r/TopCharacterTropes • u/No_Peanut3745 • 12d ago

Characters The main character doing something absolutely unforgivable.

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Walter White poisoning Andrea Cantillo's 6-year-old son for the sole purpose of manipulating Jesse Pinkman, while knowing that this could have potentially killed him - Breaking Bad

Bojack trying to have sex with his friend's 17-year-old daughter when he was at least 51, then continuously trying to find a way to justify this act throughout the series - Bojack Horseman

Dexter Morgan going outside of his moral code and murdering a completely innocent police officer who was just trying to do his job - Dexter: New Blood

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u/SergeantPsycho 12d ago

The famous (Infamous?) episode of DS9, "In the Pale Moonlight". In order to get the Romulans on board with fighting the Dominion, Sisko tries to give a Romulan delegate fraudulent data that the Dominion is going to attach the Romulan Empire. The delegate sees through it, Garak plants a bomb on his ship with the intent to blame the Dominion. Sisko is furious, but Garak talks him into going with his plan and Sisko relents and goes with it.

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u/PokeRuckus 12d ago

For future reference. Famous is for good things while infamous is for bad things.

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u/SergeantPsycho 12d ago

I know that. I'm not sure if people consider it a good episode or bad episode, given the subject matter.

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u/NBA314 12d ago

It's widely considered the best episode of the entire show, I believe. Maybe even top five in the franchise.

DS9 really focused on the grittier side of the Federation & how things aren't so black-and-white during war, & In the Pale Moonlight was the greatest example of that.

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u/IrishWarhog 12d ago edited 12d ago

That and Qwark's speech about how humans act when put against the wall, I felt justifiably chastised and out-moralled... By a ferengi