Well in that case there should be more Dylan and Ellie scenes together more Sophia and Ellie scenes together and Sophia and Patricia scenes together I don't like Sam because I believe he's trying to take her away from her husband but don't get me wrong I know Liam hasn't been a husband to Sophia, but he is being a good father to Ellie and Dylan
If you equate the father of a family working to provide for that family as the sole qualification for being a good father, then you are 'kind of' correct about Liam being a good father to Ellie and Dylan (good fathers don't gamble away the family home...).
I think he is at best a mediocre father for the following reasons:
He is not involved in his children's lives... he takes fishing trips away from the family (neither son nor daughter are invited); he gives in to his gambling addiction and puts the family's home at risk; he gives Dylan a hard time for Not playing American style football even though Dylan is a very skilled soccer player.
We've seen no: Dad and Daughter dates with Ellie (staying in touch with his young adult daughter and being both present and involved in her life).
I don't recall any compliment from Liam about Dylan's soccer or his involvement in helping his only son with his problem at school where Mr. Bennet targeted Dylan to fail him and stop him for attending college.
If L&P wanted to paint Liam as an involved and caring father, there are ways to do this without spending much time on resources (number of renders/dialogue/simplicity of scene):
* Sophia telling Dylan they are on their own for dinner since Liam and Ellie are going out on one of their regular Dad and Daughter dates
* Sophia telling Ellie that they are having a girl's day since Liam is traveling with Dylan for an away soccer game and they will be gone all weekend
* Sophia and Ellie on the way to the pool and seeing Liam in Dylan's room helping him with math homework
Whether it is L&P's conscious intent to paint Liam with the brush of a 'barely there' father or not - that is the version of Liam that we are currently left with.
