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From groundbreaking dramas to unforgettable comedies, join us as we countdown the most iconic television episodes ever created! We're revisiting the moments that changed the medium forever and left audiences speechless. Our list spans heartbreaking finales, shocking plot twists, revolutionary representation, and perfectly executed comedy.
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00:00:00Is that...
00:00:02Kramer?
00:00:08He's waving!
00:00:10Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the 100 most unforgettable episodes in television history, complete with spoilers.
00:00:20And Big Bird, we still have our memories of him.
00:00:23Oh yeah, yeah, our memories, right.
00:00:27Number 100, The Box, Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
00:00:47Oh yeah.
00:00:48Brooklyn Nine-Nine usually leans on its ensemble cast and rapid-fire gags.
00:00:53The Box proves it can do a slow-burn blend of tension and laughs just as well.
00:00:58This episode locks Jake and Holt in a room with a murder suspect for one long, brutal night of interrogation.
00:01:03They have a ticking clock, as he must be released in the morning.
00:01:07There's no chase, no big reveal.
00:01:09It's just one long psychological chess match built on razor-sharp dialogue and simmering performances.
00:01:14He's not answering any questions.
00:01:16That's okay, I have no questions. That's right, I'm about to monologue, son.
00:01:20Better make it quick, you only got eight minutes.
00:01:22All right, then let me paint you a picture.
00:01:23Sterling K. Brown chews the scenery as a killer dentist who just might be smarter than them.
00:01:28It's a brilliant bottle episode that trades antics for intensity.
00:01:31Sitcoms don't usually make you sweat, but The Box did just that.
00:01:36Oh, damn. Oh, damn.
00:01:39Oh, damn!
00:01:41And that is three oh, damns.
00:01:43Oh, damn!
00:01:45Number 99, The Leap Home, Quantum Leap.
00:01:48And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong,
00:01:55and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
00:02:00Quantum Leap was an Emmy-winning sci-fi drama that ushered in the 1990s in style.
00:02:10It follows Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who jumps through time to fix the past by leaping into other people's lives.
00:02:17In this fan-favorite two-parter, Sam leaps into someone shockingly familiar, his 16-year-old self.
00:02:23It's 1969, and he's suddenly surrounded by the family he lost.
00:02:36Sam sees a chance to rewrite everything, save his sister's future, his father's life, and his brother from dying in Vietnam.
00:02:44But time doesn't bend so easily.
00:02:46Until we know how Tom dies, we won't be able to save him.
00:02:51He's there on a specific mission, one that proves to be just as important.
00:02:55It's an emotional, nostalgic, and deeply human two-part episode of television.
00:03:08What the hell?
00:03:09I got repatriated in five years.
00:03:12You could have been free.
00:03:13I was free.
00:03:16Up here, I was always free.
00:03:22Number 98.
00:03:231 plus 1 equals Ed.
00:03:25Ed, Ed, and Eddie.
00:03:26You guys gotta see this!
00:03:30Just when you think Ed, Ed, and Eddie couldn't get weirder, it literally rips its own cartoon universe apart.
00:03:36In this mind-bending episode, the Eds decide to figure stuff out.
00:03:41Somehow, this quest leads to the dismantling of reality itself.
00:03:45Ed!
00:03:45Ed!
00:03:46This is fun!
00:03:48Hello!
00:03:50Big Ed, scrub my feet!
00:03:56Did you see anything?
00:03:58Huh?
00:03:58Objects fall apart with nothing inside, sound effects break, and the fourth wall gets obliterated.
00:04:05Characters peel the sky off like wallpaper and wander through a surreal, unfinished void.
00:04:09It's not just chaos for chaos' sake, but a bizarre, brilliant send-up of animation logic.
00:04:15Hello!
00:04:17An original scene transition.
00:04:19Interesting.
00:04:22Did you eat the sun again, Eddie?
00:04:23One plus one equals Ed isn't just one of the show's wildest episodes.
00:04:27It's one of the boldest experiments in kids' TV.
00:04:30I love chickens, Eddie!
00:04:32What's that, Ray?
00:04:41My notes!
00:04:43Number 97.
00:04:44The One-er.
00:04:44The Studio.
00:04:45There it is.
00:04:46There it is.
00:04:46Yeah, okay, well...
00:04:48Where do you think I park?
00:04:49Definitely not this driveway.
00:04:51This is not crew parking.
00:04:52The Studio is a satirical comedy series that delves into the chaotic world of Hollywood filmmaking.
00:04:58It follows Seth Rogen as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of Continental Studios.
00:05:03In this standout episode, Matt visits the set of a film directed by Sarah Polley.
00:05:07This bold director is desperate to capture a complex sunset shot in a single take, known in Hollywood as a one-er.
00:05:13The one-er is the ultimate cinematic achievement, you know?
00:05:17It's like the perfect marriage of artistry and technicality.
00:05:20You've got Birdman, children, men, Goodfellas, you know?
00:05:23You know, I was dating Ray Liotta when they shot that.
00:05:26The man had a package of like a caramel leather sofa.
00:05:29The episode itself is presented as a continuous shot, mirroring the on-screen action.
00:05:34As Matt's well-intentioned interference leads to a series of mishaps, the production spirals into chaos.
00:05:40Reset! Back to one! Losing light!
00:05:45The episode masterfully blends technical innovation with sharp satire,
00:05:49offering a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of filmmaking.
00:05:53They didn't get it.
00:05:54Fuck!
00:05:55You can't always get what you want.
00:06:00Number 96.
00:06:01Fergongenheit.
00:06:02The Crown.
00:06:03These papers must never see the light of day.
00:06:05Winston.
00:06:06Ever.
00:06:07The Crown is a sweeping historical drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
00:06:12In this standout episode, the Queen confronts a chilling revelation about her uncle, the Duke of Windsor.
00:06:18As he seeks to re-enter public life, secret World War II documents, known as the Marburg Files, surface.
00:06:24I think it's fair to say the reality exceeded even our worst of things.
00:06:30We did everything we could to contain this.
00:06:32That's your lot?
00:06:34Unaware that a copy had been sent to the Americans.
00:06:36The Duke is exposed as a Nazi sympathizer and friend to Nazi Germany.
00:06:40The episode masterfully intertwines political intrigue with personal betrayal.
00:06:45It is a deep dive into Elizabeth's internal struggle between loyalty to the family and her duty to the nation.
00:06:51Full of nuanced performances, it is a poignant exploration of the burdens of leadership and the shadows of the past.
00:07:10Number 95, Mrs. George Devereaux, The Golden Girls.
00:07:25Oh, those damn eyes.
00:07:28I still haven't seen in anyone else's what I see in yours.
00:07:31Leave it to the Golden Girls to turn faked deaths and celebrity love triangles into comedy gold.
00:07:44After years of living with her senior friends, Blanche, our resident southern belle, is thrown for a loop.
00:07:49Her supposedly dead husband George shows up on her doorstep, alive and well.
00:07:54Meanwhile, Dorothy gets the world's weirdest romantic dilemma, picking between two celebrity bows.
00:08:00Dorothy, we need a decision now.
00:08:02So, who's it gonna be? Me or Pizza Man?
00:08:07Oh, insults from Lyle Wagoner, huh?
00:08:11How many gold records do you have?
00:08:14None. I was never married.
00:08:16In the end, the whole episode was just a dream.
00:08:21But the emotional whiplash and the hilarious chaos it causes still hits like a train.
00:08:26Few shows could pull off the absurdity and heart in equal measure.
00:08:30The Golden Girls did it in under 25 minutes, heels and all.
00:08:34Good night, George.
00:08:36Number 94. Losing My Religion. Grey's Anatomy.
00:08:49What I choose is you.
00:08:55You're who I want to wake up with.
00:08:56If you were a millennial woman with a working heart and a DVD box set, this episode probably wrecked you.
00:09:04The season 2 finale of Grey's Anatomy delivers one of the most devastating gut punches in the show's twisted history.
00:09:09Izzy, in her pink prom dress, curled up beside Denny's lifeless body.
00:09:14After all the drama to get him a new heart, he dies alone from a stroke.
00:09:18The interns are left reeling, and Izzy quits medicine on the spot.
00:09:22I can't. I thought I was a surgeon, but I am not.
00:09:31So I quit.
00:09:34Meanwhile, Meredith and Derek sneak off for a forbidden hookup, and the prom turns into a funeral.
00:09:39It's the episode that made Chasing Cars a cry trigger, and cemented Grey's as the queen of emotional devastation.
00:09:46Meredith.
00:09:52If I just lay here, would you lie with me and just forget the world?
00:10:06Number 93. Reckoning. Smallville.
00:10:09Lana! Lana! Let's pull over so we can talk!
00:10:14Lana, watch out!
00:10:15Smallville was an early 2000s teen drama that reimagined Superman's origin story.
00:10:20It follows a teenage Clark Kent as he navigates high school and the discovery of his powers.
00:10:25In its 100th episode, Reckoning, the series delivered a hit that fans still talk about.
00:10:30Clark finally reveals his secret to Lana and proposes.
00:10:33Lana, we couldn't imagine Clark spending the rest of his life with anyone but you.
00:10:36We can only hope that you have as many happy years as we have.
00:10:40For one bright shining moment, everything seems perfect.
00:10:43But tragedy strikes when Lana dies in a car accident.
00:10:46Desperate, Clark turns to his birth father Jor-El, who offers a chance to reset the day.
00:10:51You have to let me fix it!
00:10:53Your powers on Earth may seem extraordinary, Carl-El, but we are not gods.
00:11:00This is not her destiny!
00:11:03But there is a sad cost.
00:11:06Clark saves Lana, but fate claims someone else.
00:11:09His human father Jonathan.
00:11:11The episode is a masterful exploration of the idea that even a superhero can't escape the consequences of his choices.
00:11:19No! No! Dad!
00:11:22Dad!
00:11:24Dad!
00:11:25Dad!
00:11:26Dad!
00:11:27No! Oh, please not yet!
00:11:31No!
00:11:31Number 92, Sleepy Time, Bluey.
00:11:34Okay, Sleepy Time now.
00:11:36Just one more.
00:11:38Bingo.
00:11:39Please?
00:11:41Okay, one more.
00:11:43Bluey might be a kid's show, but this episode had grown adults sobbing into their cereal.
00:11:48In Sleepy Time, Bingo drifts off, dreaming of floating through the solar system with her stuffed bunny Floppy.
00:11:54Meanwhile, back in the real world, she's sleepwalking into her parents' bed,
00:11:58stealing blankets and kicking her dad in the face.
00:12:00The episode blends stunning animation with Gustav Holst's The Planets suite.
00:12:15It's a cosmic journey mirroring Bingo's quest for independence.
00:12:17It feels like a children's show directed by Christopher Nolan.
00:12:21The emotional climax comes when Bingo, feeling alone, is comforted by the warmth of the sun,
00:12:44a.k.a. her mother's ever-present love.
00:12:47It is a seven-minute masterpiece that captures the bittersweet beauty of growing up.
00:12:51Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me.
00:12:57Number 91, The Man From Space, The Honeymooners.
00:13:07The Honeymooners was one of the earliest sitcoms on television.
00:13:30It followed the lives of New York City bus driver Ralph Cramden, his wife Alice, and their neighbors,
00:13:35Ed and Trixie Norton.
00:13:36One day, Ralph gets it in his head that he's going to win a $50 prize at the Raccoon Lodge's costume contest.
00:13:42Unable to afford a rented costume, he embarks on a DIY costume crafting journey.
00:13:47He dubs himself The Man From Space.
00:13:48His creation is met with confusion, with some mistaking him for a pinball machine.
00:14:09It is the quintessential example of Ralph's trademark arrogance getting the better of him.
00:14:14When Ed accidentally steals the spotlight, hilarity ensues.
00:14:17We chose Cramden for his wonderful impersonation of a pinball machine.
00:14:26Pinball machine?
00:14:27Well, sure, that's what you're supposed to be, ain't it?
00:14:29Oh, certainly.
00:14:31Number 90, Goodbye, Blackadder Goes Forth.
00:14:34Listen, our guns have stopped.
00:14:37You don't think maybe the war's over?
00:14:40Blackadder made a name for itself in the 1980s UK, renowned for its sarcasm and wit.
00:14:45It brilliantly blended irreverent comedy with a sober take on war.
00:14:50Still, no one was ready for how it ended.
00:14:52In this final episode, Captain Blackadder and his trench-bound crew faced the grim reality of going over the top in World War I.
00:15:00Captain Darling.
00:15:02Captain Blackadder.
00:15:03Here to join us for the last waltz?
00:15:06Um, yes.
00:15:08Tired of folding the general's pajamas.
00:15:12Well, this is splendid comradely news.
00:15:15The cheeky banter slowly fades out as the squad's grim fate creeps ever closer.
00:15:20What follows is one of the most jarring tonal shifts in TV history.
00:15:24The scene slows, the battle fades away, and we're left staring at a quiet field of poppies.
00:15:29In one stroke, Blackadder delivered one of the most powerful anti-war statements ever aired on British television.
00:15:59Number 89, Hitting the Fan, The Good Wife.
00:16:08First of all, you're fired.
00:16:10Second, I'm taking this company's cell phone until such time as I...
00:16:17Excuse me, that's my personal...
00:16:18And I'm taking it into possession until I can determine which clients you've attempted to steal.
00:16:22You can't do that.
00:16:24Get out of here, Alicia.
00:16:25Number 88, Homo for the Holidays, Will and Grace.
00:16:29I just want you to be happy.
00:16:32Looking back on it, there have been clues.
00:16:41Number 87, A House Divided, Dallas.
00:16:55Number 86, Never Bathe on Saturday, The Dick Van Dyke Show.
00:17:03It's locked, honey.
00:17:04If you want me, you'll have to get out of the tub.
00:17:07I can't.
00:17:08Why can't you?
00:17:10Because I'm stuck.
00:17:13Stuck?
00:17:14How can you be stuck in a bathtub?
00:17:16Well, darling, if you'll come in, I'll show you.
00:17:19Call somebody.
00:17:20Well, yeah, honey, I will.
00:17:22How can you be stuck in a bathtub?
00:17:24Is it that narrow?
00:17:25Number 85, Episode 93, Samurai Jack.
00:17:29This suffering continues.
00:17:34Aku's grasp chokes the past, present, and future.
00:17:40Fans begged for years, more than a decade, in fact, for Samurai Jack to get the ending it deserved.
00:17:45It was a cult classic adult animation from a visionary creator.
00:17:49When Genndy Tartakovsky did bring it back in 2017, he didn't just pick up where he left off.
00:17:54He leveled up.
00:17:55He leveled up.
00:17:55Episode 93 sets the tone for this final season.
00:18:20Jack is older, more broken, and outnumbered by the daughters of Aku.
00:18:24His greatest enemy has a coterie of deadly assassins bred to kill him.
00:18:28The visuals are brutal.
00:18:30The stakes feel real.
00:18:32For the first time in the series, Jack's sword stays sheathed while he faces a truly impossible choice.
00:18:38It is action, art, and emotional weight all in 22 minutes.
00:18:48Number 84, The Judgment, The Fugitive.
00:19:04Turn there!
00:19:06Turn there!
00:19:07Head over that rifle!
00:19:19Number 83, Peer Pressure, Arrested Development.
00:19:23What? Oh no!
00:19:25It's the cops!
00:19:26Oh!
00:19:26And their construction worker!
00:19:28Let's get this party started.
00:19:30Aren't you guys gonna cuff him?
00:19:32You want a haircut?
00:19:32All right, George Michael.
00:19:36Hope you learned your lesson, pal.
00:19:38Number 82, Arrivederci, The White Lotus.
00:19:56Number 81, My Screw-Up, Scrubs.
00:19:59Aren't you gonna take some pictures?
00:20:03Pictures of what?
00:20:04You know, crying babies covered in chocolate.
00:20:07People singing happy birthday to my son who've never even met him before.
00:20:10You know, the whole routine.
00:20:14Where do you think we are?
00:20:19Your name is the splinter inside me.
00:20:24Number 80, Vichnaya Pamyet, Chernobyl.
00:20:27This session of court is now open.
00:20:30Comrade Judge Milan Kadnikov presiding.
00:20:34Indictments.
00:20:35Viktor Brukhanov, Anatoly Dyatlov, Nikolai Femin are accused of violating Article 220, Section 2 of the Criminal Code of the Soviet Union, resulting in a nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986.
00:20:51HBO's Chernobyl didn't just dramatize a disaster.
00:20:54It exposed the cost of systemic lies.
00:20:56In the finale, Valerian Legasov testifies in a bleak, brutalist Soviet courtroom.
00:21:02Played by Jared Harris, he details every fatal flaw and the chain of cover-ups that led to the explosion.
00:21:08His decision to speak the full truth, defying the state's narrative, comes at a personal cost.
00:21:13His career, reputation, and ultimately, his life.
00:21:17In a just world, I would be shot for my lies, but not for this, but for the truth.
00:21:24Scientists.
00:21:26And your idiot obsession with reasons.
00:21:29The episode closes with a haunting montage of real victims, set to the Ukrainian Orthodox chant,
00:21:36Vychnaya Pamyat, meaning memory eternal.
00:21:39The episode wasn't just a farewell, but a solemn vow to remember the human toll of deception.
00:21:44Number 79, On the Beach, E.R.
00:22:01Number 78, The Luck of the Fryrush, Futurama.
00:22:28Don't you forget about me.
00:22:35Don't, don't, don't, don't.
00:22:38Number 77, House's Head, House.
00:22:41Why the guessing game?
00:22:43Because you don't know the answer.
00:22:46And if I don't, you don't.
00:22:49You know the clues.
00:22:51I know it's bugging your subconscious.
00:22:53What's my necklace made of?
00:23:01Number 76, Password, The Odd Couple.
00:23:04You have the option, pass or play.
00:23:06I'm gonna play, Ellen.
00:23:09Now, we're stuff her knees.
00:23:14Ridiculous.
00:23:15You got it!
00:23:18Number 75, The Puppy Episode, Ellen.
00:23:21You know, I think I know what's going on is, uh, you, uh, you know, it's not enough for you to be gay.
00:23:27You know, you've got to recruit others, you know.
00:23:31I'll have to call national headquarters and tell them I lost you.
00:23:34As it would turn out, Ellen DeGeneres was a horrible boss.
00:23:37These allegations led to the end of her talk show.
00:23:40Her place in TV history, though, will never be taken away.
00:23:43In 1997, DeGeneres made headlines when both she and her sitcom character, Ellen Morgan, came out as gay.
00:23:49The show was cleverly titled The Puppy Episode to maintain secrecy.
00:23:53Ellen accidentally broadcasts her coming out over an airport PA system in classic sitcom fashion.
00:23:58I'm gay.
00:24:01It was funny, yes, but also monumental.
00:24:12Nearly 42 million people tuned in.
00:24:15While the backlash was fierce, the impact was too big to contain.
00:24:20The Episode won Emmys, a Peabody, and opened the door for LGBTQIA plus representation on network TV.
00:24:27So, you want to get some coffee or something?
00:24:31Yeah, okay, I guess.
00:24:32Yeah, sure.
00:24:33Okay.
00:24:33Number 74, Ronnie Lilley, Barry.
00:24:51Number 73, The Quarterback, Glee.
00:24:54You know, I was always, you know, we'd fist bump or we'd high five, but I should have given him more hugs.
00:25:05You know, the last time I saw him, he was so bummed out about some test at school, and I just, you know, told him to get back at it.
00:25:16You know, he was worth it.
00:25:20It was the perfect time for a hug.
00:25:21Number 72, The Name Game, American Horror Story.
00:25:38Number 71, Testimony, Veep.
00:25:41Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God.
00:25:48I do.
00:25:49Yes, I do.
00:25:50Absolutely.
00:25:50Yes, sir, I do.
00:25:52Number 70, The We We Are, Severance.
00:25:59What?
00:26:01I said, are you all right?
00:26:03Yeah, I'm fine.
00:26:05Maybe you should talk to your sister.
00:26:07It's an important decision.
00:26:09Severance asks, what if you could split your work self from your real self and then trap them both?
00:26:14In this explosive finale, the innies finally wake up in the outside world.
00:26:19It's only then that they realize just how deep the rabbit hole goes.
00:26:23Mark learns his wife is alive.
00:26:25Helly finds out she's not only a corporate prisoner, she's royalty.
00:26:29Irving uncovers a massive secret hidden away.
00:26:31The episode juggles tension, horror, and heartbreak flawlessly.
00:26:35Later in Shikai Bardo, we learn more about Gemma's time as Ms. Casey and the cost of her severed identity.
00:26:41These episodes are prestige sci-fi at its best and most haunting.
00:26:46Dammit!
00:26:46Please!
00:26:49We're prisoners!
00:26:50Help!
00:26:51She's alive!
00:26:55Burn!
00:27:00Number 69, One Way Out, Andor.
00:27:03Number 68, Glued Where's My Bob, Bob's Burgers.
00:27:24You know, it was my fault.
00:27:26And if I hadn't done this, my dad would be walking around here right now,
00:27:30inspiring the crap out of people.
00:27:32He'd be making burgers.
00:27:33Really good burgers.
00:27:34Don't tell him I said that.
00:27:36We try not to compliment him.
00:27:38Number 67, Chapter 4, Dear Billy, Stranger Things.
00:27:42How do you like them, Max?
00:27:50Would you like to join them?
00:27:57Number 66, Subway, Homicide Life on the Street.
00:28:00What are you, scared?
00:28:06It's not every day you talk to a dead man, huh?
00:28:14I want my fare back.
00:28:20Your what?
00:28:22My $1.35.
00:28:23I paid my fare.
00:28:24I didn't get my ride.
00:28:26Number 65, Two Storms, The Haunting of Hill House.
00:28:29That's her detective.
00:28:36Positive.
00:28:37The Crane family gathers at a funeral home to mourn Nell.
00:28:40Unfortunately for them, the storm outside is nothing compared to the one brewing within.
00:28:45As old wounds reopen, director Mike Flanagan orchestrates the chaos through long, uninterrupted takes.
00:28:50He seamlessly shifts between both timelines and settings.
00:28:53The camera glides from the present-day wake to memories of a childhood storm at Hill House.
00:28:58Nellie!
00:29:01Nellie!
00:29:03Nell!
00:29:05Where could she have gone?
00:29:06It was only a few seconds.
00:29:08Maybe she went to her roof.
00:29:10These blurred lines between past and present escalate the tension until a chilling revelation.
00:29:15Nell's ghost has been silently present among them.
00:29:17This moment gains deeper resonance when paired with the bent-neck lady.
00:29:21There, we are shocked to learn that Nell has spent her whole life haunted by herself.
00:29:26Together, these episodes intertwine to deliver a haunting exploration of grief and memory.
00:29:31Number 64, The Reichenbach Fall.
00:29:59Sherlock.
00:29:59This phone call, it's, um, it's my note.
00:30:07It's what people do, don't they?
00:30:11Leave a note.
00:30:15Leave a note when?
00:30:17Goodbye, John.
00:30:18No, don't.
00:30:29Shut up!
00:30:33Number 63, The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis.
00:30:36The Big Bang Theory.
00:30:37I don't see anything in here a woman would want.
00:30:41You're kidding.
00:30:42You've got lotions and bath oils and soaps.
00:30:46That's the estrogen hat trick.
00:30:48What it is, is a cacophonous assault of eucalyptus, bayberry, cinnamon, and vanilla.
00:30:56It's as if my head were trapped in the pajamas of a sultan.
00:30:59Number 62, Open Mic, Schitt's Creek.
00:31:03Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams.
00:31:10Speak the language of love like you know what it means.
00:31:15And it can't be wrong.
00:31:18Take my heart and make it strong, baby.
00:31:21Because you're simply the best.
00:31:24Better than all the rest.
00:31:28Number 61, Showdown, Cheers.
00:31:31You are the nuttiest, the stupidest, the phoniest fruitcake I ever met.
00:31:36You, Sam Malone, are the most arrogant, self-centered, son of a...
00:31:39Shut up!
00:31:40Shut your fat mouth.
00:31:41Make me.
00:31:42Make you?
00:31:43I'm gonna bounce you off every wall in this office.
00:31:47Try it and you'll be walking funny tomorrow.
00:31:51Number 60, The Ricklantis Mix-Up, Rick and Morty.
00:31:55Hello, I'm RickK22, this is my Morty.
00:31:58We're going from reality to reality,
00:32:00asking Rick's to contribute to the Citadel of Rick's redevelopment fund.
00:32:04What are you, stupid?
00:32:05What starts as a throwaway gag about visiting Atlantis
00:32:08turns into one of Rick and Morty's most ambitious episodes.
00:32:11We set aside our eponymous duo to dive into the Citadel,
00:32:14a society of infinite Rick's and Morty's.
00:32:16There, four intertwining tales unfold.
00:32:19In one, a Morty runs for president,
00:32:21in another, a training day spoof,
00:32:24a rookie cop Rick partners with a jaded cop Morty.
00:32:26We also see a group of Morty students seeking meaning
00:32:29and a factory worker Rick rebelling.
00:32:32He won?
00:32:33Yeah, it was a blowout.
00:32:36I would hardly call it a blowout.
00:32:38It was almost close enough to trigger a recount.
00:32:39Jesus, what are you, joke security now, too?
00:32:42Each storyline satirizes real-world issues
00:32:44like systemic inequality and authoritarianism.
00:32:47The episode culminates in a chilling twist.
00:32:49The newly elected President Morty is revealed to be the long-lost evil Morty
00:32:53from close Rick counters of the Rick kind.
00:32:56This seems like a good time for a drink
00:32:58and a cold, calculated speech with sinister overtones.
00:33:01A speech about politics.
00:33:05About order.
00:33:07Brotherhood.
00:33:09Power.
00:33:10But speeches are for campaigning.
00:33:13Now is the time for action.
00:33:16Number 59.
00:33:17Slapbet.
00:33:17How I Met Your Mother.
00:33:19Plus, it's getting late.
00:33:20It's already slap o'clock.
00:33:21Oh, God.
00:33:22What the hell was that?
00:33:25I slotbet Marshall that you did porn, so I win.
00:33:27Porn?
00:33:28I wish it was porn.
00:33:29It would be less embarrassing.
00:33:32I know.
00:33:34How about I sing you a song?
00:33:44Let's go to the mall, everybody.
00:33:47Go.
00:33:49Come on, Jessica.
00:33:50Number 58.
00:33:53Family Meeting.
00:33:54The Shield.
00:33:55I gotta see my kids.
00:33:58It's suit and tie here.
00:34:00Lunch hour?
00:34:02Go home and change.
00:34:08Number 57.
00:34:09Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again.
00:34:11Orange is the New Black.
00:34:13No justice.
00:34:14There's no justice.
00:34:15There's no justice.
00:34:16There's no justice.
00:34:17There's no justice.
00:34:18There's no justice.
00:34:20Some shit's going down.
00:34:26Come on, let's go.
00:34:28Number 56.
00:34:29Opie the Birdman.
00:34:30The Andy Griffith Show.
00:34:32Please fly away.
00:34:34Please?
00:34:40You made it, Paul.
00:34:41He's okay.
00:34:42That was not.
00:34:43You got two to go now.
00:34:46Number 55.
00:34:47Sweet D has a heart attack.
00:34:49It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
00:34:51I just had a heart attack.
00:34:52Can we focus on me for two minutes here?
00:34:53I feel like we did talk about it.
00:34:54D, your ship has sailed, okay?
00:34:56It's time to move on to us.
00:34:57Only It's Always Sunny could turn a heart attack into a springboard into a chaotic spiral.
00:35:02When D drops mid-rant, the gang panics.
00:35:05It's not about her health, but about the nightmare of American health care.
00:35:08Dennis and D go full influencer thanks to a newfound obsession with narcissistic gym selfies.
00:35:13I gotta be honest with you.
00:35:13I feel like these supplements are doing a great job on their own.
00:35:16You know what I mean?
00:35:16I've got tons of energy.
00:35:18My heart rate's up.
00:35:19Things are going great.
00:35:20Absolutely.
00:35:20I feel good, too.
00:35:21Look how vascular I am.
00:35:22Look how my veins are popping.
00:35:23Holy shit.
00:35:23Yeah, I look good and I feel good.
00:35:25I feel good, too.
00:35:26Charlie and Mac get corporate jobs to get insurance, unraveling in record time.
00:35:30Charlie's wild-eyed descent into mailroom conspiracy spawned one of the best memes in internet history.
00:35:36And that unhinged energy?
00:35:37It's the same fuel that powers the Nightman Cometh.
00:35:40There, Charlie writes a musical about trauma, trolls, and the pursuit of love through song.
00:35:45We're a mascar of karate, a friendship for everyone.
00:35:49You don't get that stage production without a breakdown like this first.
00:36:01Number 54, Scott Tenerman Must Die, South Park.
00:36:22Do you like it, Scott?
00:36:24I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tenerman Chili.
00:36:27Oh, my God!
00:36:32Number 53, One Last Ride, Parks and Recreation.
00:36:35The lighting's all wrong.
00:36:36I'm going to send you a glamour shot.
00:36:38Just Photoshop me in later.
00:36:39I'm not going to show up in that picture anyway because I'm a vampire.
00:36:42Hey, babe, for this picture, should I be Burt Macklin, Johnny Karate, or my new character,
00:36:47Sergeant Thunderfist, M.D.?
00:36:49Where did you get that?
00:36:50Found it in the sandbox.
00:36:51What?
00:36:53Got Macklin.
00:36:54Macklin's the hottest.
00:36:55Get on with it.
00:36:56I can't hold this smile forever.
00:36:58I look ridiculous.
00:36:59Okay, hang on.
00:37:00Number 52, 33, Battlestar Galactica.
00:37:03Stand by to jump.
00:37:05Combat landings.
00:37:13All fighters aboard, sir.
00:37:15Execute jump.
00:37:21Number 51, Mod's Dilemma, Mod.
00:37:24It's not your fault.
00:37:27When you were young, abortion was a dirty word.
00:37:31It's not anymore.
00:37:33Now you think about that.
00:37:44Number 50, Farewell, Mr. Hooper, Sesame Street.
00:37:48Big Bird, he's not in there.
00:37:52Oh, then where is he?
00:38:02Big Bird, don't you remember we told you?
00:38:06Mr. Hooper died.
00:38:08In 1983, Sesame Street did something no children's show had dared before.
00:38:13It taught preschoolers about death.
00:38:16When actor Will Lee passed away, the show chose honesty over avoidance.
00:38:20Big Bird learns that his beloved friend Mr. Hooper has died and won't be coming back.
00:38:24He's gonna come back.
00:38:26Why, who's gonna take care of the store?
00:38:29And who's gonna make my birdseed milkshakes and tell me stories?
00:38:34Big Bird, I'm gonna take care of the store.
00:38:37Mr. Hooper, he left it to me.
00:38:40And I'll make you your milkshakes and we'll all tell you stories and we'll make sure you're okay.
00:38:46The adults gently explain the permanence of death, Gordon offering the simple, heartfelt reason.
00:38:52It has to be this way, because.
00:38:57Just because?
00:38:59Just because.
00:39:01The decision to air this on Thanksgiving Day ensured families could watch it together and talk it over.
00:39:06The episode's emotional authenticity, fueled by the cast's real grief, made it a landmark moment in television.
00:39:12Sesame Street helped an entire generation of children understand and cope with loss.
00:39:18You know, I'm gonna miss you, Mr. Looper.
00:39:23That's Hooper, Big Bird. Hooper.
00:39:30Right.
00:39:35Number 49. The Draft Dodger. All in the family.
00:39:38Whenever I ask him what he's doing up in Canada,
00:39:41there ain't anything like he's a deserter from the army or something, is that?
00:39:44No, sir. I'm not a deserter.
00:39:46Well, I didn't think you was. I was just trying to figure out what it was.
00:39:49I'm a draft dodger.
00:39:55What did he say?
00:39:57He said he was a draft dodger.
00:40:01Come on, everybody. Eat, eat.
00:40:03Number 48. Blindsided. Daredevil.
00:40:07Take care of him.
00:40:11Number 47. Traces to Nowhere. Twin Peaks.
00:40:28Hi, Mike.
00:40:30Bobby.
00:40:32Now, before we get started, have you two fellas got your stories straight?
00:40:35If we tell the truth, we don't have to get our stories straight.
00:40:41Besides, the sheriff told us we're just in here for fighting, and it was self-defense.
00:40:46Right.
00:40:48Well, I guess you can go then.
00:40:51Now?
00:40:52Number 46. Bloody Harlan. Justified.
00:40:55Edgar, we should end this feud now the way it should have ended a long time ago.
00:41:01I guess.
00:41:02Number 45. Almost Got Him. Batman The Animated Series.
00:41:18Well, I figure that Gordon's got a bunch of moustache someplace like a SWAT team.
00:41:24He wants you to think it's one guy, but...
00:41:26Ah, you're always seeing devil.
00:41:29It's obvious our cape friend suffered some crime-related trauma when he was younger.
00:41:34Batman The Animated Series was a touchstone for many 80s and 90s kids.
00:41:38The episode Almost Got Him was the pinnacle of its brilliance.
00:41:41Half of Batman's rogues gallery plays poker together,
00:41:44regaling each other with Dark Knight stories like kids around a campfire.
00:41:47They one-up each other with stories of their various near-victories.
00:41:50Running from the law. And the Batman, too, of course.
00:41:55Of course.
00:41:55Likewise.
00:41:56You got it.
00:41:57You're a savior.
00:41:59You think one of us would've got him by now?
00:42:01I've come the closest.
00:42:03It's a fabulous little anthology with an amazing twist.
00:42:06Killer Croc is actually Batman in disguise.
00:42:09He's used this little gathering to locate a kidnapped Catwoman.
00:42:12It's a clever, self-contained showcase of the rogues gallery,
00:42:15balancing humor, suspense, and a surprise ending that still lands.
00:42:19And that's how I almost got him.
00:42:23With exploding pumpkins.
00:42:25I'd like to hear you do better.
00:42:28Oh, you will.
00:42:29For a deeper emotional punch, pair it with Heart of Ice,
00:42:33which reimagines Mr. Freeze as a tragic villain driven by love and loss.
00:42:38I failed you.
00:42:41I wish there were another way for me to say it.
00:42:45But I cannot.
00:42:46I can only beg your forgiveness.
00:42:52Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose, The X-Files.
00:42:55The big bopper was not supposed to be on the plane with Buddy Holly.
00:42:59He won the seat from somebody else by flipping a coin for it.
00:43:03I'm still not following.
00:43:04Imagine all the things that had to occur,
00:43:08not only in his life,
00:43:10but in everybody else's,
00:43:12to arrange it so that on that particular night,
00:43:16the big bopper would be in a position
00:43:18to live or die
00:43:20depending on a flipping coin.
00:43:23I became so obsessed with that idea
00:43:25and I gradually became capable of seeing
00:43:29the specifics of everybody's death.
00:43:32Number 43, Long, Long Time, The Last of Us.
00:43:36I was never afraid before you showed up.
00:43:39Number 42, Blink, Doctor Who.
00:43:58Give them the key!
00:43:59Give them what they want!
00:44:02They don't want me!
00:44:03Come behind me!
00:44:05Oh my God!
00:44:06Oh my God!
00:44:08Oh my God!
00:44:12It's locked!
00:44:20Number 41, Episode 2.6, Fleabag.
00:44:24Wait, what the f*** is going on here?
00:44:25It was my baby.
00:44:27I guess it was your baby's way of saying
00:44:28it didn't want you as its father.
00:44:31Like a goldfish out of the bowl sort of thing.
00:44:34Sorry, but whoever had a miscarriage,
00:44:37could you take it to the kitchen, please?
00:44:40Number 40, Chuckles Bites the Dust,
00:44:42The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
00:44:44Chuckles the Clown died today from...
00:44:48He died a broken man.
00:44:55Leave it to Mary Tyler Moore
00:44:56to find the humor in a funeral.
00:44:58Beloved children's entertainer Chuckles the Clown
00:45:00dies in a bizarre parade accident
00:45:02dressed as a peanut.
00:45:04The WJM newsroom springs into action,
00:45:06sort of.
00:45:07The fact is,
00:45:08they can't stop cracking jokes.
00:45:09The guy died wearing a peanut suit,
00:45:12killed by an elephant.
00:45:14Yeah.
00:45:14Born in a trunk, died in a trunk.
00:45:18Just forget what he was wearing.
00:45:20Mary, ever the moral compass,
00:45:22is appalled by their irreverence.
00:45:24But at the funeral,
00:45:25Mary finds herself in the same boat.
00:45:27As the minister recounts Chuckles'
00:45:29whimsical characters,
00:45:30she loses her composure,
00:45:32bursting into uncontrollable laughter.
00:45:34The episode masterfully balances humor and pathos.
00:45:37It's a poignant commentary on grief
00:45:39and the human tendency to mask sorrow with laughter.
00:45:41Don't try to hold it back.
00:45:44Go ahead, laugh out loud.
00:45:47Don't you see,
00:45:47nothing would have made Chuckles happier.
00:45:49He lived to make people laugh.
00:45:52Tears were offensive to him,
00:45:54deeply offensive.
00:45:55He hated to see people cry.
00:45:59So, so go ahead, my dear.
00:46:01Laugh for Chuckles.
00:46:03Scribed by David Lloyd,
00:46:10it won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing.
00:46:12It is generally considered
00:46:14one of the greatest sitcom episodes ever made.
00:46:17Number 39, Road to the Multiverse, Family Guy.
00:46:21All right, you ready to go home now?
00:46:22Are you kidding?
00:46:23This is amazing.
00:46:24Can we see more universes?
00:46:25Hmm, well, I haven't tried yet,
00:46:27but I don't see why not.
00:46:28Whoa, what's this place?
00:46:34Yeah, this universe looks weird.
00:46:35Yeah, it's cheap and somehow lazy.
00:46:38Yeah, but debba.
00:46:41Number 38, Michael's Gambit, The Good Place.
00:46:45Just now, as we were all fighting
00:46:47and yelling at each other
00:46:48and each one of us demanding
00:46:49we should go to the bad place,
00:46:51I thought to myself,
00:46:53man, this is torture.
00:46:55And then it hit me.
00:46:56They're never going to call a train
00:46:59to take us to the bad place.
00:47:01They can't.
00:47:03Because we're already here.
00:47:06Number 37, This Extraordinary Being, Watchmen.
00:47:09I'm a part of everything you do.
00:47:23You know what?
00:47:24Another time, they're going to work for us.
00:47:32Number 36, Middle Ground, The Wire.
00:47:36It seemed like
00:47:37I can't say nothing to change your minds.
00:47:41Well, get on with it, motherfuckers.
00:47:57Number 35, Teddy Perkins, Atlanta.
00:48:00I'm Darius.
00:48:02Apologies.
00:48:05I'm Theodore Perkins.
00:48:06Please, call me Teddy.
00:48:12Atlanta has always blurred the line
00:48:13between comedy and surrealism.
00:48:15Teddy Perkins takes this formula
00:48:17into the realm of psychological horror.
00:48:19Darius, played by Lakeith Stanfield,
00:48:21sets out to pick up a free piano
00:48:22with rainbow-colored keys.
00:48:24He finds himself in a decaying mansion
00:48:26owned by the eerie Teddy Perkins.
00:48:28The character, a Michael Jackson-esque figure,
00:48:31is a pale, soft-spoken recluse
00:48:33with a sinister aura.
00:48:34What is this place, man?
00:48:35It's a gift shop.
00:48:37I designed it myself to fill
00:48:39like a trophy room.
00:48:42More in the motif of the museum.
00:48:44Oh, wait, so you're turning this whole place
00:48:45into a museum?
00:48:46Yes.
00:48:47What begins as an offbeat errand
00:48:49spirals into a tense, unsettling encounter.
00:48:52While weird and funny,
00:48:53the episode is also a poignant exploration
00:48:55of abuse, identity, and sacrifice.
00:48:58Donald Glover is unrecognizable in Whiteface.
00:49:00His performance as Teddy is incredible.
00:49:04Directed by Hiro Mirai,
00:49:05the episode aired without commercial interruption,
00:49:08amplifying its claustrophobic atmosphere.
00:49:11Benny!
00:49:13You're alive!
00:49:14Number 34, Part 2, Roots.
00:49:25Say it again.
00:49:27Say it louder so they all can hear you.
00:49:29What's your name?
00:49:29Tobey.
00:49:43My name
00:49:44is Tobey.
00:49:47Cut him down.
00:49:48Number 33, In the Pale Moonlight,
00:49:55Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
00:49:56I lied.
00:49:59I cheated.
00:50:02I bribed men
00:50:04to cover the crimes
00:50:06of other men.
00:50:11I am an accessory to murder.
00:50:13But the most damning thing of all,
00:50:18I think I can live with it.
00:50:22Number 32, The Ski Lodge, Fraser.
00:50:25Before you see Annie,
00:50:26can you come to my room?
00:50:27What for?
00:50:28There's something I need to tell you.
00:50:32This may come as a surprise to you.
00:50:35Annie!
00:50:36That's me!
00:50:37Didn't I tell you to leave Dr. Crater known?
00:50:39And now I see why
00:50:40you wanted him all to yourself.
00:50:41I do not want him all to myself.
00:50:44Oh, I see.
00:50:44It's a threesome you're after.
00:50:47Well, I don't do those anymore.
00:50:51Number 31, Band Geeks,
00:50:53SpongeBob SquarePants.
00:50:54The way that takes all
00:50:57It's the thrill of one more kill
00:51:03The last one to fall
00:51:05We'll never sacrifice their will
00:51:11Number 30, Papa's got a brand new excuse.
00:51:15The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
00:51:16Hey, what's up, man?
00:51:17Can I get you something?
00:51:18Um, no, I'm fine, sir.
00:51:24Um, if you need...
00:51:25So, is he a cop?
00:51:33He's my father.
00:51:35This very special episode of Fresh Prince
00:51:37delivers one of the most shockingly poignant moments
00:51:39in sitcom history.
00:51:40When Will's estranged father, Lou,
00:51:42reappears after 14 years,
00:51:44Will is thrilled.
00:51:46His dad promises to make amends
00:51:47and take him on a cross-country trip.
00:51:49Oh, my dad has to hit the road tomorrow
00:51:51and I'm gonna go with him.
00:51:52I'm saying, why should I spend my summer
00:51:53wasted at the peacock
00:51:55when I can hit the road with my dad?
00:51:56Oh, hey, watch yourself, watch yourself.
00:51:59It's a great way for Will to see the country.
00:52:01Forget it.
00:52:03Oh, come on, Phil.
00:52:04The boy could use a little adventure.
00:52:06Excuse me, but this is a family discussion.
00:52:09But Lou is who he's always been, unreliable.
00:52:13He bails again, leaving Will devastated.
00:52:16The moment triggers a raw emotional breakdown
00:52:18as Will questions why he was never wanted.
00:52:21His tearful cry caught audiences off guard
00:52:23with its honesty.
00:52:24Will Smith's performance shattered expectations.
00:52:27James Avery's quiet, steady presence as Uncle Phil
00:52:29made it all the more heart-wrenching.
00:52:31For many viewers, it was the first time
00:52:33a sitcom punched them in the chest.
00:52:35I'm gonna marry me a beautiful honey
00:52:37and I'm having me a whole bunch of kids
00:52:38I'm gonna be a better father than he ever was.
00:52:40And I sure as hell don't need him for that
00:52:42because ain't a damn thing he could ever teach me
00:52:44about how to love my kids.
00:52:53How come he don't want me, man?
00:53:00Number 29, The Carpool Lane.
00:53:02Curb Your Enthusiasm.
00:53:03Hey, Daddy.
00:53:05You wanna date with Mama?
00:53:08Get in the car.
00:53:16Number 28, 407 Proxy Authentication Required.
00:53:25Mr. Robot.
00:53:26Do you think it's possible
00:53:27Mr. Robot is the reason why you can't remember?
00:53:31What's she talking about?
00:53:37You didn't exist when I was a kid.
00:53:41Did you?
00:53:44That's not important.
00:53:45What's important is that I'm here now.
00:53:47Stop lying to me.
00:53:49How long have you been here?
00:53:50Don't you see what's happening?
00:53:52She pushed us apart before.
00:53:54She's doing it again.
00:53:55Answer the question!
00:53:56How long?
00:53:57Number 27, Sold Under Sin.
00:54:00Deadwood.
00:54:01You can go now, brother.
00:54:11How?
00:54:12How?
00:54:15Magistrate's here.
00:54:17I got those other two guys waking upstairs.
00:54:22Join them.
00:54:23Number 26, Why We Fight, Band of Brothers.
00:54:46It's okay.
00:54:47Number 25, Plan and Execution.
00:54:51Better Call Saul.
00:54:52So this, this is for you.
00:54:56You earned it.
00:54:59You won.
00:55:01Won?
00:55:03I, what'd I win?
00:55:05Jimmy and Kim's scam against Howard Hamlin
00:55:08goes off without a hitch.
00:55:09And then, everything goes completely off the rails.
00:55:12Using fake photos and a carefully timed prank,
00:55:15they ruin Howard's reputation
00:55:16right before the Sandpiper settlement.
00:55:18He crashes their apartment furious.
00:55:20Then, Lalo shows up.
00:55:23In a split second, Howard is dead,
00:55:25the Rubicon is crossed,
00:55:27and Better Call Saul becomes an entirely different animal.
00:55:29It is one of the most shocking moments in the Breaking Bad universe,
00:55:49which is saying something.
00:55:50It all felt so tragically avoidable.
00:55:52Much like chicanery where Jimmy destroys Chuck on the witness stand,
00:55:57this episode shows how clever plans can leave lasting scars.
00:56:00That one cost a career.
00:56:02This one costs a life.
00:56:04I've worked my way through worse.
00:56:06Debt.
00:56:07Depression.
00:56:08My marriage falling apart.
00:56:09Oh, yeah.
00:56:15Been sleeping in the guest house for the better part of a year.
00:56:18Number 24.
00:56:1911 p.m. to 12 a.m.
00:56:2124.
00:56:2124.
00:56:2121 a.m.
00:56:2624.
00:56:2625.
00:56:2723.
00:56:2824.
00:56:3224.
00:56:3324.
00:56:3525.
00:56:3525.
00:56:3825.
00:56:3825.
00:56:4325.
00:56:4326.
00:56:4427.
00:56:4526.
00:56:4628.
00:56:4732.
00:56:4728.
00:56:4829.
00:56:4828.
00:56:4929.
00:56:4929.
00:56:5029.
00:56:5134.
00:56:51Number 23, The Getaway, Dexter.
00:57:07I promise that I always will be true.
00:57:12I'll give her all the love I have to give as long as we both shall live.
00:57:18Number 22, Two Cathedrals, The West Wing.
00:57:23Sandy, there was a bit of noise there. Could you repeat the question?
00:57:27Can you tell us right now if you'll be seeking a second term?
00:57:43Number 21, Forks, The Bear.
00:57:48Just show me the guide.
00:57:59Number 20, The One Where Everybody Finds Out, Friends.
00:58:03As one of the most beloved sitcoms out there, Friends has a lot of spectacular episodes.
00:58:08For instance, the one with the embryos where most of the gang has a trivia contest is fantastic.
00:58:13But our pick goes to this outrageously funny episode.
00:58:22In the one where everybody finds out, Chandler and Monica's relationship is at last made fully public,
00:58:28with the final remaining friends finding out about it.
00:58:30This leads to some obscenely hilarious and iconic scenes.
00:58:33The various ways in which Chandler and Monica and the other friends, sans Ross, mess with each other are especially unbeatable.
00:58:48And there's even some patented heartwarming moments too.
00:58:51I can't have sex with you.
00:58:53And why not?
00:58:53Because I'm in love with Monica.
00:58:55You're what?
00:58:56It's Friends firing on all cylinders.
00:58:59Number 19, Conor's Wedding, Succession.
00:59:03This episode may have aired relatively recently, but it has already made waves as one of the most acclaimed ever.
00:59:09While the eponymous wedding does indeed take place, the major focus is not on the start of a new life together,
00:59:15but the ending of the Roy patriarchs.
00:59:17And you're a good, you're a good man, you're a good dad.
00:59:22You're a very, very good dad.
00:59:24Uh, you did a good job.
00:59:27Indeed.
00:59:28What's been called the, quote, promise of the show's title comes to fruition as Logan Roy dies.
00:59:34The Roys are arguably all terrible people in their own ways.
00:59:38But even the greedy aren't immune to grief, as they each contend with Logan's passing in heartbreaking and realistic ways.
00:59:44Thank you, Frank.
00:59:46The incredible performances and subject matter at hand are sure to only increase the amount of praise this episode receives as time goes on.
00:59:55This nation has lost a passionate champion and an American titan.
01:00:00And we lost a beloved father.
01:00:03Number 18, Who Goes There?
01:00:05True Detective.
01:00:06True Detective in general has raised the bar for TV, but this episode is something special.
01:00:11What are you talking about, man?
01:00:13Rachie?
01:00:14Put her out there with them antlers on.
01:00:16You have Reggie do it?
01:00:17What are you talking about, Reggie?
01:00:18LeDoux did this?
01:00:20Reggie LeDoux.
01:00:21Detectives Rust Cole and Marty Hart's investigations and personal lives reach a new level of intensity.
01:00:27Marty's marriage falls apart after his infidelity is uncovered.
01:00:30How does it feel?
01:00:31I told you you can't treat people like this.
01:00:34Listen, I just need to know exactly what you told her.
01:00:39But let's not kid ourselves.
01:00:40The highlight here is the episode's finale.
01:00:42Then we can talk about doing business.
01:00:49Where?
01:00:50After Cole goes undercover in a gang and participates in a raid, he's forced to capture one of its members and flee once violence erupts.
01:00:57This is executed in a roughly six-minute long take that's one of the most thrilling sequences in TV, period.
01:01:05Number 17.
01:01:06The Inner Light.
01:01:07Star Trek The Next Generation.
01:01:09Sir, I'm detecting a low-level nucleonic beam coming from the probe.
01:01:14Shields up.
01:01:15Standby phasers.
01:01:16The Star Trek franchise has delivered some of TV's best science fiction.
01:01:19If we have to pick just one episode, though, we'll go with the Inner Light.
01:01:24Captain Jaluk Picard loses consciousness after the Enterprise finds an alien probe.
01:01:29In his mind, he experiences the existence of Kamin, a man from the world the probe came from.
01:01:35Picard slash Kamin fosters a romantic relationship, has children, and ages as the world's star dies, killing the planet around him.
01:01:44The probe itself is a memory, left behind so the inhabitants can be remembered.
01:01:49We named this child for a dear friend who died a year ago.
01:01:54But now his memory will live on in his namesake.
01:01:58Patrick Stewart's performance is spectacular as always, demonstrating how Picard has transformed, and we are too.
01:02:06The memory of love is real, even if the people loved are long gone.
01:02:14I don't regret you, or any of my children, or Nathaniel even.
01:02:37But I do regret never giving myself any choice.
01:02:44Most of the episode concerns the Fisher family figuring out what comes next for them in the wake of Nate's death,
01:02:49with moves, business ventures, and relationships blooming.
01:02:53To Nate.
01:02:54To Nate.
01:02:56To Nate.
01:02:57However, the closing montage is what gets us every time.
01:03:01We see highlights of the rest of the characters' lifetimes, witnessing how they grow old and die.
01:03:06Even as we're sobbing over their loss, seeing them live out their lives is tremendously fulfilling.
01:03:13It feels like the perfect ending, which is deeply valuable.
01:03:23Number 15.
01:03:24The Crossroads of Destiny.
01:03:26Avatar The Last Airbender.
01:03:28Choosing just one episode from this acclaimed animated series is tough,
01:03:31but the season 2 finale is arguably the crux on which much of it hinges.
01:03:35If you open your mind, you will see that all the elements are one.
01:03:41Four parts of the same whole.
01:03:44Even metal is just a part of Earth.
01:03:47The Crossroads of Destiny sees Zuko's sister Azula take over the Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Se.
01:03:52After so much character development from Zuko,
01:03:55his siding with Azula and betraying Uncle Iroh hits hard.
01:03:59The kind of redemption she offers is not for you.
01:04:02Still, maybe not as hard as Aang's literal death.
01:04:06Don't worry, he ultimately survives.
01:04:08This might just be one of the most dramatic episodes of the series.
01:04:11Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel.
01:04:15You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel.
01:04:19But if you just keep moving...
01:04:21And while the ending may be a downer,
01:04:24the high stakes, impressive action, and timely humor represent a level of peak excellence for any show,
01:04:30animated or otherwise.
01:04:32Number 14.
01:04:33Remedial Chaos Theory.
01:04:35Community.
01:04:36Three.
01:04:37One, two, three.
01:04:38Pierce.
01:04:39Crap.
01:04:40Speaking of crap,
01:04:41I was taking one in an airplane bathroom when Eartha Kitt decided to bang me.
01:04:45Oh, shit!
01:04:46What?
01:04:47That's where my mind went.
01:04:48Your mind went years ago.
01:04:49As all D&D players already know,
01:04:52a simple dice roll can spiral into pure mayhem.
01:04:55At Troy and Abed's housewarming party,
01:04:57Jeff suggests rolling a die to decide who gets the pizza.
01:05:00Abed warns that this will create multiple timelines.
01:05:03He was right.
01:05:04This is Toby, our pizza delivery guy,
01:05:06and I know this is gonna sound nuts,
01:05:08but we're in love and we're getting married.
01:05:10I wonder what happened to all those other timelines.
01:05:20Each role spins the group into a different reality,
01:05:22showing how the absence of just one person can unravel everything.
01:05:26From Pierce getting shot to the birth of the darkest timeline,
01:05:29it's community at its smartest and weirdest.
01:05:31The show was already known for genre-bending,
01:05:44thanks to Modern Warfare.
01:05:45Using a 28 Days Later setup,
01:05:47Jeff awakens from a nap to find Greendale a paintball-soaked battleground.
01:05:51Together, these episodes prove community was both funny and fearless.
01:06:09Number 13.
01:06:10The View from Halfway Down.
01:06:12Bojack Horseman.
01:06:14This tragicomic animated show always pushes boundaries with its storytelling,
01:06:18and it all comes together in the penultimate episode of the series,
01:06:21The View from Halfway Down.
01:06:23The eponymous Bojack finds himself at a soiree
01:06:26with many of the deceased characters from throughout the series.
01:06:29Sacrifice?
01:06:29In the service of something greater?
01:06:31Maybe, but just in and of itself?
01:06:33What's the good in that?
01:06:34A lot.
01:06:34Bojack eventually understands that he too is dying,
01:06:37and the Horseman must confront his own mortality and its inevitability.
01:06:41It's a dark, strange, surreal work
01:06:44that perfectly captures not only the reality of dream-style experience,
01:06:48but also the tragedy and hope that life and death can inspire.
01:06:52A song you taught me when I was small.
01:07:00Don't stop dancing.
01:07:03In other words, it's a masterpiece.
01:07:05So what do I do now?
01:07:07Bojack.
01:07:08It doesn't matter.
01:07:10Well, if it doesn't matter,
01:07:11can I stay on the phone with you at least?
01:07:13Number 12.
01:07:14Mizumono.
01:07:15Hannibal.
01:07:16There are a lot of brutal, surprising TV episodes out there,
01:07:20and Mizumono is one of the most shocking.
01:07:22When the moment comes.
01:07:24When the moment comes.
01:07:29Will you do what needs to be done?
01:07:31Things tighten around Hannibal Lecter,
01:07:33as Will Graham works to win his trust.
01:07:36However, the wily cannibal psychiatrist
01:07:38not only discovers Will's deception,
01:07:41he also seemingly kills most of the main cast in the final confrontation.
01:07:46The most beautiful quality of a true friendship is to understand and be understood.
01:07:52But the episode is more than just its twists and turns.
01:07:55The dialogue is fantastic,
01:07:56the acting is superb,
01:07:58and the cinematography and direction are some of the best in all of TV.
01:08:01Like the Japanese dessert course it's named for,
01:08:05Mizumono is tremendously satisfying.
01:08:07Even if it's way more traumatic.
01:08:10Fate and circumstance have returned us to this moment.
01:08:13Number 11.
01:08:14The Body.
01:08:15Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
01:08:17Buffy had some incredible episodes,
01:08:19and it was tempting to choose Hush,
01:08:21which largely forces the characters to go non-verbal.
01:08:24But the body is too good to pass up.
01:08:27Many of the best TV episodes deal with death,
01:08:29but few address it in as viscerally real a way as this.
01:08:34Buffy discovers her mother Joyce has passed suddenly from an aneurysm.
01:08:38Mom?
01:08:41Mom?
01:08:42She, her sister, and her friends all struggle to grapple with what's occurred.
01:08:47The performances are heart-rendingly authentic,
01:08:49and so much of the dialogue touches on the human inability to comprehend death.
01:08:54The direction and sound design are phenomenal too,
01:08:57emphasizing certain noises, while music is absent.
01:09:01When someone you love is gone, the world feels wrong.
01:09:04The body represents that with gut-wrenching honesty.
01:09:07But I don't understand.
01:09:10I don't understand how this all happens.
01:09:13Number 10.
01:09:14The Contest.
01:09:15Seinfeld.
01:09:16When it first debuted,
01:09:17Seinfeld was unlike any sitcom on the air.
01:09:21Whereas most network sitcoms focused on a workplace or home life,
01:09:24Larry David's Laugh Riot adamantly rejected such focus.
01:09:27I'm really serious.
01:09:28I think that's a good idea.
01:09:30Just talking?
01:09:31Well, what's the show about?
01:09:33It's about nothing.
01:09:36No story?
01:09:38No, forget the story.
01:09:39Though the classic show-about-nothing concept commonly referred to as kind of a misnomer,
01:09:43it was never better than when it was pushing taboos.
01:09:46And that is exactly what this episode did.
01:09:48So you're still master of your domain?
01:09:50Yes.
01:09:51Yes, I am.
01:09:53Master of my domain.
01:09:55The contest saw the gang competing with one another
01:09:57to see who could avoid pleasuring themselves the longest.
01:10:00As you can imagine, this led to some unbearable tension for all involved
01:10:04and gave viewers something they'd never seen on television before.
01:10:07A conversation about being master of your domain.
01:10:10Wow, who walks around the house like that?
01:10:14Maybe she's a nudist.
01:10:15You know those nudist can't leave people.
01:10:17Yeah.
01:10:18Yeah.
01:10:19The biggest laugh?
01:10:21Local weirdo Cosmo Kramer's near-instant failure.
01:10:27I'm out.
01:10:28Number 9.
01:10:33The Suitcase, Mad Men
01:10:35Everything to you is an opportunity.
01:10:39And you should be thanking me every morning when you wake up,
01:10:41along with Jesus, for giving you another day.
01:10:44Matthew Weiner's Mad Men offered a brutally honest look at the sexism,
01:10:48racism, political tension, and male machismo
01:10:51that characterized the business world in the 60s.
01:10:53A decade that's far too easy to romanticize.
01:10:56The show was arguably never better, however,
01:10:58than when it was diving deep into character analysis
01:11:01as it does with Don Draper
01:11:02and ambitious secretary Peggy Olsen in this episode.
01:11:05I mean, I know what I'm supposed to want,
01:11:07but it just never feels right.
01:11:11Or as important as anything in that office.
01:11:13The suitcase spends most of its runtime
01:11:15with the two sharing drinks,
01:11:17dinner, and unusually honest conversation.
01:11:19And it all comes to a head
01:11:21in one of Don's few truly genuine moments.
01:11:26It's frequently cited as being among the best episodes
01:11:40of the entire series.
01:11:42And considering the overall high quality of the show,
01:11:44that is saying a whole lot.
01:11:47Number 8. Lucy Does a TV Commercial
01:11:49I Love Lucy
01:11:50In the golden age of television,
01:11:58Lucille Ball's family comedy reigns supreme.
01:12:01Across six seasons,
01:12:02the talented actor and comedian
01:12:03created too many timeless moments to count.
01:12:06But Lucy Does a TV Commercial
01:12:07is without a doubt
01:12:08the show's greatest gift to comedy.
01:12:10Aw, Ricky, please,
01:12:12just let me do the commercial.
01:12:13Nothing doing.
01:12:14Why not?
01:12:15Look, honey,
01:12:16this is too big a chance for me.
01:12:18I need someone with a lot of experience.
01:12:20Well, I've had experience.
01:12:22In the episode,
01:12:23Lucy doesn't add for a new health tonic
01:12:24with the unpronounceable name
01:12:26Vitamita Vegemin,
01:12:27which is 23% alcohol.
01:12:30Stuff any good?
01:12:31Well, it ought to be.
01:12:32It's got everything in it.
01:12:33Meat, vegetables, minerals, vitamins.
01:12:36Wonder where she is.
01:12:38Alcohol, 23%.
01:12:39Take after take
01:12:41sees Lucy beginning
01:12:42to feel the effects of the product.
01:12:44And she's soon struggling
01:12:45with the already ridiculously
01:12:46unpronounceable name.
01:12:48So why don't you join
01:12:49the thousands of happy puppy people
01:12:50and get a great big model
01:12:52of Vita Veezy Veezy Meeny Mighty.
01:12:58Physical comedy,
01:12:59over-the-top facial expressions,
01:13:01and that impossibly chipper delivery
01:13:03of her lines,
01:13:04this is Lucille Ball
01:13:05firing on all cylinders.
01:13:07Over 50 years later,
01:13:09the episode remains as funny
01:13:11and quotable as ever.
01:13:13Number 7.
01:13:13The Constant, Lost.
01:13:15The Constant focuses on Desmond Hume,
01:13:18whose consciousness begins
01:13:19traveling back and forth
01:13:20between 1996 and 2004.
01:13:22On your sudden feats,
01:13:34move, move, move, move!
01:13:37Though revisiting his past
01:13:38brings insight,
01:13:39it could also prove fatal.
01:13:41So it's a race
01:13:41to steady his place
01:13:42in the world
01:13:43by finding the titular Constant,
01:13:45someone he knew
01:13:46in both time periods.
01:13:47I need you to tell me
01:13:48that you know about Eloise.
01:13:50Hey, hey, hey!
01:13:54He's first!
01:13:55He's set!
01:13:56Apparently,
01:13:57the writers took twice as long
01:13:59as usual to develop
01:14:00the script for this episode,
01:14:01and it shows.
01:14:02This is an extremely tightly
01:14:04constructed 43 minutes
01:14:05of television.
01:14:06But not only is it well-crafted,
01:14:08it also manages
01:14:09to pack an emotional punch.
01:14:10The popularity of Lost
01:14:24would ultimately pave the way
01:14:25for other puzzle box
01:14:26sci-fi shows
01:14:27like The Leftovers,
01:14:28which deserves a nod
01:14:29for its season 2 episode,
01:14:31International Assassin.
01:14:32Number 6
01:14:33Homer's Enemy
01:14:34The Simpsons
01:14:35The Simpsons
01:14:38The Simpsons
01:14:39The Simpsons
01:14:40The Simpsons
01:14:41The Simpsons
01:14:41The Simpsons
01:14:42The Simpsons
01:14:43The Simpsons
01:14:44The Simpsons
01:14:44The Simpsons
01:14:45The Simpsons
01:14:45The Simpsons
01:14:46The Simpsons
01:14:47The Simpsons
01:14:49For over 30 seasons,
01:14:51Matt Groening's
01:14:52idiosyncratic family
01:14:53has been broadcast
01:14:53into the homes
01:14:54of millions.
01:14:56Though later seasons
01:14:56have been criticized
01:14:57for a dip in quality,
01:14:59in its prime,
01:15:00it was an unstoppable force,
01:15:02one willing to venture
01:15:03into then-uncharted
01:15:04dark territory
01:15:04for an animated series.
01:15:06Abandoned by his parents
01:15:07at age 4,
01:15:08Frank never got
01:15:09to go to school.
01:15:10He spent his childhood years
01:15:12as a delivery boy,
01:15:13delivering toys
01:15:14to more fortunate children.
01:15:16Homer's Enemy
01:15:17introduces Frank Grimes,
01:15:18who is aghast
01:15:19at the oafish Homer's
01:15:20incredible luck.
01:15:22It's a great,
01:15:22self-aware takedown
01:15:23of the show's tendency
01:15:24to put Homer
01:15:25in unlikely situations,
01:15:26places he has
01:15:27no right to be.
01:15:28What is his job?
01:15:30Safety inspector?
01:15:31That irresponsible oaf?
01:15:33A man who by all rights
01:15:34should have been killed
01:15:35dozens of times by now?
01:15:36Hmm, 316 times
01:15:38by my count.
01:15:39All of this converges
01:15:40in Grimes having
01:15:40a mental breakdown
01:15:41that ultimately
01:15:42results in his death.
01:15:43What's this?
01:15:44Extremely high voltage.
01:15:47Well, I don't need
01:15:48safety gloves
01:15:48because I'm Homer
01:15:50si-
01:15:50The episode polarized
01:15:56critics at the time,
01:15:57but it's gone down
01:15:59as a landmark moment
01:16:00in television history.
01:16:02Number 5.
01:16:02The Reigns of Castamere,
01:16:04Game of Thrones.
01:16:06HBO's adaptation
01:16:07of George R.R. Martin's
01:16:08fantasy series
01:16:09was arguably
01:16:09the water cooler show.
01:16:11Keep this one safe.
01:16:15He means the world to me.
01:16:16The series made it clear
01:16:18in season 1
01:16:19that no character
01:16:20was safe,
01:16:20but even so,
01:16:22nothing could have prepared
01:16:23us for the events
01:16:23of what would come
01:16:24to be known
01:16:25as the Red Wedding.
01:16:26At the time,
01:16:37many fans and critics
01:16:38were upset
01:16:38by what was described
01:16:39as abusive
01:16:40or manipulative writing.
01:16:42In hindsight, however,
01:16:43we've come to really
01:16:44appreciate this episode
01:16:45and its sickening twist.
01:16:47Yes, it was awful
01:16:51to experience,
01:16:52but the character
01:16:53motivations made sense.
01:16:55Game of Thrones
01:16:55as a series
01:16:56redefined television
01:16:57and viewer expectations
01:16:59and rarely did it do so
01:17:01quite as effectively
01:17:02as in the Reigns of Castamere.
01:17:09Number 4.
01:17:10Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
01:17:12The Twilight Zone.
01:17:14Rod Serling's
01:17:15sci-fi anthology show
01:17:16is known
01:17:17for groundbreaking storytelling,
01:17:18using science fiction
01:17:19the best way it can
01:17:20as a mask
01:17:21for deeper social commentary.
01:17:23From To Serve Man's
01:17:24double meaning
01:17:25to The Monsters Are Due
01:17:26on Maple Street's
01:17:27obvious communist allegory,
01:17:29it was often
01:17:29the smartest show
01:17:30on television.
01:17:31They pick the most
01:17:32dangerous enemy
01:17:33they can find,
01:17:34and it's themselves.
01:17:36But the most memorable episode
01:17:38was even remade
01:17:39in the film anthology
01:17:40with John Lithgow
01:17:41in the main role.
01:17:42Nightmare deals
01:17:43with a gremlin
01:17:43destroying an airplane
01:17:44piece by piece
01:17:45mid-flight,
01:17:46with an aviophobic
01:17:47William Shatner
01:17:48the only helpless witness.
01:17:54The episode has been
01:17:55spoofed countless times,
01:17:57but nothing tops
01:17:58the original,
01:17:59be it in terms of style
01:18:00or substance.
01:18:01The practical effects
01:18:02might age,
01:18:03but not the universality
01:18:05of fear.
01:18:06Number 3.
01:18:08Pine Barrens.
01:18:09The Sopranos.
01:18:10What are we going to do?
01:18:12Pull the cover.
01:18:14With the dawn
01:18:15of the new millennium
01:18:16came the age
01:18:17of the antihero,
01:18:18and The Sopranos
01:18:19was a game changer,
01:18:20the first HBO show
01:18:22to really shake up
01:18:22how television narrative works.
01:18:24Rather than episodes
01:18:25of the week,
01:18:26this David Chase mob drama
01:18:27told a complete story
01:18:28over several seasons
01:18:29and episodes.
01:18:30There were times,
01:18:31however,
01:18:31when the show took a break
01:18:32to focus on
01:18:33the smaller moments.
01:18:34I find it very interesting
01:18:35that you're able
01:18:36to talk about this
01:18:37without rancor.
01:18:42Actually,
01:18:43we haven't been arguing
01:18:43as much lately.
01:18:46It's the therapy.
01:18:48We're learning
01:18:48how to communicate.
01:18:50In Pine Barrens,
01:18:51gangsters Polly and Christopher
01:18:52find themselves
01:18:53lost in the woods
01:18:54after a confrontation
01:18:55with a Russian mobster
01:18:56goes awry.
01:18:57There's something
01:18:57almost lyrical
01:18:58about Polly and Christopher's
01:18:59trek,
01:19:00particularly because
01:19:01their victim
01:19:01is hardly mentioned,
01:19:03as if they didn't matter
01:19:04as much as the journey.
01:19:05First place I'm hitting
01:19:06is done each.
01:19:07I know.
01:19:08Get like five
01:19:09of those Grand Slam breakfasts.
01:19:11What can we say?
01:19:12It's just incredible television.
01:19:15Number two,
01:19:15Abyssinia Henry,
01:19:17MASH.
01:19:18There's an urban legend
01:19:19that after the final episode
01:19:21of MASH,
01:19:21goodbye, farewell,
01:19:22and amen,
01:19:23New York City
01:19:24suffered a water shortage
01:19:25from most of the city
01:19:26flushing their toilets
01:19:27at the same time.
01:19:28I'll miss you.
01:19:29A lot.
01:19:33I can't imagine
01:19:34what this place
01:19:34would have been like
01:19:34if I hadn't found you here.
01:19:35It's not true,
01:19:37but that people believe it
01:19:38speaks to the show's popularity.
01:19:40The prolific show
01:19:41had countless moments
01:19:42of humor,
01:19:42heart,
01:19:43and tragedy,
01:19:44but none was more shocking
01:19:45than Henry's sudden death
01:19:47in Abyssinia Henry.
01:19:48The commanding officer
01:19:49receives his orders
01:19:50to go home
01:19:50and leaves
01:19:51after a bittersweet farewell.
01:19:53Then,
01:19:54Corporal Radar O'Reilly
01:19:55enters with the news.
01:19:56Lieutenant Colonel
01:19:57Henry Blake's plane
01:20:00was shot down
01:20:04over the Sea of Japan.
01:20:09It spun in.
01:20:14There were no survivors.
01:20:16It is a heartbreaking turn,
01:20:18but one that felt true
01:20:19to a show
01:20:19that was never afraid
01:20:20to remind us
01:20:21of the horrors of war.
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01:20:36Walter White may start
01:20:43Breaking Bad
01:20:44as a milquetoast
01:20:45chemistry teacher,
01:20:46but by the end,
01:20:47he is a full-on drug lord,
01:20:49complete with bad guy hat
01:20:50and a series of corpses
01:20:51in his wake.
01:20:57It's only in the series
01:20:58second to last episode
01:20:59that he really returns
01:21:00to his root motive,
01:21:02ensuring the well-being
01:21:03of his family
01:21:04at his own expense.
01:21:06In the episode's
01:21:06climax,
01:21:07White calls his wife
01:21:08and unloads on her,
01:21:09knowing the authorities
01:21:10are listening in.
01:21:12You,
01:21:12you have no right
01:21:14to discuss anything
01:21:17about what I do.
01:21:19What the hell
01:21:20do you know about it anyway?
01:21:22Nothing.
01:21:23I built this.
01:21:24Me, me alone.
01:21:25Nobody else.
01:21:26But his tirade
01:21:27has an ulterior motive.
01:21:29He wants to exonerate
01:21:30his wife of any wrongdoing
01:21:31by placing all of the blame
01:21:33at his feet.
01:21:34It's a powerful scene
01:21:35and incredibly fitting.
01:21:37Walter made a lot
01:21:38of bad choices,
01:21:38but he was always
01:21:39the smartest man
01:21:40in the room.
01:21:41Are there other TV episodes
01:21:43that formed a core memory
01:21:44for you?
01:21:45Let us know
01:21:45in the comments below.
01:21:46How about you?
01:21:48You're still on Earth
01:21:49or on the ship with me?
01:21:53It doesn't make
01:21:54very much difference
01:21:54because sooner or later
01:21:55will all of us
01:21:56be on the menu?
01:21:57Let's go.
01:21:57I want more
01:21:59for you.
01:22:00Let me know.
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