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While not all of these characters have the luck of the Irish per se, they have somehow managed to live charmed lives. In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we sought out the TV folks who were truly the luckiest people for a variety of reasons. See who made our list. Dwight Schrute (The Office)
Despite his inability to behave like a normal human being, he somehow is still the top Dunder-Mifflin salesman. Strange enough, and though his irreverent behavior should have gotten him fired a multitude of times, he still has a job and seems to shine brighter after every foible. Not to mention the fact that he once killed Angela's cat and she kept sleeping with him for awhile.
Jack Bauer (24)
He's had seven really crappy days, been actually dead once, and nearly dead so many times that we've lost count. Not to mention the fact that he's always wanted by someone, or in proximity to bombs, nuclear explosions and assassination attempts. By this point it is not only a miracle that he is still alive, but also quite impressive that he isn't rotting away in a jail cell somewhere.
Phil Keoghan (The Amazing Race)
He's got pretty much the best gig ever as host of this globe-trotting series. He's not stuck for two months in a sweltering locale like Probst, and instead, he gets paid to see the world and his only difficult task is counting as people reach his little mat and signing off with his patented eyebrow raise. Simple! Not to mention that all he has to do is strip-down to his boxer-briefs to send his fans swooning. He doesn't even have to try hard at all.
Lily and Marshall (How I Met Your Mother)
One of the few couples in a good relationship on television. They both have their share of quirks (and annoying friends), but they are truly blessed to have found the person who can deal with all of their idiosyncrasies. It's not often you find someone you can stand for as long as they've been together, and have that someone still be willing to meet you at the airport with a keg of beer and a marching band.
Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)
How Meredith has made it this far in her residency being all pouty and petulant without someone at least trying to stab her in the head with a scalpel is a mystery to us. She is one of the most annoying people on TV and yet, she has a sweet house, no rent, has friends who always seem to have booze available and a truly handsome boyfriend. How does this greasy-haired whiner who isn't even that pretty keep getting hot guys? It makes no sense at all. She's either got a closet full of four leaf clovers, or she sold her soul to the devil. That's the only explanation.
Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights)
For the first two seasons, Matt Saracen had a string of bad luck, from broken hearts to adult-sized responsibilities. Now he's got his girlfriend back, his mom has found her way back into his life and is helping out with his ailing grandma, and even though he lost the QB1 position, he's not stuck on the bench, as he's found that he has equal skills on the gridiron as a wide receiver. That's a pretty damned lucky break.
Melissa Rycroft (The Bachelor/Dancing With the Stars)
This reality show starlet went from getting dumped on national TV to coming out smelling like a rose on Dancing With the Stars, all within the span of a week. After her very public breakup with Jason on The Bachelor, she snagged an available spot (thanks to Nancy O'Dell's sudden injury... coincidence?) and earned some of the highest scores on the DWtS premiere. Plus, she doesn't have to date that idiot Jason, which is a true prize. And she's got the added bonus of not being the next forgotten Bachelorette. It's a win-win.
Who do you think the luckiest characters on TV are? Sound off below.
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I'd put Michael Scott on the list for the same reason as Meredith - no one has stabbed him yet.
Meredith? ahn, her boyfriend forgot to mention that he was married, her mom had a disease and died because of it, her step mom died when she was just getting to open up, her dad slaped her..etc..etc...And her boyfriend, although hot, is an ass. I don't think she's lucky at all.
I think Gaius Baltar ought to be on this list. The man gave away secrets that led to the near extinction of humanity, gave an enemy agent a nuclear weapon that was used to blow up a civilian ship while he was simultaneously running for president of the colonies, and actively collaborated with the Cylons for several months on New Caprica and afterwards. And yet, the man is alive, healthy, unimprisoned and in charge of a small (but growing) cadre of followers who think he is a messenger from God. Plus, he's got hot women throwing themselves at him at every opportunity. Lucky.
I second Gaius.
Both Winchester brothers. Considering they have both died and come back to life, multiple times - I'd say that's pretty lucky.
I second Saracen! Good choice :o)
Yes, Matt Saracen has been luckier than in the past, but I don't think he gets a superlative version of "lucky" until he doesn't make me tear up at every episode.
I go with House. Also been killed/almost killed a number of times, is generally an ass to everyone he meets, has been fired/almost fired several times, had a hand in killing his best friend's girlfriend, called his boss a bad mom, has taken enough vicodin to fill Rhode Island, the list goes on. The fact that he's still alive, is still employed, and still has at least two friends (Wilson, whose girlfriend he kind of killed, and Cuddy, who he called a crappy mom) is beyond me.
You omitted Michael Scofield from Prison Break from this list? He's got to be one of the "luckiest" characters out there on TV. It's ridiculous the amount of stuff he's survived!
T-Bag from Prison Break is pretty darn lucky.
I third Gaius Baltar, and I want to add stupid annoying Kate from Lost to the list: she can't follow simple instructions or logic, insists in putting herself in dangerous situations very often, she willingly (or unwillingly) harms people around her without them making her pay and not only has no one killed her with a coconut, she also never went to prison for blowing up her dad, and two hot guys are always fighting over her. Lucky or MarySue?
I agree with Ally's comments about Meredith. Plus, most annoying character on tv? She's not even the most annoying on that cast (*cough*Izzie*cough*)
Meredith had the most dire circumstances to face since childhood. She had an absent mother,who she later had to be a primary cartaker of after being diagnosed with alzheimer's, father who left her, a lying boyfriend/boss, all this on top of a gruelling surgical residency does not make her lucky. Despite this she was able to be there for them and her friends. Complaining about things is very much deserved.
Meredith is certainly the most annoying TV character for sure.
Even the voice is like nails down a chalkboard.
Lana Lang is missing from your list. Kidnapped too many times to count, multiple possessions, multiple attempts on her life, nearly trampled to death by a horse, and actually dead a few times (though it never took, sadly).
In the end, she's come out with millions of dollars and a supersuit that makes her superpowered and indestructible, with everyone in the world madly in love with her.
Does Vic Mackey (The Shield) count, even though 1. the show is over and 2. sadly the show was not recapped? He got pretty darn lucky on many occasions. **SPOILER** He not only survived getting shot, he got immunity on multiple counts of MURDER!!
Homer Simpson!!!
I'd add Lex Luthor from Smallville. Even taking away his "death" and really messed up face in the few eps he was "seen" this season, he had dozens of instances of head trauma, meteor shock (enough to lose all of his permanently), had to have his blood recycled constantly, and to top it all off, had a little him running around in his head, trying to make him nicer
Forgot to add in Lex's lucky part......after all of that he was still the show's most interesting character!!!
I'll second the Winchesters. Dean survived Hell, for pete's sake! Both of them have been dead more times than I can count. Yet they're still kicking. I'd say that's lucky!
Meredith lucky and annoying? She's neither. She, unlike some of the other whiners at Seattle Grace, has truly had a rough life (as detailed by many posters above) so you have to give her some slack for her whining. Compare her to Callie, who whines because she's been single for like what, a month? Or Bailey, who spends a whole episode whining and pouting because the chief didn't write her a good enough letter of recommendation. Or the chief himself whose problems are self-inflicted.
I find it kind of amazing that, while Meredith isn't that attractive, Ellen Pompeo is totally freakin' gorgeous. (No sarcasm intended.) Perhaps it's the whole whiny/depressive/annoying thing. Or maybe it's the scrubs.
As to Saracen, are you kidding me? The poor kid is barely getting by! All of his recent "luck" has just brought him up to the level of average people from his previous state of utter misery.
I would agree that T-Bag from Prison Break is lucky to be alive, but I'm not sure I'd call him actually lucky, given that he's been put through a considerable amount. Sara, on the other hand, apparently survived decapitation. Pretty lucky. Totally second Kate from LOST though. No prison? House in the 'burbs? Jack and Sawyer still obsessing over her even though she has absolutely no redeeming qualities? I'd love to be her.
I agree with the Meredith vote, although not because of the reasons listed. Rather, I think she's lucky to be ALIVE. Between the bomb and the drowning, by all natural standards girl definitely should be six feet under.
Gosh, now all Meredith needs is a ghost, and then her miseries will be complete.
Two words: John Connor
They tried to kill his mom, and prevent him from being born. (first movie) His mom went crazy, hid with armed rebels in mexico, blew up a lab, broke out of an insane asylum and blew up another lab (2nd movie) His foster parents were killed. (2nd movie) His reprogrammed terminator (Ahnold) was destroyed TWICE (2nd movie, 3d movie). His 2nd reprogrammed terminator (Summer) tried to kill him. (TV show) He and his mom were attacked by killers while tied down, yet he managed to off one of them. (TV show). Countless terminators "discovered" where lived and tried to kill him. (TV show)
And, oh yeah, he survived Judgment Day THREE FREAKING TIMES (first, third and fourth movies)
By all logic, this dude should be dead, as in DUST. He is the luckiest SOB ever created
Um....Hiro, anyone? Even though he doesn't have his powers...that's more of a lucky thing for everyone else in the world.
Ellen Pompeo is a bargain basement ringer for Renee Zellweger which doesn't help her cause.
Dwight Schrute is hilarious but I certainly wouldn't want to work in the same office as him.
John Connor, Sarah Connor, and everyone else that allies with them, because they are clearly too stupid to even survive the every day world, much less one with Terminators after them. How MANY TIMES is he going to run off to the mall to see a girl, go in the opposite direction he should, walk right into danger, get trapped, get stabbed, get someone else killed...?!?! A kid like that wouldn't live to see 18 and he certainly wouldn't lead the Human Revolution.
Gotta second T-bag. Hand(s?)down.
I'm pretty sure out of the people at Seattle Grace, The Chief of Surgery is the luckiest. Think about it, he's had interns cut LVADs as well as themselves, residents having inappropriate relationships with his students, and now has his hospital rated at number 12 and NOBODY FIRES HIM. That's pretty damn lucky to me.
I'm pretty sure out of the people at Seattle Grace, The Chief of Surgery is the luckiest. Think about it, he's had interns cut LVADs as well as themselves, residents having inappropriate relationships with his students, and now has his hospital rated at number 12 and NOBODY FIRES HIM. That's pretty damn lucky to me.
How could you leave out John Locke? He survived being thrown out of a 10 story building, survived a plane crash, magically could walk again, survived Jack and Kate, got shot in the gut and lived, managed to not be killed by Ben for about 3 and a half years, then came back to life. I call that pretty lucky.
Seven luckiest tv characters.. Ho-o-o-o-t :)
Seven luckiest tv characters.. Slap-up :)
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