The Great TV Dad-Off

[inmyriadbits]

This is what happens when I start catching up on Hawaii Five-0, Castle, and Lie To Me all at the same time, and start thinking about how endearing all their prominent father-daughter relationships are.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

I limited myself to fathers whose kid(s):

a) are alive and interact with them on a regular basis on the show -- thus, no Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS), Patrick Jane (The Mentalist), Casey McCall (Sports Night), Isaac Jaffe (Sports Night), Jed Bartlet (The West Wing), Toby Zeigler (The West Wing), Leo McGarry (The West Wing), Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Hakoda (Avatar: The Last Airbender), the Doctor (Doctor Who), Aaron Hotchner (Criminal Minds), Ted Earley (Life), nor several other people who are technically dads, even though I love all of these characters and their relationships with their children, rarely seen or not. I did made a small exception for John Winchester, though.
b) exist on TV -- no movies, because clearly John McClane would shoot everyone in the face and win; no books, because Aral Vorkosigan.

I didn't list any sitcom or soap opera dads, because I don't watch any sitcoms or soap operas. Sorry. Have a write-in box! :)

[Poll #1677238]

Comments

[inmyriadbits.livejournal.com]

Keith Mars is TOTALLY my favorite. This all started because I was like, "Hmm, who's a better TV dad, in a battle between Cal Lightman, Rick Castle, and Danny Williams? Oh, and Seeley Booth. NO WAIT. KEITH MARS WINS, OBVS." And then I had to ask the rest of the internet what they think, of course. :)