What’s Wrong With The Women of AMC?
clockwise from top left: Lori Grimes (The Walking Dead), Betty Francis (Mad Men), Sarah Linden (The Killing), and Skyler White (Breaking Bad)
This post contains spoilers for the four AMC shows being discussed. All spoilers are contained behind the jump.
As a fan of AMC’s original series, I’ve begun to notice a strange trend when it comes to the way people have reacted to the women on these shows, specifically:
The Walking Dead’s Lori Grimes, Zombie Apocalypse Survivor
Mad Men’s Betty Francis, Homemaker
The Killing’s Sarah Linden, Homicide Detective
and
Breaking Bad’s Skyler White, Homemaker
This is how these women have been described by various recaps and reviews:
Sarah Linden is: “a bad mother†and “the worst police officer on earthâ€.
Lori Grimes is: “incredibly stupidâ€, “irritating, self-righteous, hypocriticalâ€, and “annoying.â€
Betty Francis is: “selfishâ€, a “vicious, terrible motherâ€, and “the least sympathetic character†on the show.
and the actress who portrays Skyler White, Anna Gunn, discussed that she is found to be an “annoyance” on the show, in an interview with Vulture.
If you haven’t watched some or any of these shows, you might be wondering what awful behaviors and actions have lead to such strong hate among viewers. To very briefly recap the storylines of each of the women listed and pictured above: (SPOILERS Within)