How I Met Your Mother: 10 Worst Characters Who Appeared After Season One
4. Robin Scherbatsky Snr
Save for his debut, Robin Scherbatsky Snr. was portrayed by the brilliant Ray Wise, who at least tries throughout his tenure on the show to make him a more intriguing character than he really is.
The problems with this guy are biblical. For one thing, he raises Robin as a boy despite her objections, literally throws her to the wolves on her birthday, and as an adult he doesn't even tell her he's got re-married.
Whilst this is a sitcom and these traits can be played as nothing more than fun jokes, the elder Scherbatsky never escapes from the fact that he's an abusive, cruel father with no redeeming qualities.
Even near the end of the series where the writers paired him up with Barney and tried to soften his image, it's clear he's not a changed or endearing man. He's tough to watch, and his awful ways get tired almost instantly.