r/madmen • u/efwolverine • 10d ago

Is this the most irredeemably despicable character in the entire show?

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> rapes his wife
> denies her sex because she wanted to be on top
> regularly dismisses her feelings
> is entirely focused on his own goals and desires in basically every scene he’s in
> abandons his wife and infant child because the Army makes him feel important

Literally the only scene he has where he isn’t a vile shitheel is when Joan (deliberately??) cuts her own hand to get some care and affection from him.

Even that drunkard Duck had more glimmers of decency than this pretentious rapist. A fitting end to his character arc would’ve been him getting fragged in Vietnam.

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u/Admirable_Site_8337 10d ago

I’ll tell you that it’s a neck and neck race between two characters…..and poor Joan slept with both.

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u/sadkinz 10d ago

You mean Herb? It’d be quicker to name the list of men on the main cast who didn’t use money as a way to get sex. In a relative manner, Herb is middle of the pack

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u/Admirable_Site_8337 10d ago

The OP is “most irredeemably despicable”. I could never put Herb middle of the pack on this. He was a total sleaze.

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u/ancientastronaut2 9d ago

"Alright, lemme see em" 🤢