42.
Chris Keller
OZ
Actor: Christopher Meloni
1998-2003
Previous Rank: 25
HBO’s prison drama was not for the faint of heart. Over six seasons it presented the life, loves and shankings behind the bars of Oswald State Correctional Facility (nicknamed “Oz”). Seductive bisexual psychopath Chris Keller was perfectly suited for this violent world, but his love for the less violent Tobias Beecher (Lee Tergesen) at least partially redeemed him.
The sometimes tender relationship between these two damned souls was the heart of the series and drove a lot of the drama: Keller and Beecher’s frequent break ups and misunderstandings often had a body count. Still, when things were briefly good, like their Season 3 New Year’s Eve reunion, they were very very good.
But by season four they were back to trying to destroy one another, Beecher starts sleeping around – and Keller retaliates by killing Beecher’s lovers. (Hot as Beecher is, you really don’t want to be rebound guy).
Still, viewers never stopped hoping Keller and Beecher would find their way back to one another.
But there are no happy endings at Oz. By series end, Keller leaps over a balcony to his death and Beecher is put on trial for his murder. Viewers never got to see the outcome of that trial.
Oh well, we’ll always have that full frontal nudity to remember Keller by. Thanks HBO!
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