10 TV Characters You'd Trust In The Post-Apocalypse

There's a slew of post-apocalypse going around the tube these days. I use the term "these days" lightly, as it's not really a recent phenomenon: plenty of genre shows have done either a flashforward or a reset button episode taking us to some screwed up future/alt u. created by the mistakes of the characters, and there's at least three on right now that take place in that exact scenario. But say you were thrown into post-apocalyptic TV land. Who would you want in your rag-tag band of survivors? Let me give you a few suggestions:

Rick Grimes 
Show: The Walking Dead
Played By: Andrew Lincoln

Getting the Obvious one out of the way first, I 'spose. So why should you trust this Deputy Sheriff turned Z-poc survivor? I don't know, maybe because he can take his group and turn them all into an elite strike force, capable of taking out an entire house full of walkers in under ten minutes, and then have them storm a prison, exterminating a yard and then two cell block full of walkers in less then two days. Plus, if there's an annoying kid in your group, he'll make a BAMF before you can say Dale's dead.

Martha Jones
Show: Doctor Who
Played By: Freema Ageyman

The Master had taken over the Earth and turned into his own post-apocalyptic playground, rendered the Doctor useless, chained up Captain Jack, and enslaved Martha's family. Martha was the only one left to restore the world. Her actions in "The Last of the Time Lords" prove she's tougher then most people give her credit for, surviving an entire year in the wasteland against all odds, spreading the Doctor's message across the world and eventually becoming the person to restore it, all without spilling blood once. Looking to keep your hands clean? Stick with Ms. Jones.


Oliver Queen
Show: Smallville
Played By: Justin Hartley

In the flashforward episode of season 9, "Pandora", superpowered Kandorians had taken over the world and stripped the soon-to-be Man of Steel of his powers. Oliver and his quasi-girlfriend Chloe lead the only resistance group, taking out beings who could crush them by breathing. So why isn't Chloe on this list. Well, Chloe wasn't willing to stand against an entire army of Kandorians flying directly at her with nothing but a bow and arrows. At the very least, the guy's got balls, something your group of survivors is gonna need.

Alpha
Show: Dollhouse
Played By: Alan Tudyk

In "Epitaph 2", it's revealed that the thought-pocalypse made Alpha defect to the side of angels, and his myriad of skills and personalities made him a valuable weapon. Not only that, but he rebuilt the skeleton of the Dollhouse into a safe haven for dumbshells, fending off butchers at every moment. At the very least, with lines like "It really speaks to the schizophrenic in me. Both actually," and "Did you just call me a Luddite?", he'd provide some much needed comedy relief in the otherwise bleak world of the Post-poc.

Jack Bauer 
Show: 24
Played By: Kiefer Sutherland

Just saying, it'd probably be useful to have him around.







Rupert Giles
Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Played By: Anthony Stewart Head

One vampire is worth exactly 20 zombies, and for one episode set in an AU, Giles lived in a vampire apocalypse, keeping any innocent people stupid enough to walk the streets of Sunnydale at night safe and just dusting vampires 'cause he felt like it with the help of only a laconic werewolf and a gay football player. Plus, he winds up reversing said apocalypse, so I think you might want to find if you're somehow displeased with your current situation.




Miles Matheson
Show: Revolution
Played By: Billy Burke

Guns banned by your PA's tyrannical government? No prob, Miles, Revolution's very own Han Solo, can show you the basics of how to be BA with a sword, take down said tyrannical government, and generally just help you avoid winding up with your head on a stick.









Michonne
Show: The Walking Dead
Played By: Danai Guirrera

I'm not saying you'll wind up with both Grimes and Michonne; Heck, if Andrea's present condition tells us anything, it's that that probably won't happen. But if do, we'll then your all set; just find yourself a prison, settle down, and avoid Andrew Morrisey at all costs.




Kara Thrace

Show: Battlestar Galactica
Played By: Katee Sackhoff

Nearly every PA involves violence of some kind, and when that happens, you're gonna want the best shot, in or out of the cockpit. Plus, without spoiling anything, she's more then capable of... how do I put this? Getting you where you need to go. Plus, she's easily the hottest girl on this list, and you're gonna need something like that.









Sarah Connor
Show: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Played By: Lena Heady


It's Sarah Connor. 'Nough said.













Who You Don't Want:

Anyone on Falling Skies


It's not that I hate the show; on the contrary, I like... most of the time. It's just that, let's face, these guys are all gonna wind up dead. Well, except for maybe Tector.