# Which TV husband or wife would you most want as your spouse? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816 "2011-10-26T03:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/141 "2011-10-27T14:19:21Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Yes. Mr. Emma Peel. I’m whipped enough as it is. Why would anyone want a wife who could kick your ass into next week without breaking a nail? ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/142 "2011-10-27T14:26:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m whipped enough as it is. Why would anyone want a wife who could kick your ass into next week without breaking a nail? I would rather expect she would only do so given sufficient provocation. My obvious adoration of her would make sure she never felt like doing that (to me) and it IS a handy skill to have in a partner if you go anywhere where you might be mugged. “Darling, please rough up those hooligans whilst I stand here holding your 'brelly.” (The 'brelly has a sword in it, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/143 "2011-10-27T14:37:58Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > While Dexter Morgan rocks my boat, my heart belongs to **Charles Ingalls**. > > He was handsome, handy, and hard working. He could play a fiddle. He was a good father. He was honorable, faithful, good-hearted, and fair without being stuffy. He had a sense of adventure and wasn’t afraid to take risks. He had a great sense of humor. And he had a twinkle in his eye that tells me he was wicked good in the sack. Oh, and he could ride a horse. > > Mmm Mmm. I didn’t notice the poster’s name, and saw what I thought was a signature at the end of this post… ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/144 "2011-10-27T14:45:55Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Yep, [her](http://images1.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Julianna-julianna-margulies-1002474_1000_1234.jpg). She’s hot. And beautiful. And smart, and kind. My kinda woman. Although I liked her better on ER. > SS Agreed, but I chose “The Good Wife” character instead, because on “ER” she wasn’t married. Either way, she is a stunning woman. Smart, sexy, tough as nails. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/145 "2011-10-27T15:04:33Z")
Ha, you fools left Mal Reynolds to ME! **swoons** ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/146 "2011-10-27T15:16:01Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Ha, you fools left Mal Reynolds to ME! **swoons** Unless you count the one episode scam marriage, he does not qualify as a TV husband. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/147 "2011-10-27T15:27:37Z")
> [@Schuyler](#): > > Am I really the first to suggest Julie Kotter, from “Welcome Back, Kotter”. She’s smart, funny, and listens to endless uncle jokes - what’s not to like? Yes you are but i suggested Mr. Kotter already. 🆒 And the happily married Hart’s, Jonathan and Jennifer. Pa Ingalls would be welcome too.😉 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/148 "2011-10-27T15:40:00Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Lorelai Gilmore, now that her annoying teenager is finally out of the house. > > She owns her own business, has an extremely high rate of speaking, and will be rich when her toady old relatives kick the bucket. Cons: high drama quotient, Paul Anka, and **a creepy diner owner to deal with**. > > Am I a bad person for never having heard of Laura Petrie? I am here to help. My pick for this thread is Luke (but only seasons 1 - 3 Luke). I like the broody type. Attractive, sarcastic, and he can cook AND fix stuff. He’s my dream date. I’d move to Star’s Hollow for him. As a favor to you, you know. Just to get him out of your way. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/149 "2011-10-27T15:49:26Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Lorelai Gilmore, now that her annoying teenager is finally out of the house. > > She owns her own business, has an extremely high rate of speaking, and will be rich when her toady old relatives kick the bucket. Cons: high drama quotient, Paul Anka, and a creepy diner owner to deal with. I think Lorelai has already gotten her inheritance from her own grandmother, and her parents are quite likely to leave their money to Rory, not to her. I suspect that is what Lorelai actually would prefer. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/150 "2011-10-27T16:04:12Z")
Laura Petrie of course. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/151 "2011-10-27T16:09:47Z")
Lucy Ewing. She’s hot, heiress to millions, and good old Uncle JR would make sure you got whatever you wanted as long as you treat Lucy right. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/152 "2011-10-27T16:25:09Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Lucy Ewing. She’s hot, heiress to millions, and good old Uncle JR would make sure you got whatever you wanted as long as you treat Lucy right. But she’s an uncle-fucker! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/153 "2011-10-27T16:34:37Z")
Rose Harper. Sexy as hell and presumably worth some bank after pushing Charlie in front of a train. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/154 "2011-10-27T16:40:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > But she’s an uncle-fucker! In all fairness to Lucy, she didn’t know Ray was her uncle at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/155 "2011-10-27T17:05:15Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Rose Harper. Sexy as hell and presumably worth some bank after pushing Charlie in front of a train. Actually she was shown to be quite well off in an episode where she offered to lend Charlie some money. Charlie on the other hand, when he thought he might be having a heart attack, told Alan that his wealth was all a “house of cards.” The Malibu beach house had multiple mortgages on it and I have no idea how much is coming in in royalties from Charlie Waffles. I liked Rose. She had just enough kinky to make it interesting. (And sometimes a little too much if you object to things like genital gluing and the occasional push-in-front-of-a-train thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/156 "2011-10-27T17:10:15Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Dharma from Dharma and Greg. > > Kind of an odd choice but reminds me of someone I used to pine for. Cute as hell, kinda quirky and has that whole hippy chick/country girl thing going. Good - that frees up Greg for me. Responsible, earns a decent living, upstanding… but not afraid to get his wild thing on from time to time :). ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/157 "2011-10-27T19:09:24Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Unless you count the one episode scam marriage, he does not qualify as a TV husband. If Emma Peel counts, so does Mal. I said, BACK OFF, he’s MINE! ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/158 "2011-10-27T19:21:43Z")
Emma Peel counts. She was married before her episodes started and her run on the series ended when her husband came back. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/159 "2011-10-27T20:29:56Z")
I can certainly see the appeal of Zoe, but if I were going with any of Serenity’s crew, it’d simply have to be Kaylee. Who isn’t married, and is thus ineligible for this thread, so I can’t go with any of the crew. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816/160 "2011-10-27T21:15:42Z")
Shirley Partridge - my first case of puppy love. Charlotte from Sex and the City … she did marry Charlie Runkle by the end of the series, didn’t she? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-husband-or-wife-would-you-most-want-as-your-spouse/600816.md?page=9)