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#31. Eloise Hawking
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Eloise is low on this list less for being a bad character and more for not being a character at all. I was actually surprised to see that she was given main cast billing because her presence is hardly felt, even though she is one of the more consequential characters on the show.

So much more could have been done with Eloise. The idea that she remembers killing her own son in the past, yet must continue to push him toward that fate, is an extremely interesting one that is barely explored at all. Instead, Eloise is relegated to being an eccentric mystic, her knowledge not grounded in any kind of logic or science (she has a magic Dharma pendulum...???), and just an overall bland presence. Maybe I am missing something, but one would think that a puppet master who is pushing everyone to complete their destiny would be a little more interesting or have a clearer motive, but Eloise is neither.