History Characters / Bloodline2015

* BlackSheep: Of the Rayburns. And, on the surface, he looks like a classic case. Except, it's not that clear-cut.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KyleChandler & Zachary T. Robbins

->'''Played By:''' Creator/BenMendelsohn & Owen Teague

->'''Played By:''' Norbert Leo Butz & Samuel J. Dixon

->'''Played By:''' Creator/LindaCardellini & Karrigan Powers

->'''Played By:''' Jacinda Barrett

->'''Played By:''' Music/SamShepard & Tony Demil

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SissySpacek & Sarah French

->'''Played By:''' Katie Finneran

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MiaKirshner & Angela Winiewicz

->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrandonLarracuente

->'''Played By:''' Taylor Rouviere

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieMcShane

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChloeSevigny

->'''Played By:''' Enrique Murciano

->'''Played By:''' Creator/GlennMorshower

->'''Played By:''' Steven Pasquale

->'''Played By:''' Gino Vento

->'''Played By:''' Frank Hoyt Taylor

->'''Played By:''' Brandon Larracuente

* ShesGotLegs: As her outfits frequently show off, contributing to her status as MsFanservice.

* BigBrotherBully: To Kevin, when they were kids.
* ByTheBookCop: Initially.
* CainAndAbel: He's the Abel to Danny's Cain... or so it seems. In reality, both John and Danny play Abel '''and''' Cain to each other in what amounts to a game of rugby or football passing.

%% Doesn't explain what the button is. * Berserk Button: As is fitting, he shares a Berserk Button with his father, whom he idolizes.

* BerserkButton: As is fitting, he shares a BerserkButton with his father, whom he idolizes.

* NotSoDifferent: From Danny. Both are self-aware hypocrites, both are aware of how much the family sucks, and both have very strong tempers hiding beneath the various masks they wear.

* NotSoDifferent: From Danny, for all their difficulties. Like Danny, he was a poor student and prone to trouble-making.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:In the second season, it becomes clear that he's got some skeletons in his closet, just like the Rayburns.]]

* HiddenDepths: He's a calm, amiable, responsible and, occasionally, put-upon chap on the surface. But, rub him enough the wrong way and he gets ''beyond'' stubborn by both quietly and openly digging his heels in. He will go out of his way to undercut others, if he can't see another way to get what he needs — but, he tends to break this tool out as last resort.

* OhCrap: He gets a few of these — mostly understated ones. But, the slowest-burning, and arguably the biggest, one finally bloomed when [[spoiler:he found out about the extent of his brother's long-term issues with chronic pain. He'd always known the beating was overly vicious as well as physically and mentally scarring, but had never put together just how much the continued physical effects had driven Danny's downward spiral into drugs until the X-ray evidence hit him in the face.]]
* UnstoppableRage: In spite of appearing to be level-headed and in control, John has a deep reservoir of anger within him. When he reaches for it, it's dangerous for everyone...including John.

* CainAndAbel: He's the Abel to Danny's Cain...or so it seems. In reality, both John and Danny play Abel '''and''' Cain to each other in what amounts to a game of rugby or football passing.

* HiddenDepths: He's a calm, amiable, responsible and, occasionally, put-upon chap on the surface. But, rub him enough the wrong way and he gets ''beyond'' stubborn by both quietly and openly digging his heels in. Will go out of his way to undercut others, if he can't see another way to get what he needs -- but, tends to break this tool out as last resort.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Has this going on when it comes to both Sarah ''and'' Danny. Had he made other choices, Sarah might be alive. Had he stepped in in some way, Danny might not have left [[spoiler: after having been so savagely beaten.]] Yet, at some level, he's also aware that little he could have done would have prevented what was a horribly perfect storm of events. Still beats himself up about fence-sitting, though... [[{{Hypocrite}} even while fence-sitting]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: Of all the Rayburns, John is the one who seems to be the most responsible one who has his personal life in order. The most conflict he seems to have is his high blood pressure and the occasional work issue, but as the series progresses we steadily learn that there's a lot more darkness in him than there appears to be.

* NotSoDifferent: From Danny. Both are self-aware hypocrites, both are aware of how much the family sucks and both have very strong tempers hiding beneath the various masks they wear.

* OhCrap: He gets a few of these -- mostly understated ones. But, the slowest-burning, and arguably the biggest, one finally bloomed when [[spoiler: he found out about the extent of his brother's long-term issues with chronic pain. He'd always known the beating was overly vicious as well as physically and mentally scarring, but had never put together just how much the continued physical effects had driven Danny's downward spiral into drugs. Until the X-ray evidence hit him in the face.]]

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: Increasingly flirts with this in season 2.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: Danny is constantly being forced to appeal to his family

* BestServedCold: It's played with on and off just how much he's returned to get this. Answer? Quite a lot, actually -- but, it's a bit more complex than that. He basically wants to force the bulk of the family to acknowledge just how much they've undeservedly screwed him over, and doesn't mind returning the favour when individuals refuse to take the outs he offers them. So, it's a dish that's both hot ''and'' cold: and, spicy all over.

* CoolUncle: To John's kids. And, it comes across as utterly genuine. [[spoiler: Sure, he's not above using them to troll his brother with and is more than willing to lift some of the wool from their eyes, but he actually goes out of his way not to hurt them when doing so.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: In no way, shape or form is he willing to let the rest of the family continue to belittle or undermine him unimpeded or unchallenged -- [[spoiler: even while building up to being drowned.]]

* {{Troll}}: Oh, man -- is he ever. His rocking up back home is essentially one big trolling session after another from the first ''episode''.
* TheScapegoat: What he was, in effect, turned into -- repeatedly. By heaping all the blame for Sarah's death on him, his parents both avoided asking themselves too many questions or getting to many being asked of them, while hiding it all under the communal rug in record time with the rest of the county to save face. Repeatedly undermining his attempts to stand on his own over years just cemented his status as the failure and flake in other peoples' eyes. The long-term effects of this short-term gain in ostensible family unity have been devastating. And, not just on him.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: To a fair extent. From the start, he's not fully aware just how much Danny's bitterness towards the family is justified, as he was too young when some of the worst was happening to take it in for what it was. And, he's been lied to or blocked from seeing so much, it's twisted what direct memories he does have.

* AlwaysSecondBest: No matter how much she throws herself into excelling, or even when she deliberately holds her career back by working for the family above other prospects... in her father's eyes, she'll never be as bonny, blithe, good or gay (old meaning of the word) as the lost sister she only has second-hand memories of. Eventually, she starts to admit to herself that this is ''never'' going to improve.

* HappilyMarried: To John, though [[spoiler:by the end of the second season it's not nearly so happy]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: All his children are this to him, to some degree. They all yearn for his approval, but he's sparse with actually giving it. Danny is ostracized, Meg feels like she's TheUnfavorite and Kevin considers himself a disappointment. The only child of Robert's that he seemingly approves of entirely is his dead daughter, Sarah.

* CoolOldLady: She's played by Sissy Spacek, after all. She isn't shy about lighting up a joint with her kids. [[spoiler:In the second season she's the only one in the family to get past Nolan's bitter, sarcastic exterior (something John and Kevin fail ''spectacularly'' at.]]

* AffablyEvil: He might be a lowlife, but on the whole he isn't such a bad guy. He feels strong loyalty toward his family and friends.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Chelsea is blonde and very easy to sympathize with, since she lacks Danny or Eric's criminal tendencies or the Rayburn family's self-righteous denial. [[spoiler:By the end of the second season she may well be the ''only'' character not to have done anything really harmful to anyone.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:In the second season it becomes clear that he's got some skeletons in his closet, just like the Rayburns]].

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He's built up as a main antagonist for the second season but is dealt with very quickly.]]
* {{Expy}}: Arguably a bit of one for Gus Fring.

* YourCheatingHeart: Despite being in a committed relationship with Marco, she has an affair with Alec.

* YourCheatingHeart: He's having an affair with Meg, who is dating Marco.

->'''Played By:''' Jamie [=McShane=]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:When Danny was only a child, Robert beat him so badly that he still suffers chronic pain in his adult life.]] His own father was a DomesticAbuser who cut Robert with a steak knife.