I don't mean of one particular show, I'm talking about the best episode of any TV series? Not an easy thing to do. Just think of how many shows and how many episodes we've had in 60+ years. The new issue of TV Guide is out, and while the full list of the 100 best episodes isn't online yet (here are #'s 100-81), we do know some episodes in the top ten (TV Guide did a similar issue back in 1997).
The number one ep? "The Contest" from Seinfeld. "Chuckles Bites The Dust" from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and "Opie The Birdman" from The Andy Griffith Show are up there too, as is the pilot episode of Lost and the "College" episode of The Sopranos. What's the first episode that comes to mind when you think of great TV?
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6-12-2009 @ 3:39PM
Jo said...
Blink. Dr. Who.
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6-12-2009 @ 3:42PM
Aaron said...
Yes to Blink (comment 1), but also In the Shadow of Two Gunmen parts 1 and 2 from the West Wing.
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6-12-2009 @ 6:39PM
MacLean said...
In the Shadows of Two Gunmen ABSOLUTELY! Those episodes make me happy to be alive.
6-12-2009 @ 10:11PM
Malfoy Roark said...
Hell yes! I would have said the finale of Season 1 and the shadow part 1 but I accept your answer.
Also I'd have to say the season 4 finale of Entourage. Everything about that episode was perfect.
6-15-2009 @ 1:40PM
Lisa said...
The episode from the west wing that made the list was "Two Cathedrals" and it was in the 40s.
6-12-2009 @ 3:43PM
Papytendo said...
#99 should not be on that list.
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6-13-2009 @ 9:58AM
Wayne Dunham said...
#99 should not be on the list? It should be much higher! HILARIOUS!!
6-12-2009 @ 3:45PM
Jimmy said...
The Shield pilot.
Any Jimmy Smits-era NYPD Blue, perhaps Lost Israel.
Any first- or second-season ep of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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6-12-2009 @ 3:52PM
Robert said...
Slap Bet
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6-12-2009 @ 3:48PM
Josh said...
The Body, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Excellent episode.
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6-12-2009 @ 3:53PM
Red Sox Fan said...
No best TV episode list would be complete without the Taxi episode where Reverend Jim takes his driving test. To this day, I can't look at a yellow light without thinking, "Whaaat... dooooes... aaaa..... yellllllow.... liiiiight.... meeeeeean?" LOL!
Henry Blake's final MASH episode and the last episode of Newhart should be on that list too.
I also think the Daydreams and Titanic episodes of NewsRadio and the Trivial Pursuit and Culinary Killer episodes of Wings should be on that list, but I know they won't ;(
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6-12-2009 @ 3:52PM
Peter Horner said...
Yesterday's Enterprise - Star Trek:The Next Generation
One of the best episodes of star trek or any other series.
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6-12-2009 @ 3:57PM
oshafir said...
My choices would probably include "Walkabout" or "The Constant" from Lost and "My Screw-up" from Scrubs,
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6-12-2009 @ 3:59PM
Ed said...
ER's "On The Beach"
"The Contest" is definatly up there
I also think that the last two episodes of the most recent season of House were great as a pair too.
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6-12-2009 @ 4:00PM
cathy said...
Buffy, Im not sure what its called, something about the silent men where the whole episode is quiet and these really creapy men float around sunnydale. im not saying number 1 but it should have been there. redsoxfan the taxi episode and the mash episode you mentioned were on the list.
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6-15-2009 @ 12:58PM
StillBash said...
I second that.
The episode is called "Hush".
Best Buffy Episode ever.
6-15-2009 @ 1:42PM
Lisa said...
I was hoping that "hush" would make the list too, but "Once More, With Feeling" was #14
6-12-2009 @ 4:10PM
Wilhelm Barry C said...
I was about to single out Henry Blake's farewell on M*A*S*H, but I see Red Sox Fan already beat me to it. Good work, RSF.
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6-12-2009 @ 4:43PM
wulfn1 said...
of all time?
definitely abisinia henry. Still get teary when I watch that one.
personal fav from a recent show? (ducks)
"Squab Squab Squab" Two and a Half Men
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6-12-2009 @ 5:03PM
Alvaro said...
Good Grief! Arrested Development
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