Jessica Hyde's father

"I have your daughter."

- Katherine Milner to Jessica Hyde's father, "Stay Alive, Jessica Hyde"

Jessica Hyde's father is a character on the Prime Video series. He is the father of Jessica Hyde, the show's main character. He is also the apparent author and illustrator of the comics Dystopia and Utopia.

History
According to the mythos of the comic Dystopia, Jessica Hyde and her father were kidnapped by Mr. Rabbit, the head of the Harvest. Mr. Hyde was then forced to create terrible viruses in exchange for the safety of his daughter. One day, a hero named Artemis broke them both out and they went on the run. Mr. Rabbit then sent the Harvest after the group, who succeeded in recapturing Jessica Hyde's father, forcing her to save him.

Jessica Hyde seeks Utopia, saying that she needs it to save her father. Going on a clue, she finds Artemis. Artemis tells her that her father created many viruses to save her and one day he created one so bad that it destroyed him. He snapped one day and she put him in an asylum for his own safety. She knew that when Dystopia surfaced, it could only have been created by him, and that Mr. Rabbit knew too. She tells Hyde that she let Mr. Rabbit kill him by burning down the asylum, that she wanted his brain gone. After killing Artemis so that the Harvest can't get to her, Jessica continues her quest, now seeking to avenge her father. Katherine Milner claims that Jessica Hyde's father was part of the Department of Homeland Security's biological crimes unit and her partner. She tells Hyde that her father had no idea how to take care of her and that Mr. Rabbit had already gotten a hold of her father by the time they became aware of him. Her father's work ended up being sold to the highest bidder and ever since then, she's been searching for her.

After returning to her old childhood house at Home, Jessica Hyde again encounters Milner, who now reveals that her actual codename is "Home" itself. She fights Jessica Hyde and knocks her out, telling her beforehand that the Utopia comic was only bait to draw her Home. She tells her that she and her father had a vision, a paradise called Utopia where people would behave and act correctly, freed of their biological shortcomings and impulses. She then heads to downstairs to the house's basement and speaks with a bearded man sitting at the table, drawing a page of a comic in the style in Dystopia and Utopia. "I have your daughter," she tells him.

Behind the scenes

 * Jessica Hyde's father is shown only from behind at the end of the episode "Stay Alive, Jessica Hyde" and is portrayed by an unknown actor. In a virtual panel for Utopia held as part of New York Comic Con, show creator Gillian Flynn suggested that he was one of the show's production cast and the show's cast members discussed possible casting choices for the character if the series is renewed for a second season.
 * Although this character only appears once in person in the show's first season, he can be seen in a number of panels of either Dystopia or Utopia shown throughout the season in the closing credits.
 * In the original British version of Utopia, Jessica Hyde's father is Philip Carvel, the head of the Network.