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Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 1/12/2012 1:36:09 PM

Beetlejuice!

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Very well then, as it's not allowed in the other TV thread, here's a little spin-off list. This is specifically television episodes that will be listed here, not seasons. It would be pretty difficult to list every TV episode you watch in one year so within this thread it's recommended you have a cut-off point once you have reached the 100. Whether or not you allow reality TV programmes, documentaries and soaps is down to yourself but I think if you can buy a box-set of the series then thats a good rule to stick to for jotting it down here.

Embarassingly this thread will show my inadequacy at watching box sets. Can take me up to 6 months to get through one.

Come grab a spot!

BEETLEJUICE'S Top 100 T.V. Episodes Watched in 2013

10/10

9/10
1. Blackadder Goes Forth - Corporal Punishment (#1.2)
2. The Big Bang Theory - The Barbarian Sublimation (#2.3)
3. Black Adder the Third - Ink and Incapability (#1.2)
4. The Big Bang Theory - The Panty Pinata Situation (#2.7)
5. Revenge - Reckoning (#1.22)
6. Revenge - Grief (#1.21)
7. Black-Adder II - Beer (#1.5)
8. Black-Adder II - Head (#1.2)
9. The Big Bang Theory - The Boyfriend Complexity (#4.9)
10. Black Adder the Third - Duel and Duality (#1.6)
11. Alias - The Box: Part 1 (#1.12)
12. Alias - The Box: Part 2 (#1.13)

8/10
13. Black-Adder II - Bells (#1.1)
14. Black Adder the Third - Dish and Dishonesty (#1.1)
15. Black-Adder II - Chains (#1.6)
16. Black Adder the Third - Nob and Nobility (#1.3)
17. Black-Adder II - Potato (#1.3)
18. Blackadder Goes Forth - Captain Cook (#1.1)
19. Black Adder the Third - Sense and Senility (#1.4)
20. Black Adder the Third - Amy and Amiability (#1.5)
21. Black-Adder II - Money (#1.4)
22. Revenge - Legacy (#1.20)
23. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
24. Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

7/10
25. Community - Spanish 101 (#1.2)
26. Alias - Color Blind (#1.7)
27. Smash - On Broadway (#2.1)
28. Community - Pilot (#1.1)
29. Alias - Mea Culpa (#1.9)
30. Alias - Time Will Tell (#1.8)
31. Alias - Spirit (#1.10)
32. Alias - Parity (#1.3)
33. Alias - Doppelganger (#1.5)
34. Alias - Reckoning (#1.6)
35. Alias - The Confession (#1.11)
36. Smash - Musical Chairs (#1.7)
37. My Name is Earl - Sweet Johnny (#4.5)
38. Alias - So it Begins (#1.2)

6/10
39. My Name is Earl - Stole an RV (#4.4)
40. Alias - A Broken Heart (#1.4)
41. Smash - The Song (#2.4)
42. Smash - The Fringe (#2.6)
43. Smash - The Dramaturg (#2.3)

5/10
44. Smash - The Read-Through (#2.5)

4/10

3/10

2/10
45. Big Time Rush - Big Time School of Rocque (#1.2)

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 1/1/2013 6:02:45 AM

jiraffejustin

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1. The Eric Andre Show - Season 1, Episode 9 (Jack)

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 3/1/2013 12:07:23 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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I suppose, in theory, that I should include all the TV episodes I've seen so far this year for my first post but ordering 33 in one go is too much of a chore, especially when a whole lot of them are very similar in quality, so just the top few for now.

SPOILERS!

1. Community 3.3 - Remedial Chaos Theory
2. Community 3.5 - Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps

Two of the best episodes of the show yet. Both feature (almost) just the study group and both play about with the format of the show. Remedial Chaos Theory sees the gang at a house warming party for Troy and Abed, but the delivery of pizza means that one has to go downstairs to collect. A die is thrown to determine who this is, and we see the outcome 7 times, events in the flat differing wildly with each depending on who leaves. The Darkest Timeline is genuinely one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in years.

Horror Fiction has the gang telling spooky stories, After Britta's psych eval of the gang reveals that one could be a potential serial killer. Each story tell us a little about how the characters seem themselves and each other. Annie's absurdly disturbing tale is delight, Shirley's views on Britta and Jeff are hilarious but it's Pierce's tale that takes the cake,

3. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.11 - Christmas Present
I really, really love this show and this is one of the best in the run. Ray, thinking he;s being given a horrible tie for Christmas, deliberately buys Debra a fancy Christmas gift in the hope that she'll let him go on a golfing weekend but his plan is foiled when it turns out she's bought him a DVD player. Cue the usual Barone arguing. I just love it. As is often, Peter Boyle's sarky remarks get some of the biggest laughs.

4. Cheers 4.6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
$500 for a book? I can see why Sam was bothered.

5. Community 3.4 - Competitive Ecology
Faced with yet another diorama and the possibility of an 8th group member, loyalty's are divided and a tortoise almost killed. Only half of this episode really works. Chang's film noirish storyline is filler and contains few laughs, but the study group in conflict is always a delight.

1. Community 3.3 - Remedial Chaos Theory
2. Dexter 6.2 - Once Upon A Time
3. Dexter 6.1 - This Kinds Of Things
4. Dexter 6.5 - The Angel Of Death
5. Dexter 6.12 - This Is The Way The World Ends
6. Dexter 6.4 - A Horse Of A Different Color
7. Dexter 6.10 - Ricochet Rabbit
8. Dexter 6.6 - Just Let Go
9. Dexter 6.8 - Sin Of Omission
10. Dexter 6.9 - Get Gellar

11. Dexter 6.11 - Talk To The Hand
12. Dexter 6.7 - Nebraska
13. Dexter 6.3 - Smokey and The Bandit
14. Community 3.5 - Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky steps
15. Africa 1.3 - Congo
16. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.7 - The Sigh
17. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.19 - The Canister
18. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.5 - Marie's Sculpture
19. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.15 - Cookies
20. Africa 1.1 - Kalahari

21. Africa 1.4 - Cape
22. Africa 1.2 - Savannah
23. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.6 - Robert needs Money
24. Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
25. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.16 - Lucky Suit
26. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.11 - Christmas Present
27. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.18 - Humm Vac
28. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.18 - The Plan
29. Community 3.6 - Studies In Modern Movement
30. Community 3.10 - Regional Holiday Music

31. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.9 - She's The One
32. Everybody Loves Raymond 4,4 - Sex Talk
33. Everybody Loves Raymond 4.8 - Debra's Workout
34. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.20 - Net Worth
35. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.8 - Young Girl
36. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.10 - Marie's Vision
37. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.11 - The Thought That Counts
38. Community 3.9 - Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
39. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.20 - A Vote For Debra
40. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.22 - Mother's Day

41. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.23 - The Bigger Person
42. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.24 - The First Time
43. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.1 - The Cult
44. Community 3.4 - Competitive Ecology
45. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.13 - Tissues
46. Community 3.8 - Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
47. Community 3.11 - Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
48. Community 3.1 - Biology 101
49. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.10 - Raybert
50. Cheers 5.10 - Everyone Imitates Art

51. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.6 - Frank Goes Downstairs
52. Cheers 5.1 - The Triangle
53. Cheers 4.14 - Suspicion
54. Community 3.2 - Geography Of Global Conflict
55. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.13 - Super Bowl
56. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.15 - The Disciplinarian
57. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.7 - The Walk To The Door
58. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.10 - The Sneeze
59. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.13 - Somebody Hates Raymond
60. Cheers 5.9 - Thanksgiving Orphans

61. Community 3.6 - Advanced Gay
62. Cheers 5.4 - Abnormal Psychology
63. Cheers 4.17 - Second Time Around
63. Cheers 4.16 - Cliffie's Big Score
65. Life On Earth 1.2 - Building Bodies
66. Life On Earth 1.1 - The Infinite Variety
67. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.18 - The Breakup Tape
68. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.12 - Grandpa Steals
69. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.21 - Call Me Mom
70. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.19 - Talk To Your Daughter

71. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.14 - Ray's Journal
72. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.1 - The Angry Family
73. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.12 - What Good Are You?
74. Cheers 4.12 - Fools and Their Money
75. Cheers 4.13 - Take My Shirt...Please?
76. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.7 - Jealous Robert
77. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.19 - Sleepover At Peggy's
78. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.2 - Counseling
79. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.14 - Just A Formality
80. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.4 - Ray's Ring

81. Southland 4.9 - Risk
82. Southland 4.8 - God's Work
83. Southland 4.7 - Fallout
84. Neil Armstrong - First Man on the Moon
85. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.15 - Silent Partners
86. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.9 - Fighting In Laws
87. Everybody Loves Raymond 4.12 - What's With Robert?
88. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.21 - Let's Fix Robert
89. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.9 - Older Women
90. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.12 - Season's Greetings

91. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.22 - Say Uncle
92. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.11 - The Kicker
93. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.16 - Fairies
94. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.25 - Ally's Birth
95. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.17 - Meeting The Parent
96. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.8 - The Annoying Kid
97. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.4 - Pet The Bunny
98. Everybody Loves Raymond 7.5 - Who Am I?
99. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.8 - It's Supposed To Be Fun
100. Everybody Loves Raymond 6.17 - The Skit

Everybody Loves Raymond - 5.24 - Frank Paints The House
Everybody Loves Raymond 6.14 - Snow Days
The Big Bang Theory 6.8 - The 43 Peculiarity
The Big Bang Theory 6.9 - The Parking Spot Escalation
The Big Bang Theory 6.10 - The Fish Guts Displacement
Everybody Loves Raymond 7.3 - Homework

Everybody Loves Raymond 6.3 - Odd Man Out
The Girl
Cheers 4.22 - Diane Chambers Day
Everybody Loves Raymond 5.17 - Stefania Arrives
Everybody Loves Raymond 7.16 - Sweet Charity
Everybody Loves Raymond - 5.23 - Seperation
Charmed 3.22 - All Hell Breaks Loose
Charmed 4.11 - Trial By Magic
Charmed 4.20 - Long Live The Queen
Charmed 4.21 - Womb Raider
Charmed 4.22 - Witch Way Now?
Cheers 4.20 - Save The Last Dance For Me
Cheers 4.21 - Fear Is My Co-Pilot
Cheers 5.11 - The Book Of Samuel
Charmed 4.1 - Charmed Again (part 1)
Charmed 4.2 - Charmed Again (part 2)
Charmed 4.12 - Lost and Bound
Person Of Interest 1.11 - Super
Cheers 4.6 - I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday
Cheers 4.18 - The Peterson Principle
Cheers 5.5 - House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick
Cheers 4.24 - Strange Bedfellows, Part 1
Cheers 4.25 - Strange Bedfellows, Part 2
Cheers 4.26 - Strange Bedfellows, Part 3
Cheers 4.7 - 2 Good 2 Be For Real
Cheers 5.6 - Tan 'n' Wash
Cheers 5.7 - Young Dr. Weinstein
Cheers 4.8 - Love Thy Neighor
Cheers 4.19 - Dark Imaginings
Cheers 5.3 - Money Dearest
Modern Family 2.1 - The Old Wagon
Cheers 5.8 - Knights of the Scimitar
Cheers 5.2 - Cape Cad
Cheers 5.1 - The Proposal
Cheers 4.9 - From Beer To Eternity
Cheers 4.10 - The Barstoolie
Cheers 4.11 - Don Juan Is Hell
Cheers 4.23 - Relief Bartender
The Good Wife 4.1 - I Fought The Law
Blandings 1.2 - The Go-Getter
Blandings 1.1 - Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey!
Charmed 4.3 - Hell Hath No Fury
Charmed 4.13 - Charmed and Dangerous
Charmed 3.20 - Exit Strategy
Charmed 4.4 - Enter The Demon
Charmed 4.8 - Black As Cole
Charmed 4.19 - We're Off To See The Wizard
Charmed 4.7 - Brain Drain
Charmed 4.17 - Saving Private Leo
Charmed 4.18 - Bite Me
Charmed 4.16 - The Fifth Halliwheel
Charmed 3.14 - The Good, The Bad and The Cursed
Charmed 3.11 - Blinded By The Whitelighter
Charmed 3.13 - Bride and Gloom
Charmed 3.15 - Just Harried
Charmed 4.9 - Muse To My Ears
Charmed 4.10 - A Paige From The Past
Charmed 3.18 - Sin Francisco
Charmed 4.15 - Marry-Go-Round
Charmed 4.14 - The Thee Faces Of Phoebe
Charmed 3.21 - Look Who's Barking
Charmed 3.9 - Coyote Piper
Bones 6.7 - The Babe In The Bar
Charmed 3.19 - The Demon Who Came in from the Cold
Charmed 3.10 - We All Scream For Ice Cream
Charmed 3.12 - Wresting With Demons
Charmed 3.17 - Pre-Witched
NCIS 9.1 - Nature Of The Beast
Terra Nova 1.1 - Genesis Part 1
Terra Nova 1.1 - Genesis Part 2
Ben and Kate 1.3 - The Fox Hunt
Ben and Kate 1.5 - Emergency Kit
Ben and Kate 1.1 - Pilot
Ben and Kate 1.2 - Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Doors Open
The Mentalist 5.9 - Black Cherry
Charmed 4.5 - Size Matters
Ripper Street 1.3 - The King Came Calling
The New Normal 1.3 - Baby Clothes
The New Normal 1.1 - Pilot
The New Normal 1.2 - Sofa's Choice
Utopia 1.2
Utopia 1.3
Utopia 1.1
Grey's Anatomy 3.19 - My Favourite Mistake
Grey's Anatomy 3.18 - Scars and Souvenirs
Grey's Anatomy 3.16 - Drowning on Dry Land
Grey's Anatomy 3.17 - Some Kind of Miracle
Grey's Anatomy 3.15 - Walk On Water
Elementary 1.1 - Pilot

Terra Nova 1.3 - Instinct
Death In Paradise 2.2
Death In Paradise 2.1
Death In Paradise 2.3
Death In Paradise 2.4
Fifties British War Films: Days of Glory
QI Xl 10.15 - Jolly
Spies Of Warsaw 1.1
Revenge 2.1 - Destiny
Revenge 2.3 - Confidence
Revenge 2.2 - Resurrection
Revenge 2.4 - Intuition
Restless 1.1
Restless 1.2
Batman 3.23 - I'll Be A Mummy's Uncle
Batman 3.24 - The Joker's Flying Saucer
Batman 3.25 - The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra
Batman 3.26 - Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires
Ripper Street 1.4 - The Good Of This City
Ripper Street 1.2 - In My Protection
Shameless US 2.11 - Just Like the Pilgrims Intended
Shameless US 2.12 - Fiona Interrupted
Body Of Proof 2.10 - Your Number's Up
Body Of Proof 2.11 - Falling For You
Body Of Proof 2.12 - Shades Of Blue
Ripper Street 1.5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
Suits 2.1 - She Knows
Spies Of Warsaw 1.2
Up All Night 1.2 - Cool Neighbors
Up All Night 1.1 - Pilot
Up All Night 1.3 - Working Late and Working It
Up All Night 1.4 - New Car
Dallas 2.1 - Battle Lines
Happy Birthday ET!

2 Broke Girls 2.8 - And The Egg Special
2 Broke Girls 2.9 - And The New Boss
2 Broke Girls 2.10 - And The Big Opening
The Golden Globes
The Hobbit: T4 Premiere Special
Covert Affairs 3.16 - Lady Stardust
Covert Affairs 3.15 - Quicksand
American Idol 12.1

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2012

To add:

< Message edited by Gimli The Dwarf -- 31/1/2013 3:45:23 PM >

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 3/1/2013 12:09:21 PM

homersimpson_esq

Posts: 19969
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Sure why not.

Mad Men, season 3, penultimate episode - what is that, episode 12? 11? I dunno. The penultimate one anyway.

Phenomenal stuff. It's the one where (SPOILERS) JFK gets shot. So well-handled, I was genuinely affected by the death of somebody 40 years ago, and several thousand miles away, as portrayed by actors who weren't even alive when it happened. Astonishing stuff.
Mad Men, season 5, penultimate episode

Can't really say what happens as it's not tied to a major historical event, but it's 46 minutes of great TV.

< Message edited by homersimpson_esq -- 9/1/2013 7:14:42 AM >

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 3/1/2013 12:10:46 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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That was a great episode.

_____________________________

So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 3/1/2013 3:58:22 PM

benmharper

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Joined: 15/12/2005
From: Carlisle

Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep11
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep12
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 10
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 8
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 5
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 9
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 7
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 4
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 3
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 1
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 6
Boardwalk Empire s3 Ep 2
Seinfeld S6 Ep 6
Seinfeld s6 Ep 4
Seinfeld S6 Ep 5
Glee S4 Ep 1
The Borgias S2 Ep 3
The Borgias S2 Ep 2
Press Gang - Final Episode
Bones S8 Ep 1
Bones S8 Ep 2
The Borgias S2 Ep 1
The River Ep 8
The River Ep 7
The River Ep 6

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 3/1/2013 4:49:24 PM

homersimpson_esq

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quote:

ORIGINAL: benmharper

Guess what I've been watching

Eastenders?

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 4/1/2013 6:50:30 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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4. Community 3.7 - Studies In Modern Movement

A gem of an episode. So much to like - The Dean's dinner with Jeff, Pierce's paint angels, Annie questioning loosey-goosey, Jesus who drinks blood, "What's the iron for?" or the gang taking the mickey out of Jeff at the end. The kicker is the credits tag with Horsebot 300. Brilliant.

< Message edited by Gimli The Dwarf -- 6/1/2013 1:13:14 PM >

_____________________________

So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 4/1/2013 9:20:17 PM

benmharper

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quote:

ORIGINAL: homersimpson_esq

quote:

ORIGINAL: benmharper

Guess what I've been watching

Eastenders?

Good guess

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 6/1/2013 12:03:35 AM

Gimli The Dwarf

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6. Community 3.9 - Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
8. Community 3.8 - Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
It's not often I find Jeff to be the funniest in a Community episode but he was in both of these. His portrayal of Pelton in Redux is superb but it's the announcement that he's the grandson of the inventor of foosball that really tickled me.

9. The Girl

_____________________________

So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 6/1/2013 1:11:06 PM

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I love Series 3 and reading your comments makes me want to go back and watch it all again despite having seen it several times now. The foosball episode is brilliant and I love how the show can constantly mix up the characters and develop relationships, Shirley and Jeff have had a few moments together (tiny nipples) but this was simply lovely by the end.

Redux is why I adore Community, it still boggles my mind that the episodes are barely 20 minutes apiece when they do stuff like that.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 6/1/2013 1:31:03 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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I may be misremebering as I only had a cursory glance for fear of spoilers, but were there not posts on the forum last year suggesting Community lost its way in S3? Because there's no sign at all of that yet.

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 6/1/2013 1:47:08 PM

impqueen

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Some people didn't like the direction (more random weirdness, film/television references, Pierce�) of the series and it was criticised for not appealing to new comers (tough). I got the criticisms but I didn�t agree I thought it was a brilliant series with some truly great (and marginally risky) writing and performances. You can�t please everyone though, same went for Game of Thrones which did dip in quality but was never less (in my view) than entertaining. I think it�s way too easy to complain/bitch about a series than appreciate the fact that some people are trying to do something a little different or at least make something familiar feel fresh.

Glad you are enjoying it at the moment though.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 6/1/2013 3:50:09 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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quote:

ORIGINAL: impqueen

it was criticised for not appealing to new comers (tough)

Agreed

5. Community 3.10 - Regional Holiday Music
A better epsiode of Glee than Glee ever managed and the best Christmas episode of the show so far. Great songs, good call backs to previous episodes and a lovely heartwaming final scene. Two moments in particular had me crying with tears - Abed and Mr. Rad forcing their lyrics to rhyme by adding "ing" to unison and Britta's realisation that Jeff's been turned, Bodysnatchers style.

10. Community 3.11 - Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
The title alone made me chuckle, "a thought with another thought's hat on" made me guffaw and I don't think I've ever agreed with anything more than Jeff's "just nut up and die alone". I liked how the ironic cool of both Britta and Jeff was tested and that Troy and Abed being normal makes them both exceptionally creepy.

< Message edited by Gimli The Dwarf -- 6/1/2013 3:55:06 PM >

_____________________________

So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

(in reply to impqueen)

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 7/1/2013 2:14:59 PM

Gimli The Dwarf

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Joined: 30/9/2005
From: Central Park Zoo

4. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.18 - Humm Vac
Awesome.

14. Cheers 4.15 - The Triangle
15. Cheers 4.14 - Suspicion
Two of the best episodes of the show yet. Both feature Frasier and the show seems that bit better when he's around. The Coyote/Roadrunner debate in The Triangle is probably my favourite bit of the show so far

_____________________________

So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

Fellow scientists, poindexters, geeks.

Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

Much more better!

(in reply to Gimli The Dwarf)

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 7/1/2013 3:35:49 PM

Beetlejuice!

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Week One:

I haven't watched any TV

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 7/1/2013 9:34:47 PM

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Ok, let's try this

The Ren & Stimpy Show. S2 "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" - Right in the disgusting and ridiculous tone Ren & Stimpy got well known for, they embark in a quest to sale rubber nipples, a highlight is the moment they start claiming and demonstrating all the uses the rubber nipples have.

The Ren & Stimpy Show. S2 "Haunted House" - A ghost tries to scare Ren & Stimpy when they arrive to a haunted house, but fails everytime and gets hurt and humilliated in the precoss. There's the classical Psycho reference and a very weird finale.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 6:38:26 AM

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Week One:

I haven't watched any TV

And I have seen far too much

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So, sir, we let him have it right up! And I have to report, sir, he did not like it, sir.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 3:46:13 PM

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3. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.19 - The Canister
8. Everybody Loves Raymond 5.20 - Net Worth
Two of my all-time favourites from the show.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 6:05:05 PM

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I really dislike Everybody Loves Raymond

My mother likes it but she doesn't like Raymond...

Sapphire and Steel Assignment 2 ep08 (1979)
Sapphire and Steel Assignment 2 ep07 (1979)
Sapphire and Steel Assignment 2 ep06 (1979)

Poor, poor George Tully. I've watched Assignment 2 twice this week and it's still an absolutely stone cold classic and the ending remains agonising.

Star Trek: The Original Series / Mirror, Mirror series 02 ep04 (1967)
It was on, I watched it and it is still a brilliant slice of science fiction and a genuine Trek classic.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 9:05:58 PM

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American Gothic / Pilot ep01 (1995)
Joan of Arcadia / Pilot series 01 ep01 (2003)

Two pilots for very different if oddly connected (if you go in for all the religion and such) shows both cancelled according to the majority before their time. I really enjoyed both (pretty sure I�ve seen Gothic before but not since its original UK showing) and will no doubt be pissed when they finish their respective runs.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 9:08:56 PM

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You're not watching American Gothic on DVD are you, Imp?

If you are, I think they messed the episode order up on them.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 9:14:47 PM

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I am and thanks for the heads up, checked it out and got the proper running order.

Cheers

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 9:23:41 PM

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It's confusing enough as it is.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 9:24:35 PM

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A great show though. Quite enjoyed Joan of Arcadia as well.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 8/1/2013 10:09:10 PM

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Never thought much of that.

I'm shocked they still haven't sorted out the Gothic running order - if I remember that set correctly, it's particularly annoying as you have to move back and forth between discs.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 9/1/2013 12:01:30 AM

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Was American Gothic before its time though? I remember being excited about it because I had just watched Twin Peaks for the first time and quickly realised the show was nothing more than a rip-off of that series (even the TP owls were exchanged for AG crows). Plus its biggest mistake was not having a story throughline and instead opted for individual storylines in hope of picking up more viewers, which works for things like The X-Files and CSI but doesn't work for a show based on a small town.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 9/1/2013 12:57:23 AM

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I've never before considered American Gothic at all similar to Twin Peaks. Still don't. Themes, mood, stories, characters - nada.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 9/1/2013 1:01:59 AM

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Small town Americana, eerie goings on, odd characters?

I haven't actually seen the series since first televised so I can't be more specific but I just remember watching it around same time as Twin Peaks, and finding it very much TP-lite.

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RE: Top 100 T.V. Episodes I've Watched This Year: 2013 - 9/1/2013 1:09:20 AM

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That didn't just cover Twin Peaks though.

And the storyline of Lucas and his attempts to gain control of Caleb pretty much dominated the series. Even though there were a couple of evil sidelines going on it wasn't as episodic in the way X Files was (and certainly not CSI) and it would have been pretty difficult for someone to start half way through without knowing what was actually going on. Merlyn would have confused the buggery out of them.

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