14 pop culture dads we won’t be sending Father’s Day cards to this year

7. Walter White from Breaking Bad

You can argue that Walter White became a meth-cooking maniac to protect his family. You can insist that everything he did during Breaking Bad was with their best interests in mind. But the truth is, Walter’s drug career quickly became a way of feeding his pride and ego. And his family always took the backseat to those.

By the end of the show, Walter was endangering his wife and kids more than he was protecting them. He enraged countless people capable of kidnapping and killing them, and he continued what he was doing anyway. He lied to Skyler and his children, manipulating them at every turn.

Anyone who doesn’t understand why Walter’s family turned their backs on him is due for a rewatch. We love the guy, but we certainly wouldn’t want him as a father.

8. Jack Torrence from The Shining

In The Shining, Jack Torrence is introduced as a problematic father. While he loves his son, he also has anger issues and an affinity for alcohol that blurs the lines between right and wrong. And even though he’s sorry when he’s sober, abuse is still abuse. Wendy should have taken Danny and left when she had the chance (granted she does eventually escape).

If Jack’s history wasn’t bad enough, his prospects as a father really go downhill when he arrives at the Overlook Hotel. Ghosts or no ghosts, you just don’t start swinging an axe around while calling for your wife and kid.