TheLeon Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 It’s been a while since we’ve had a big dumb list to dissect/complain about: The 100 Best TV Episodes of All Time WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM Standout installments of 'Friends,' 'Veep,' 'Succession,' 'The Sopranos,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Simpsons,' 'Black-ish,' 'Twilight Zone,' and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I don't disagree with the episode of The Simpsons that they picked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Have only seen 13ish of them. Not sure I even got to season 8 of GOT. BSG is trash and doesn't belong on top list. Maybe next time they'll have more shows I've seen on there. 🤷 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 the constant should have been higher. nice to see blink on there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Came in the thread to see if that Leftovers episode was represented, and yep, #3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 19 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Came in the thread to see if that Leftovers episode was represented, and yep, #3. I consider The Leftovers to be one of the most profound, utterly human TV series ever created! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I consider The Leftovers to be one of the most profound, utterly human TV series ever created! It’s fantastic, especially the second season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 The Deadwood episode they picked is really good, but I think the opener of season 2 is my favorite, A Lie Agreed Upon. It has Al and Seth’s fight, and Al imitating EB which is definitely the funniest moment of the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 -Not sure I agree with the Cosby Show episode.. I prefer the BBQ episode where all the couples get into a fight over Martins bachelor party stripper. Everyone gets in on the chaos. Did I miss something or was there No: Futurama- Snu Snu Married With Children- Bundy X-mas with Santa Parachute Wonder Years.. Pilot is better than half the shows listed None of the Law and Order? Wheres B99!? 24 Palmer death and President arrested.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Just happy they selected Remedial Chaos Theory over any of the paintball episodes. I could probably rank 10 other episodes I would put over the paintball episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Lists like this are obviously fairly impossible. It's funny to think just mathematically how much harder something like this is now than it was 25 years ago when "online lists" started since we just plain have a lot more content to pick from. I will say that choosing a season 8 episode of GoT is quite a choice! 38 minutes ago, 5timechamp said: -Not sure I agree with the Cosby Show episode.. I prefer the BBQ episode where all the couples get into a fight over Martins bachelor party stripper. Everyone gets in on the chaos. Did I miss something or was there No: Futurama- Snu Snu Married With Children- Bundy X-mas with Santa Parachute Wonder Years.. Pilot is better than half the shows listed None of the Law and Order? Wheres B99!? 24 Palmer death and President arrested.. -Not a single episode from the Arrowverse -Maybe I missed it, but didn't see the Walking Dead(!) -No House -No Family Guy or American Dad -No Archer -No Angel(though they do have the fairly obvious Buffy episode) -No DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise(or any New Trek) -Nothing from any of the Star Wars shows -No Cobra Kai or Stranger Things -No Rick and Morty -No Stargate or Supernatural(which amounts to literally nearly 700 episodes and a fairly large portion of Sci-fi produced in the last 25 years or so) -Edit: I missed a pretty big one. Nothing from Marvel. Including Agents of Shield, the Netflix shows, or the Disney+ shows. Like I said, not even mad at lists like this anymore because they are basically impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Pretty sure everyone knew what was going to be #1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I'm not going through that list. But Seinfeld better be there more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 11 minutes ago, Best said: I'm not going through that list. But Seinfeld better be there more than once. They picked one show and one episode for the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Just now, Keyser_Soze said: They picked one show and one episode for the list. Do you know what Seinfeld episode they picked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Just now, Best said: Do you know what Seinfeld episode they picked? The Contest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 1 minute ago, thewhyteboar said: The Contest. I figured. I personally think the episode where the press thinks Jerry and George are gay was the funniest ever. "Not that there is anything wrong with that"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moa Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 2 minutes ago, Bacon said: Pretty sure everyone knew what was going to be #1. Yeah, I think that’s the hallmark of a good list though. The Atlanta episode at #10 deserves all the praise in the world and even if you haven’t watched the show at all I would recommend just watching that episode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 2 minutes ago, Best said: I figured. I personally think the episode where the press thinks Jerry and George are gay was the funniest ever. "Not that there is anything wrong with that"... The one where Elaine doesn't know she has a black boyfriend and Jerry gives his father a Wizard which leads to him buying knock offs that tip too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I do appreciate them acknowledging the true best episode of The Bear, all the awards shows went with the Christmas dinner episode when Forks was utterly brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 What always strikes me as interesting about a lot of these lists is that there are a lot of “atypical” episodes on there. A serious episode of Scrubs (even though the episode they picked kinda pisses me off and is emblematic of what I think are Braff’s worst instincts), the episode from The Last of Us that’s the least like the other episodes from that season, one of the “very special episodes” of Fresh Prince, the most absurd episode of Barry, one of the least vampire slaying episodes of Buffy. etc. I don’t disagree with the picks at all, I just can’t shake the feeling that it often being the serious episodes of comedies or the comedic episodes of dramas that make lists like these or are people’s personal favorites must mean SOMETHING… but I don’t know what that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 7 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: What always strikes me as interesting about a lot of these lists is that there are a lot of “atypical” episodes on there. A serious episode of Scrubs (even though the episode they picked kinda pisses me off and is emblematic of what I think are Braff’s worst instincts), the episode from The Last of Us that’s the least like the other episodes from that season, one of the “very special episodes” of Fresh Prince, the most absurd episode of Barry, etc. I don’t disagree with the picks at all, I just can’t shake the feeling that it often being the serious episodes of comedies or the comedic episodes of dramas that make lists like these or are people’s personal favorites must mean SOMETHING… but I don’t know what that is. And on that note the dog episode of Futurama is not on there or any episode of Futurama in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 41 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: The one where Elaine doesn't know she has a black boyfriend and Jerry gives his father a Wizard which leads to him buying knock offs that tip too much. Another classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 3 hours ago, Chairslinger said: Lists like this are obviously fairly impossible. It's funny to think just mathematically how much harder something like this is now than it was 25 years ago when "online lists" started since we just plain have a lot more content to pick from. I will say that choosing a season 8 episode of GoT is quite a choice! -Not a single episode from the Arrowverse -Maybe I missed it, but didn't see the Walking Dead(!) -No House -No Family Guy or American Dad -No Archer -No Angel(though they do have the fairly obvious Buffy episode) -No DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise(or any New Trek) -Nothing from any of the Star Wars shows -No Cobra Kai or Stranger Things -No Rick and Morty -No Stargate or Supernatural(which amounts to literally nearly 700 episodes and a fairly large portion of Sci-fi produced in the last 25 years or so) -Edit: I missed a pretty big one. Nothing from Marvel. Including Agents of Shield, the Netflix shows, or the Disney+ shows. Like I said, not even mad at lists like this anymore because they are basically impossible. That GoT episode was a stellar episode, though. So much emotional and character payoff. That they then proceeded to toss and spunk all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Two Cathedrals from West Wing not being in the top 10 is a crime. South Park should have been higher No Jurassic Bark or any Futurama episode? Nothing from Peaky Blinders? Rolling Stone confirms it’s impressive streak of being trash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 10 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Two Cathedrals from West Wing not being in the top 10 is a crime. South Park should have been higher No Jurassic Bark or any Futurama episode? Nothing from Peaky Blinders? Rolling Stone confirms it’s impressive streak of being trash Two Cathedrals is one of those rare instances where the moment I watched it I knew immediately I had just watched the best episode in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Brooklyn 99 - The Box not being on there is sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Glad to see 33 from Battlestar is on the list. I think Inner Light is probably a good pick for TNG. Fish out of Water would not be my pick for Bojack, though it's not a bad choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I'm on a Star Trek kick lately and I recently watched Inner Light... and while I really like it as a concept, and admit it's a favorite of mine... it's actually a really weird and flimsy concept that makes almost no sense. I think there are so many much much better examples of primo TNG. Anyway, I hate lists like this, so whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShader Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 8 hours ago, Firewithin said: the constant should have been higher. nice to see blink on there It's a literal war crime having it listed where it is. I rewatch that episode at least once a year, usually more. It's my most re-watched episode of television. Not having it in the top 10 is insane to me. Especially with some of the episodes in the top 10-20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihavebigtitties Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Best Seinfeld is “They’re real and they’re spectacular”. I quote it all the time to my boyfriend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShader Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 5 minutes ago, ihavebigtitties said: ihavebigtitties I was under the impression that titties are fairly small birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 53 minutes ago, ihavebigtitties said: Best Seinfeld is “They’re real and they’re spectacular”. I quote it all the time to my boyfriend. That was memorable but not one of the best episodes ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihavebigtitties Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 4 hours ago, Best said: That was memorable but not one of the best episodes ever. I find it very relatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 On 9/4/2024 at 3:59 PM, Spork3245 said: Brooklyn 99 - The Box not being on there is sad. Funnily enough, I just got to the episode of Homicide: Life on the Street that made the list. Most of the episode is two detectives interrogating a murder suspect, and one of them is Andre Braugher. The impact of that (excellent) episode was reduced for me because I had already seen the comedy homage multiple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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