
During a two-part episode in Season 4, Tim met his father, Tom Bradford (played by James Remar), after 20 years of no contact. It wasn’t a friendly visit; Tim went to arrest his father for a decades-old murder. This encounter, and everything that came with it, started a powerful transformation for Tim, turning him from a cold and distant man into the character viewers have come to adore. The Season 8 episode “Grand Theft Aircraft” hints at an unexpected visitor causing problems for Tim and Lucy, and many believe it could be someone from Tim’s past, like his ex-girlfriend Rachel. However, if the visitor turns out to be Tom Bradford, somehow still alive, it could provide the most compelling and satisfying development in Tim’s story throughout the entire series.