Most Intelligent TV Series Characters

The Top Ten
1 Sherlock Holmes - Sherlock

There's nothing to say about him.He's the greatest detective ever

2 L Ryuzaki - Death Note

Even light yagami had the death notebook he couldn't kill L instantly.L had every plans for what's coming.He is almost as equal as Sherlock

3 James Moriarty - Sherlock

Sometimes he shocks sherlock.How brilliant mind could almost beat the greatest mind.

4 Michael Scofield - Prison Break Michael J. Scofield, played by Wentworth Miller, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American television series Prison Break.

Breaks into prison.Makes a master plan.Breaks out of prison.Then again stuck into another prison.Then again breaks out.
How many times this man could break out of prison!

5 Walter White - Breaking Bad

Intelligent, yes. But not very smart.

6 Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer.

Hannibal lecter kills a thousands of poeple without any clue.

7 Dexter Morgan - Dexter Dexter Morgan is a fictional character and the antihero of a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, Dexter by Design, Dexter Is Delicious, Double Dexter, and Dexter's Final Cut.
8 Alice Morgan - Luther

Without her John Luther would be hanged to death or kept on running from police for a very-very long time.

9 Patrick Jane - The Mentalist
10 Spencer Reid - Criminal Minds
The Contenders
11 The Professor - La Casa de Papel

He is the definition of smart

12 The Doctor - Doctor Who The Doctor is the title character and protagonist in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
13 Spock - Star Trek Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. Spock was first portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series.

Should definitely be at the top of the list, although he is half Vulcan, which gives him an unfair advantage- even over Holmes.

14 Rosalee Calvert - Grimm
15 Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother Barnabus "Barney" Stinson is a fictional character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother.
16 Det. Robert Goren - Law & Order: Criminal Intent

So intelligent that it drives him to brink of madness quite often.

17 Doogie Howser - Doogie Howser, M.D.

Anybody else on this list a 15-year old heart surgeon?

18 J.R. Ewing - Dallas
19 Walter Bishop - Fringe

An Einstein of his time, even if a bit insane

20 Rick Sanchez - Rick and Morty Rick Sanchez is a fictional character from the American animated television series Rick and Morty, aired on Adult Swim.
21 Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Jim Parsons.
22 Stewie Griffin - Family Guy Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin is a main character from the animated television series Family Guy. Obsessed with violence and matricide, Stewie is the youngest child of Peter and Lois Griffin, and the brother of Meg and Chris Griffin.
23 Lisa Simpson - The Simpsons Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child and most intelligent of the Simpson family.
24 Gregory House - House
25 Penny - The Big Bang Theory
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