Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24163511-20141205090758

Stepping away from the relationship drama and all that speculation, there is one solid fact: Margaret is back. She's got an anchor and she isn't going anywhere so now its time to ask the burning question: Why should we care?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Margaret's character is flat and booooring. She has no hook, she has no angle, no skills and no passions. The writers treated her like an object, just something that Mordecai reacted too. I'm serious, look back at all of her 20+ major roles and you'll realize that she hasn't done much of anything that suggests a personality, her existence for the LONGEST time was to just be there for Mordecai to freak out over. Once again, nothing but an object.

But now there is a chance to fix this, now that Mordo has grown up a bit, there is a chance to make Margaret her own character and not an accessory. Her angle could be her new found love of Newscasting and journalism. Think about what makes a great journalist? Ruthless dedication to the truth and honesty, determined to get the facts, passionate about their work. I can see a Margaret who gets her own episode about her tracking down a lead on a corrupt politician and recruits Elieen to help investigate. Disguises, plans, being captured by some weird cult of formerly disgraced politicians (think them fighting Nixon) and then finally getting the evidence to submit to her station. Now that's a Margaret that I can back and be interested in. Her usefulness as a reporter could be evident in a group, she could have a truth oriented opinion on things and an at least mildly adventurous spirit when something crazy happens to get to the bottom of things.

If Margaret is here, and here to stay, then we need a Margaret with a passion, with an angle, something that lets us root for them, or at the very least relate to them on some level. They have that already and now they need to execute and give us the Margaret we've been waiting for. They've done great things with Eileen who has come a long way, they can just as easily make us like Margaret if they cared to. So here's hoping. 