when tv characters completely changed their personality after season 1

The Rundown

so many characters in tv just start out incredibly different from how the show eventually goes. sometimes the writers just realize the character is way funnier or better when they lean into the chaos. by season 2 or 3, they are basically a whole different person and it makes you look back at season 1 like who is this. here are 15 characters who totally rewrote themselves and did not even tell the audience. read till the end because some of these character arcs are actually wild.