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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 24, 2023 14:48:13 GMT -5
Series finales are easy. What shows had the best debuts?
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Post by pinja on Feb 24, 2023 15:14:16 GMT -5
The premiere of season 2 of "Channel Zero" rattled me deeply. Some of the most effective psychological horror ever. The rest of the season is good, too, as is the whole series.
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Post by ace on Feb 24, 2023 15:24:21 GMT -5
Lost
Twin Peaks
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Feb 24, 2023 15:39:35 GMT -5
Lost begins with so much chaos and mystery. Hooked from the first shot.
I'll also give a shout out to The Blacklist. I loved the opening scene so much and it added so much intrigue into the series. So memorable other similar shows have used the same opening premise.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 24, 2023 16:11:21 GMT -5
While not intended to be the first episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was the best way for the show to start
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Post by Cyno on Feb 24, 2023 16:15:36 GMT -5
Lost's series premiere was excellent. Grabbed you from the start.
Star Trek TNG's debut wasn't one of the best in the series, but it was a fine way to establish the new Enterprise and cast, as well as introducing Q. It was also arguably the best episodes (two-parter) of the otherwise dreadful first season.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Feb 24, 2023 16:17:39 GMT -5
The Walking Dead very much established the show's universe in the first 50 minutes and ended on a cliffhanger.
Alice in Borderland, that rarest of things; a quality live-action manga adaptation had a wonderful opener with nods to 28 Days Later, Battle Royale, and The Cube.
Black Mirror, that episode with the pig, so good that the rest of the season's episodes suffered as they were unconnected and not as good.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2023 17:11:58 GMT -5
Both shows turned to trash, but yeah Lost and Walking Dead.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Feb 24, 2023 17:36:51 GMT -5
Normally I hate the trope of a show episode or movie starting chaotically and then go “(unit of time) earlier/previously” .. you’d usually see them during a cold open and the episode builds up to that moment.
Anyway the only time I have seen this done well was the first episode of Breaking Bad
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Feb 24, 2023 18:21:39 GMT -5
24 was generally really good at starting off solid
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Post by peaches1 on Feb 24, 2023 18:53:27 GMT -5
Freaks and Geeks
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Post by Red Mage Riot on Feb 24, 2023 18:58:01 GMT -5
I'd put the first episode of Red Dwarf up against any other show, easily.
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Post by Stone Cold Eleanor Shellstrop on Feb 24, 2023 19:49:31 GMT -5
Daredevil - Into the Ring
Doctor Who (Modern) - Rose
Hannibal - Aperitif
Lost - Pilot, Parts 1 and 2
Fringe - Pilot
The Expanse - Dulcinea
Breaking Bad - Pilot
Better Call Saul - Uno
Person of Interest - Pilot
Twin Peaks - Pilot a.k.a. Northwest Passage
Westworld - The Original
Community - Pilot
X-Men - Night of the Sentinels
The Mandalorian - Chapter 1: The Mandalorian
The Good Place - Everything Is Fine
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Post by J. Hova on Feb 25, 2023 0:38:23 GMT -5
A lot of really good ones have already been mentioned, but I'll go with two medical dramas: House and ER.
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Post by thechase on Feb 25, 2023 2:07:49 GMT -5
Spider-Man: TAS: Night of the Lizard
Airwolf
Sliders
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
Batman: TAS: On Leather Wings
TMNT 2003: Things Change
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Feb 26, 2023 0:20:37 GMT -5
"V", the original mini-series was a masterpiece.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Feb 26, 2023 1:41:11 GMT -5
Orphan Black
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Post by tirtefaa on Feb 26, 2023 1:53:24 GMT -5
South Park
It may not have held up compared to what came later, but EVERYONE was quoting this in 1997, and nearly overnight all Spencers stores had every piece of merchandise you would want for the show.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 26, 2023 9:40:45 GMT -5
Gundam: The Witch From Mercury has a very impressive first episode in terms of setting one heck of a tone. The only hesitation I have is there's also a prologue that some may choose to count instead as the "first episode". That is also very good but not really a first episode.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 26, 2023 9:49:07 GMT -5
I know it kind of went sideways at the end and New Blood is hit or miss, but Dexter's first episode is one of the best episodes of TV, period. The music, the cinematography, Hall's performance. It's all so good.
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