The Top 5 TV Villains You’d Want to Have Dinner With.

Television villains, they are the foils to our heroes, and the thorns in our sides.  Everyone loves a good bad guy to hate.  It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes we get treated to an arch nemesis that we just have to love.  They cross over the boundaries of evil and deplorable into the amazing and spectacular.  They go from being our hard counters to someone we would want to hang out with, and maybe share a drink.

G33kpron has put together a list of the Top 5 TV Villains You’d Want to Have Dinner With.  Let’s see who would be cool enough for a reservation.

5. Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Right from the start Q was the ultimate bad guy.  He put Jean-Luc Picard and all humanity on trial.  That’s a pretty steep for a first date.  There is something about an omnipotent being who can summon an entree just by willing it.

Imagine what kind of conversations you could have with Q.  What’s the weirdest race you’ve ever encountered?  What is at the edge of the universe?  Why did they cancel Firefly?  It would be like having dinner and a conversation with the show Cosmos.  What wouldn’t happen at this dinner party?  If his friendship with Captain Picard is any indication, he’s super into extreme LARP’ing.

4. The Governor (The Walking Dead TV Series)

He’s cool, he’s calming, and he’s a gentleman from the South.  Okay, so the only thing that’s accurate is the part about being from the South.  Despite all his failings, the Governor has charmed his way into our hearts and our nightmares.  Yet, there is something about a southern drawl that melts our hearts and wants us to smite his enemies for him.  How did he do that last part again?

The Governor from the television series is a contrast to his counterpart in the comics.  Whereas, one is cold, calculating, and easy to kill an ally to make a point; the other is charming, welcoming, and wants to be your drinking partner.  Through his run on the series, the Governor had done something the comics couldn’t do, he made the Governor likeable.  A lethal mixture of southern hospitality and a Clinton-esque drawl proved too irresistible to many.  He may not wear fancy clothes, but the Governor will make you feel welcome at any dinner table.  Just be careful when he starts asking about your background in assaulting prisons.

3. Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones)

He brings high class and politics to a well organized table.  Just make sure you’re his guest and not his target.  There’s something about a great feast and Lannisters that makes this invitation too good to pass up.

Yes, he’s a butcher, a terrible dad, and he cares more about the name Lannister than actual Lannisters, but he brings that subtle coolness with him.  He understands what is going on.  He can tell you all about military tactics and court politics, while maintaining a figure head that commands respect.  It’s a known fact in Westeros, that the person with the fattest coin purse throws the best parties.  Tywin Lannister’s party is one you don’t want to miss, unless you’re a Stark.

2. Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal)

Let’s just address the elephant in the room.  Dr. Lecter knows his way around a kitchen.  Sure, the meals may be a bit suspect, but who doesn’t like to try new things?

Dinner with Dr. Lecter is all about making sure he cooks vegetarian.  If he starts to pick your brain about wine pairings with red and white meats, make your way to the door.  Regardless of who or what he’s cooking, he knows how to present a dish, pair a wine, and make a musical selection with the menu.  It would be a gastronomical adventure.  A terrible gastronomical adventure, but still an adventure.  He’s a big follower of the arts and culture.  He can take you on a tour of his own personal gallery (No really, don’t eat the pâté appetizers, trust me,) while giving a personal history on each exhibit he owns.  If he likes you, you’re safe from any future menu appearances.  If he’s asking you to cut some weight and trim the fat, you’ll be wanting to make sure you either find a new place to live, or start filling up on trans fats and cholesterol.

1. Hank Scorpio (The Simpsons)

Seven minutes worth of screen time has given Hank Scorpio a life time of cool.  There are few villains on television that have left us wanting more.  Hank Scorpio’s secret to world domination was simple, it’s all about Human Resource Management.  Not only does he have all the cool spy craft gadgets and doo-dads we all want to play with, he’s a genuine nice guy.

He’s also one of the few villains to succeed at what he was trying to do.  Not only did he do it, he also won our hearts.  Hank’s dinner would be simple and down to earth.  It would be what ever made your feel most comfortable, because he wants you to have a good time.  He’s always on the look out for new employees for the Globex Corporation, and his health and stock investment plans are great.  If you have any doubts about the power Hank Scorpio has, just remember this.  The year he gave the Denver Broncos to Homer, is the year they won the super bowl.

There is our list on the Top 5 Villains You’d Want to Have Dinner With.  Do you agree or disagree with this list?  Is there anyone we missed, or anyone that should be booted off?  Let us know in the comments below.

All praise be to Scorpio.