History AntiHero / LiveActionTV

* Anti-Heros are ''everywhere'' in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. While Crichton tries his best to trend towards idealism and pure heroism, even he has done some very bad things in order to do what's right (y'know, like threatening to destroy ''the entire universe'' to force an end to a war between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans). D'Argo and Aeryn are both more pragmatic, but also have a similar nobility and along with Crichton are among the first to give a WhatTheHellHero (including to each other). Even Zhaan, who the entire crew acknowledges as TheHeart of the group, is willing to use her darker impulses to protect her shipmates and Moya.

** Jerome started off as a ManipulativeBastard who screwed around with his housemates for his own amusement; however, his dark turn didn't truly start until his best friend Alfie joined Sibuna. Feeling lonely, he sought out Rufus Zeno, offering to help him with his goal for money. Once he began to get threatened, however, his attitude cracked and he was forced to turn to Sibuna for help. His actions in the season 1 finale, where he was a temporary member of the team, had him be the one to nearly kill Rufus with sandflies to allow himself and his friends the ability to escape. Season 2 stepped it up, giving him a genuinely heroic goal and a [[HeartwarmingMoments sweet subplot]] involving Mara and his family. To complete his goal of finding a gem his father had once stolen to return to the school, he was forced to work with Rufus for the second time, unwillingly and at first, unknowingly. Season 3 gave him more {{Jerkass}} qualities again, such as cheating on Mara with Willow; however, he once again proved to be a fundamentally good person when he fell in love with Joy and decided not to get in the way of Mara's revenge scheme.

* Daryl Dixon from ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' comes across as a foul-mouthed redneck with little consideration for others, yet he saves [[spoiler: T-Dog, whom he hates]] in the second season premiere of the show and has a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the process.

* Many in ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''.
** Patricia, who has always meant well, but has a bunch of morally gray traits- [[GreenEyedMonster extreme jealousy,]] BrutalHonesty, a bit of a HairTriggerTemper...she has also done a bunch of morally gray actions as well, mostly in the first season, where she had gone as far as locking Nina in the attic in order to try and get information about her best friend, who had gone missing. She's by no means a perfect person, but she does mean well.
** Jerome was a more blatant example. In season 1, he was a manipulative, uncaring SlimeBall who enjoyed messing with anyone and everyone, including his own best friend Alfie. When Alfie joined Sibuna, Jerome became jealous and forced Alfie to give him information, which eventually culminated in Jerome joining [[BigBad Rufus Zeno]]. Eventually he realized that Rufus was the bad guy and, once he started getting threatened by his new boss, joined Sibuna temporarily. In Season 2, he started to fix some of his worst traits, but remained as the anti-hero of the show, especially when the gem he spent all season trying to find was stolen. He automatically went on an investigation, which ended up having him once again helping Rufus to get the gem back, as well as the recently kidnapped Trudy. Once again, he helped Sibuna stop Rufus, but only after getting busted for stealing an important object of Sibuna's. In the third season, while no longer part of the mystery, he remains in this roll, as early on in the season he ended up cheating on Mara, his girlfriend, with a girl named Willow. After that, Jerome was an object of Mara's revenge, which became harsh enough to place him squarely back on the hero side of the situation. This also made Mara an anti-hero as well, because her goal was sympathetic, but her actions were not.
** Finally, there's Joy. In the second season, she was relentless in trying to win Fabian's affections, which meant hurting Nina. She did this by trying to win his sympathies, trick him into kissing her, and then trying to get Nina to leave the school. All of these merely ended up making her hated by Fabian. Then she went on to hurt her other friends as well, despite those friends trying to help her with her problems. By the end, however, she ended up helping Sibuna and saving the lives of both Nina and Fabian, implying that she would have been a fine person if she hadn't felt rejected. In the third season, she was the one of the first to learn about Jerome cheating on Mara with Willow, and at first rightfully attempted to make him tell the truth. Once the truth was out, she tried to help Mara get her revenge- which meant pretending to have feelings for Jerome, getting him to like her back, and then dumping him in front of the entire school. It worked, but she eventually fell for him too, and he found out and dumped her instead. During all of this, she remained a hero for her sympathetic storyline, but her actions -- which were being done for a good reason, but just weren't very nice, as well as the fact that she went along with Mara's plan to the end despite knowing it was a cruel trick- puts her into the anti-hero zone.

** Varys may be interested in the greater good, but he can also be very unscrupulous and has a positively terrifying sense of vengeance.

* ''BoSelecta'': Avid Merrion is a very disturbing stalker who often sexually harasses those he meets and keeps [[Series/BigBrother Craig from Big Brother]] chained up in his closet.

** The First incarnation of the Doctor, a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold grumpy old man]] who kidnaps and deceives his companions, and has to be forced, manipulated or at least asked before he will help. His worst moment was probably threatening to throw Ian and Barbara out the TARDIS in ''The Edge of Destruction'', something that could easily have killed them. Of course in this incarnation he does [[CharacterDevelopment get better]] due to the influence of his Granddaughter and her teachers who he eventually returns home.
** While Sylvester [=McCoy=]'s [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] of a Seventh Doctor is arguably the most sly. He destroyed a planet with the Hand of Omega to commit genocide against the Daleks and possibly the more peaceful Thals who also lived on the planet.
** Perhaps the clearest example of Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor's anti-heroism appears in the episode "The End of the World", where he prevents the escape of Lady Cassandra and impassively watches as her frame of skin bursts apart horribly, coldly ignoring his own companion's request to heed the villain's pleas for mercy.
** For David Tennant's Tenth Doctor, his cold-blooded execution of the Racnoss in "The Runaway Bride" is probably the quintessential example, an act where he lost himself so completely in his own inherent ruthlessness that in an alternate reality where his companion was not there to stop him, it actually cost him his life. Then you have his actions against the Family of Blood in "The Family of Blood". And he brought down the prime minister that led Britain's Golden Age prematurely because of her own ruthlessness against fleeing aliens. All this leading to "The Waters of Mars," where he gets so dark that when he decides to ScrewDestiny by saving three people from the monster of the week, one of them (who knew she was fated to die, according to history) walks inside and [[spoiler:kills herself]].
** Not to mention the Brigadier, who ordered the mass genocide of a hibernating race, and aforementioned prime minister Harriet Jones.

* Tony Soprano of ''Series/TheSopranos''.

* Starbuck from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''.

* By Season 10 of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', both [[TookALevelInBadass Chloe Sullivan]] and [[HeelFaceTurn Tess Mercer]] have this air to them. Ironically, they're both MissionControl who have been noted to be NotSoDifferent.

** Jaime, after revealing his heroic HiddenDepths with a few selfless deeds in Season 3, placing him somewhere between a PragmaticHero and an UnscrupulousHero.

* Walter White, the main character of ''Series/BreakingBad'' qualifies. A high-school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only little time left. So he decides to start using his degree to make drugs and gather a tidy profit to provide for his family after he dies. By Season 2, [[spoiler:he turns into an AntiVillain]]. By season 3, [[spoiler:he becomes a fully-fledged VillainProtagonist]]. Finally, by Season 5, [[spoiler:he becomes the BigBad of his own show, a position he only loses near the end of the series because one of the men he hired turns out to be even worse.]]

---> '''Lou Solverson:''' We're friendly people.
---> '''Mike Milligan:''' No you're not. But its the way you're unfriendly ... so polite about it. Almost as if you're doing me a favor.

* James Ford AKA Sawyer, in the TV series ''Series/{{Lost}}'', is such person.
** Non-villain in Series/{{Lost}} is.

* [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot UnStabler]] -- "If that's the guy that's questioning me, I definitely want my lawyer present.".

* ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' -- [[RobotGirl Cameron]], Sarah, and Derek Reese fit under this =- Cameron especially, as she is entirely willing to kill people who may be a ''potential'' threat to the Connors, and in one case used a man who knew important information on the promise of helping him, and then casually walked away when mobsters came to kill him. Derek also has no qualms with killing people who may be a threat or bring about [=SkyNet's=] creation. And (legally, at least) [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters all three are terrorists]].

* Dr. Gregory House of ''Series/{{House}}''.

* [[spoiler:Wesley]] from ''Series/{{Angel}}'', after the whole throat-cutting thing. Angel himself is an Anti Hero and made lots of [[ShootTheDog morally questionable decisions]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** Spike. He was a Nominal Hero but stubbornly plowed his way up to Unscrupulous. His anti-heroic traits were especially evident after [[spoiler:he gets wired by the Initiative]] and before [[spoiler:he gets a soul]].
** Faith runs the entire Anti-Hero spectrum.
** Giles (known as "Ripper" in his youth), who says outright that he is not a hero, unlike Buffy (right before he [[spoiler:smothers Ben to prevent Glory from ever returning]]).
** Wishverse Buffy was Pragmatic.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Almost everyone except for [[TheCutie Kaylee]] and [[NonActionGuy Wash]]. Mal and Zoe occasionally raise a few eyebrows with their pragmatism, and Jayne, a {{Jerkass}} [[PsychoForHire merc with zero morality and delicacy as well as inconsistent loyalties]], takes this trope to it's furthest extent.

* ''Series/BostonLegal'' - [[BunnyEarsLawyer Alan Shore]] is lecherous, conniving, snarky to a fault and one of the most dedicated defense attorneys at Crane, Poole and Schmidt, who routinely does tough cases ProBono for friends who need help navigating the law. The best example of his heroism was when he successfully got a man let off for bludgeoning his mother to death with a skillet, and [[KnightInSourArmor regretted it]] when the bastard killed again.

* ''Series/TheSecretCircle'':
** Cassie is a Disney Anti-Hero after she discovers that she is a witch. She becomes more Pragmatic as the series progresses later on after she discovers her heritage of Dark Magic. When she lets her dark magic overtake her, she becomes an Unscrupulous or Nominal Hero. As the series progresses, although Cassie has good intentions and uses her powers to save people, she also becomes much of a darker individual especially when she discovers her Dark Magic ancestry.
** Faye could be classified as Pragmatic or Unscrupulous.
** Melissa could be classified as Disney, possibly Pragmatic.
** Nick could be seen as Pragmatic, possibly Disney.
** Jake starts off as an Unscrupulous or Nominal Hero. As the series progresses, Jake becomes more Pragmatic.
** Charles could classify as a Nominal Hero in the beginning. As the series progressed, Charles became more Pragmatic.
** Dawn could classify as Pragmatic or Unscrupulous.
* Alex Russo, from ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', [[DeadpanSnarker the deadpan]] NobleDemon.
* The Strike Team from ''Series/TheShield''

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has a few characters that would fit the bill for this but out of all of them Nathan Petrelli and Noah Bennet really [[WhatTheHellHero take the cake]]. Angela Petrelli seemed to fit this as well through season 3

* Tim Riggins from ''Series/FridayNightLights''. He's a junior alcoholic, he's slept with every girl at Dillon High, sees nothing wrong with letting his harem of groupies do his homework for him, and usually, when faced with a choice between The Right Thing and The Wrong Thing to do, will pick the Wrong Thing every time. He's been involved in petty theft, has stolen money from a meth dealer, and has picked more than one bar fight. He carries around a huge suitcase full of self-loathing even though he's one of the best looking people on the planet and is a star on the football team, thus a hometown god. Yet, he's incredibly charming and good hearted, and he'd move Heaven and Earth for those he loves.

* Det. Crewes from ''Series/{{Life}}''. On the surface he practices Tao and is into self help materials. Underneath, he has a vengeful Count of Monte Cristo thing going on as he tracks down who was responsible for setting him up when he went to prison for 10 years. Moreover, despite all of his wisecracks during each episode, he always looks like he is going to snap (and sometimes he does).
* In ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', DCI Gene Hunt is a racist, sexist, homophobic, crude, lazy and borderline corrupt OldFashionedCopper who has no problems with taking the odd kickback, [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beating up a suspect to get a confession]] or to frame someone 'who has it coming' for a crime they didn't commit. Yet he's still one of the good guys, mainly because even in the grey area where he keeps his ethics, there's still a line - and once it's crossed, he won't rest until the person who crossed it is brought to justice.

** In Kamen Rider Gaim pretty much every rider except the titular protagonist is either an anti-hero or an anti-villain.

* Lincoln Burrows of ''Series/PrisonBreak'' is probably the best example of that show. His past life was that of a normal thug. In the first 3 seasons, this was largely overshadowed by more important plot points. However, in season 4 he seems to gladly show that he's not a nice guy.

* ''Series/TheSarahConnorChronicles'' - [[RobotGirl Cameron]], Sarah, and Derek Reese fit under this =- Cameron especially, as she is entirely willing to kill people who may be a ''potential'' threat to the Connors, and in one case used a man who knew important information on the promise of helping him, and then casually walked away when mobsters came to kill him. Derek also has no qualms with killing people who may be a threat or bring about [=SkyNet's=] creation. And (legally, at least) [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters all three are terrorists]].

* Jack Bauer of ''Series/TwentyFour''. He's perfectly willing to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], mutilate, execute allies if necessary, and break nearly every law in the book. To his credit, he does intend to stand trial for any laws he breaks, even though this never actually happens (given that this ''is'' [[MemeticBadass Jack Bauer we're talking about]], perhaps nobody is brave enough to try).

* Walter White, the main character of ''Series/BreakingBad'' qualifies. A high-school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only little time left. So he decides to start using his degree to make drugs and gather a tidy profit to provide for his family after he dies. By Season 2, [[spoiler:he turns into an AntiVillain]]. By season 3, [[spoiler:he becomes a fully-fledged VillainProtagonist]]. Finally, by Season 5, [[spoiler:he becomes the BigBad of his own show, a position he only loses near the end of the series because one of the men he hired turns out to be even worse.]]
* Malcolm Tucker in ''Series/TheThickOfIt''. He started off as the arch-enemy of the main character, then was made the main character, when the writers realised an amoral spin doctor is a far more entertaining character than a worn-out middle-aged politician.
* Gleb Zheglov, the police officer in ''Series/TheMeetingPlaceCannotBeChanged''.
* Tom in ''Series/{{Survivors}}''. He stabs a prison guard to death in order to escape before joining Abbey's group. Later he kills an unarmed man by firing point blank at his chest with a shotgun, simply to send a message to the groups pursuers. And yet, he risks his life for the other survivors time and again, and for the most part seems willing to follow Abbey's lead.
* James Ford AKA Sawyer, in the TV series ''Series/{{Lost}}'', is such person.
** Non-villain in Series/{{Lost}} is.

* [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot UnStabler]] - "If that's the guy that's questioning me, I definitely want my lawyer present."
* Brian Kinney from ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' is promiscuity personified. He's rude, uncouth, cynical and selfish. He drinks and smokes and uses dugs, he has gigantic [[FreudianExcuse daddy issues]], has trouble bonding with his son and regularly screws over the people that mean the most to him. But he does love them in his own way, and he makes sure they know that even though he's unable to tell them. And in the end, he's always ready to do what's right even if it won't benefit him specifically.
* All the main characters in ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', five young adults with [=ASBOs=], understandably more or less fall under this.
* Patrick Jane of ''Series/TheMentalist'' is normally a straight consultant helping the cops solve murder cases (his tendency to annoy people aside), but he is obsessed with finding serial killer Red John (for killing his wife and child). When it comes to anything involving this ongoing case his rationality and level headedness flies out the window, his darker side manifests and there are no lines he is unwilling to cross. He fully intends to murder Red John in cold blood when he finally catches him... and partner Lisbon intends to arrest him if he does. [[spoiler:At the end of the third season he goes through with his intention and kills Red John, though the episode ends before we find out what kind of consequences are in store for him.]]
** [[spoiler: Or at least, killed a man that was kidnapping and enslaving women. He also baited a serial killer into insulting Red John so that Red John would kill him, because he couldn't get rid of him any other way.]]
* Eric from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' starts out like this, but gradually shifts towards being more of a regular hero.
* Daryl Dixon from ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' comes across as a foul-mouthed redneck with little consideration for others, yet he saves [[spoiler: T-Dog, whom he hates]] in the second season premiere of the show and has a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the process.
** Recent episodes have been painting Rick Grimes as Pragmatic with a hint of Unscrupulous, as he seems more and more willing to pull the trigger if it means keeping the group safe.
* Team Series/{{Leverage}}: Running down the list, we have an [[TheAlcoholic alco]][[OffTheWagon holic]] ex-insurance agent who [[TheChessmaster plans and runs cons]], a [[ConMan grifter]], a [[GeniusBruiser hitter]] with a ''[[TheAtoner very]]'' [[TheAtoner dark past]], a [[TheCracker computer hacker]], and a [[ImpossibleThief world-class cat burglar]]. TheyFightCrime and are heroes to many people, but their methods are less than legal, and have involved hurting some innocent folks, as well.
* The eponymous character from ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. Sure, he assists the police rather than criminals, but he makes it very clear that his primary motivation is to solve cases and relieve boredom, not to do the world any kind of good.
-->'''Sherlock''': Heroes don't exist, John. And if they did, I wouldn't be one of them.
-->'''Sherlock''': I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for one second that I am one of them.
** He also [[TearJerker sadly]] [[UndyingLoyalty faked his death for his friend.]]
** And [[UndyingLoyalty got his friend out of a bonfire.]]
** And [[UndyingLoyalty stopped himself from being clinically dead since he thought John was in danger.]]
** Not to mention [[WhatAnIdiot took drugs AND killed Magnussen in front of everyone, including Mycroft. Way to go, genius.]] No ''wonder'' you have [[OnlySaneMan John.]] You're [[TheWonka VERY weird.]] Ironically, John's [[TheLancer The Lancer]] since, even though ''his'' personality's more [[NiceGuy gentle]] he can (and will) [[BadassAdorable kill you if you're stupid enough to threaten his friend's life.]]
-->'''John''': Let him go, or I will kill you.
** Basically he's a [[GoodIsNotSoft Good Is Not Soft]] version whereas his friend is a [[GoodIsNotNice Good Is Not Nice]] version.
** The threat ''is'' [[JustifiedTrope justifiable,]] as he is a war veteran from Afghanistan.
** Mary's the same version as John. Sweet, but unremorsefully killed people like Magnussen, since she was an assassin from the CIA.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Miles is Unscrupulous after the blackout though he seems to hover closer to Pragmatic, especially after leaving the Monroe Republic though he backslides occasionally.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': John Reese. While it might seem clear to the viewer that him and the rest of the team have perfectly good intentions and usually carry them out pretty reasonably (shooting kneecaps as opposed to taking lives when it can be helped, on occasion circumventing the law as opposed to outright breaking it, etc.), him and the rest of the team are definitely this in the eyes of the government and various law enforcement agencies that try to catch them over the course of the show. Well, at least, as far as the ''good'' law enforcement officers are concerned. The corrupt ones probably just see them as strong nuisances, [[EvilVersusEvil if not nemeses.]]
* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': The whole cast, except perhaps Quinn (who probably qualifies as a ClassicalAntiHero instead), Abby even more so.
* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'''s [[ByronicHero Damon Salvatore]] served as unpredictable villain to a reluctant anti-hero as the series went on to Season 2. He usually only did good acts either for his brother's sake or Elena's, the girl he fell in love with. However, through his relationship with Elena, while he is still well-known for his [[ShootTheDog morally questionable actions]] and believes in "the ends justifies the means", Damon softens and adopts a fluctuating persona between Anti-Hero and Pragmatic Hero from mid-season 3 and season 4. He covers this up with indifference or sarcasm, when deep down, Damon really has begun to care.
--> '''Elena:''' "Why won't you let anyone see the good in you?"
--> '''Damon:''' "'Cause when people see good, they ''expect'' good. And I don't wanna have to live up to anyone's expectations."
** Damon and Stefan's old flame, Katherine Pierce, also demonstrates many qualities of an anti-hero. She's suffered from years of loneliness and is often characterized as being somewhat diabolical, prone to focusing on only her own survival. However, over time, Katherine shows her rare signs of humanity and compassion when she repeatedly saves Stefan, Damon, and bonds with her daughter. She even admits she wants to change. Yet, old habits die hard and Katherine still falls back on her default bitchiness and selfish tendencies from time to time.
* Anti-Heros are ''everywhere'' in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. While Crichton tries his best to trend towards idealism and pure heroism, even he has done some very bad things in order to do what's right (y'know, like threatening to destroy ''the entire universe'' to force an end to a war between the Peacekeepers and the Scarrans). D'Argo and Aeryn are both more pragmatic, but also have a similar nobility and along with Crichton are among the first to give a WhatTheHellHero (including to each other). Even Zhaan, who the entire crew acknowledges as TheHeart of the group, is willing to use her darker impulses to protect her shipmates and Moya.
** And then there's Scorpius: Willing to torture, kill, make deals he has no intent on keeping, and is a MagnificentBastard of the highest order. However it's all for a reason: The Scarrans are something much, ''much'' worse and he's a NecessaryEvil willing to do whatever it takes to protect the rest of the galaxy from them.
* By season ten of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', both [[TookALevelInBadass Chloe Sullivan]] and [[HeelFaceTurn Tess Mercer]] have this air to them. Ironically, they're both MissionControl who have been noted to be NotSoDifferent.
* Methos from ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' is old enough to consider chivalry a quaint fad, and has survived for millenia by being ruthlessly pragmatic. He is protective of his friends, but is always looking out for himself.
* Many in ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''.
** Patricia, who has always meant well, but has a bunch of morally gray traits- [[GreenEyedMonster extreme jealousy,]] BrutalHonesty, a bit of a HairTriggerTemper...she has also done a bunch of morally gray actions as well, mostly in the first season, where she had gone as far as locking Nina in the attic in order to try and get information about her best friend, who had gone missing. She's by no means a perfect person, but she does mean well.
** Jerome was a more blatant example. In season 1, he was a manipulative, uncaring SlimeBall who enjoyed messing with anyone and everyone, including his own best friend Alfie. When Alfie joined Sibuna, Jerome became jealous and forced Alfie to give him information, which eventually culminated in Jerome joining [[BigBad Rufus Zeno]]. Eventually he realized that Rufus was the bad guy and, once he started getting threatened by his new boss, joined Sibuna temporarily. In Season 2, he started to fix some of his worst traits, but remained as the anti-hero of the show, especially when the gem he spent all season trying to find was stolen. He automatically went on an investigation, which ended up having him once again helping Rufus to get the gem back, as well as the recently kidnapped Trudy. Once again, he helped Sibuna stop Rufus, but only after getting busted for stealing an important object of Sibuna's. In the third season, while no longer part of the mystery, he remains in this roll, as early on in the season he ended up cheating on Mara, his girlfriend, with a girl named Willow. After that, Jerome was an object of Mara's revenge, which became harsh enough to place him squarely back on the hero side of the situation. This also made Mara an anti-hero as well, because her goal was sympathetic, but her actions were not.
** Finally, there's Joy. In the second season, she was relentless in trying to win Fabian's affections, which meant hurting Nina. She did this by trying to win his sympathies, trick him into kissing her, and then trying to get Nina to leave the school. All of these merely ended up making her hated by Fabian. Then she went on to hurt her other friends as well, despite those friends trying to help her with her problems. By the end, however, she ended up helping Sibuna and saving the lives of both Nina and Fabian, implying that she would have been a fine person if she hadn't felt rejected. In the third season, she was the one of the first to learn about Jerome cheating on Mara with Willow, and at first rightfully attempted to make him tell the truth. Once the truth was out, she tried to help Mara get her revenge- which meant pretending to have feelings for Jerome, getting him to like her back, and then dumping him in front of the entire school. It worked, but she eventually fell for him too, and he found out and dumped her instead. During all of this, she remained a hero for her sympathetic storyline, but her actions- which were being done for a good reason, but just weren't very nice, as well as the fact that she went along with Mara's plan to the end despite knowing it was a cruel trick- puts her into the anti-hero zone.
* ''{{Series/Salem}}'': John Alden, a self-professed murderer.
* Captain Denniger in ''Series/{{Ascension}}'', a serial philanderer who is not above letting his wife sleep with his main political rival to gain an advantage. But he also clearly cares about his crew and ship and is willing to risk his life to save them.