The Haves And Have Nots' All-Time Most Memorable Characters, Ranked
Even as we're still looking forward to the back half of The Haves and the Have Nots' eighth and final season, we're also looking back at the OWN soap's characters — and, while we're at it, pulling a Hanna by judging the lot of 'em.
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8. Justin Lewis
The truly amazing thing about Jeffrey's stalker is that, over the course of his run, the closeted cop has made us come to pity him as much as we ever hated him. And we hated that guy a lot.
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5. Jeffrey Harrington
Having born witness to the endless abuse that David and Veronica's son suffered at the hand of his homophobic Mommie Dearest, we cheered anytime he stood up for himself — and did so even more loudly when he struck back.
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1. Hanna Young
From day one, the Cryers' long-suffering maid has been the broken heart and righteous soul of The Haves and the Have Nots. Can we get an amen? How about all the amens? Yes? That's what we figured.
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10. Amanda Cryer
Jim and Katheryn's daughter was as insufferable as brother Wyatt at first. But we started to find her really compelling after she lost her marbles — unfortunately, just before she also lost her life.
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2. Veronica Harrington
Villainesses don't get any viler or more dangerous than David's homicidal ex-wife from hell. (Exhibit A: the scorch marks on his back.) But next to the character at No. 1, she's just a — dare we say it? — simple bitch.
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9. David Harrington
Were we to judge Jim's reliable bestie by the company that he keeps, we'd have no choice but to conclude that he isn't the decent man that we've always suspected he was. He'd still be fascinating, though.
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4. Jim Cryer
We'd call Katheryn's "better" half an oily weasel except for the fact that that would be an insult to both oil and weasels, neither of which delight so unrepentantly as Jim in abject wickedness. He's simply the worst — and the best at it.
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6. Katheryn Cryer
This born-again badass might've scooted up a place or two on this countdown, had she spent just a little more time bringing the thunder and a lot less moaning about no-good son Wyatt.
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7. Benny Young
More than mere eye candy, the beleaguered tow-truck driver has spent pretty much the entirety of the series as a wreck, torn as he's been between his conniving sister and their virtuous mother.
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3. Candace Young
Don't ever call Hanna's manipulative daughter a conwoman; it does her a disservice. The way the vamp plays her marks, she's never been anything less than the epitome of a true con artist.