Abstract
Female “Lone Wolves”: The Anti‐Social Heroine in Recent Television Series
Highlights
V: Excuse me?M: I’ve returned to my maiden surname
I N HER LATE 2016 ARTICLE, “WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A ‘GOOD Woman’?”, Emily Rapp marveled at Homeland’s Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), admiring the “strange, fantastical, beautiful mess that makes her terrific at her job as CIA station chief and an outright failure as a partner, a mother, a friend. . . . Her goal is singular: to be good at what she does, at all costs.” This kind of female protagonist, the “lone wolf,” who is single-mindedly focused on her profession and deprioritizes personal relationships, is exceptionally rare
Unlike male lone wolves, whose lack of steady relationships tends to go unquestioned or to be considered as heroic sacrifices, the depictions of female iterations of this character trope focus on this antisocial behavior and almost uniformly portray it negatively
Summary
M: I’ve returned to my maiden surname. No reason for me to keep carrying his name about like a bucket of water. He’s got a brother in Missouri for that. Mary Agnes and her husband were not able to have children, but she confesses to Callie Dunne (Tess Frazer), with whom she has a romantic relationship, that she was not sure whether she even wanted any. When her brother Bill (Scoot McNairy) finds out about this relationship, he confronts her: Bill: Jesus, Maggie. I’m gonna help Marshal Cook bring in Frank Griffin
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