they may be on the small screen but
there’s still brainy powerhouses you
know I’m getting so tired of this guys
are out here treat me like I’m a little
kid you guys think I’m some kind of a 40
that’s my point this is a chance for
these individuals to get to know the
real you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV geniuses the vault
opening for this list we’re taking a
look at those characters from television
shows that display some pretty
fascinating feats of intellect you’re a
drug dealer negotiate you are not how I
remember you from class I mean like not
at all these geniuses managed to thrill
and astound and while that may be thanks
entirely to the writers we can’t help
but be seriously impressed
however only humans need apply to this
list number 10 Angus MacGyver MacGyver
yeah
MacGyver if nothing else this man knew
how to survive mostly I want to see how
the world work eight people there’s not
a different save usually secret agents
carry fancy weapons big ol guns or
they’re equipped with high tech gadgets
designed to get them out of sticky
situations they don’t just create them
on the fly but this diplomatic dude just
so happened to be the Bill Nye of not
getting murdered
as well as vocally anti-gun see I’m just
kind of a peace-loving guy like the rest
of you so his on-the-spot genius science
training and trusty Swiss Army knife
managed to save a whole bunch of lives
more than a few times
number nine Spencer Reid Criminal Minds
there call him the Seattle strangler for
victims in four months
keeps him alive seven days the handle
serves as a crank allowing them to
control the rate of suffocation to
prolong it he may be a little socially
awkward he may show signs of Asperger’s
syndrome but this character is actually
literally a genius I don’t believe that
intelligence can be accurately
quantified as in 187 IQ slash child
prodigy slash can read an entire book in
the span of a long burp type of genius
it makes sense that he joined the FBI
and put his smarts and photographic
memory to good use cracking cases as the
Behavioral Analysis Unit youngest member
do you know why he always introduces me
as dr. Reid because he knows that people
see you as a kid and he wants to make
sure that they respect you plus with his
multiple degrees and his expertise in
stats geographic profiling and old-timey
serial killers he’s a great asset yes
I’m a genius
number eight Mike Ross suits duty do I
know you from somewhere
I don’t think so pretty good memory for
face why bother with law school when
you’re eidetic memory lets you pass the
bar without it at the very least you’re
saving on tuition what is here I said I
was gonna get you 150 I told you I
wanted a 175 and I told you only one out
of a hundred people to score that you’re
a b-minus student you got a thousand on
your SATs if I get you a 175 them not
cheated so only a genius loser can get a
175 actually no I would get a 180 I got
my money please that’s what this
character did and it’s working to his
advantage being a genius sometimes means
you get to skip the middleman that woman
was Rachel I took the LSAT for a couple
of years ago if she saw me she could
bill McDonough well really how would
that go excuse me when I was cheating
for my Elle SATs that was the guy who
took the test for me in this case Mike
wasn’t head of the class he skipped the
class and went straight to work under
the tutelage of Harvey Specter except he
never learned to control his emotions so
sometimes he gets too invested in his
cases are you really gonna be able to
sleep at night are you you’re the one
who walked in there and tried to sell
out a 20 year old he took someone’s life
right that someone had a mother and a
father and a sister that family is never
gonna be the same number seven Doogie
Howser Doogie Howser MD hell out of
there kid both from our friend is
getting weird get your hands off me you
want to go to jail no you’ll be going to
jail for criminal negligence this man
has a dislocated fracture of the femur
and he’s gonna lose his leg unless I fix
it right away
now hold his torso down why rotate his
leg we’ve all been there one minute
you’ve mastered potty training and the
next you’re a 16 year old resident
physician still living with your parents
I watch you should know that this is a
good boy he takes wonderful care of my
side it’s common enough seriously this
child prodigy puts our honorable
achievements to shame while we were
celebrating our five gold stars for the
week
he was acing the SATs and that’s just
his kindergarten years at an
unidentified body and pin number eight
even money it was probably someone under
your care but what inspired Doogie to
enter the medical profession his to
childhood belts with leukemia
Genki Oh can I die I almost did die
number six Michael Scofield prison brick
what do you do when you’re super smart
super empathetic and your brother is
wrongfully sentenced to death as for the
term of your sentence I’m setting it at
five years you’ll be eligible for parole
in half that time sentence to be carried
out immediately you use that big
beautiful brain of yours to concoct an
elaborate scheme to get him out of
prison before he’s killed why getting
you out of here while being an
incredibly talented and obviously sharp
structural engineer can fall on the dull
side you can just spice things up by
brilliantly committing a crime to get
yourself sent to jail then you design an
elaborate tattoo that outlines the
prison’s blueprint and use that to bust
out easy peasy
it’s impossible why don’t you design in
a place it isn’t
number five Sheldon Cooper The Big Bang
Theory good morning do you have any idea
what time it is of course I do my watch
is linked to the atomic clock in Boulder
Colorado it’s accurate to one tenth of a
second he’s just your run-of-the-mill
everyday socially awkward nerd except
he’s a theoretical physicist oh and he
used to be a child prodigy oh and he has
a genius-level IQ and earned his first
PhD at age 16 penny is on her way to
perform in a one-night showcase
production of rent which we are unable
to attend because we’re going to a
symposium on molecular positronium given
by dr. Emil farm in farming him but
that’s offset by his condescending and
obsessive compulsive tendencies that
means his interpersonal skills are
somewhat hampered but he has managed to
make some friends
so at least there’s that obviously
you’re not well suited for
three-dimensional chess perhaps
three-dimensional Candyland would be
more your speed plus it’s always handy
to have a theoretical physicist around
in case you need one idiosyncratic as he
may be if she were to log onto
www.koco.com for word slash activities
forward slash other click on upcoming
events roll down to seminars download
the PDF schedule and look for the
seminar on molecular positronium buelton
bippity-boppity-boo our pants are
metaphorically on fire through all
law-enforcement entities this is not an
admission of guilt I am speaking to my
family now
number four Walter White Breaking Bad
DEA took all your money your lab you got
nothing square one but you know the
business and I know the chemistry going
from suburban dad to drug lord in the
blink of an eye means you have to have
at least some degree of intelligence in
mr. White’s case he seems to have all
the intelligence
well technically chemistry is the study
of matter but I prefer to see it as the
study of change now just just think
about this once a gifted chemist who
co-founded an ultra successful company
Walt made a bonehead move by cashing out
and ending up teaching high school
chemistry molecules change their bonds
elements they combine and change into
compounds well that’s that’s all of life
right however when cancer came his way
his superior intellect not only had him
producing the best meth going it also
kept him from becoming a victim of the
drug life more than once this is not
meth
number three Gregory House house I was
expecting in my office 20 minutes ago
really that’s odd cuz I had no intention
of being your office twenty minutes ago
I think we’ve nothing to talk about
no we just can’t think of anything I’d
be interested in see what you will about
his bedside manner but this petulant
physician will save your life then make
you wish he hadn’t I like things the way
they are I get just a puzzle to solve
without the scornful visits from you
until now pretend times been going on
long enough and it’s not because he
hates his patients he hates everyone
I can still fire you if you’re not doing
your job I’m here for the nine-to-five
your Billings are practically
non-existent rough year you ignore
requests for consoles I call back some
guesses understand years behind on your
obligation see that’s clear I was right
this doesn’t interest me house is a
tortured diagnostician with a gift for
figuring out what ails people because he
just can’t leave a puzzle unsolved any
other reason why you think you might
have chronic fatigue syndrome it’s kind
of the definition isn’t it it’s kind of
the definition of getting older plus
he’s sharp and sarcastic wit cynical
outlook and curmudgeonly attitude make
him pretty miserable to be around he’s
actually lucky he’s a genius
because he’s not gonna win Miss
Congeniality anytime soon going by the
book was pointless you were gonna learn
nothing good I thought it was because of
the sexual tension there was no sexual
tension there was tension and it made me
feel funny so number two Walter Bishop
fringe this is insane
he is insane and you’re insane for
following
excellent which makes molesty it’s one
thing to have impressive scientific
skills and a 196 IQ I hear that a lot
it’s quite another to be so smart you
create a portal to another universe and
alter the fabric of time and space
eccentric would be the nice way of
describing him especially after his
partners secretly lobotomized him what
is it
Hey they have this horrible pudding in
here but as genius as this mad scientist
was he was still a father and when his
baby boy grew ill he used his advanced
intellect to do some interdimensional
kidnapping for a good cause of course
been raised on it a good day before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions you think I don’t
recognize an experiment when I see one
you experimented on us are you pardon
not telling me booth was alive you
wanted to quantify our reactions for
your own research you took advantage of
us I’m just making sure we don’t get hit
again
well glad someone’s looking out for the
country Carrie I’m serious I missed
something once before I won’t I can’t
let that happen again was 10 years ago
I’ll do whatever it takes I’ll have you
framed for murder I will torch you I
will kill you myself if I have to
whatever it takes just what you were
looking for isn’t it hmm
first sign of weakness vulnerability
you’ll strike now you’ll kill now I want
you number one Sherlock Holmes Sherlock
you want to go on you know I think
you’ve come I might as well I’m almost
at the bottom of the list there’s a
knife on the bread board with butter on
the right side of the blade because he
used it with his left it’s highly
unlikely then the left-handed man would
shoot himself in the right side of his
head conclusion someone broke in here
and murdered him only explanation of all
of the facts but the gun he was waiting
for the killer no one plays the locti
genius better than this guy he’s a
top-notch detective a real whiz when it
comes to crime solving super sleuthing
and
you see somewhere here in a code to top
it off he’s also kind of detached sorry
you were saying I was wondering if you’d
like to have coffee black two sugars
please I’ll be upstairs
some might even call him a sociopath but
a high-functioning one at that
not a psychopath understand the Maya
functioning sociopath do your research
it’s an elite sort of intellectualism
that can easily verge on off-putting
what happened to the lipstick it wasn’t
working for me really I thought it was a
big improvement that’s too small no but
you can’t and shouldn’t begrudge him his
genius because it’s what helps him solve
crimes at least he’s incredibly helpful
sorry are you guys the police yeah
everything all right yeah welcome to
London do you agree with our list who’s
your favorite TV genius I’m beginning to
suspect you’re investigating me agent
Crawford for more brainy top 10s
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then
now you’re free
there’s still brainy powerhouses you
know I’m getting so tired of this guys
are out here treat me like I’m a little
kid you guys think I’m some kind of a 40
that’s my point this is a chance for
these individuals to get to know the
real you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV geniuses the vault
opening for this list we’re taking a
look at those characters from television
shows that display some pretty
fascinating feats of intellect you’re a
drug dealer negotiate you are not how I
remember you from class I mean like not
at all these geniuses managed to thrill
and astound and while that may be thanks
entirely to the writers we can’t help
but be seriously impressed
however only humans need apply to this
list number 10 Angus MacGyver MacGyver
yeah
MacGyver if nothing else this man knew
how to survive mostly I want to see how
the world work eight people there’s not
a different save usually secret agents
carry fancy weapons big ol guns or
they’re equipped with high tech gadgets
designed to get them out of sticky
situations they don’t just create them
on the fly but this diplomatic dude just
so happened to be the Bill Nye of not
getting murdered
as well as vocally anti-gun see I’m just
kind of a peace-loving guy like the rest
of you so his on-the-spot genius science
training and trusty Swiss Army knife
managed to save a whole bunch of lives
more than a few times
number nine Spencer Reid Criminal Minds
there call him the Seattle strangler for
victims in four months
keeps him alive seven days the handle
serves as a crank allowing them to
control the rate of suffocation to
prolong it he may be a little socially
awkward he may show signs of Asperger’s
syndrome but this character is actually
literally a genius I don’t believe that
intelligence can be accurately
quantified as in 187 IQ slash child
prodigy slash can read an entire book in
the span of a long burp type of genius
it makes sense that he joined the FBI
and put his smarts and photographic
memory to good use cracking cases as the
Behavioral Analysis Unit youngest member
do you know why he always introduces me
as dr. Reid because he knows that people
see you as a kid and he wants to make
sure that they respect you plus with his
multiple degrees and his expertise in
stats geographic profiling and old-timey
serial killers he’s a great asset yes
I’m a genius
number eight Mike Ross suits duty do I
know you from somewhere
I don’t think so pretty good memory for
face why bother with law school when
you’re eidetic memory lets you pass the
bar without it at the very least you’re
saving on tuition what is here I said I
was gonna get you 150 I told you I
wanted a 175 and I told you only one out
of a hundred people to score that you’re
a b-minus student you got a thousand on
your SATs if I get you a 175 them not
cheated so only a genius loser can get a
175 actually no I would get a 180 I got
my money please that’s what this
character did and it’s working to his
advantage being a genius sometimes means
you get to skip the middleman that woman
was Rachel I took the LSAT for a couple
of years ago if she saw me she could
bill McDonough well really how would
that go excuse me when I was cheating
for my Elle SATs that was the guy who
took the test for me in this case Mike
wasn’t head of the class he skipped the
class and went straight to work under
the tutelage of Harvey Specter except he
never learned to control his emotions so
sometimes he gets too invested in his
cases are you really gonna be able to
sleep at night are you you’re the one
who walked in there and tried to sell
out a 20 year old he took someone’s life
right that someone had a mother and a
father and a sister that family is never
gonna be the same number seven Doogie
Howser Doogie Howser MD hell out of
there kid both from our friend is
getting weird get your hands off me you
want to go to jail no you’ll be going to
jail for criminal negligence this man
has a dislocated fracture of the femur
and he’s gonna lose his leg unless I fix
it right away
now hold his torso down why rotate his
leg we’ve all been there one minute
you’ve mastered potty training and the
next you’re a 16 year old resident
physician still living with your parents
I watch you should know that this is a
good boy he takes wonderful care of my
side it’s common enough seriously this
child prodigy puts our honorable
achievements to shame while we were
celebrating our five gold stars for the
week
he was acing the SATs and that’s just
his kindergarten years at an
unidentified body and pin number eight
even money it was probably someone under
your care but what inspired Doogie to
enter the medical profession his to
childhood belts with leukemia
Genki Oh can I die I almost did die
number six Michael Scofield prison brick
what do you do when you’re super smart
super empathetic and your brother is
wrongfully sentenced to death as for the
term of your sentence I’m setting it at
five years you’ll be eligible for parole
in half that time sentence to be carried
out immediately you use that big
beautiful brain of yours to concoct an
elaborate scheme to get him out of
prison before he’s killed why getting
you out of here while being an
incredibly talented and obviously sharp
structural engineer can fall on the dull
side you can just spice things up by
brilliantly committing a crime to get
yourself sent to jail then you design an
elaborate tattoo that outlines the
prison’s blueprint and use that to bust
out easy peasy
it’s impossible why don’t you design in
a place it isn’t
number five Sheldon Cooper The Big Bang
Theory good morning do you have any idea
what time it is of course I do my watch
is linked to the atomic clock in Boulder
Colorado it’s accurate to one tenth of a
second he’s just your run-of-the-mill
everyday socially awkward nerd except
he’s a theoretical physicist oh and he
used to be a child prodigy oh and he has
a genius-level IQ and earned his first
PhD at age 16 penny is on her way to
perform in a one-night showcase
production of rent which we are unable
to attend because we’re going to a
symposium on molecular positronium given
by dr. Emil farm in farming him but
that’s offset by his condescending and
obsessive compulsive tendencies that
means his interpersonal skills are
somewhat hampered but he has managed to
make some friends
so at least there’s that obviously
you’re not well suited for
three-dimensional chess perhaps
three-dimensional Candyland would be
more your speed plus it’s always handy
to have a theoretical physicist around
in case you need one idiosyncratic as he
may be if she were to log onto
www.koco.com for word slash activities
forward slash other click on upcoming
events roll down to seminars download
the PDF schedule and look for the
seminar on molecular positronium buelton
bippity-boppity-boo our pants are
metaphorically on fire through all
law-enforcement entities this is not an
admission of guilt I am speaking to my
family now
number four Walter White Breaking Bad
DEA took all your money your lab you got
nothing square one but you know the
business and I know the chemistry going
from suburban dad to drug lord in the
blink of an eye means you have to have
at least some degree of intelligence in
mr. White’s case he seems to have all
the intelligence
well technically chemistry is the study
of matter but I prefer to see it as the
study of change now just just think
about this once a gifted chemist who
co-founded an ultra successful company
Walt made a bonehead move by cashing out
and ending up teaching high school
chemistry molecules change their bonds
elements they combine and change into
compounds well that’s that’s all of life
right however when cancer came his way
his superior intellect not only had him
producing the best meth going it also
kept him from becoming a victim of the
drug life more than once this is not
meth
number three Gregory House house I was
expecting in my office 20 minutes ago
really that’s odd cuz I had no intention
of being your office twenty minutes ago
I think we’ve nothing to talk about
no we just can’t think of anything I’d
be interested in see what you will about
his bedside manner but this petulant
physician will save your life then make
you wish he hadn’t I like things the way
they are I get just a puzzle to solve
without the scornful visits from you
until now pretend times been going on
long enough and it’s not because he
hates his patients he hates everyone
I can still fire you if you’re not doing
your job I’m here for the nine-to-five
your Billings are practically
non-existent rough year you ignore
requests for consoles I call back some
guesses understand years behind on your
obligation see that’s clear I was right
this doesn’t interest me house is a
tortured diagnostician with a gift for
figuring out what ails people because he
just can’t leave a puzzle unsolved any
other reason why you think you might
have chronic fatigue syndrome it’s kind
of the definition isn’t it it’s kind of
the definition of getting older plus
he’s sharp and sarcastic wit cynical
outlook and curmudgeonly attitude make
him pretty miserable to be around he’s
actually lucky he’s a genius
because he’s not gonna win Miss
Congeniality anytime soon going by the
book was pointless you were gonna learn
nothing good I thought it was because of
the sexual tension there was no sexual
tension there was tension and it made me
feel funny so number two Walter Bishop
fringe this is insane
he is insane and you’re insane for
following
excellent which makes molesty it’s one
thing to have impressive scientific
skills and a 196 IQ I hear that a lot
it’s quite another to be so smart you
create a portal to another universe and
alter the fabric of time and space
eccentric would be the nice way of
describing him especially after his
partners secretly lobotomized him what
is it
Hey they have this horrible pudding in
here but as genius as this mad scientist
was he was still a father and when his
baby boy grew ill he used his advanced
intellect to do some interdimensional
kidnapping for a good cause of course
been raised on it a good day before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions you think I don’t
recognize an experiment when I see one
you experimented on us are you pardon
not telling me booth was alive you
wanted to quantify our reactions for
your own research you took advantage of
us I’m just making sure we don’t get hit
again
well glad someone’s looking out for the
country Carrie I’m serious I missed
something once before I won’t I can’t
let that happen again was 10 years ago
I’ll do whatever it takes I’ll have you
framed for murder I will torch you I
will kill you myself if I have to
whatever it takes just what you were
looking for isn’t it hmm
first sign of weakness vulnerability
you’ll strike now you’ll kill now I want
you number one Sherlock Holmes Sherlock
you want to go on you know I think
you’ve come I might as well I’m almost
at the bottom of the list there’s a
knife on the bread board with butter on
the right side of the blade because he
used it with his left it’s highly
unlikely then the left-handed man would
shoot himself in the right side of his
head conclusion someone broke in here
and murdered him only explanation of all
of the facts but the gun he was waiting
for the killer no one plays the locti
genius better than this guy he’s a
top-notch detective a real whiz when it
comes to crime solving super sleuthing
and
you see somewhere here in a code to top
it off he’s also kind of detached sorry
you were saying I was wondering if you’d
like to have coffee black two sugars
please I’ll be upstairs
some might even call him a sociopath but
a high-functioning one at that
not a psychopath understand the Maya
functioning sociopath do your research
it’s an elite sort of intellectualism
that can easily verge on off-putting
what happened to the lipstick it wasn’t
working for me really I thought it was a
big improvement that’s too small no but
you can’t and shouldn’t begrudge him his
genius because it’s what helps him solve
crimes at least he’s incredibly helpful
sorry are you guys the police yeah
everything all right yeah welcome to
London do you agree with our list who’s
your favorite TV genius I’m beginning to
suspect you’re investigating me agent
Crawford for more brainy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com well I guess that’s it
then
now you’re free
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