Quote Originally Posted by el_boss
I just watched the "father" episode. Just one thing that was weird. So when Light's father did the deal he just had like a couple of hours left to live or what?

Seems too me that Misa should have reacted to him having such a short lifespan.
The shinigami eyes only let the user see the names, and without the Shinigami's help, he/she is unable to decode the seemingly random numbers which represents the person's remaining life span.