Although Daniel Hillard is the hero of the story, he's portrayed as the villain. Daniel, against the wishes of Miranda, puts on a wild birthday party for Chris behind Miranda's back after Miranda forbade Chris to have a birthday card due to his bad report card. Daniel makes prank phone calls to Miranda pretending to be various women applying for the job of housekeeper. Daniel violates the court order which he is only allowed to see Chris, Lydia and Natalie once a week which he disguises himself as Mrs. Doubtfire which he cons Miranda into hiring him as the housekeeper so he can secretly see the children every day. Daniel assaults Stu by throwing fruit at Stu's head when he overhears Stu calling him a "loser" and a drunk Daniel decides to spoil Stu's meal by putting pepper on his meal (Which Stu is allergic to) and the pepper causes Stu to choke. The judge could had thrown Daniel into a mental hospital for his actions as Mrs. Doubtfire.

Interesting take, I’m still on his side tho🥰