TV moments that stayed with you...
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1) Drusila shows up unexpectedly and turns Darla back into a vampire on ANGEL. Completely didn't see that coming.
2) The conclusion of ROOTS. ("Kunte Kinte! We, the flesh of your flesh, have come to freedom.") Gave you chills.
3) The original NIGHT STALKER tv-movie: "This nut thinks he's a vampire!"
4) Bob Newhart wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.
5) Xena and Gabrielle are crucified together.
2) The conclusion of ROOTS. ("Kunte Kinte! We, the flesh of your flesh, have come to freedom.") Gave you chills.
3) The original NIGHT STALKER tv-movie: "This nut thinks he's a vampire!"
4) Bob Newhart wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.
5) Xena and Gabrielle are crucified together.
"Mister Worf... fire." -- Riker, TNG "Best of Both Worlds, Part I"
Michael Long being shot in the face in the first episode of Knight Rider. I was six years old, and even though Knight was only shown in silhouette, the shot of him standing in front of his Trans Am, getting hit by the bullet and then falling was forever etched in my brain.
Michael Long being shot in the face in the first episode of Knight Rider. I was six years old, and even though Knight was only shown in silhouette, the shot of him standing in front of his Trans Am, getting hit by the bullet and then falling was forever etched in my brain.
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I can't think of a whole lot right off hand, but the one that I responded to with the most emotion was on BSG "Daybreak" when Laura died and Adama was carrying on a conversation and realized she had died. It was the only time a tv. show made me cry. Other moments: Diane walking back into Cheers to be with Sam, Gulliani on SNL after 9/11, The only good part of TATV, the Captains speech.
Yeah. I found that a sad and moving moment.
The music helped a LOT too with that scene - very well done
I also loved the chaos and bustle around the whole scene where Wild Bill Hickok was assassinated in Deadwood. And again, the music was awesome in it.
Speaking of moving music, the scene when the Enterprise comes upon the wrecked Constellation in "The Doomsday Machine."
1) "Tuesday, August 29th: the day the running stopped." -- Last line of the final episode of The Fugitive.
2) Radar coming into the O.R. with the news that Henry Blake had been killed on his way home. Given today's spoiler-happy environment, it'd be damned near impossible to pull off the level of surprise this ending had back in '75.
3) Burgess Meredith breaking his glasses in the "Time Enough At Last" episode of The Twilight Zone (my vote for the cruelest episode ending in TV history.)
2) Radar coming into the O.R. with the news that Henry Blake had been killed on his way home. Given today's spoiler-happy environment, it'd be damned near impossible to pull off the level of surprise this ending had back in '75.
3) Burgess Meredith breaking his glasses in the "Time Enough At Last" episode of The Twilight Zone (my vote for the cruelest episode ending in TV history.)
Final episode of "Blakes 7"
Final episode of "The Prisoner"
Both absolutely jaw-dropping moments, for completely different reasons.
Similarly, the conclusion to "Sapphire and Steel"
The Moon "colliding" with Atheria in "Space: 1999".
Much of the second series of "Gangsters", especially once the White Devil turns up.
Agreed about the end of "Babylon 5" - I'm choked up throughout the entire last act of the episode.
"Shooting the Past" when they tell Lily's story
Final episode of "The Prisoner"
Both absolutely jaw-dropping moments, for completely different reasons.
Similarly, the conclusion to "Sapphire and Steel"
The Moon "colliding" with Atheria in "Space: 1999".
Much of the second series of "Gangsters", especially once the White Devil turns up.
Agreed about the end of "Babylon 5" - I'm choked up throughout the entire last act of the episode.
"Shooting the Past" when they tell Lily's story
Some just from sci-fi:
Babylon 5 - too many to mention, but one that stands out is Chrysalis: "Nothing's the same anymore".
BSG 2003 - Secretary of Education Roslin receives news of the destruction of Caprica.
STTNG The Inner Light - Picard's dead friends and family come back.
STDS9: Necessary Evil - "You'll never prove I killed my husbad, because I didn't" "I know".
Babylon 5 - too many to mention, but one that stands out is Chrysalis: "Nothing's the same anymore".
BSG 2003 - Secretary of Education Roslin receives news of the destruction of Caprica.
STTNG The Inner Light - Picard's dead friends and family come back.
STDS9: Necessary Evil - "You'll never prove I killed my husbad, because I didn't" "I know".
- Alan Bradley getting hit by the tram on Coronation Street 
- The final scene of Blackadder goes Forth
- Henry's death on MASH
- Lorelai proposing to Luke on Gilmore Girls
- The final scene of ST:TNG In Theory
- Sam going to see Beth in the last Quantum Leap
- The last two scenes of ST:TOS The City on the Edge of Forever
- Ronnie's face when Kat screamed after finding out about Tommy on Eastenders
- The final scene of Blackadder goes Forth
- Henry's death on MASH
- Lorelai proposing to Luke on Gilmore Girls
- The final scene of ST:TNG In Theory
- Sam going to see Beth in the last Quantum Leap
- The last two scenes of ST:TOS The City on the Edge of Forever
- Ronnie's face when Kat screamed after finding out about Tommy on Eastenders
Cheers - Diane leaving at the end of season 5, the final scene of Sam and Diane as old people dancing always gets me, they really would have been happy and Diane wouldn't have regretted not writing that stupid book, but Sam pushed her away in a crucial moment because he doubted he was good enough for her and they missed their chance at happiness.
TNG - Tasha's holographic message after her death, in retrospect it's a really cheesy scene, but I was 9 years old when I first saw it and her death was a shock, I still remember crying during the holodeck scene, before I was too angry at Armus, but when her message played I realized she was really gone.
Baywatch - Shauni and Eddie walking into Jill's empty hospital room and learning she had suddenly died after it seemed she was recovering from the shark attack.
TNG - Tasha's holographic message after her death, in retrospect it's a really cheesy scene, but I was 9 years old when I first saw it and her death was a shock, I still remember crying during the holodeck scene, before I was too angry at Armus, but when her message played I realized she was really gone.
Baywatch - Shauni and Eddie walking into Jill's empty hospital room and learning she had suddenly died after it seemed she was recovering from the shark attack.
In the first Six Million Dollar Man tv movie, Oliver Spencer wanting to keep Steve Austin in cold storage between missions. Even as a kid that struck me as some kind of existential hell.
In Max Headroom, the discussion about people being transmitted as data. Right now that doesn't raise and eyebrow with me, but it did back in the 80s.
The final moments of the last episode of Blake's 7 when everyone is gunned down. In Rumours of Death, also Blake's 7, when Avon comes across Servalan chained to the cellar wall. Great few moments of character interaction there. The power dynamic was turned on its head and this led to some added edginess and tension, too.
The Professionals Discovered in a Graveyard when Doyle is shot, and filmed in slow motion in a hail of blood, milk and shattered glass. Stuff like this didn't happen to macho policemen in the 70s.
More later, I expect.
In Max Headroom, the discussion about people being transmitted as data. Right now that doesn't raise and eyebrow with me, but it did back in the 80s.
The final moments of the last episode of Blake's 7 when everyone is gunned down. In Rumours of Death, also Blake's 7, when Avon comes across Servalan chained to the cellar wall. Great few moments of character interaction there. The power dynamic was turned on its head and this led to some added edginess and tension, too.
The Professionals Discovered in a Graveyard when Doyle is shot, and filmed in slow motion in a hail of blood, milk and shattered glass. Stuff like this didn't happen to macho policemen in the 70s.
More later, I expect.
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The 'brontosaurus' in "The Odyssey of Flight 33"
- Adama getting shot by Boomer in nuBSG
- Darla getting turned by Dru in Season 2 of Angel
- Keamy killing Ben's daughter right in front of him in Lost
- Buffy having to kill Angel at the end of Season 2
- Michael killing Libby and Ana Lucia in Season 2 of Lost
- Everyone dies in Buffy season 3's the Gift
- Darla getting turned by Dru in Season 2 of Angel
- Keamy killing Ben's daughter right in front of him in Lost
- Buffy having to kill Angel at the end of Season 2
- Michael killing Libby and Ana Lucia in Season 2 of Lost
- Everyone dies in Buffy season 3's the Gift
I am so far behind in tv viewing that this whole thread is one long spoiler.
But these come to mind (leaving out 1000 Bab5 and Trek moments):
Mash: When Hot Lips got the letter from her fiance that was actually for his mistress and sent to her mistakenly in which he referred to Hot Lips as "a sturdy woman".
Neighbours: When Susan found out that Izzy was pregnant with Carl's baby and she screamed and screamed at him in the street with everyone watching, best. meltdown. ever.
Sopranos: The assassination of Adrianna.
ER: Helicopter falls on the smug ranga bastard.
Twin Peaks: It was so horrible a moment I can't even type it! You know.. the dancing.. Bob.. her father..
Original V: Guinea pig. Skin peeled back to reveal.. !!! Oooo that was epic.
Lost: Michael shooting Ana Lucia and Libby. All downhill from there.
Happy Days: The Fonz is eaten by a shark.
But these come to mind (leaving out 1000 Bab5 and Trek moments):
Mash: When Hot Lips got the letter from her fiance that was actually for his mistress and sent to her mistakenly in which he referred to Hot Lips as "a sturdy woman".
Neighbours: When Susan found out that Izzy was pregnant with Carl's baby and she screamed and screamed at him in the street with everyone watching, best. meltdown. ever.
Sopranos: The assassination of Adrianna.
ER: Helicopter falls on the smug ranga bastard.
Twin Peaks: It was so horrible a moment I can't even type it! You know.. the dancing.. Bob.. her father..
Original V: Guinea pig. Skin peeled back to reveal.. !!! Oooo that was epic.
Lost: Michael shooting Ana Lucia and Libby. All downhill from there.
Happy Days: The Fonz is eaten by a shark.
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