Ralph Cifaretto was one of the most hated members of the DiMeo crime family, both on and off-screen, in The Sopranos.
Jax Teller’s widowed mother Gemma began her Sons of Anarchy arc as a beloved character, but she gradually chipped away at that goodwill as the series went on.
High Commander Winslow was one of the most hateful villains in The Handmaid’s Tale from the moment he was introduced.
John Lithgow played drastically against type as “The Trinity Killer,” Arthur Mitchell, in Dexter season 4. There are many sadistic serial killers who got a taste of their own medicine throughout Dexter’s run
The villainous Kilgrave of Jessica Jones has the superpower to implant will in people’s minds, which he has used to do everything from sexual assault to second-hand murder.
Every time Ramsay Bolton fed someone to his dogs in Game of Thrones, it provided a little bit of foreshadowing for his own grim fate.
Walter White met his own death in the perfect Breaking Bad finale, but not before he settled a few old scores.
Throughout the first season of Big Little Lies, Jane tried to figure out the identity of Ziggy’s father, who sexually assaulted her, while Celeste tried to find a way out of her abusive marriage to Perry Wright.
The Governor was the first Walking Dead villain to stick around for a couple of seasons, and during that time, he tormented Rick and his group to no end.
South Park’s first few seasons made a name for the show thanks to their shock humor and boundary-pushing gags.