It's Like Special Ops: Lioness Designed This Character To Be Hated By Fans
Following the uninspiring example of some other recent shows, Taylor Sheridan's new series exercises one of the most hated character tropes in the history of cinema.
While Taylor Sheridan is mostly famous for his acclaimed neo-Western series Yellowstone and all the prequels and spin-offs to it, the producer doesn't stop there. His most recent TV show Special Ops: Lioness, for instance, is already streaming with four episodes and counting.
It's great to see the Yellowstone producer experiment with other genres that don't necessarily include modern cowboys, it truly is. Still, so far, it doesn't seem like SOL is doing that well as a large portion of the audience is quite discontent at this point.
There are many issues that fans point out, but one of the most significant is undeniably the characters. Some of them appear too one-dimensional; others are underutilized; and then, there are some that are downright infuriating for no good reason.
We're talking about one particular character, by the way, who's really, thoroughly hated by the audience.
Logic and reason aside, it's not the main antagonist or some goody-two-shoes protagonist; that would be too predictable. Instead, it's the daughter of two main characters: Kate. To give you a hint, Kate is 14 years old.
That's right, everybody: in his latest show, Taylor Sheridan employed the most hated character trope known to humanking — teenager angst.
No one's ever said, "Boy do I wish for some dumb teenage drama" when opting for a new high-stakes show, yet the writers just can't seem to resist their urge to give one of the protagonists a "rebellious" (read: stupid) teenager kid.
Episode 4 of Special Ops: Lioness really made a point of focusing on Kate's infuriating personality. It's completely understandable how the poor girl grew up to be like this with absent career-oriented parents, and teenagers are quite often like this.
This is not a reality check issue by any means; it's the fact that we don't need this lifelike teenage drama in a Special Ops show.
At this point, many fans believe that the sole reason for Kate's existence in the series is to make fans hate her. While adding nothing to the plot, she only makes both her parents and the viewers frustrated...and a few people even shared on Reddit that they wished that the car crash from E4 was to get rid of this character. It sounds awful, we know.
But this is the general sentiment toward Kate these days.
Source: Reddit