The wait is over. It's time to reveal our top 8 picks! Preston & Todd complete the Favorite Female TV Characters countdown, highlighting standout women from space opera, fantasy, gritty dramas, comedies, animation, and more.

The female characters in this episode include...

- 3 military officers from sci-fi shows

- 2 business owners from two very different kinds of shows

- 2 housewives from two very different kinds of shows

- 1 assassin

- 1 bounty hunter

- 1 cop

- 1 diplomat

- 1 lawyer

- 1 government official

- 1 time traveling doctor (but not The Doctor, with a capital D)

- And, 1 villain.

The shows they come from include...

- 3 space operas

- 3 very different fantasy shows (1 historical drama, 1 borderline-horror, 1 sword-&-sorcery)

- 3 animated shows

- 1 anthology drama

- 1 dramedy

- 1 lawyer show

- And, 1 political drama.

For just 15 characters spread out between two top 8 lists (Preston & Todd actually matched on one this time), that's a lot of variety.

But, exactly which characters did they choose, from which shows, and in what order? And, which female TV characters got a mention, even if they weren't in the ranked lists? Listen now for the thrilling conclusion to the long overdue special topic, Favorite Female TV Characters.

Between Parts 1 & 2, Preston & Todd ranked 39 female TV characters, and Todd listed a bunch of honorable mentions in post-show segments. But, we may have still missed some of your favorites. Do you have favorites of your own? Would you like us to follow up with a Part 3 to this topic? Let us know with an e-mail at [email protected] or in comments online via Facebook, BlueSky, Spotify, or the GoodPods app. And, if you like this topic or others from our 186 episodes (!?!), please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

Royalty-free music used in this episode came from Pixabay.com.