Wow! I'd forgotten about that. That was awesome.
TV moments that stayed with you...
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Do you mean when Karl left Susan back in 2004 or so? If I recall correctly, when Susan found out about Izzy being pregnant with Karl's baby she didn't tell him for a while because she was so shocked (I think she actually found out just as Izzy was giving birth).
Ah, soaps!
Do you mean The Wish? The Gift is in Season 5 and only Buffy dies.
Sisko: "If you have something to say to me SAY IT!"
The Best of Both Worlds line has already been mentioned.
The Best of Both Worlds line has already been mentioned.
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Battlestar Galactica:
- Adama is shot by Boomer in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, part 2"
- the confrontation between Adama and Cain at the end of "Pegasus"
- the last five minutes or so of "Crossroads, part 2"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- Angel's soul is restored, but Buffy has to kill him anyway in "Becoming, part 2"
- The entirety of "The Body"
Angel:
- Drusilla returns to re-vamp Darla
- Fred dies in Wesley's arms
- Wesley dies in Illyria's arms
Lost:
- Charlie's death
- The reveal of the flash-forward at the end of "Through the Looking Glass"
- Adama is shot by Boomer in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, part 2"
- the confrontation between Adama and Cain at the end of "Pegasus"
- the last five minutes or so of "Crossroads, part 2"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- Angel's soul is restored, but Buffy has to kill him anyway in "Becoming, part 2"
- The entirety of "The Body"
Angel:
- Drusilla returns to re-vamp Darla
- Fred dies in Wesley's arms
- Wesley dies in Illyria's arms
Lost:
- Charlie's death
- The reveal of the flash-forward at the end of "Through the Looking Glass"
Yep. I've only seen it once in the 90's and I still remember that scene.Forgot about Alan's death in Chicago Hope. I watched it way back in 1996 and it still makes me
Others: The end of Z'Ha'Dum in B5. And of course the station being demolished.
The scene in Buffy where she finds her mother who has died.
The death of Christopher Moltisanti in Sopranos. And of course the last few minutes of Sopranos.
The scene in St. Elsewhere where the autistic kid (Tommy?) looks at the snow globe.
For me it's the start of Way of the Stalking Horse. It opens at night and there are sirens and flashing lights and we eventually see that the Ferrari has gone over a cliff. It's got to be 25 years since I saw that episode and I still remember that.
Fry, shellshocked and devastated, kneeling before the grave of his nephew in "Luck of the Fryish."
The expression on the lovers' faces when Lucretia rips off their masks in "Whore."
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
The expression on the lovers' faces when Lucretia rips off their masks in "Whore."
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Some mentioned above, some not. I made it a point not to include series finales since they’re designed to be events you remember.
1967 Superman cartoon where he intentionally kills the Parasite. Clark intentionally let the Parasite absorb all his powers, knowing that “his body was too frail to contain the superpowers of a man from Krypton” and would explode.
Outer Limits: Wolf 359. The ghost from Dundee’s Planet was the scariest damn thing I’d seen on TV as a kid.
The Saint. Simon investigates the Loch Ness Monster.
Davey and Goliath: Happy Easter. Davey’s grandmother dies the Friday before Easter. Because it’s a religious cartoon, of course, the ultimate message is that people who believe in Jesus will be together again in heaven with the lord. Davey’s dad specifically mentions that God will raise Grandma from the dead, just like he did with Jesus. In my tiny, pre-K mind, I took this to mean that if you die on Good Friday, you come back to life on Easter and so Davey’s grandmother was showing back up afte r the credits rolled.
M*A*S*H*. Radar walking into the OR and announcing Henry died.
WKRP. “With God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”
Magnum PI: Magnum vs the Ninja. "Don't even think about it. Nobody's that fast." Ninja blinks, Magnum plants a bullet in his head.
TAXI: Louie tries representing himself in court after he hits an old lady with a cab. Convinced she’s a scam artist, Louie decides to shove her wheelchair down the steps in front of the jury, believing she’ll jump out to save herself.
TAXI: Through a misunderstanding with her boss at her gallery job, Elaine ends up having to invite Jim as her date to a fancy dinner party. When the piano player doesn’t show, Jim volunteers to entertain the rich snobs.
Miami Vice. The second where the Phil Collins started playing and it cut to Crockett’s Ferrrari. And TV was never the same.
Hill Street Blues. The final appearance of Captain Freedom. Completely out of nowhere and probably the closest thing to Henry’s death on MASH in terms of an holy shit moment.
The Cosby Show. Pilot. Theo’s plea to be just a “normal person,” which was perfectly set up for the usual sitcom “awww” moment but instead gave us Dr. Huxtable yelling “that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
LA Law. Arnie’s testicular torsion. (ouch. that one still hurts to think about).
Seinfeld. The first time I saw the Limo episode. “She’s a Nazi, George!”
Futurama. The ending to Jurassic Bark. Damn. That depressed. So much that I still don’t enjoy Futurama as much as I used to because I keep thinking of that dog’s eyes closing.
1967 Superman cartoon where he intentionally kills the Parasite. Clark intentionally let the Parasite absorb all his powers, knowing that “his body was too frail to contain the superpowers of a man from Krypton” and would explode.
Outer Limits: Wolf 359. The ghost from Dundee’s Planet was the scariest damn thing I’d seen on TV as a kid.
The Saint. Simon investigates the Loch Ness Monster.
Davey and Goliath: Happy Easter. Davey’s grandmother dies the Friday before Easter. Because it’s a religious cartoon, of course, the ultimate message is that people who believe in Jesus will be together again in heaven with the lord. Davey’s dad specifically mentions that God will raise Grandma from the dead, just like he did with Jesus. In my tiny, pre-K mind, I took this to mean that if you die on Good Friday, you come back to life on Easter and so Davey’s grandmother was showing back up afte r the credits rolled.
M*A*S*H*. Radar walking into the OR and announcing Henry died.
WKRP. “With God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”
Magnum PI: Magnum vs the Ninja. "Don't even think about it. Nobody's that fast." Ninja blinks, Magnum plants a bullet in his head.
TAXI: Louie tries representing himself in court after he hits an old lady with a cab. Convinced she’s a scam artist, Louie decides to shove her wheelchair down the steps in front of the jury, believing she’ll jump out to save herself.
TAXI: Through a misunderstanding with her boss at her gallery job, Elaine ends up having to invite Jim as her date to a fancy dinner party. When the piano player doesn’t show, Jim volunteers to entertain the rich snobs.
Miami Vice. The second where the Phil Collins started playing and it cut to Crockett’s Ferrrari. And TV was never the same.
Hill Street Blues. The final appearance of Captain Freedom. Completely out of nowhere and probably the closest thing to Henry’s death on MASH in terms of an holy shit moment.
The Cosby Show. Pilot. Theo’s plea to be just a “normal person,” which was perfectly set up for the usual sitcom “awww” moment but instead gave us Dr. Huxtable yelling “that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
LA Law. Arnie’s testicular torsion. (ouch. that one still hurts to think about).
Seinfeld. The first time I saw the Limo episode. “She’s a Nazi, George!”
Futurama. The ending to Jurassic Bark. Damn. That depressed. So much that I still don’t enjoy Futurama as much as I used to because I keep thinking of that dog’s eyes closing.
BSG: Daybreak.
24: Season 3, 6AM to 7AM.
The Blake's 7 finale. Classic end scene - absolutely ingenious way of ending the show. The Sopranos should have stolen the B7 ending. 
Torchwood: Exit Wounds, the season two closer.
Angel: Lots of twisty-turny pull-the-rug-out plot points in this, but Wesley's pretty darn dark story arc in season three struck a chord with me, giant talking burger signs and all. Included largely for the scene at the end of Forgiving where Angel visits Wes in hospital.
Buffy: If I could preserve ten minutes of genre TV, it might well be Xander's Apocalypse-Now-themed dream in Restless. Surreal free-association brilliance. Best moment? "Well, I'm supposed to meet Tara and Willow ... and possibly Buffy's mom".
DS9:
THEY KILLED THE WRONG F***ING BOOMER!
Maybe the darkest hour of a very dark show's darkest season. Jack has an hour to kill his boss or the bad guy will release an incredibly toxic virus into the general population of LA. This being 24, they pull the trigger. This one stayed with me for days.
Torchwood: Exit Wounds, the season two closer.
There are other moments in the episode that stay with you, but jack's 2000-year dirt nap really bothered me.
Buffy: If I could preserve ten minutes of genre TV, it might well be Xander's Apocalypse-Now-themed dream in Restless. Surreal free-association brilliance. Best moment? "Well, I'm supposed to meet Tara and Willow ... and possibly Buffy's mom".
DS9:
I didn't see every episode, but I really liked the moment in the series finale where Quark tries to get Odo to admit that he'll miss him. The fact that he fails just feels kind of right.
Only saw this once; they seem to never show it. The last few minutes of this spin on the story of Hachiko, starting shortly after Fry makes his decision, had me thinking something like "Oh no. Don't do this to me!". I'd call it really sad, though not depressing per se.
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Final scene of DS9 - it becomes just another point of light in the sky. 
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[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v69MVQIywk[/yt]
Sorry for the double post, I forgot, you don't dare edit posts with youtube vids embedded. 
Of the mind-boggling number of candidates from Lost, here are the ones that truly stand out for me:
"Guys - where are we?"
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnXeTRqDE4[/yt]
Second season premiere: WTF, do I have the wrong channel?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5ZQW0BCFU[/yt]
"We're going to have to watch that again."
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFab17hajE[/yt]
The Island Vanishes.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTf0IwEDTM[/yt]
Sun & Jin on the submarine.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-4YAhLTLOA[/yt]
Sawyer and Juliet remember who they were.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJiQLS_D0c[/yt]
Hanso Foundation fake ad:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dyhhb5coE&feature=related[/yt]
And last but not least, the real Target ad:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVdpCz1hz-k[/yt]
Of the mind-boggling number of candidates from Lost, here are the ones that truly stand out for me:"Guys - where are we?"
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnXeTRqDE4[/yt]
Second season premiere: WTF, do I have the wrong channel?
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5ZQW0BCFU[/yt]
"We're going to have to watch that again."
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFab17hajE[/yt]
The Island Vanishes.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTf0IwEDTM[/yt]
Sun & Jin on the submarine.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-4YAhLTLOA[/yt]
Sawyer and Juliet remember who they were.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJiQLS_D0c[/yt]
Hanso Foundation fake ad:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dyhhb5coE&feature=related[/yt]
And last but not least, the real Target ad:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVdpCz1hz-k[/yt]
Babylon 5 In The Beginning - "Ah yes, the war!"
The sacrifice of the Churchill in "Severed Dreams".
Another vote here for Boomer shooting Adama.
Caitlin's death in NCIS, and it's aftermath over the next season.
Another NCIS one, the death of Director Sheppard
The sacrifice of the Churchill in "Severed Dreams".
Another vote here for Boomer shooting Adama.
Caitlin's death in NCIS, and it's aftermath over the next season.
Another NCIS one, the death of Director Sheppard
When Edith died on All in the family.
Speaking of that:
"In my life I had four wives, I cared for them all deeply. But I loved Centauri Prime. Every street, every tower, every inch of our world."
Makes me kind of emotional just thinking about it!
THIS IS IT!!
the revealing, the street filling, the meltdown.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlXgLQ_7zT0[/yt]
What you're referring to is how Karl later found out because of a date on the back of the ultrasound pic that the baby was not his (supposedly Gus's) and then when Karl and Susan were in London on holiday and ran into Izzie as she was giving birth in an ambulance Izzy said something to Susan while Karl was out of the picture (noble doctor that he is) and she realized the baby really WAS Karl's.
I watched this soap devotedly for years but quit cold turkey when they killed off Bridget which outraged me on just too many levels. Watching that ep I kinda miss it now.
And then, in the silent tension when the Aryan Nation folks get back in the car George starts whistling a few bars of "If I was a rich man". I thought that was the most brilliant comedy moment ever.
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