I don’t think itv at least in recent times have a clear cut green and red flags.. these things work in Korean and Pakistani dramas as they have fixed number of episodes. Here the focus is on increasing episode count and trp and for that overnight characters take 180 degree turn.. and from green flags become red carpets…
And tbh over green flags are like vanilla, too plain and boring while red flags beyond redemption are also not enjoyable to watch.. flawed character with good redemption or morally grey characters are what I like. Coz you can’t write a beautiful character with a good arc without showing their flaws as they make them more real
Aditya Hooda, Abhimanyu Birla, Dev Dixit, Viaan Raghuvanshi are some of the flawed yet beautiful positive characters who can’t be compartmentalised in green or red flag… I am currently watching udne ki aasha, Sachin can be considered as a green flag.. even Anirudh Roy Choudhary was one as well…
I wouldn’t consider Abhinav as a green flag as firstly the title states ML while he was a cameo and secondly more than green, red flag, ‘Abhinav’ was not a well written character… and this I am saying as a neutral viewer who has called out both the leads when they have done mistakes.. in the 6-7 months that he was, nothing was explored in his character apart from being an under confident yes ma’am and a pushover.. and imo bowing down and being a 24/7 yes ma’am isn’t a green flag.. humans react differently under different circumstances and that doesn’t make them red flags.. we never got to know how Abhinav would have reacted when faced with traumatic situations…