Better than the protagonists in TFA?
Eh, there’s only so much you can do with a TV character.
If you really think that then you need to watch more TV.
I don’t watch much TV but you’re right. You can do a lot more with a TV character. You generally only get 120 minutes to do something with a movie character.
Exactly when it comes to TV (especially dramas) you have like 44 minutes to develop a character and that is plenty. I recall that you watched the first Season of Breaking Bad and remember how much Walter’s character was developed in the first Episode ALONE. We know:
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What his profession is
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A couple of things from his past
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Who he cared about and how he interacted with those people
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His motivations for making Meth
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and through various scenes the audience get’s to see a few of his personality traits
from just one episode. And with 5 Seasons of development Walter White is one of the most layered, nuanced and morally ambiguous characters ever written. There’s a lot one can do with a TV character…if they’re written right.