I know! Epic. She'll just have to deal. If she can rearrange her life around her boyfriend's intense love of sports, she can give me a little leeway for my intense love of certain television shows, right? Besides, she can't make me! stamps foot but in a really grown-up way
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.
This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]
Zenkitty - Nov 24, 2009 4:42:12 pm PST #4262 of 11834
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 24, 2009 6:00:22 pm PST #4263 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So - best TV dad currently:
Cal Lightman, Nick Castle or Jack Carter?
-t - Nov 24, 2009 6:10:47 pm PST #4264 of 11834
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, I'm several episodes behind in Lie to Me, and I haven't seen Jack recently, so I'll go with Castle for the moment. I like his parenting a whole lot.
le nubian - Nov 24, 2009 6:13:02 pm PST #4265 of 11834
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I would say Lightman. Best daughter would be Castle's - but she grew up despite some questionable parenting skills.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2009 6:14:57 pm PST #4266 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Cal has too much friction in his relationship with Emily to win. I'd probably give the edge to Jack because Alexis kinda raises herself--or maybe Rick gets the points for doing that good a job. It's a hard call.
Cal is still head and shoulders above a lot of TV dads. But my favourite of the past decade is probably Sandy Cohen from The O.C.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 24, 2009 6:16:21 pm PST #4267 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Granted - once upon a time Keith Mars would have topped my list, but I'm hard pressed to decide among the three now.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 24, 2009 6:19:16 pm PST #4268 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And what's up with all the great dads being single? I'm trying to think of a recent married great dad, and the best I can come up with is Hal from Malcolm in the Middle. And Hank Hill, I guess.
-t - Nov 24, 2009 6:20:50 pm PST #4269 of 11834
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Coach Taylor!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 24, 2009 6:23:41 pm PST #4270 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I should mention that the reason I brought this up here was I just watched the most recent Lie to Me and thought Cal lied bigtime to his daughter, he also came clean about it in a great way.
§ ita § - Nov 24, 2009 6:24:37 pm PST #4271 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sandy Cohen was married. I hated Keith Mars' relationship with Veronica. He didn't seem to spend much time fathering her. Zoe and Alexis are precocious, but they're teenagers and their fathers treat them like teens.