You Can Keep Your White Knight

OK, Freaks, it's confession time.

I have a thing for bad boys.

For any of you that know me, or for that matter, anyone female in the whole world, this should come as no surprise. Bad boys are hot. Maybe it's the snarky wit, or the troublemaker smile, or the smolderingly naughty glances, but whatever it is, we're hooked.

And delightfully, because it's TV, they all come with a heart of gold. Isn't that convenient?


Best TV Bad Boys


Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Glee

Though I miss the mohawk, this singing, dancing bad boy (hard to pull off, btw) had all the girls of McKinley High fawning over him, despite stealing his best friend's girl and knocking her up. He showed his true heart when he fell for the awesome Lauren, who couldn't help buy fall prey to his bad boy charm.

Yeah, it was the charm that did it.

Eliot Spencer, Leverage

He can kill you in an instant and look good doing it. But he takes care of the people he loves, and has a soft spot for small town families and horses. All together now, awwwwww!

On second thought, maybe we'll just keep quiet.

Tim Riggins, Friday Night Lights

Southern bad boy charm is the best, isn't it? He's got the swagger of a champion and the grin of your Daddy's Worst Nightmare.

Yep, he's here to have sex with your daughter. 

Mark Sloan, Grey's Anatomy

I do not watch Grey's anymore, I just gave up after the whole "Izzy" thing. But I know well enough to know McSteamy was named that for a reason. Bad boy doctor? Yes, please!

Let me rephrase that....

Logan Echolls, Veronica Mars

Even though he was the "obligatory psychotic jackass" at Neptune High, and you know, her father accused his of murder and whatever, Veronica couldn't resist that snarky wit. And neither could we.

Ok...perhaps psychotic wasn't that far off...

Neal Caffrey, White Collar

Once again, I give you a picture of Matt Bomer. You're welcome.

Just..... unh.

Jordan Catalano, My So Called Life

He was so cool and tortured, and he had that hot car, and he played the guitar, and he leaned up against lockers really seductively. Who wouldn't fall for that?

I bet there's a silver thumb ring behind that sexy too-long sleeve.

Dylan McKay, Beverly Hills, 90210

It was the hair.

That pensive, deep, misunderstood hair.

Jax Teller, Sons of Anarchy

Sure, he's a criminal. But he loves his family, and his kids, and his woman. So what if love means having to figure out where to hide the bodies?

Um, yes. The desert. So romantic.

Don Draper, Mad Men

Don's smoking-drinking-suit-wearing charisma makes us love him even when he's cheating on his pretty little wife.

She does seem like kind of a bitch.

Brian Kinney, Queer as Folk

Though he worked really hard to make us believe he didn't have a heart at all, we still saw through that steely exterior. Plus, nobody else on this list can pull off vinyl pants.

Like the gay Batman. So...Batman.

Zack Morris, Saved by the Bell

My first bad boy crush, this scheming, manipulating, time-freezing Preppy may have gotten in his fair share of trouble, but he did it all for the love of Kelly Kapowski. Except when he was kissing Jessie. Or Lisa. Or Stacey Carosi. Or....

A middle aged lesbian biker.

Damon Salvatore, The Vampire Diaries

This bad boy (played with glee by Ian Somerhalder) absolutely makes this show, with all of his scheming, witty, joie de vivre charm. Plus, he's so much more fun than his furrow-browed, serious, brooding brother Stefan. Sound familiar?

He's part Husky.



 Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Yes, it does.

And then he kept trying to make that face for all of eternity....

James "Sawyer" Ford, LOST

So tortured. So angry. So....lost.

So frequently shirtless....

So what hunk of naughty did I leave out, Freaks?