone else in the competition.

James Gandolfini was superb in the role, and a talent that was taken from the world too soon. RIP James.

My vote, is obviously for, the great and iconic Tony Soprano

I agree well said but then I think

Michael Chiklis went from Tony in The Commish to Vic Mackey in The Shield, a transformation



but I will vote Tony, iconic, one of the greats and he was the show



So to summarise I vote Tony Soprano

Thanks Necro

I have to give it to Toni and the sopranos for the greatest use of a song ever in any tv show.

Why was the last verse never used, id like to know.

Trigger

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Tony Soprano is probably the single Greatest TV Character of all-time and he paved the way for the plethora of antagonistic protagonists that came in his wake. Simply put, its down to the success of Tony Soprano that we have all the fantastic TV Dramas of the last twenty years, he changed the TV landscape as we knew it and it was finally okay for our TV Heroes to be deeply flawed and downright villains. Tony's therapy sessions with Dr Melfi alone should earn him the crown here, but then there's all the other fantastic stuff on top of that from The Sopranos that put him head and shoulders above everyone else in the competition.

James Gandolfini was superb in the role, and a talent that was taken from the world too soon. RIP James.

My vote, is obviously for, the great and iconic Tony Soprano

Simply put, without the reception that Tony, and the Sopranos got when it was initially released, there would have been no Vic Mackey

Tony - cos he doesn't even let anyone wag their finger in his face

Trigger

Trigger wrote: »

This just screams "I'm afraid to be judged on my vote"

Just feckin vote

Who gives a bollix! If I thought people were paying that much attention I'd be doing this naked. :pac:

But yeah Trig, it don't feel right taking the easy 'no lynch' option...even if it is a very hard choice.

- Tony did what he had to do given the life he was born and raised in.

- Vic Mackey did what he wanted and could have eased off on the carnage.

So I vote Tony.














No wait, Vic.











Fúck it, definitely Tony.

Wait, I don't know

kitten_k

kitten_k wrote: »

Tony because he paved the way for a new era of tv.

Here here Kitten. Without Tony there quite possibly would be no Vic Mackey or Walter White.

I vote Tony for that reason.

kitten_k

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Here here Kitten. Without Tony there quite possibly would be no Vic Mackey or Walter White.

I vote Tony for that reason.

Missed ya Stu - where have you been hiding? Chasing balloons?

kitten_k

kitten_k wrote: »

Missed ya Stu - where have you been hiding? Chasing balloons?

Always...forever

I've been lying low like a good little wolf! Looking forward to the night we can all congregate in Oscars again, whenever that may be. Hope you're keeping well Kitten.

kitten_k

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Always...forever

I've been lying low like a good little wolf! Looking forward to the night we can all congregate in Oscars again, whenever that may be. Hope you're keeping well Kitten.

I’m good. Yea will defo be trying to make the next Oscars meet up!!

TheValeyard

Crap finalists. Neither deserve to win, a travesty of voting. I hope somehow, they both loose


I'll hold my vote until tomorrow, but both options suck.

al87987

Vic Mackey gets my vote.

Think hes a more layered character overall than Tony. I empathised a lot more with him anyway so he gets my vote.

For the hottest tv character some noms:
Sofia Vergara in MF
Anyone off Baywatch
Jet from Gladiators

Vestiapx

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Tony Soprano is probably the single Greatest TV Character of all-time and he paved the way for the plethora of antagonistic protagonists that came in his wake. Simply put, its down to the success of Tony Soprano that we have all the fantastic TV Dramas of the last twenty years, he changed the TV landscape as we knew it and it was finally okay for our TV Heroes to be deeply flawed and downright villains. Tony's therapy sessions with Dr Melfi alone should earn him the crown here, but then there's all the other fantastic stuff on top of that from The Sopranos that put him head and shoulders above everyone else in the competition.

James Gandolfini was superb in the role, and a talent that was taken from the world too soon. RIP James.

My vote, is obviously for, the great and iconic Tony Soprano

Tony because I had stopped watching TV until the sopranos happened.

Vestiapx

TheValeyard wrote: »

Crap finalists. Neither deserve to win, a travesty of voting. I hope somehow, they both loose


I'll hold my vote until tomorrow, but both options suck.

You don't like the sopranos?

quickbeam

Okay, I vote Vic.

Because it's to make up for voting against him when I thought I was avenging Mal.

And because I have about a 1000% more chance of watching The Shield than The Sopranos.

And because he's going to lose anyway so good to throw him a few crumbs.

And because I can't break a habit of a lifetime (or at least, a habit of 3-4 days) by voting the same as ASLB.

the purple tin

Vic Mackey. I would be happy with either Tony or Vic winning, they are both great characters and quite similar despite being on opposite sides of the law.


Mackey edges it for me, The Shield is the best cop show I've ever seen even though it doesn't pull any punches and can be quite hard to watch at times.

TheValeyard

I'll vote Vic, too many fat Tony fans boys.

Trigger

I love the Shield and Vic Mackey, but there is absolutely no way that he is a better Character than Tony fùckin Soprano. The man was perfectly cast it would be an incredible disservice to James Gandolfini if he was beaten by Vic Mackey.

corks finest

Paulie walnuts, Seth Armstrong are my choices,but since they didn't make the list,Tony S it is

Necro

Just over 2 hrs left to vote folks, currently fairly close...

Kolido

Not watched either show, but I would be more interested in the shield, for that reason I will vote Vic

Necro

Deadline for voting is 11.59

Man Vs ManUre

Tony Soprano. His character and show are legendary. It paved the way for many shows that followed including the shield.

Necro

Necro

The winner.....

And the GREATEST TV Drama Character ever as decided by Boardsies...


With a winning score of 12 - 8 in a highly competitive final


Tony Soprano - The Sopranos

A valiantly fought final by the runner up Vic Mackey, but in the end Tony stood tallest. It was a situation always likely to happen once the demons from the greatest TV Show tournament - ie Walter White - were exorcised in the semi final.

Thank you all for contributing, be it through the initial nomination process, voting or indeed the Second Chance Showdowns.

That's it from me Tournament wise for a little bit, I've a few other things running here that need my attention namely SURLAW and a Movie Walrus to get through

That's some great hosting and work Necro, thanks very much for running this.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

A very worthy winner.

Cheers for running the tournament Necro

TheValeyard

Cheers Necro, good fun

Although it ended a bit like the final season of Game of Thrones

Necro

Few stats:

Interestingly... our tournament winner was only nominated once, see our multi noms below:


Character Multi noms
Al Swearengen - Deadwood 2
Desmond Hume (LOST) 2
Lorne Malvo (Fargo) 2
Omar Little - The Wire 2
Paulie Gualteiri - The Sopranos 2
Vic Mackey - The Shield 2
Superintendent Ted Hastings - Line Of Duty 2
Captain Malcolm Reynolds - Firefly 2
Angus MacGyver - MacGyver 2
Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad) 2
Josiah 'Jed' Bartlett - The West Wing 2


And the rest:


Character Name
Albert Rosenfield: Twin Peaks
Andy Renko (Hill Street Blues)
Arya Stark - Game of Thrones
B.A Baracus - The A-Team
beverly crusher (star trek next gen)
Bill Tench - Mindhunter
Billy Mc Bride - Goliath
Buffy Summers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Catherine Cawood - Happy Valley
Charlie Pace - LOST
Christopher Moltisanti - The Sopranos
Chuck McGill - Better Call Saul
Citizen Z - Z Nation
Clarke Griffin (The 100)
Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
Dan Scott - One Tree Hill
Danny Reagan - Blue Bloods
Daryl Dixon - The Walking Dead
David Haller - Legion
DCI Jane Tennison - Prime Suspect
Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Deborah Morgan - Dexter
Dexter Morgan - Dexter
Dr Jack Hogson - Bones
Dr. Gregory House (House)
Dutch Wagenbach - The Shield
Eleven/Jane Hopper - Stranger Things
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson - Boardwalk Empire
Eric Northman - True Blood
Fiona Gallagher (Shameless US)
Fitz (Cracker)
Fox Mulder (X-files)
Fran Cooney (Love/Hate)
Frank Gallagher - Shameless UK
Frank Pembleton - Homicide: Life on the Street
Frank Underwood - House Of Cards
Geordi La Forge - Star Trek TNG
Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)
Gordon Cole: Twin Peaks
Hannah Baker - 13 Reasons Why
Hannibal lecter - Hannibal
Harold Finch (Person of Interest)
Harvey Spector - Suits
Jack Bauer (24)
Jaime Lannister - Game of Thrones
James "Sawyer" Ford (LOST)
Jason Stackhouse - True Blood
Jean Luc Picard - Star trek TNG & Picard
Jim Hopper (Stranger Things)
Jim Moriarty (Sherlock)
Jimmy McNulty - The Wire
John Locke (LOST)
John Luther (Luther)
John Watson (Sherlock)
jonathon kent (smallville)
Josh Lyman (The West Wing)
joshua (dark angel)
Kareem Said - Oz
Lenora Rauch: Deutschland 83 & 86
Lion-O - Thundercats
Lucas Hood - Banshee
Lucy Moran: Twin Peaks
Maeve Millay (Westworld)
Man in Black (Westworld)
Marc Anthony - Rome
max guivere (dark angel)
Michael Knight - Knightrider
Michael Schofield - Prison Break
Mike Donavan - V
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine/Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Nidge - Love/Hate
Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson (The Originals/The Vampire Diaries)
Pacey Witter - Dawsons Creek
Prince Adam/He Man - He Man and the Masters of the Universe
Quintus Lentulus Batiatus - Spartacus
Raylan Givens - Justified
Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins - The Wire
Richard Winters - Band of Brothers
Rick Grimes - The Walking Dead
Root (Person of Interest)
Rupert Giles - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Rustin Coble - True Detective
Saga Norén - The Bridge
Sansa Stark - Game of Thrones
Saul Goodman - Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul
Seth Cohen - The OC
Sgt. Mick Belker (Hill Street Blues)
Shane Vendrell - The Shield
Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock
Simon Adebisi (Oz)
Special Agent Dale Cooper - Twin Peaks
Spencer Reid - Criminal Minds
Spike - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)
Stringer Bell - The Wire
Stu Redman - The Stand
Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren - Orange is The New Black
The Doctor - Doctor Who
Theodore 'T-Bag' Bagwell (Prison Break)
Toby Ziegler - The West Wing
Tommy Shelby - Peaky Blinders
Tony Soprano - The Sopranos
Trinity Killer - Dexter
Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones
Villanelle (Killing Eve)
Walter Schweppenstette: Deutschland 83 & 86
Walter White (Breaking Bad)
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Angel/Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
Will Graham - Hannibal