Gone are the days when television protagonists were required to be unambiguously moral paragons. Ever since the Golden Age of Television kicked off in the early 2000s, audiences have shown an insatiable appetite for the anti-hero. But how has this archetype evolved in the last five years?
Today, the anti-hero is no longer just a mob boss or a chemistry teacher. They are deeply flawed politicians, desperate tech entrepreneurs, and conflicted detectives fighting broken systems.