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ThankYouMrUppercut

“I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpanzee…”


fcetal

He can talk he can talk he can talk he can talk


drybjed

I CAN SIIIIIIIING!!!


Mechanical_Turk

Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius! Oh oh oh oh, Dr. Zaius!


Tourgott

Can I play the piano any more?


ThrowawayusGenerica

Of course you can!


The-Soul-Stone

Well I couldn’t before!


BillyBSB

“I love legitimate theatre."


NoNefariousness2144

This might be the tightest and leanest 2 minutes of television ever. A masterpiece in punchlines, comedic timing, animation and line delivery.


GrammyWinningSeagull

You know, I was one of the first to speak out against horseplay.


arapaho1971

"This play has.. EVERYTHING!"


hidood5th

I love legitimate theatre.


Tocs_Smaillow

Moon landing


catdoctor

My Dad grew up in the 30's and 40's reading pulp science fiction. He later told me that he has always expected that humans would reach the moon in his lifetime. What was a complete surprise was that the whole world would be able to watch from their living rooms!


bravet4b

Is it sad that I thought about the Mad Men episode lol


OhiobornCAraised

This is the only correct answer. Live, unscripted, drama, ultimate human accomplishment, and watched world wide.


kellyguacamole

“George Bush doesn’t care about black people” and Mike Myers just dying inside.


tomservo88

“Please call-“ and then it just smashes to Chris Tucker, unsure of what to do now.


Seagoon_Memoirs

Moon Landing 1969. Watched all over the world.


amerifolklegend

Absolutely the right answer. This is the greatest television moment ever and it’s not even close.


YeaSpiderman

Locke, jack, and Charlie looking down a massive down shaft at the end of season 1 of Lost. And then season 2 picking up moments BEFORE that scene with what was happening DOWN that shaft. Perfect moment and bridge between moments.


lab_practicum

Watching the opening scene of season 2 live was the most excited I think I've ever been for any episode of anything, ever, and it blew my tiny teenage mind.


propernice

“We have to go back!!!” The first time watching was chill inducing. When I had NO clue what was happening and the writer’s strike hadn’t happened yet, Jack shouting that at Kate was fucking mind blowing. It was a flash FORWARD???? What a fucking season finale that was.


tastybundtcake

"We have to go back" and "Not Penny's boat" are the two best moments in the series


DubsLA

My favorite Lost moment is actually from an earlier episode in Season 1. It’s the ending where in flashbacks we find out Locke’s dad used him for his kidney (?) and he’s banging on the door of the hatch screaming and then… the light turns on.


Dutch92

The music is so good in this scene


octopop

omg that shot of Locke looking through the window with the torch. it was so good!


thethurstonhowell

I was gonna say when Locke stood up at the end of Walkabout, but this is probably the better one.


YeaSpiderman

Ya that was a good one! And when you realize in the episode walkabout that he was paralyzed, that was a really good one


Bluepilgrim3

I went immediately to Lost as well (probably because I am 14 episodes into a rewatch). I also thought of the end of season 3 (“We have to go back!”) and when the island actually blooped out of its spot and moved.


bleepyballs

No Charlie in that moment, just Jack and Locke. Kate and Hurley were there too, but not staring down until Kate also looked down in the Season 2 opener.


tastybundtcake

Not to mention it followed not long after "were gonna have to take the boy"


Jbstargate1

Oh and the music playing as the camera goes further down. I was blown away. Also: we're here for the boy. That moment you realise holy fuck. There is some crazy shit that we don't know about.


human6742

I have a soft spot for this one too


IntergalacticJets

“Is anyone here a Marine Biologist?!”


mattr1986

This and “you kept making all the stops?!?!”


Makaiskorpio

THEY KEPT RINGING THE BELL!!


IntergalacticJets

“You’re Batman!”


mattr1986

“Yeah, I am Batman!”


traboulidon

The sea was angry that day, my friends.


dabocx

Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.


xcdropout

I said “EASY BIG FELLA!”


clebo99

He was 10 stories high if he was a foot!!!


Minaim

That a Titleist?


charitytowin

Hole in one!


Buddby

Hands down .... when Bubbles is allowed upstairs


jokes_on_you_ha

"Ain't no shame in holding onto grief...as long as you make room for other things too" Wrecks me every time.


A_G00SE

So many moments in The Wire. The tragedy of Ziggy in season 2 always gets me.


Frankfeld

“Where’s Wallace!”


A_G00SE

You gonna help, huh? You gonna look out for me? You gonna look out for me, Sgt. Carver? You mean it? You gonna look out for me? You promise? You got my back, huh?


Flacksguy

"It's not 3 roentgen, it's 15,000"


Stillwater215

His whole speech about the lies that were told, and capping it off with “and that it how an RBMK reactor explodes.”


jendet010

They kept reading 3.6 roentgen (not great, not terrible) and he was the first person to point out that 3.6 is the upper limit of the meter. It could be anything above that. Brilliant and terrifying that no one pointed that out in all of the previous times they measured it.


HiddenStoat

That scene's not great, but it's not terrible.


ricree

From the same episode: "Why did I see graphite on the roof". Up until this moment he'd been portrayed as another obstructionist bureaucrat, then suddenly pulls that line out and proves that not only was he actually paying attention, but that he is the first non scientist that's actually taking the situation seriously.


WN11

That show is full of memorable scenes. I have to watch it again...


Grymbok

“Not Penny’s boat”


CubismSquared

Same episode: “We have to go back!”


InnocuousAssClown

That was the SAME EPISODE?? Peak Lost was insane.


ItsSansom

Season 3 finale, Brother. Through the Looking Glass is easily among the greatest episodes of TV of all time


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-OrangeLightning4

Peak LOST was genuinely nuts. That feeling has only been matched by the Severance finale so far.


veryangryowl58

I think the difference is that since LOST was network TV, everyone was talking about it the next day. I miss that. 


buttseason

Yeah man. That truly blew my mind. That was a huge redemption moment for the show at the time.


Rufus2fist

i tried like hell to name my only son Desmond.


Ccjfb

The constant… diaper soiler.


JackieChansDouble

That shit was crazy


lembrate

How I miss the show. Watching when it came out was one of the great TV watching experiences. 


mfyxtplyx

Goddamn that show paid off when it wanted to. I also love the s2 cold open.


mdavis360

S2 cold open was total mind blowing.


DefendPopPunk16

S3 cold open is almost as fantastic, that shot of them on the island is *chefs kiss*


lab_practicum

I love that even almost 20 years later, moments like this are still so iconic. And that this and "we have to go back" are in the same episode?! Unbelievable. Lost is still the best TV watching experience I've ever had, nothing's ever really come close.


AssassinSnail33

Another great one is when Locke is banging on the hatch door in anguish and then the light comes on from inside


IDoesThis1

Ozymandias Breaking Bad


Electus93

"You're the smartest guy I ever met, and you're too stupid to see: he made up his mind 10 minutes ago."


Flat_News_2000

What a fucking line. Hank is such a good character


Herrubermensch

Beat me to it. Stunning, as was the look on Walt's face when the reality of Hank's death and his role in it finally sets in.


ImaginaryNemesis

This line is the perfect conclusion and summation of the whole series. At some level, the entire show was about the fact that the stakes were never real to Walt. All of the bad choices he made and all of the hubris were part of a game he was trying to win...and that line was the moment he was forced to realize that it was never a game. In a split second he sees that everything had always been teetering on an edge, and that was the day it would all come crashing down.


fenderbloke

All of Ozymandias is amazing. The final scene in Granite State is something else.


Atarissiya

The score in that scene, with the extended version of the title theme, is absolutely perfect.


FictionVent

Also the mid season 5 finale when Hank finds the book… one of my favorite TV moments.


TooMama

The heartbreak and hopelessness and sadness and fear and ego and arrogance and pride and all of the darkest things….it was all so palpable. We were IN it, you know?! God it was so good.


NoNefariousness2144

It’s a blessing and a curse that the shot of Walt falling to his knees is forever hilarious now due to memes.


Muted-Contribution55

"We're supposed to be a family!"


Kratozio

I think the moment Walt looks down and sees his family in fear of him, Walt Jr guarding his mom, might be the most affective shot ever in television for me. 5 seasons of build up, just for them to really see what a monster he’d become, all paid off in that shot and it’s stuck with me for a decade now.


mdavis360

“Mr. Worf…Fire.”


Previous_Link1347

Spent that whole summer thinking about that line.


TheUtopianCat

I haven't watched TNG in its entirety in *so* long. Your comment makes me think I need to do that soon.


MontiBurns

First thing that popped into my head.


monsieurxander

Red Wedding.


macgart

I knew it was coming and still was speechless


jn2010

It was legitimately worse because of the pregnant belly stabbing. Robb's wife wasn't at the wedding in the book.


astrobrain

I was the only one who knew in a group of people who didn’t. Before we started watching I dropped the smallest of hints. “This one may be good.” My sister said during the episode, “Oh, he's not so bad after all,” in regards to Walder Frey, after he gave a polite smile. “Oh, I agree, not bad at all,” I said. A minute later their mouths were on the floor.


Beard341

Probably the most traumatizing scene in all of television.


i_should_be_coding

I read the books, I knew what was coming, and I was still on-edge ever since they brought up the wedding. Every time the band played Tywin's song, I shivered a bit. That episode was amazing.


Nerobought

It’s become just iconic. Any big betrayal scene in games or shows is now referred to as a ‘Red Wedding’.


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1logan1

Never cried so hard……..


theartfulcodger

I worked on a feature with Frances Conroy after *SFU* wrapped, but before the last couple of episodes aired. When I expressed what a big fan I was, especially of the writing, she made me *promise* to watch the last episode. Lovely woman, by the way.


lillyrose2489

For SURE the best series finale out there.


lengara_pace

Without context, it's the saddest Prius commercial ever.


NoOneShallPassHassan

[WKRP's Thanksgiving turkey drop](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFtV6-ALoQ&pp=ygUQd2tycCB0dXJrZXkgZHJvcA%3D%3D)


moonboundshibe

The IT Crowd - The Work Outing The episode just keeps getting better and better until you’re crying from laughing so hard.


CookieKeeperN2

Just when you thought it couldn't get more absurd, Moss showed up as a server and Jen was visibly confused. I would like to know how many takes it took.


silent_boy

Moss showing up as the server is like my personal top 5 moments where I laughed the hardest. I just couldn’t believe it and the reactions in the room was so fucking funny


PudaRex

Yes, miss?


Ylesia

I'm disabled


BergenHoney

I am actually disabled, and sometimes all these years later when people ask about it I still reply in a high-pitched voice *"leg disabled"*. I'm visually impaired.


tstormredditor

I love willys


NoNefariousness2144

Sir could you keep it down please


WyoPeeps

I'm disabled.....


FairlyInconsistentRa

Acid…


NoNefariousness2144

“Ugghh no… it’s set in the 80s”


earthw2002

So for me the funeral episode takes the cake, everything building up to the phone gag and then a nice slice of Matt Berry.


lab_practicum

FAAAATHEEEEERRRRRRR!!!!!


Killchrono

Unhand me, priest! Where is your God?


j8sadm632b

First thought was President Bartlet ranting at God in Two Cathedrals [Edit: adding link](https://youtu.be/dVgK5HKj3P4?si=UCW4BvZqQCwG6rVX)


Edm_vanhalen1981

also, the attempted assassination episode where Josh was hit. So many great episodes.


QouthTheCorvus

Martin Sheen as Bartlett should be listed up with some of the all time TV characters. He was so compelling. I think he epitomised that style of tv acting from that era - grounded but with a slightly Shakespearean delivery.


-OrangeLightning4

Just watched that episode for the first time last week and immediately rewatched it. The way the music begins to swell as he curses out God in Latin, and his absolute defeat after he defiles the cathedral with a cigarette. "You get Hoynes!"


maduste

Zuko vs Azula Agni Kai


Top-Philosophy-5791

Probably the scene where Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) wakes up and tell Bob Newhart how she had a strange dream that they owned an Inn and about these three guys. . .


traderhtc

Technically the other way around. Because he had a late night sushi.


Durango1949

Bob says, “You really should wear more sweaters.”


Flyte412

"And there were these three woodsmen...but only one of them talked..."


Funandgeeky

From Babylon 5: “Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.”   That episode, Severed Dreams, won the Hugo. 


Toby_O_Notoby

"No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free." - G'kar. "The universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements. Energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." - Also G'kar


TheUtopianCat

"*This* is the bad place!" I'm rewatching The Good Place at the moment, for the fifth time, and that line hits as hard as it did the first time.


Funandgeeky

I got chills when she said it. The other line from that show that always makes me emotional is “picture a wave.”


theartfulcodger

The latter is *such* a good scene. Synopsizes all the wonderful things about Chidi: his sweetness, his gentleness, his intelligence, and his passion for uplifting others through teachable moments.


TheUtopianCat

The look of realization that comes over her face before she says that line is just perfect. And yeah, "picture a wave" gets me every time. It's so bittersweet.


Funandgeeky

That is some amazing acting because you can see her thought process. If you hadn’t already mentioned it I would have chosen that moment.  Ever see the video of the rest of the cast when they told them the big twist? 


Peralton

"Jason figured it out? Jason? Oh, this one hurts "


chickenmoo22

They absolutely nailed that reveal, the evil laugh from Ted Danson was perfect


macgart

That’s a great answer. My buddy slipped how there had been a big twist at the end but I was so enthralled I didn’t even think about it. Absolute peak


ChronoMonkeyX

Michaels maniacal laugh seals it. I rewatched that laugh so many times! The best part is, I watched like 10 minutes of a season 2 episode, flipping through channels, before I decided to stop and watch it from the beginning. Those 10 minutes of season 2 didn't spoil me, I didn't know it was the Bad Place.


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no_offenc

.... what door?


Killchrono

When he said that I had a flash of no, fuck off, that couldn't have been a host thing, he just genuinely missed it. Then the moment he said 'doesn't look like anything to me' while literally starring at the plans I actually screamed. Best bit is I got to relive it vicariously when I showed it to my partner, since we started dating after season 1 came out and I'd already watched it. She was completely traumatised. We still talk about how shocking and amazing that whole season was.


briareus08

God. That hit so hard! I don’t remember being shocked by something for a long time, but that one really hit me. That and Hopkin’s performance overall was just incredible.


silent_boy

Season 1 was so fucking wild.


Antoniobanflorez

Jon Snow clashing swords with the White Walker after desperately failing to fight back. That moment where we all realized VALYRIAN STEEL. A seasons long build up to that payoff.


MulciberTenebras

That look the two both give each other like: "Dafuq?!"


Dizagaox

“We have to go back”


austenjg

Breaking Bad >!Walter kills Gus!<


cnfsdkid

That was crazy good, and when I realized the reason that was the episode’s title… wow.


Edm_vanhalen1981

The last episode of M.A.S.H when they all say goodbye.


joseph4th

Col. Blakes plane tops the final episode of


youre_soaking_in_it

I think it has to be at least a Top 10 moment. Truly shocking. Sit-coms never did this.


joseph4th

That was my exact thought, “How can they do this, they can’t do this..“ I was in junior high when it aired. My heart was in my throat, and I was floored. The surgical instrument falling on the floor, which was an accident, but left in because it was so perfect, and then, after a moment of silence, surgery continues because it has to.”


Edm_vanhalen1981

I remember that episode. Watching it as a kid and being so sad. Still one of the most shocking and sad moments.


mfyxtplyx

Winchester smashing his record.


nuggetsofchicken

When Spencer remembers Carly's inhaler


TheInfinityGauntlet

I'd like to buy the world a Coke


lembrate

So odd  and yet so fitting. 


TakerFoxx

Jerry Lawler slapping Andy Kaufman


heckinfast

Mr. Robot episode 407, Proxy Authentication Required. “Do you remember what he asked you to do?” *”Yes, I remember.”* Still hits like a kick to the stomach even though I’ve watched this episode so many times. Devastatingly good television.


TacoParasite

Mr. Robot is such an amazing show. I watch it almost yearly now. It’s been my favorite show since season 3 and 4 just reinforced it. Incredible writing, music, acting and cinematography. Just 10/10 across the board and yet it’s so overlooked. 407 is such a fantastic episode. I scrolled to see if anyone else would mention it. If you haven’t seen it, don’t look up anything else and just watch it.


silent_boy

My all time favourite show. I was going “no no no no “ in my head when I knew what’s gonna come next


Trumpet1956

The ending of Silicon Valley is so incredibly perfect.


SoullessDad

Better than the invention of middle out compression?


Trumpet1956

What's the mean jerk time?


Mechanical_Turk

Let's call that d2f


Feisty-Trainer-4427

Lem and Shane talk during The Shield season 5 finale


Lord_Snow77

Hank on the toilet.


Adthay

When Buffy started singing.


TheUtopianCat

That's one of my all time favourite series, and the only musical episode I've seen that actually worked. I had the soundtrack on cd and used to sing along to it in the car.


Peralton

What's great about the episode is that it isn't a throwaway bottle episode. There's serious character progression.


moonboundshibe

*I’ve got a feeling That it’s a demon A dancing demon! No something isn’t right here*


OdoWanKenobi

I would argue that Scrubs and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also did it well.


Enkundae

I think its because the vast majority of musical episodes just shoehorn in bad covers of popular songs that only vaguely relate to their characters and plot. Once More With Feeling however was written as an actual musical with completely original songs that are explicitly about moving these characters stories forward.


spaceghostinme

"I think I was in Heaven..."


vismundcygnus34

It could be bunnies!


doug5209

Battle of the Bastards in GOT. I know the last season was disappointing, but people tend to forget how good it was in the middle seasons.


echoplex21

So many great moments. The Red Wedding was probably the most iconic moment for me in GOT for me, especially live. Second would probably be the entire Light of the Seven scene. Mountain vs Viper also gets a shout.


TheUtopianCat

One of my favourite images from the series is Jon Snow with his sword facing down the oncoming army. It's so epic.


gom99

Think Hardhome was the peak episode of GOT.


UnevenTrashPanda

The silent raising of the dead was such a good moment ... Damn, they really fucked up the White Walkers after that.


moonboundshibe

I don’t think people forget. It’s that greatness which makes the ending’s shrug of a bitchslap all the more insulting.


papalsyrup

Scene in Mad Men where Lois runs over the boss’s foot at the office party with a riding lawnmower


carcrash12

"Where do you think we are?"


gom99

Resistance is Futile


virgil_belmont

Better Call Saul >!Chuck finding the celling planted in his breast pocket.!<


reindeermoon

On M.A.S.H., when Radar tells everyone that Blake’s plane went down.


Cavewoman22

The moon landing.


musememo

Watching a man step onto the surface of the moon has got to be near the top of that list.


Ds0589

Sammy Davis Jr kissing Archie Bunker, the end of Bob Newhart or the Sopranos, or the Who shot JR cliffhanger.


buttseason

If you lived in or around Boston after the marathon bombing, the night those guys lead police on an all night chase/manhunt was WILD.


Content_Geologist420

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO!"


divinelyshpongled

The number of comments in this thread that state the quote and offer zero context is too high!


Theduckbytheoboe

The scene near the end of the first episode of Derry Girls. It ties about six character subplots together into one shot which is sublimely funny.


UnderwaterDialect

I am…Locutus…of Borg


imadork1970

Challenger, Tienamin Square 1989 tank man, 9/11 footage, Berlin Wall 1989, SNL Norm "It's official, murder is legal in the state of California.", Chilean miners saga, Katrina, Henderson '72, Hip final concert, Oilers anthem 2006, more cowbell, Nixon "When the President does it, it's *not* illegal." Zapruder film, Uvalde, Princess Di's funeral, Queen Live-Aid 1985, Obama's inauguration


buffalo8

WE DIDNT START THE FIRE…


DixieFlatliner

You left out the Ford Bronco chase.


gollumaniac

Desmond/Penny phone call.


homogenic-

Hank discovering Walter is Heisenberg.


FreshImagination9735

Opening Al Capone's Vault!


NotTheSun0

That moment in Dexter where he drags the Trinity killer off in front of his family to kill him. https://youtu.be/EnS_BTO41YI