Post scenes from TV series' where you first realized "this show is going to be GREAT!"

[charlie and algernon]

LOST - "Don't tell me what I can't do!" from the episode "Walkabout." The cinematography and the acting was superb in this scene. LOST went from being a weird new show to something truly special. Many new show have since tried to be the "new LOST" but they've all failed where LOST succeeded: it's characters and making you actually care about them.

West Wing - "I am the Lord your God" from the pilot episode. The West Wing hit the ground running with an excellent introduction to President Bartlet.

[CBGLuthier]

1. Babylon Five

from the second season episode The Long Twilight when a fool's sad longings for lost glory manifest in the bombardment of an entire planet. This was an event the entire series had been leading up to from day one even if we did not know it.

[baldguy]

4. B5 has so many

Passing through Gethsemane

And The Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place

G'Kar and Vir

[In_The_Wind]

2. Happy Endings

[baldguy]

3. Firefly

[distantearlywarning]

6. The Negotiator

That is the exact scene I thought of first when I read this thread title! I was about to post it when I scrolled down and saw yours.

[Ron Obvious]

5. Twin Peaks.

Cooper's Dream Sequence from Twin Peaks. I only watched this show for the first time last year. Can't believe I missed it before.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. Newsroom - American Taliban

Of course, it's written by Aaron Sorkin

[pinboy3niner]

8. 'The Sopranos' had me at the theme song...

[Xyzse]

9. Newsroom

First few minutes when the Main Character went and had a tirade.
I'm not posting it up though.

[woo me with science]

11. Here it is. One of the best opening scenes ever, IMO:

Yeah, it flowers up the past quite a bit, but the concept and lead-in were remarkable for a show exposing so much of the absolute poison of our media:

[Xyzse]

18. Agreed!

I can't wait for the next season.

[lunatica]

23. I agree. He sounded like a DUer! I almost stood up and cheered.

[Kablooie]

10. Happy Days

[Arugula Latte]

19. Ha ha!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. 1963 - the first episode of The Outer Limits entitled "The Galaxy Being"

As a 12 year old I was hooked right away.

[olddots]

16. The outer limits did more with no budget than any show since .

The Twilight Zone too ,the budget constrictions made imagination rule over show bizz dreck .

[csziggy]

13. Star Trek - the original series - The Man Trap

First episode aired climatic scene:

Actually they had me at:

But it was the first episode aired and the way they played out Dr. McCoy's realization that his old college sweetheart was not human that got me hooked.

[Duer 157099]

14. The Wire

I already knew long before I saw this scene, but it certainly reaffirmed it for me:

[kwassa]

20. Omar.

Omar's Coming Yo!

[sarge43]

24. "Omar listenin'"

[Duer 157099]

15. Justified (spoiler if you haven't watched Season 2 yet)

Again, I already knew it long before this episode, but it reaffirmed it:

[Aristus]

17. I was going to post "I am the Lord thy God!" You beat me to it!

That's when I knew TWW was going to be a once-in-a-generation TV show.

The first four seasons, with Aaron Sorkin at the helm, were some of the best television in broadcast history.

[sarge43]

21. Right from Day One, even before Turkeys Away

WKRP

[TeamPooka]

25. same here. Still love Bailey.

[Go Vols]

26. Great show

I downloaded all episodes a while back.

[Grantuspeace]

32. +1

[Brother Buzz]

22. Lilyhammer ski jumping

[NewJeffCT]

27. The Walking Dead - opening scene from the first episode

Rick shoots the little girl - you knew it was going to be different.

[NewJeffCT]

28. Game of Thrones, Season 1, Episode 1, opening scene

I thought they captured the feel of the books, even though they condensed the scene.

[harmonicon]

29. From moment zero, it gets you.

[eShirl]

30. the opening theme for "Quark"

[Grantuspeace]

31. WKRP in Cincinnati. Johnny Fever and Pink Floyd Animals.

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