Maybe you realize you watch too much television when you start making up silly lists like coming up with your top ten favorite television characters. When that happens it's probably time to put down the remote and read a book. I mean, who does that? So here's my list:
My ten favorite television characters:
1. Shawn Spencer and Burton (Gus) Guster (Psych) - I simply cannot put these guys down as separate characters. They function as one zany crime fighting unit on what I consider to be my favorite show on television. Their banter and antics leave me in stitches and no one on television makes me happier.
2. Dr. John J.D. Dorian (Scrubs) – The fantasies, the daydreaming, and the sensitive side… it’s something I relate with completely. There’s few on television or film that I relate to so easily. One of my goals in life is to try an appletini because of J.D.
3. Dr. Gregory House (House) – He’s the brilliant cantankerous diagnostic doctor of what I feel is the best medical drama ever. The beauty of the show is that they do just enough or maybe Hugh Laurie does just enough to make House an endearing character that we as an audience can feel for despite the selfishness and mean spirited behavior. That’s not easy to do and that’s why House is one of the best characters on TV.
4. Neil Caffrey (White Collar) – Neil is a master forger and a damn fine thief and con artist. As you would expect, he’s a real charmer to boot. If there was anyone I would emulate when it comes to style and fashion, it Neil Caffrey. He’s clever, resourceful and the bad guy who’s now doing the right thing… well, most of the time.
5. Michael Weston (Burn Notice) – Speaking of bad boys gone good, Michael Weston might be the best television example of this. A burned spy who did countless unspeakable things for many years, he’s now turned into a Robin Hood like character who helps victims and the unfortunate fight back against hitmen, gangs, drug dealers, cartels and the like. Plus he does it all with style and cool.
6. Dr. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds) – Spencer is the coolest nerd on television, full of interesting facts and explanations about things that most people don’t want to hear. Often a member of the team has to get him to stop rambling on about something he finds incredibly fascinating but the intended person does not.
7. Abby Sciuto (NCIS) – The ultimate forensic specialist who sleeps in a coffin, bowls with nuns and drinks Caf-Pow like water, Abby is warm hearted, fiercely loyal and determined to always find the answers. She’s probably the coolest female in television and always so cute in those pigtails.
8. Sam Axe (Burn Notice) – Sam is an FBI agent who reports on Michael Weston’s activities, although he is also one of Mike’s best friends and assists him in nearly every job he takes on. Sam can usually be found romancing a rich widow or having some cold ones on a patio. His wisecracking and charm are a direct result of him being played by the awesome Bruce Campbell.
9. Detective Olivia Benson (Law & Order SVU) – Benson is so compelling due to Mariska Hargitay’s amazing acting and also due to the backstory of the character. Benson is the daughter of a rapist and her mom kept her despite being raped. Now she is a detective in the Special Victims Unit helping solve crimes, which mostly consist of rapes. She is a no nonsense empathetic public servant and wears her pain on her sleeve and shows a deep passion for justice and solving these sex crimes.
10. Mozzie (White Collar) – Mozzie is the ultra paranoid, extremely resourceful best friend of Neil Caffrey. His distrust of the government is both obvious (always referring to the FBI agents as “suits” even calling agent Burke’s wife, Mrs. Suit) and hilarious (while putting up Agent Burke at his hangout “Mi casa es Suit casa”). Mozzie adds a wonderful soft hearted and realistic element to the driven yet dreamy Caffrey. His appearances in episodes always make me smile.
Honorable Mention: Dr. Percival Cox (Scrubs), Detective Zack Nichols (Law & Order CI), Mary Shannon (In Plain Sight), Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS), Leopold Butters Stotch (South Park), Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Bones), Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men), Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
Who are some of your favorite TV characters?
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