TV's most awkward characters: From 'Gilmore Girls' to, well, 'Awkward.'

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Zoey Barkow, 'Nurse Jackie'

Zoey (Merritt Wever) is Jackie¿s lovable, chirpy and unsophisticated colleague, who behaves more like a lost puppy in patterned scrubs. She's the perfect foil to Jackie's dark side and no-B.S. attitude, but Zoey's painfully naïve interactions with patients and the entire All Saints staff (especially love interest, Lenny) are cringe-worthy every time.

--Elizabeth Brady
Jun. 27, 2012