Submitted by AnEmbarassedRedditor t3_10q44wu in television
Personally I think it's Mr. Robot season 4 episode 7. But I'd also nominate Andor episode 10, Last of Us episode 3, and Attack on Titan season 3 episode 16.
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magus-21 t1_j6np0ro wrote
Battlestar Galactica, "33"
Just factoring in when it came out (i.e. before this era of prestige TV) as well as the budgetary limitations of the network that released it (SyFy), it's remarkable how good of an episode it was. And it still holds up today as one of the best in scifi.
Kylon1138 t1_j6np5np wrote
The Leftovers - International Assassin episode
Black Mirror - San Junipero
AltsOnDeckLol t1_j6np9i0 wrote
the one with the snow and the Russian interior decorator
TittySuckBootyFuck t1_j6npsr1 wrote
Midnight Sun- Attack on Titan. No intro, no ending, barely any action throughout the entire episode, yet it’s arguably the most engaging episode of the series just with dialogue.
bongokhrusha t1_j6npx7k wrote
for me it is “the end “ of lost . just 2 hours of pure satisfying character conclusions .
UmpShow t1_j6nq3i2 wrote
Mad Men, The Suitcase.
AgentOfSPYRAL t1_j6nqief wrote
“The Suitcase” from Mad Men will always be mine. Some other candidates….
Ozymandias from BB
Rains from GoT
Pilot of Friday Night Lights
Pilot of BSG
Ron and Leslie, Parks and Rec
Chicanery, BCS
Dinner Party, The Office
Slap Bet, HIMYM
The Colonel, Americans
Remedial Chaos Theory, Community
GiltCityUSA t1_j6nqjtr wrote
In recent years, 'Sweet Tooth' episode 1 was pretty close to perfect.
All downhill from there.
Obviously episode 3 of 'Last of Us' was unbelievable as well.
AgentOfSPYRAL t1_j6nqnnm wrote
Tough call between the pilot and the first(?) season finale, that ends with >!Adama shot on the bridge!<
ocdewitt t1_j6nqz7g wrote
Whitecaps is the best episode of Sopranos IMO
magus-21 t1_j6nr0nl wrote
That first season was so good. I was not a fan of the rest of the series, but that first season was pretty much as good of a first season as a scifi series has had.
MN-Jess t1_j6nr2va wrote
Love your pick of MR. Robot 4x07 Proxy Authentication Required, but imma go with a different episode in the same series.
3x08 Don't Delete Me
paulteegoldman t1_j6nr6jv wrote
Twin Peaks The Return Part 8
elealyansteorra t1_j6nrakf wrote
San Junipero is so fantastic. Only episode I have rewatched a ton
ISayISayISay t1_j6nrhj4 wrote
Blackadder Goes Forth, final episode.
wildadragon t1_j6nrk3y wrote
Avatar: The Last Airbender "The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
Bolthead44 t1_j6nrr5p wrote
Old school: Buffy The Vampire Slayer “Hush” or “The Body.”
More recently, Severance “The We We Are” (s1 finale) and The Bear “Review” (s1, e7).
quangtran t1_j6nrs3c wrote
Lost - "Walkabout"
I have many favourite episode for this show, but this is probably the ep I'll use to sell any newbie onto watching the show.
amnesiac2323 t1_j6nrteg wrote
International Assassin was the best hour of TV i ever watched
BogeyBogeyBogey t1_j6nrv5l wrote
It won't be mentioned much compared to other things everyone will list, but I have to give a shout out to one of the best episodes of a show I ever saw.
AEW Dynamite - The Brodie Lee Tribute Episode "Brodie Lee - Celebration of Life" from Dec 30th, 2020.
It was touching. It was cathartic for everyone involved and those watching. It was incredibly heartwarming, kind, and sweet. It allowed na entire community to mourn and celebrate together in unison.
I'll probably never watch it, again, but damn if it wasn't just the perfect episode of AEW at a time when it was needed. The thing went above and beyond.
james_carr9876 t1_j6ns11m wrote
That episode made me just know that I would follow Lost till the end of the earth.
james_carr9876 t1_j6ns41m wrote
Lost - Through the looking glass, The constant
The walking dead - Here’s not here
Doctor Who - Blink, Heaven sent
Community - Modern warfare
fleetingflamingos t1_j6nsbhr wrote
BoJack Horseman “The View From Halfway Down” (S6E15)
AnEmbarassedRedditor OP t1_j6nsh5i wrote
Omg I agree on Ron and Leslie, that episode made me tear up. Chicanery and Remedial Chaos Theory (and both those shows) are also fantastic!
mister_newman t1_j6nsjfp wrote
Seinfeld: The Contest
Salem1691 t1_j6nsn8y wrote
Avatar had no business being that good
j3434 t1_j6ntz2w wrote
The Twilight Zone ….. Eye of the Beholder
Or
Star Trek - The Trouble with Tribbles
mickeyflinn t1_j6ntzme wrote
I don't have one I have a list of them:
- MASH: Abyssinia, Henry
- STNG: The Best of Both Worlds Part I and II
- Breaking Bad: The Fly
- Halt and Catch Fire: Goodwill
- ER: Love's Labor Lost
- GOT: The Rains of Castamere and The Battle of The Bastards
- South Park: Make Love, Not Warcraft
- Band of Brothers: Day of Days
Darko33 t1_j6nu30r wrote
Middle Ground, S3E11 of The Wire
Archamasse t1_j6nu3by wrote
Black Mirror's San Junipero, imho, is better than a lot of movies that have won bagfuls of awards. The writing is knockout, the cast are terrific (and at the time, came out of nowhere to me) and aesthetically and tonally and thematically it grabbed hold of me like little else.
I would love to see it on a theatre screen.
flowerpanes t1_j6nu93r wrote
“Home”, X-Files. Perfect stand-alone episode, the creepiest and saddest piece of horror in modern day tv.
qb1120 t1_j6nua9i wrote
I personally liked "Salud" from BB
echoes007 t1_j6nurlq wrote
My family was out of town, so I’d figure I’d take some edibles and enjoy the latest episode of Twin Peaks. As the edible started kicking in, the episode started. The first 10-15 min were typical Peaks, but as the episode cuts to the past and shows the atomic bomb sequence, I was just glued to the couch and couldn’t believe what I was watching. Definitely one of the greatest episodes/experiences I’ve ever had.
Owasso_Landman t1_j6nvqry wrote
Lost pilot
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TtK_Thanatos t1_j6nwczs wrote
The answer is clearly season 3, episode 1 of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Blitzcra1g t1_j6nwx1v wrote
Great fucking list. Can't argue with a single one. I'd add Pine Barrens from Sopranos, The Contest from Seinfeld, Pilot of Lost, and The Bicameral Mind from Westworld.
tagen t1_j6nx38b wrote
Awww slap bet is one of my favorite parts of HIMYM. The initial episode is great, but i also love how it’s just hanging over Barney’s head in other episodes (especially the Thanksgiving ones)
And i like remedial chaos theory too! probably my favorite non-paintball episode
ChipHazard1 t1_j6nx3o0 wrote
1 - Exactly the same episode of Mr Robot
2- Pancakes, divorce, Pancakes - Review
jimjackcoke t1_j6nxhpl wrote
honorable mention to
Carol Burnett Went With the Wind & Mary Tyler Moore Chuckles Bites the Dust
for two all time TV Moments.
They dont make the best episodes lists when you look at the whole episode, and they are way overplayed so the moments are hard to hold up . But in an era of 3 channel tv these were two unforgettable moments.
Chataboutgames t1_j6nydqm wrote
Huh, his place looked like shit
nyquil99 t1_j6nyfhf wrote
"Or perhaps I simply understood, from the darkest corner of my soul, that these pancakes couldn't kill me because I was already dead."
Mattyzooks t1_j6nylic wrote
Upvote on the 2 lost episodes. Just fantastic.
AgentOfSPYRAL t1_j6nz0ed wrote
Hard agree on Contest and Bicameral Mind.
Unfortunately I haven’t seen Sopranos or Lost, I’ve kind of accepted I missed the moment on the latter, but the former is on my watchlist waiting for me to be in that mob/crime mood.
SGSTHB t1_j6nz8uc wrote
I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet.
Scrubs, season 3, episode 14, "My Screw Up."
Go watch it. Then watch it a second time and appreciate how well the writers set everything up.
SerDire t1_j6nzj0u wrote
The Constant remains my all time favorite tv episode.
657653 t1_j6nzm0z wrote
The Shield - Family Meeting.
BelgianBond t1_j6o05yx wrote
I concur that Don't Delete Me was even better.
But not to start a trend, but I think 4.05-"Method Not Allowed" was better still. Season 4 of Mr Robot was episode for episode one of the most breathtaking seasons of TV I've had the pleasure of watching.
BelgianBond t1_j6o09wn wrote
If I have to pick one then I'm going with Tribbles, but I'd take both to my post-apocalypse desert island.
BelgianBond t1_j6o0hfc wrote
I've rarely eaten pancakes since seeing that episode and I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or if I've gained Forest's phobia by osmosis.
SkullLeader t1_j6o33rz wrote
Yeah, the little twist in that episode is probably what got me hooked on Lost. I could argue for other episodes of that show being the greatest single episode of TV ever, like The Constant, but Walkabout came first and stands as the greatest.
zozospencil t1_j6o3e8f wrote
Season 5, Episode 12, “Everyone’s Waiting” of Six Feet Under.
(I’m another that’s been weighing this question since watching TLOU e1s3 because that was one damn fine piece of television. Still in awe.)
Bojangles1987 t1_j6o3kxe wrote
My answer to this will always be Ozymandias from Breaking Bad. I've never seen an episode that tied together everything it has built up to across every season and let it all collapse at once like that. It was perfect.
Zachariot88 t1_j6o3ste wrote
"Oh Bojack, no... there is no other side. This is it."
SkullLeader t1_j6o3ztv wrote
Homeland - There's Something Else Going On
LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j6o432t wrote
Number 1 changes often maybe right now I feel that it's: The Leftovers - I Live Here Now
Honourable Mentions:
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Attack on Titan - That Day and Midnight Sun
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Band of Brothers - Bastogne
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Game of Thrones - The Rains of Castamere
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Avatar and The Fire Lord
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Breaking Bad - Face Off
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LOST - Exodus Part 3
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Bojack Horseman - Free Churro or The View From Halfway Down
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Heroes - Homecoming
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Clannad: After Story - The Ends of the Earth
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Supernatural - Swan Song
SkullLeader t1_j6o4372 wrote
Yeah - that was some powerful stuff
Bright_Beat_5981 t1_j6o453f wrote
Twin peaks the pilot. Game of thrones s2 ep9 blackwater. X files season 2 ep5 Duane Barry. Sopranos is my favourite show but I really cant choose there. I either have to mention none or 15 episodes.
MN-Jess t1_j6o4k3i wrote
I love what 4x05, and 3x05 for that matter, accomplish in terms of being unique episodes on the technical side. One being a no dialog episode & the other a faux 1 take. But they didn't pack that emotional punch that some other episodes in the series did.
Bright_Beat_5981 t1_j6o4z9m wrote
Its good, different and funny. But its a bit overrated. It doesnt really capture the essence of Sopranos.
Zachariot88 t1_j6o50oj wrote
I'd also nominate "Final Grades" or "30."
Bright_Beat_5981 t1_j6o5454 wrote
Amazing episode.
frenin t1_j6o5cb2 wrote
Rains of Castamere.
Chataboutgames t1_j6o5eld wrote
> > 2- Pancakes, divorce, Pancakes - Review
So happy to see this here. Just such an incredibly, sublime bit of comedy
x6ftundx t1_j6o5l51 wrote
The West Wing, In Excelsis Deo Season 1 Episode 10.
Jjexx t1_j6o74yo wrote
For me is The battle of the bastards from GoT.
Darko33 t1_j6o7zso wrote
I'm doing like my 37th rewatch and just came across Final Grades again. What a gut punch it is.
omnilynx t1_j6o898o wrote
People in this era of prestige TV don't remember how crazy that was when it first came out. Such a big production that the guy who greenlit it literally got fired.
siriusthinking t1_j6oa1y3 wrote
I can't explain how happy it makes me that this Review episode made it to this thread. It's literally perfect.
Aupps t1_j6oawn4 wrote
Bob's Burgers - The Plight Before Christmas (S13 E10)
jwehr5828 t1_j6obqdf wrote
Since I was just reminiscing about it, "This Extraordinary Being" from Watchmen haunted me to my core.
25sittinon25cents t1_j6ocl8e wrote
The Last of Us episode 3 obviously!
/s
Owasso_Landman t1_j6oeq5e wrote
I still dream of a world where the writers could have made 10 episode prestige TV instead of having to crank out 24 episodes a season. People always bitch “they didn’t have a plan and had too many loose ends” which I blame mostly on the need to fill that much air time.
Queasy_Turnover t1_j6oggno wrote
"Wait, they were dead the whole time?!?! They didn't even answer any questions! Why were there polar bears?!?! What a waste of time!"
I still see complaints like this to this day. It's unbelievable how many people watched that finale and managed to completely misinterpret the entire series based on it.
anasui1 t1_j6ois20 wrote
Edge of Darkness, "Northmoor". also, to me, the best miniserie ever made
Bazzie-Joots t1_j6oj4bo wrote
Any episode of true detective season 1. But most notably the pilot, and the biker episode with the tracking shot.
Hopeann t1_j6onbo2 wrote
South Park: Make Love, Not War is still talked about and played often. It combines 2 huge things at their peak and did it successfully.
JerryLawlerr t1_j6opwid wrote
Sopranos-whitecaps
xOLDBHOYx t1_j6oq819 wrote
San Junipero
second_pls t1_j6ot0gu wrote
I think that the first episode of The Walking Dead is the best pilot episode of all time. Not a huge fan of the show in general but still go back and watch that episode pretty regularly
james_carr9876 t1_j6ou6in wrote
I love maybe the first 5-6 seasons of the show and then it’s a joke haha
james_carr9876 t1_j6ou7ck wrote
And yes the pilot is fantastic
AnEmbarassedRedditor OP t1_j6ougow wrote
why /s its a good episode
Jwishaw t1_j6ovqrr wrote
i was 5 when lost premiered and even i remember how talked about it was even in scotland
FlintFlames t1_j6ovsvh wrote
Attack on titan “Hero” imo and it really isn’t close. Ozymandias would have to be my second
Jwishaw t1_j6ovubl wrote
it's incredible to me how many people can watch 6 seasons of a show and pick up nothing
Jwishaw t1_j6ow1cp wrote
my favourite scene in I live here now is just before Kevin walks in.
"What if there's nobody home?"
"then you come over to my house"
LightThatIgnitesAll t1_j6owu38 wrote
That is one of my favourite scenes too and then when he opens the door and looks at Nora. Got me in the feels.
25sittinon25cents t1_j6oyjn4 wrote
/s because there's huge controversy surrounding it, a lot of homophobia going on, some calling it the best episode on tv in the last year, and a lot of people calling it a great story told, but hardly the most entertaining episode ever on tv.
belac889 t1_j6p1xzf wrote
Every time one of the characters in the flash-sideways got their remembrance montage I turned into a blubbering mess. Especially with Sun/Jin and Sawyer/Juliet.
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"The Body" (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
"Ozymandias" (Breaking Bad)
"Walking Distance" (The Twilight Zone)
"The Visitor" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
[deleted] t1_j6p569r wrote
This is an unpopular opinion here, but IMO it's "The Winds of Winter" from Game of Thrones.
There are many shows I like more overall, but when it comes to an individual episode they don't get much better.
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nomorepartiezz t1_j6pjspu wrote
TLOU Episode 3 is in no way in the conversation for episode ever made imo. S3E17 and S4E19-21 from Attack on Titan are all better.
Id add Ozymandias from Breaking Bad (S5x14), Winds of Winter (S6E13) or The Rains of Castamere (Red Wedding) from Game of Thrones
Defiant63 t1_j6nosbz wrote
I haven't seen all the ones you've listed, but of the ones I have seen, Last of Us Ep3 is the best hour of TV I've ever watched.