From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 11/16/25 8:09 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > Why are so many of the secondary characters in television series   
   > more interesting than the main characters?   
   >   
   > Spock is more interesting than Kirk.   
   >   
   > Ilya Kuryakin is more interesting than Napoleon Solo.   
   >   
   > Ivanova is more interesting than Sheridan.   
   >   
   > Lennier is more interesting than Delenn.   
   >   
   > Vir is more interesting than Londo.   
   >   
   > (I will admit that Riker is *not* more interesting than Picard.)   
      
   The main characters listed here are all leaders. That gives them fewer   
   options than their subordinates. Leaders can turn rebel (Sheridan   
   certainly does), but more often the leader gives stability to the story   
   while the others can play more against the norm.   
      
   However, I would dispute Londo's being less interesting than Vir.   
      
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