dstrauss

Was having this discussion last night with a couple of friends. What are some of your favorite "holy crap" tv moments -- not necessarily surprises, but moments when you just absolutely loved the show you were watching.

I'll start with a few:

* The moment in Babylon 5's "Severed Dreams" when Delenn saves the day.

* The moment in Battlestar Galactica's "Someone To Watch Over Me" when Kara figures out what song is in her brain.

* Doctor Who's "The Pandorica Opens," -- "Okay kids, this is where it gets interesting."

* Community's "Modern Warfare" - basically the entire episode.

Raul3

Most popular shows should have one of those episodes.

Lost, for me, had several.

But I think it's better when the show has been for some time, 2-3 seasons, and then in season 4+ they have one episode where they deliver.

Breaking Bad of course is one of the best examples. They have several episodes, no gotchas, no surprises, just awesome TV. There are some episodes, the ones with the cousins, where the action and tense moments make them memorable. But one that always gets commented everywhere is "Crawl Space". Season 4 (of 5), episode 11, of 13, and it's not directed by Gilligan, or Rian Johnson, or some other favorite director from the show. I think it's the only episode directed by Scott Winant. And it's one of those holy crap! tv moments. It doesn't matter if you watched the series "live", in a weekly basis, or if you are marathoning the show. After you watch that episode you have to take a break. Or go to the internet and read and post about that episode.

davidh777

I can already tell this will be a spoiler-filled thread that I will avoid.

Raul3

As a side note, that year Homeland won the Emmy for best drama show, and Damian Lewis won the best actor award. I mean, that probably was the only year that Homeland was good, but come on.

Paff

I've mentioned it before in other threads. Sam buying back Cheers.

TGM

Lem.

Dr. Romano.

Dr. Romano again.

Red Wedding.

Newhart finale.

mcnabb

I think the best thing to do in this thread is name the show you are talking about, and then put the WTF moment in spoilers. That way if anyone has seen the show, they can click the spoiler, while if they didn't they can avoid it.

Tom Banjo

Gus Fring's final scene in Breaking Bad.

Lem's final scene in The Shield.

Michael Corvin

I know there are plenty, hell 24 could probably fill an entire list, but I'm drawing a blank on most right now, so I'm going to go out in left field and say Friends: "The one with the Embryos."

Having the gang swap apartments over a game was brilliant, but the true payoff was the following episode where it stuck. Sitcoms traditionally forget such plots by the following episode and everything would be back to normal. The fact that it carried on for a few episodes was "holy crap awesome."

Spoiler!

Jericho

Breaking Bad had some good ones. Game of Thrones too. My personal favorite was the Battle of Blackwater Bay and the wildfire

whotony

I cant remember any.

Alan Smithee

This:

DJariya

You're drawing a blank on 24?

Pretty big list of Oh shit moments:





I assume there are more, but that's the major ones I can think of.

Gunde

Battlestar Galactica. Atmosphere jump.

Also definitely the wildfire moment from season 2 of GoT.

Michael Corvin

No, some of those came to mind but this isn't an "oh shit" list. To me there's a difference between that and "that was awesome." I wouldn't call a main character getting killed as awesome.* That's not exactly the emotion you should be going through before a possible silent clock. So for 24, I was thinking more along the lines of "I'm gonna need a hacksaw" as awesome. Or maybe Jack kicked cocaine in two hours is awesome.

*unless it's done in a spectacular fashion. see e.r. and Romano or Gant.

Original Desmond

"Damn Jack !"

Rob V

Breaking Bad --- I think the end of S2 when Walt ran over the drug dealers when Jesse was pinned down.

mcnabb

No Message

rocket1312

My favorite (that I can recall) from 24 was Jack, in full body armor, assaulting Logan's car while Logan's in the backseat screaming "That's Jack Bauer! That's Jack Bauer!"

starseed1981

Season four of The Wire.

The Infidel

Well, the thread title says "Holy crap", so I think the question is what's the difference between holy crap and oh shit? Where is the bar set on the fecal scale?

Cardsfan111

So folks were actually saying "that was awesome" when they watched it on TV?

mwbmis

Pretty much the entire Shut the door, Have a seat episode of Mad Men punctuated by Lane saying, "Very Good. Happy Christmas" after PPL fires him.

mcnabb

I forgot that part of the original thread title.

bunkaroo

Yep me too.