they say well-behaved women seldom make
history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 worst wives on TV so you’re
still with that Adolph rah Oh No Ralph
run back Pandora for this list we’re
looking at wives from television shows
and are selecting the ones that we
wouldn’t really want to be married to
however we’re not including wives from
reality shows or any shows set in
medieval times like Vikings or Game of
Thrones
stop stop as we want to focus on
relatively modern relationships since
we’ll be talking about all the bad stuff
these ladies are capable of a spoiler
alert is probably in order you coming in
to lecture me Mike number 10 sherry
Palmer 24
devious calculating and manipulative
President David Palmer’s wife and
eventual ex-wife is not only a terrible
person but also an especially awful wife
Briggs was considering she’s covered up
murders committed treason and even
convinced a woman to have an affair with
her husband in order to get information
her morals are certainly questionable
but then I could use a cola days ago but
I don’t want to feel alone okay
what’s more she essentially kills a man
by yelling at him to the point that he
has a heart attack prevents his wife
from giving him life-saving meds and
throws her husband the president under
the bus by exposing his role in covering
up the death you are talking about
incriminating yourself you would go to
prison yes I know that but so with David
although they do get divorced Sherri is
able to continue making president
Palmer’s life health for as long as she
can and it’s not because I don’t want to
be President I do
just don’t think you’re fit to be the
first lady number 9 Julia McNamara
nip/tuck we’re not fine
Sean and we never will be Julia begins
this plastic surgery focused drama as a
highly emotionally unstable woman mostly
due to her tumultuous relationship with
her husband
this is exacerbated by her feelings for
Sean’s partner Christian who as it turns
out is the real father of their son you
already have a son Christian with me
it’s difficult to see why these men are
so caught up in this love triangle as
Julia proves again and again that she’s
really nothing but trouble it wasn’t an
accident there’ll be no charge I don’t
want your money what kind of mother are
you she behaves inappropriately while
married and is very wishy-washy when it
comes to choosing whether she wants to
stay with her husband leave him for
Christian or whatever else she decides
to do usually she goes for the third
option leaving both men hanging when did
you become so
number eight Harriett Olson Little House
on the Prairie we do give credit to a
few farmers that we’ve known for a long
time but I’m here the mother of Laura
Ingalls nemesis is certainly not a
pleasant wife running the town
mercantile with an iron fist
she often uses her wealth and influence
to manipulate the citizens of Walnut
Grove and spread gossip let me know that
all the news does filter in to the
mercantile she spoils her daughter
Nellie which causes her to grow into a
complete brat and she highly mistreats
her much kinder husband Nels Harriet we
can’t do that
can’t what I mean can’t there’s no such
word as can’t
while her love for her daughter is
admirable she tends to be a ruthless
bully like her daughter which irritates
the more sensible residents her husband
included mrs. Ingalls
we will not be needing any more eggs in
the foreseeable future mrs. awesome
I’m sure the hens will be relieved to
hear that after Nelly moves out she
adopts yet another daughter Nancy and
you can guess how she turned out gee
buddy I want you to meet my newly
adopted daughter
number seven Julie Cooper the OC well if
it isn’t the Grinch and lady crunch many
of these wives are on this list for
their awful behavior in a marriage but
Julie takes it up a notch with two
horrendous marriages and many more other
casual relationships she may initially
seem like a simple materialistic
housewife but that’s just part of her
game after marrying and later divorcing
Jimmy for his money she begins to date
and eventually marry Caleb thank God I
have missed you all day all the while
having an affair with her daughter’s
ex-boyfriend and later her own
ex-husband she also has a habit of
popping pills almost murders her husband
and tries to frame someone else for a
shooting well at least she keeps busy
what the hell it’s a gun genius you use
it to shoot people you want to kill
number six Peggy Bundy married with
children I got to do something to shake
these birthday blues I know give me
money I’m gonna shop till you drop
instead of being a stereotypical
housewife like most other sitcom wives
of the time peg is a lazy narcissistic
Shopaholic as her husband al describes
she is part of the Bundy curse which
runs in the family and makes them all
unhappy kids you know what we’re
witnessing here a perfect game no no the
Bundy curse it’s what keeps us from
being happy there’s no point in fighting
she refuses to do any work around the
house but still finds reasons usually
unfounded to nag al furthermore she
spends far too much money and frequents
several strip clubs
with some even instituting the Bundy
rule that bans women from meeting
dancers in the back rooms because of her
despite all her faults as a viewer it’s
hard to complain about her behavior
especially since it’s one of the most
important ingredients in this classic
comedy oh good you’re up
number five Susie Greene Curb Your
Enthusiasm oh I respect what Larry I
respect wood so much that if I had a
piece of wood in my hand right now I’d
beat the SH out of you with it okay the
shrill nagging wife tends to be an
unfortunate trope in television
however Susie manages to be an
absolutely hysterical supporting
character she’s prone to fits of
shouting and cursing at anyone who
crosses her usually for relatively
frivolous reasons all right just get me
the head all right
get me the fucking head all right both
of you cuz I’ve had it you four-eyed
fuck her most common victim is her
husband Jeff who is a serial cheater a
fact that makes her demeanor a bit more
understandable if not entirely justified
you think we’re gonna have a nice
divorce if we ever get divorced no
fucking way
I’m taking you for everything you have
mister I’m taking your balls and I’m
thumb tacking them to the wall she’s
abusive she’s mean and she’s loud always
without fail
don’t touch my books get out get out
call the sprinkler guy as terrible as
she may be her extreme over reactions do
provide the series with some of its most
memorable moments you don’t want a tour
all right you don’t need to walk out of
my house okay Larry just get the gout
right now number four
Laurie Grimes the walking dead he was
trying so hard to be reasonable it just
push my buttons on zombie apocolypse
would undoubtedly be a trying experience
for anyone but come on having an affair
with your presumably dead husband’s best
friend after just a few weeks when it
turns out that Rick is actually alive
Laurie spends the rest of her time
unable to decide between him and Shane
driving a wedge between them and hurting
everyone’s relationship with one another
to her credit her final moments on the
show when she sacrifices her life for
her child do a lot to help redeem her
Superboy but while she may have some
sympathetic moments that doesn’t mean it
wouldn’t be a nightmare to be married to
her yet put this on me you’re tearing to
me by keeping secrets when y’all were
you holding out to this number three
Skyler white Breaking Bad I really need
to understand your thought process
because clearly I don’t
being Walter White must be more
stressful than most of us could even
imagine and his wife definitely doesn’t
make that any easier throughout the
show’s run viewers were highly critical
of Skyler and her decisions as her
default reaction setting seems to be
rage Walt suddenly decided to invest in
laser tag just out of the blue really
that’s what we’re supposed to tell
people our family our friends the
government we have to cut her a bit of
slack since her husband is a meth cooker
however she’s rather morally indecisive
on the matter as she’s at first
disgusted but then wants in she’s also
not above being manipulative using her
pregnancy to avoid being arrested oh my
god oh no I’m going into labor
you say oh oh and having an affair to
spite her husband whom she eventually
comes to despise geez Walt’s no hero but
that’s rough I fucked ed number two
Betty Draper Mad Men I don’t know what
to say now
it’s perfectly understandable why Betty
is a terrible wife it would be difficult
not to be when married to one of TV’s
most famous womanisers still she spends
the first few seasons of Mad Men
changing her mind rapidly about whether
or not she should stay with Don to the
point where viewers could get whiplash
oh and let’s not forget the time she
picks up a random guy in a bar while
pregnant
if you think she’d be any better in her
second marriage you’d be wrong she
eventually cheats on her new husband
with Dawn what are you doing are you
tell me to stop you almost have to feel
sorry for Betty as Don basically made
her a bad wife but then again she was
not a great person to begin with but I
don’t love you anymore I know that stop
it I kissed you yesterday I didn’t feel
a thing
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions you
thought you got the better of me but you
were wrong I never want to sell my story
anyway bad Lady Mary but the Turkish
gentleman about Miss Smith here it’s
gonna have to do with me well that’s not
what I heard
didn’t I tell ya I kind of hit a deer oh
honey no matter what you say are you
he’s not gonna kiss oh really no it’s
not gonna happen oh you really think
that okay it’s just something I don’t
care to advertise what do I care if
people think he’s got a dinky one number
one Jackie Peyton Nurse Jackie
Wow what’s in North Korea Edie Falco may
be the queen of bad TV wives as she won
Emmys for her roles in both The Sopranos
and Nurse Jackie
you’ve had quite a time on my watch but
she really shines when she takes center
stage as this pill addicted cheating
lying
er nurse to her credit she can lie and
scheme her way out of almost any
situation but when it comes down to it
she chooses her addiction over her
family
you can’t just step outside of marriage
and someone else because things got hard
and expect the marriage to survive Kevin
just let me say it watching her spiral
out of control is a sad and frustrating
but strangely entertaining experience
don’t worry though she gets hers when
her husband leaves her I had an affair
wait she leaves her husband for cheating
on her when she did the same thing
damn it Jackie Jackie I want you to
leave now do you agree with our list who
do you think is the worst wife on TV by
the way would you think I didn’t see you
at the screening last night you think I
didn’t notice you huh okay that’s trying
to hide like a mystery Vic you asked it
out for more spousal top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com help mommy put her big
trophy in front of daddy’s little ones
good night honey
good night daddy I did
history welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 worst wives on TV so you’re
still with that Adolph rah Oh No Ralph
run back Pandora for this list we’re
looking at wives from television shows
and are selecting the ones that we
wouldn’t really want to be married to
however we’re not including wives from
reality shows or any shows set in
medieval times like Vikings or Game of
Thrones
stop stop as we want to focus on
relatively modern relationships since
we’ll be talking about all the bad stuff
these ladies are capable of a spoiler
alert is probably in order you coming in
to lecture me Mike number 10 sherry
Palmer 24
devious calculating and manipulative
President David Palmer’s wife and
eventual ex-wife is not only a terrible
person but also an especially awful wife
Briggs was considering she’s covered up
murders committed treason and even
convinced a woman to have an affair with
her husband in order to get information
her morals are certainly questionable
but then I could use a cola days ago but
I don’t want to feel alone okay
what’s more she essentially kills a man
by yelling at him to the point that he
has a heart attack prevents his wife
from giving him life-saving meds and
throws her husband the president under
the bus by exposing his role in covering
up the death you are talking about
incriminating yourself you would go to
prison yes I know that but so with David
although they do get divorced Sherri is
able to continue making president
Palmer’s life health for as long as she
can and it’s not because I don’t want to
be President I do
just don’t think you’re fit to be the
first lady number 9 Julia McNamara
nip/tuck we’re not fine
Sean and we never will be Julia begins
this plastic surgery focused drama as a
highly emotionally unstable woman mostly
due to her tumultuous relationship with
her husband
this is exacerbated by her feelings for
Sean’s partner Christian who as it turns
out is the real father of their son you
already have a son Christian with me
it’s difficult to see why these men are
so caught up in this love triangle as
Julia proves again and again that she’s
really nothing but trouble it wasn’t an
accident there’ll be no charge I don’t
want your money what kind of mother are
you she behaves inappropriately while
married and is very wishy-washy when it
comes to choosing whether she wants to
stay with her husband leave him for
Christian or whatever else she decides
to do usually she goes for the third
option leaving both men hanging when did
you become so
number eight Harriett Olson Little House
on the Prairie we do give credit to a
few farmers that we’ve known for a long
time but I’m here the mother of Laura
Ingalls nemesis is certainly not a
pleasant wife running the town
mercantile with an iron fist
she often uses her wealth and influence
to manipulate the citizens of Walnut
Grove and spread gossip let me know that
all the news does filter in to the
mercantile she spoils her daughter
Nellie which causes her to grow into a
complete brat and she highly mistreats
her much kinder husband Nels Harriet we
can’t do that
can’t what I mean can’t there’s no such
word as can’t
while her love for her daughter is
admirable she tends to be a ruthless
bully like her daughter which irritates
the more sensible residents her husband
included mrs. Ingalls
we will not be needing any more eggs in
the foreseeable future mrs. awesome
I’m sure the hens will be relieved to
hear that after Nelly moves out she
adopts yet another daughter Nancy and
you can guess how she turned out gee
buddy I want you to meet my newly
adopted daughter
number seven Julie Cooper the OC well if
it isn’t the Grinch and lady crunch many
of these wives are on this list for
their awful behavior in a marriage but
Julie takes it up a notch with two
horrendous marriages and many more other
casual relationships she may initially
seem like a simple materialistic
housewife but that’s just part of her
game after marrying and later divorcing
Jimmy for his money she begins to date
and eventually marry Caleb thank God I
have missed you all day all the while
having an affair with her daughter’s
ex-boyfriend and later her own
ex-husband she also has a habit of
popping pills almost murders her husband
and tries to frame someone else for a
shooting well at least she keeps busy
what the hell it’s a gun genius you use
it to shoot people you want to kill
number six Peggy Bundy married with
children I got to do something to shake
these birthday blues I know give me
money I’m gonna shop till you drop
instead of being a stereotypical
housewife like most other sitcom wives
of the time peg is a lazy narcissistic
Shopaholic as her husband al describes
she is part of the Bundy curse which
runs in the family and makes them all
unhappy kids you know what we’re
witnessing here a perfect game no no the
Bundy curse it’s what keeps us from
being happy there’s no point in fighting
she refuses to do any work around the
house but still finds reasons usually
unfounded to nag al furthermore she
spends far too much money and frequents
several strip clubs
with some even instituting the Bundy
rule that bans women from meeting
dancers in the back rooms because of her
despite all her faults as a viewer it’s
hard to complain about her behavior
especially since it’s one of the most
important ingredients in this classic
comedy oh good you’re up
number five Susie Greene Curb Your
Enthusiasm oh I respect what Larry I
respect wood so much that if I had a
piece of wood in my hand right now I’d
beat the SH out of you with it okay the
shrill nagging wife tends to be an
unfortunate trope in television
however Susie manages to be an
absolutely hysterical supporting
character she’s prone to fits of
shouting and cursing at anyone who
crosses her usually for relatively
frivolous reasons all right just get me
the head all right
get me the fucking head all right both
of you cuz I’ve had it you four-eyed
fuck her most common victim is her
husband Jeff who is a serial cheater a
fact that makes her demeanor a bit more
understandable if not entirely justified
you think we’re gonna have a nice
divorce if we ever get divorced no
fucking way
I’m taking you for everything you have
mister I’m taking your balls and I’m
thumb tacking them to the wall she’s
abusive she’s mean and she’s loud always
without fail
don’t touch my books get out get out
call the sprinkler guy as terrible as
she may be her extreme over reactions do
provide the series with some of its most
memorable moments you don’t want a tour
all right you don’t need to walk out of
my house okay Larry just get the gout
right now number four
Laurie Grimes the walking dead he was
trying so hard to be reasonable it just
push my buttons on zombie apocolypse
would undoubtedly be a trying experience
for anyone but come on having an affair
with your presumably dead husband’s best
friend after just a few weeks when it
turns out that Rick is actually alive
Laurie spends the rest of her time
unable to decide between him and Shane
driving a wedge between them and hurting
everyone’s relationship with one another
to her credit her final moments on the
show when she sacrifices her life for
her child do a lot to help redeem her
Superboy but while she may have some
sympathetic moments that doesn’t mean it
wouldn’t be a nightmare to be married to
her yet put this on me you’re tearing to
me by keeping secrets when y’all were
you holding out to this number three
Skyler white Breaking Bad I really need
to understand your thought process
because clearly I don’t
being Walter White must be more
stressful than most of us could even
imagine and his wife definitely doesn’t
make that any easier throughout the
show’s run viewers were highly critical
of Skyler and her decisions as her
default reaction setting seems to be
rage Walt suddenly decided to invest in
laser tag just out of the blue really
that’s what we’re supposed to tell
people our family our friends the
government we have to cut her a bit of
slack since her husband is a meth cooker
however she’s rather morally indecisive
on the matter as she’s at first
disgusted but then wants in she’s also
not above being manipulative using her
pregnancy to avoid being arrested oh my
god oh no I’m going into labor
you say oh oh and having an affair to
spite her husband whom she eventually
comes to despise geez Walt’s no hero but
that’s rough I fucked ed number two
Betty Draper Mad Men I don’t know what
to say now
it’s perfectly understandable why Betty
is a terrible wife it would be difficult
not to be when married to one of TV’s
most famous womanisers still she spends
the first few seasons of Mad Men
changing her mind rapidly about whether
or not she should stay with Don to the
point where viewers could get whiplash
oh and let’s not forget the time she
picks up a random guy in a bar while
pregnant
if you think she’d be any better in her
second marriage you’d be wrong she
eventually cheats on her new husband
with Dawn what are you doing are you
tell me to stop you almost have to feel
sorry for Betty as Don basically made
her a bad wife but then again she was
not a great person to begin with but I
don’t love you anymore I know that stop
it I kissed you yesterday I didn’t feel
a thing
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions you
thought you got the better of me but you
were wrong I never want to sell my story
anyway bad Lady Mary but the Turkish
gentleman about Miss Smith here it’s
gonna have to do with me well that’s not
what I heard
didn’t I tell ya I kind of hit a deer oh
honey no matter what you say are you
he’s not gonna kiss oh really no it’s
not gonna happen oh you really think
that okay it’s just something I don’t
care to advertise what do I care if
people think he’s got a dinky one number
one Jackie Peyton Nurse Jackie
Wow what’s in North Korea Edie Falco may
be the queen of bad TV wives as she won
Emmys for her roles in both The Sopranos
and Nurse Jackie
you’ve had quite a time on my watch but
she really shines when she takes center
stage as this pill addicted cheating
lying
er nurse to her credit she can lie and
scheme her way out of almost any
situation but when it comes down to it
she chooses her addiction over her
family
you can’t just step outside of marriage
and someone else because things got hard
and expect the marriage to survive Kevin
just let me say it watching her spiral
out of control is a sad and frustrating
but strangely entertaining experience
don’t worry though she gets hers when
her husband leaves her I had an affair
wait she leaves her husband for cheating
on her when she did the same thing
damn it Jackie Jackie I want you to
leave now do you agree with our list who
do you think is the worst wife on TV by
the way would you think I didn’t see you
at the screening last night you think I
didn’t notice you huh okay that’s trying
to hide like a mystery Vic you asked it
out for more spousal top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com help mommy put her big
trophy in front of daddy’s little ones
good night honey
good night daddy I did
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