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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is the best TV episode or TV scene you have watched in the last 30 years?
It can be funny, or touching, or dramatic or anything you like.
Now I am not a Doctor Who fan like my wife but I will say I have seen the Episode Blink and that one was just amazing to me.
This right here is my favorite part. If you can find the Whole episode and watch it you will understand why these 35 seconds just give me goosebumps.
My wife and her friend being- bored are trying to come up with some of the best TV list they have ever seen.
So far on the list:
The first episode of Mad Men
The last episode of House of Cards (British version)
Twilight Zone "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
There are a lot of All in the Family episodes.
West Wing "Noel"
Ohio Joe
(21,771 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,029 posts)final sequence -
First season ER episode when a woman under the watch of Dr. Green dies while the ER was shorthanded (an amazing, difficult, tragic, tense hour)
not available free, but this is it on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Loves-Labor-Lost/dp/B000LQD6I6)
Dream episode, and finale, of St. Elsewhere
very end of the finale
any of many episodes of The Sopranos
Several Breaking Bad (we have the final 5 to watch)....
Some episodes of Twin Peaks
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)The ending still moves me like no other. It was an excellent show.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)Damn near perfect IMHO
That show was so good on so many levels.
kalli007
(683 posts)the best piece of television ever written/acted.
progressoid
(50,008 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...that's a favorite. Also--when we realize that President Logan is the Bad Guy during Season Five of "24"...the return of Sherlock in, yes, "Sherlock"...and too many others to recall right now...
hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)This was some incredible writing, acting, story telling...
The best hour in the history of television.
Initech
(100,118 posts)If I had to ballpark some of my favorite episodes of TV:
- The episode of Seinfeld where they go to the Dealership
- The Simpsons where Lisa has a rival and Bart gets Milhouse on America's Most Wanted
- Any episode of the original Arrested Development
- Multiple episodes of 30 Rock (probably my favorite is the "Idiots R People Too" episode)
- Multiple episodes of Psych
- The entire 4th season of Dexter
- The Pilot of Dexter
- Two episodes of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia": "Who Pooped The Bed?" and "Chardee McDennis: The Game Of Games"
- Multiple episodes of South Park
- The entire series of Breaking Bad
- The entire series of The Walking Dead
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)the Blue Carbuncle episode. It's one of the best Conan Doyle stories and has a heartwarming ending at Christmas time. I think this production, with some of the best British actors of the time in each episode and Jeremy Brett as the definitive Sherlock Holmes, the gorgeous cinematography and taut scripts faithful to the original Conan Doyle stories, is some of the greatest television ever produced.
I too am a fan of Dr. Who, though.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)the world's supply of tears
edit: blink seriously freaked me out
elleng
(131,265 posts)Sorry, can't do just one. There are MORE!!!
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)got bored with it toward the end, didn't finish the last season and change until a few years ago.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Stellar acting and writing.
Rhythm
(5,435 posts)Aristus
(66,487 posts)MissMillie
(38,594 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)I've been re-watching the series with my better-half for the last couple of months...
Bible lessons "One last thing while you may be mistaking this for your monthly meeting of the ignorant tight ass club, in this building when the president stands nobody sits"
Presidential debates "...game on boyfriend, let's go." "By the way I feel bad I don't think I've done enough to help you prepare for this debate (snip)"
In Excelsis Deo "If we start pulling strings like this don't you think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork" "I can only hope so"
Two Cathedrals "Thug"
Twent-five "You're relieved Mr. President"
elleng
(131,265 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but I always thought the first time Peewee Herman was on Murphy Brown was the funniest half hour of television I ever saw.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)A dystopian futuristic series about television and computers controlling the lives of large numbers of people living in hopeless squalor.
ms liberty
(8,615 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)Christmas episode where Toby pulls strings to have a homeless Vet buried at Arlington.
I have all the seasons on Dvd and they are superb!
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Auggie
(31,222 posts)Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)Mad men and the walking dead are pretty much the only shows that I've gone out of may to watch in the past 20+ years.
blogslut
(38,021 posts)But, one of the most satisfying was the X-FILES episode Redux in which Kritschgau explains that the alien conspiracy business is just a shiny diversion to keep the American public distracted from the real crime of how our government wasn't in the democracy/freedom business - it was in the arms business.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)It's been a while so I can't recall exactly which eps.
The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)were standouts.
murielm99
(30,779 posts)edbermac
(15,949 posts)A classic!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)I used to love "I Spy" will Robert Culp and Bill Cosby. Guess that's more than 30 years though.
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I wish this series would reappear in some fashion. This is one the I watched as a kid and still recall to this day as to how a guy was screwed by mistakes on his credit report.
Make7
(8,543 posts)... mini-series where they are at the hotel and use the Polaroid object to view Room 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_aeb_kb2Q4
That mini-series is the best thing the the Sci-Fi Channel ever produced.
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The most disturbing scene (to me anyway) was probably the end of season four of Dexter.
The best overall sci-fi episode was, in my opinion, the episode 'Q-Who?' of "Star Trek: TNG".
For pure comedy it is hard to beat 'The Germans' episode of "Fawlty Towers".
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Orrex
(63,247 posts)Or episodes that we have personally seen within the past 30 years?
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is over 50 years old.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)TM99
(8,352 posts)Best I have seen in at least 15 years.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I don't know why, but I recently saw this:
One of the quotes was:
Eliot -
http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/thats-the-different-between-a-real-soldier-and-this-halloween-o/
DFW
(54,465 posts)Hands down.
malthaussen
(17,219 posts)Limiting it to the past 30 years... I don't watch a lot of TV, but seeing Dennis Franz deck Jon Cypher was a high point.
-- Mal
KatyaR
(3,447 posts)I would say the final, what, 20 minutes of the last episode in the second series of Sherlock? Sherlock and Moriarty on the roof--absolutely incredible.
I can't remember which episode of "West Wing," but the scene where the President and Josh march down Pennsylvania Avenue to Congress...how I wish that would happen in real life. Of course, anything from "West Wing" is brilliant.
Funniest would be the 'phone police' episode of "WKRP" and the scene in "Frasier" where Niles is having a three-way conversation with the Spanish-speaking maid and the German fencing instructor (I think).
Betty88
(717 posts)The doctors angels were very creepy, not to be missed. I would have a hard time choosing between them
Kingofalldems
(38,501 posts)When Jerry and Elaine take the same plane, he's in first class, she has to ride coach.
Boomerproud
(7,975 posts)Synopsis: David reveals to Maddie that he's been married and he has to return to New York to attend his ex-brother-in-laws funeral. Maddie follows him to New York and meets his ex-wife who reveals the real reason for their divorce. It has everything-humor, drama, a great dream/dance sequence and wonderfully realized performances and writing.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Heck, I'm adding it to MY post!
ms liberty
(8,615 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Jack Soo as Sgt. Yemana is at his comedic best.
Auggie
(31,222 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)but the last episode of Newhart was quite clever and unexpected.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)Sancho
(9,070 posts)The kiss - at the time it was a huge discussion. Besides that, it really put Star Trek into the minds of people who had never thought about it.
I realize it was a little more than 30 years ago...
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)"One Minute" from Breaking Bad.
Maddy's death in Twin Peaks.
The scene where the exterminator goes under the house in the first season of American Horror Story.
Almost any scene in LOST with Ben.
And for comedy, the scene in Sunny where Pop Pop tells Charlie that he wants to be buried in his old war uniform, and...
idendoit
(505 posts)The best final episode to the best series I ever saw was from The Prisoner. With Patrick McGoohan (Secret Agent) and Number 2, Leo McKern (Rumpole of the Bailey).
Mr.Bill
(24,346 posts)but the Barney Miller pot brownie episode was hysterical.
nirvana555
(448 posts)IMHO it's the best show in television history. Also, as several have mentioned, the last scene in the Six Feet Under series finale, WOW! And, as someone else also mentioned, the last scene in season 4 of Dexter. I love nothing more than watching really good T.V. Programs, and, there have been some really good ones.
didact
(246 posts)karadax
(284 posts)Sam came to the conclusion that he'd be time traveling / helping people for the rest of his days. He willed himself to leap back in time to tell Al's wife that he was still alive as a POW and to wait for him. Al never became the man-pig going through five wives and many girlfriends.
The episode where Sam leapt into Lee Harvey Oswald is another good one.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)NBC just added the card at the end that said he never came home and cancelled the series.
But oddly enough, the strange quality of that episode made it a pretty good finale.
murielm99
(30,779 posts)where the guy tries to rape Edith.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)The last 15 minutes or so, when David Tennant's Doctor is saying goodbye to his former companions. So sad and so full of emotion.
This is a crappy video, but it's the obvious saddest moment of the episode:
lame54
(35,339 posts)This episode was like an expertly written joke that builds and builds to a fantastically funny punch line. The whole episode is exactly that.
The story telling was great, with Joe, played by Ray Romano, recounting his blind date to his two friends over breakfast. It being his first date in 20 years and him being who he is, it makes for a great, if long, story. The date also happens to be with guest star Sarah Clarke (24), who was perfect in this part.
In the case of this episode, the slow pace of the show worked in its favor. As Joe tells the story, we get to see what is taking place. We already know that Joe has a black eye, but we dont know how it happens. The way the story plays out only heightens are anticipation of finding out.
The leg cramp first appears in the episode when one of Joes employees doesnt want to load the truck at work. It reappears when his son doesnt want to go up to bat during his baseball game. It last appears in one of the funniest scenes I have seen in a while. When Joe jumps up and heads for the bathroom yelling that he had a leg cramp, I broke out laughing so hard that I almost fell over and could feel the blood rushing to my face.
That scene along with some advice from Terry, played by Scott Bakula (Star Trek Enterprise), that didnt work for Joe the way it does for him was just too good.
- See more at: http://www.tvaholic.com/2010/01/11/review-men-of-a-certain-age-season-one-go-with-the-flow/#sthash.6s4j71Id.dpuf
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)I also love the finale of Newhart.
Auggie
(31,222 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:35 PM - Edit history (1)
First episode in the series that I saw. Blew me away.
Several Sopranos episodes: Whitecaps, College, Pine Barrens, Whoever Did This, University
The Americans, Season 1
Sitcoms: Bob Newhart, Over the River and Through the Woods (With Emily out of town, Bob spends Thanksgiving with Jerry, Howard and Mr Carlin watching a football game -- they proceed to get drunk and order Moo Goo Gai Pan from a Chinese restaurant for dinner.)
Dick Van Dyke Show: Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
Just a few ...
GermanDem
(168 posts)I recently watched that episode again, and it is so cool!
Was "College" the Sopranos episode where Tony takes his daughter on a college tour (and whacks someone along the way, while at home his wife flirts with the priest)? That one was outstanding!
Auggie
(31,222 posts)Paladin
(28,280 posts)The last few minutes (available on-line) still shake me up, emotionally. Beautiful idea, beautifully done......
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Here are few highlights though:
Seinfeld: "The Contest" and numerous others
Curb Your Enthusiasm: probably all of them
Trailer Park Boys: "If I Can't Smoke & Swear, I'm Fucked"
Prisoner_Number_Six
(15,676 posts)Best comedic episode in the history of broadcast TV.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)"Moonlighting":
"Wiseguy" AMAZING scene (the "Sonny Steelgrave" arc):
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ms liberty
(8,615 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Many incredible episodes, I don't know where to start.
The first season was the strongest, which is true of almost all shows.
Also, the first season of the Sopranos, when Livia was still alive.
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)What a great classic and it hits almost every nerve.
ailsagirl
(22,901 posts)"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" is one of the most chilling things I've seen on TV. He nailed it.
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)Looks Just like you".
Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)And the final scene is absolutely fucking brilliant.
In the lead up to a rape trial, the prosecutors explain to the victim that her odds of winning are slim and that the defense will try to convince everyone that she's a liar. But they encourage her to go through with it, if for no other reason than its been empowering for rape victims in the past. Sure enough that's exactly what happens and the defendant gets off. But just when you think the episode is over and they're ready to fade to black, another girl walks in and thanks the victim for her bravery and comes forward about being raped by the same person.
kairos12
(12,891 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)You'd have me on most episodes over the last 5 years there, second to just about any Star Trek Next Gen.
But, the one I'm definitely hooked on after one season is Orphan Black. I'm counting down until April 19th!