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LOST - "Don't tell me what I can't do!" from the episode "Walkabout." The cinematography and the acting was superb in this scene. LOST went from being a weird new show to something truly special. Many new show have since tried to be the "new LOST" but they've all failed where LOST succeeded: it's characters and making you actually care about them.
West Wing - "I am the Lord your God" from the pilot episode. The West Wing hit the ground running with an excellent introduction to President Bartlet.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)from the second season episode The Long Twilight when a fool's sad longings for lost glory manifest in the bombardment of an entire planet. This was an event the entire series had been leading up to from day one even if we did not know it.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Passing through Gethsemane
And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place
G'Kar and Vir
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)distantearlywarning
(4,475 posts)That is the exact scene I thought of first when I read this thread title! I was about to post it when I scrolled down and saw yours.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Cooper's Dream Sequence from Twin Peaks. I only watched this show for the first time last year. Can't believe I missed it before.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)Of course, it's written by Aaron Sorkin
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)First few minutes when the Main Character went and had a tirade.
I'm not posting it up though.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Yeah, it flowers up the past quite a bit, but the concept and lead-in were remarkable for a show exposing so much of the absolute poison of our media:
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I can't wait for the next season.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)As a 12 year old I was hooked right away.
olddots
(10,237 posts)The Twilight Zone too ,the budget constrictions made imagination rule over show bizz dreck .
csziggy
(34,120 posts)First episode aired climatic scene:
Actually they had me at:
But it was the first episode aired and the way they played out Dr. McCoy's realization that his old college sweetheart was not human that got me hooked.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)I already knew long before I saw this scene, but it certainly reaffirmed it for me:
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Omar's Coming Yo!
sarge43
(28,939 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)Again, I already knew it long before this episode, but it reaffirmed it:
Aristus
(66,093 posts)That's when I knew TWW was going to be a once-in-a-generation TV show.
The first four seasons, with Aaron Sorkin at the helm, were some of the best television in broadcast history.
sarge43
(28,939 posts)WKRP
TeamPooka
(24,155 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)I downloaded all episodes a while back.
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)Rick shoots the little girl - you knew it was going to be different.
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)I thought they captured the feel of the books, even though they condensed the scene.