Bodyguard is the latest UK show to finally make its way to American audiences via Netflix. It stars Richard Madden (yep, Robb Stark himself) as a traumatized war veteran who now has a job in the police force as a personal protection officer to the Home Secretary. She’s the type of powerful figure whose policies create the situations that make the wars and whose politics will keep the conflicts rising. This show was hugely popular in the UK and for good reason. It’s got amazing twists and turns, and has the type of emotional punches that all good dramas are made of.
But more than anything else, it has Richard Madden’s jawline. Always clean shaven for your viewing pleasure. Let’s discuss.
Oh the Tension
This show should come with an anxiety warning. The first twenty minutes are the most stress-inducing I’ve spent in awhile (and I just binged Haunting). But the real tension is right here.
Oh the Softness
David Budd is a hardened sergeant in the police force, but he’s also a dad of two small little folks, and he knows how to hug. Also, his jaw softens just a bit when he gives the good ones. 
Oh the Lewks
As a PPO (think Secret Service, Americans), Budd is constantly assessing the situations and the surroundings. This means he’s always LOOKING, and that jaw is always a LEWK.
Oh the Sads
Sometimes a man dealing with all kinds of personal problems and trauma gets the bad sads. The treatment of PTSD on this show is important and honest and raw. But there is nothing sad about this jaw.
Oh the Smiles
You think it’s all tension and investigations and scary chases and hidden guns, but it’s also sweet coffee house meet-cutes. And a few of these happy jaw moments.
So if you haven’t already fallen in love with Richard Madden (I liked Robb Stark, but he didn’t do it for me. I’m a Jaime Lannister girl), then you haven’t given Bodyguard a gander. That jaw deserves another examination, ladies.
