Because you like D'Angelo Barksdale in The Wire

Greg Hirsch is new to the Roy family's cutthroat world of wealth and privilege. See them in Succession.

Carol Peletier's credo: your strength comes from who you are, not who you used to be. See them in The Walking Dead.

Benoit Blanc is Sherlock with Southern charm, and a mysterious benefactor. See them in Knives Out.

Talking to a stranger on a train is the best decision Jesse Wallace ever made. See them in Before Sunrise.

Andrew Glouberman is trying to make it through puberty with his sanity intact. See them in Big Mouth.

Milhouse Van Houten is happy to be second banana. See them in The Simpsons.

Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.

Sam Weir lives for the simple things in life: watching Saturday Night Live and reading comic books. See them in Freaks and Geeks.

Peter Venkman's "research" projects are designed to get undergraduate students to sleep with him. Though it turns out he can bust ghosts. See them in Ghostbusters.

There's erratic, and then there's Senor Chang. See them in Community.

In constant agony, Ava Starr will do anything to give up the superpowers that are slowly killing her. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Kilgrave is a domineering, abusive boyfriend. Then, add in the power of mind control. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.