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Who is the biggest jerk?

Felipe Trusseau from Don't Eat the Snow
0
No votes
Buck Greene/John Newton from several episodes
8
36%
Drug smugglers from Thicker than Blood
0
No votes
KGB from Moscow to Maui
0
No votes
Colonel Ki from several episodes
0
No votes
Sgt. Jordan from Wave Goodbye
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No votes
Ivan from Did You See the Sunrise
2
9%
Morgan Lyden from Past Tense
0
No votes
William Troubshaw from Foiled Again
1
5%
Donner the drug-pushing parole officer from Book by its Cover
0
No votes
Buzz Benoit from Squeeze Play
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No votes
Bowman the wife-beating slime ball from Blind Justice
0
No votes
Clyde Daltrey fom Hotel Dick
5
23%
Milton Collins from Death and Taxes
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No votes
Geiger the child rapist & killer from Laura
3
14%
Quang Ki from several episodes
2
9%
Grady Walker the bad cop/drug dealer that killed Tanaka
0
No votes
Jim Bonnick/Joe Travis/Nevil Thompson/Father Jim aka Mac
1
5%
 
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Which character was the biggest jerk?

#1 Post by lutherhgillis »

Who do you love to hate? Vote and comment...

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#2 Post by Doc Ibold »

Goin w/ Geiger on this one.....

(Although I see a lot of these people on the list aren't necessarily "jerks", just plain evil - so my Geiger vote goes for the most evil).

(Sorry to seem like critiquing the thread lutherhgillis - especially since you MADE the thread after something I suggested in a previous post!, just trying to build a case for my vote)

However jerkwise, I am also partial to Willy Troubshaw and Clyde Daltrey. Buck Greene is up there too for me.

I have a feeling that "The Hotel Dick" wasn't named just because of Magnums profession in that episode.

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#3 Post by Jodykmg365 »

I voted for Buck Greene because he was in several episodes. He was a jerk. :x

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#4 Post by N1095A »

You forgot to list Michele on there :lol:
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#5 Post by ConchRepublican »

I went with Buck Greene for biggest jerk. I agree with Doc, most on the list were evil, Ivan being el primo villian for me. Buck just carried himself in such an obnoxious way, jerk fits. He wasn't evil, just an a$$.

Michele, however, is another interesting addition.
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#6 Post by MPS »

Decided I had to vote for the person I hated the most, which would be Geiger. Ivan is a very close second.

If we are looking for a jerk, and nothing more, it would have to be Buck Greene.
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#7 Post by Jodykmg365 »

N1095A wrote:You forgot to list Michele on there :lol:
I must have missed an episode, why is Michele a jerk?

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#8 Post by N1095A »

She manipulated and used TM at every oppertunity, and when she was finally free of Hue, she chose someoone other than TM. I'd say no one over the course of the series causet TM more pain and grief. She wanted him hanging on a string for her, and she got that. Maybe she should have been on the biggest b*tch poll.
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#9 Post by lutherhgillis »

Guys, this is not difficult. Just select the name on the list that was the biggest jerk. :wink:

I agree with you about Michelle. I never liked her either. I think she was a user. Just my opinion.

There was a limit to the number of names I could use. The rest have to be write-ins. I think Michelle has 3 votes thus far...

Thanks for playing along... :D
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#10 Post by Lily »

This must sound strange, but there are many episodes of Magnum which I have not seen yet :shock: ..yes I know! However from all the episodes I have seen, I would have to cast my vote for Buck Greene, as I thought he was an obnoxious and unfeeling jerk.

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#11 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

I'd say Clyde Daltery from Hotel Dick. The thing about Buck Greene is he was a button down Marine. I wouldn't expect any compassion from him.

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#12 Post by lutherhgillis »

I have a new all-time jerk to nominate: Victor DiGeorgio the old-school mobster from season 1's "Ugliest Dog in Hawaii". It took about 10 seconds of listening to this guy to turn my stomach.

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#13 Post by lutherhgillis »

How about Rod Chrysler from Book By Its Cover? He used Magnum totally. What a jerk. He endangered many lives and lied like a rug. He also sold dope and held some back for his personal gain. He grew dope while in Bakersfield.

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#14 Post by Doc Ibold »

lutherhgillis wrote:I have a new all-time jerk to nominate: Victor DiGeorgio the old-school mobster from season 1's "Ugliest Dog in Hawaii". It took about 10 seconds of listening to this guy to turn my stomach.
I actually kinda liked him....

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#15 Post by golfmobile »

LHG, I go for Rod Crysler (however it's spelled) too, along with Cork Hubbert (Waldo Norris) in "Smaller than Life."

I'm basing this on a jerk's being a loser/user/annoying/you-want-to-slap-'em-up-side-da-haid along with the MPI characters who keep buying their song and dance.

And the hotel manager in "Hotel Dick" is right up there in the running.

Ivan, etc., are evil villains. Jerks are just . . . slappable.

Are jerks only male? If a female acts like a jerk, is she just a b*tch?

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