Joel's dark side on "Mrs. Maisel"

Michael Zegen as Joel Maisel in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Courtesy of Prime Video

For a long time, I considered Nellie Oleson to be the worst person in the world.

I was raised on a steady diet of "Little House on the Prairie." On summer vacation, when I was in junior high, I would watch one hour of the show at 10 a.m. when I rolled out of bed, then switch to another broadcast network where a whole other hour of the historical drama was on at 11.