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Breaking Bad, “Ozymandias” (Season 5, Episode 14)
Skyler White (Anna Gunn) - Breaking Bad _ Season 5, Episode 14 - Photo Credit: Ursula Coyote/AMC
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The power of dramatic television, fully realized. The medium’s biggest advantage over film is the sheer amount of time we get to spend with characters and their stories, episode after episode, year after year. Many of the episodes on this list hit as hard as they do because of how well we know the players and the conflicts by that point. None are as devastating, or as painstakingly set up, as “Ozymandias,” the hour in which every terrible thing Walter White (Bryan Cranston) has done over five-plus seasons finally blows up in his face.
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"Count me in on this."
"You? You'll be out before we get the check."
"Count me in on this."
"You? You'll be out before we get the check."
Easily the best episode of that series, and it went where TV rarely did in those days.
For Sunny, there are a million other episodes I would have picked.
Would have added a Rick and Morty episode, probably.
Man, Reverend Smith. Room still gets misty.
I can’t help but look at lists, and then regret ever doing it.ugh
Pine Barrens.
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even though a lot of others could have qualified, including Whitecaps.
Pine Barrens.
Episodes are hard for a series to pick it since the stories typically flow.
Pine Barrens just felt a little different like it was its own thing to an extent focused on Chris/Paulie. I don’t know if that’s my “favorite” episode or stretch of the show since it was so good. But it’s probably the most memorable individual episode from that show imo.
I can’t think of one “Wire” episode either. Maybe the Randy snitching storyline had some crazy stuff.
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In comment 16593359 Mike from SI said:
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even though a lot of others could have qualified, including Whitecaps.
Pine Barrens.
Episodes are hard for a series to pick it since the stories typically flow.
Pine Barrens just felt a little different like it was its own thing to an extent focused on Chris/Paulie. I don’t know if that’s my “favorite” episode or stretch of the show since it was so good. But it’s probably the most memorable individual episode from that show imo.
I can’t think of one “Wire” episode either. Maybe the Randy snitching storyline had some crazy stuff.
I agree that Pine Barrens is most memorable, and also agree it felt a little different, which is I guess part of the reason I thought College worked as representative.
Also for a lot of the episodes on that list, you need a pretty detailed understanding of the characters, story, etc. for the episode to have meaning. That is not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. When I was rewatching Sopranos I happened to be up to College when a friend was staying over, and he was captivated without really knowing the plot. Again, I'm not saying that makes it better or worse, I just think it's an interesting thing to consider.
Like the GoT episode they picked is one of my favorites, but if you just dropped in on that episode, it would have little meaning to you. This is, obviously, a fundamental difference between tv series and movies.
Also, did they not pick any episodes from standalone/one-season tv series? It seems that way? I'm surprised nothing from True Detective season 1 made it.
Id agree that season 8 episode 2 of Game of Thrones was the best of the last 2 seasons, but I’d pick about 10 others from the first 4 seasons to be on the list over that one
I digress, the ads make that website impossible for me to read. Is "The Haunting of Hill House" "Two Storms" on there?
I digress, the ads make that website impossible for me to read. Is "The Haunting of Hill House" "Two Storms" on there?
Agree about the website, damn ads make scrolling aggravating
Didn’t see Haunting of Hill House on there, great show
Jk, jk, jk
/sarcasm off …but I vote that episode as the worst tv episode of all time.
What entertainment list isn’t subjective?
It's not the best show ever, but it's damn near my favorite.
One example here: #1 on this list "Ozymandias" & Breaking Bad "Dead Freight" - the one about the 1,000 gallon methylamine heist from the freight train in the middle of the desert.
Still my favorite TV Series of all time, and that episode is perfection.
With that at 15 and Teddy Perkins at 10...I'm very happy
I didn’t read through the full 100 but episode 8 of Watchmen needs to be on this list, preferably in the top 10 (if it did include miniseries’). “A God Walks Into a Bar” is one of the best hours of TV I’ve ever seen.
You're thinking of the modern twilight zone. There's over 150 in the original series over 5 years.
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so I assume they're not doing limited series, which is a somewhat odd choice, considering they did stuff like Black Mirror and Twilight Zone, which are awesome, but both series essentially are collections of one-off episodes with common themes.
I didn’t read through the full 100 but episode 8 of Watchmen needs to be on this list, preferably in the top 10 (if it did include miniseries’). “A God Walks Into a Bar” is one of the best hours of TV I’ve ever seen.
I really loved this series. "A God Walks into a Bar" is absolutely great, but my favorite episode from that series was "This Extraordinary Being". That was one of the best epsidoes of TV I can remember watching.
As far as "Game of Thrones", the most memeroable episode for me was "Hardhome". Man, I just loved that episode. The last scene were Jon Snow is staring down the Night King after escaping gave me chills.
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It is a joke that this episode is not a top ten. If you haven't seen the series just watch this hour (its a flashback) of the most compelling TV in history. I didnt scroll through every show but The Bear was not listed as one of the shows.
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It is a joke that this episode is not a top ten. If you haven't seen the series just watch this hour (its a flashback) of the most compelling TV in history. I didnt scroll through every show but The Bear was not listed as one of the shows.
"Forks" is the episode that sticks (no pun intended) with me.