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03-22-2022, 12:49 AM
https://tvovermind.com/why-billy-campbell-was-the-worst-character-on-melrose-place/
Why We Think Billy Was The Worst Character
Fans of Melrose Place (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031120931/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/melroseplace.htm) would probably agree that there were other characters on the show who were less likable than Billy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Melrose_Place_characters#Billy_Campbell). However, we still feel like he was the worst character (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MelrosePlace) on the show. For starters, his relationship with Alison was dragged out a little bit too long. The back and forth nature of the situation was downright annoying and it made him very one-dimensional. Even in his other relationships, Billy’s behavior was always immature and sometimes downright difficult to watch. At the beginning of the series, Billy seemed like a great character, but by the end of season two, it was clear that there probably wasn’t a lot to his story arc. Meanwhile, lots of other characters on the show seemed to get better as the series went on.
Billy’s character probably had lots of potential to be great, but it seems like too much time was spent focusing on him in the context of romantic relationships. On top of that, Billy dated his ex’s best friend which we all know is one of the slimiest moves a person could make. As a result, he wasn’t as developed as he probably could’ve been. If we would’ve gotten the chance to see more sides of Billy, we likely would’ve felt differently about his character overall. Realistically, though, there were so many characters on Melrose Place (https://web.archive.org/web/20140330003202/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/2527296-melrose-place/?view=getnewpost) that it wasn’t really possible for writers to fully flesh all of them out. As a result, characters like Billy kind of fell to the wayside.
Why We Think Billy Was The Worst Character
Fans of Melrose Place (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031120931/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/melroseplace.htm) would probably agree that there were other characters on the show who were less likable than Billy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Melrose_Place_characters#Billy_Campbell). However, we still feel like he was the worst character (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MelrosePlace) on the show. For starters, his relationship with Alison was dragged out a little bit too long. The back and forth nature of the situation was downright annoying and it made him very one-dimensional. Even in his other relationships, Billy’s behavior was always immature and sometimes downright difficult to watch. At the beginning of the series, Billy seemed like a great character, but by the end of season two, it was clear that there probably wasn’t a lot to his story arc. Meanwhile, lots of other characters on the show seemed to get better as the series went on.
Billy’s character probably had lots of potential to be great, but it seems like too much time was spent focusing on him in the context of romantic relationships. On top of that, Billy dated his ex’s best friend which we all know is one of the slimiest moves a person could make. As a result, he wasn’t as developed as he probably could’ve been. If we would’ve gotten the chance to see more sides of Billy, we likely would’ve felt differently about his character overall. Realistically, though, there were so many characters on Melrose Place (https://web.archive.org/web/20140330003202/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/2527296-melrose-place/?view=getnewpost) that it wasn’t really possible for writers to fully flesh all of them out. As a result, characters like Billy kind of fell to the wayside.