BSG, the teaser for "33". I had seen the mini series, but those few minutes of "33" are what sold me and made me an instant fan.
When did your favourite TV show "Jump The Gorge"?
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Sorry, but someone has already beaten you to it. The term for reverse jumping the shark is Growing the Beard. It's a reference to everyone's favourite Commander.
Anyway, as for my picks:
Spike's first appearance - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
The Arlong Arc - One Piece
Doyle's Death - Angel (Sorry buddy, but it's true)
Getting a Ship - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Going crazy dark - Torchwood: CoE
Darkseid's Entrace - Justice League
Clayface - The Batman
Anyway, as for my picks:
Spike's first appearance - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer
The Arlong Arc - One Piece
Doyle's Death - Angel (Sorry buddy, but it's true)
Getting a Ship - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Going crazy dark - Torchwood: CoE
Darkseid's Entrace - Justice League
Clayface - The Batman
Well, I got a bit ahead of myself but I wanted to see what this show called B5 was like. It came on every morning with my TV and I listened to the last few minutes or so of every episode as I was waking, which piqued my curiosity. So, finally, I started taping a few odd episodes here and there and one day I happened to tape and watch "Z'HaDum" and I was utterly blown away by the final scenes in that episode- and I hadn't even been made aware of all of the plot, characters, etc. that had been developed up to that point either. But man, at that moment, I resolved to go back and watch the entire series and when "Z'Ha'Dum" came back around, it was even better than it was the first time I saw it and still remains one of the best 45 minutes of Sci-Fi entertainment that I've ever seen.
I had a similar experience with Star Trek
S9. I think that it was the "Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast" two-parter in S3 that really cemented my love for that show. Season 5's "Call to Arms" and the first six episodes of Season 6 ("Occupation Arc") were also extremely solid.
"There But For The Grace of God" clinched Stargate SG-1 for me, as well as the following 3-episode story arc that led into the beginning of Season 2.
Although predisposed to enjoy "Star Wars:The Clone Wars", I'd say that "Cloak of Darkness" was the episode when the show REALLY showed what the writers/animators could do with the show and was as flawless an episode as it could be. "Ambush", the first episode aired, was quite good as well- the use of John William's "Yoda's Theme" music from the OT was a terrific touch.
I had a similar experience with Star Trek
S9. I think that it was the "Improbable Cause"/"The Die is Cast" two-parter in S3 that really cemented my love for that show. Season 5's "Call to Arms" and the first six episodes of Season 6 ("Occupation Arc") were also extremely solid."There But For The Grace of God" clinched Stargate SG-1 for me, as well as the following 3-episode story arc that led into the beginning of Season 2.
Although predisposed to enjoy "Star Wars:The Clone Wars", I'd say that "Cloak of Darkness" was the episode when the show REALLY showed what the writers/animators could do with the show and was as flawless an episode as it could be. "Ambush", the first episode aired, was quite good as well- the use of John William's "Yoda's Theme" music from the OT was a terrific touch.
Don't worry they got me too...
Although it was indeed devised before, I still prefer my term, simply because the moment our favourite commander grew the beard, we were treated to "The Child [TNG]".
I became a huge fan of BSG (that I watched religiously with a friend of mine on Sci-Fi) right from the start, especially on one fateful night when the mini was interrupted because of a snow storm. The satellite feed died right after Adama said "at this moment, we're at war!"
But my Jump The Gorge moment came with Crossroads. Just like a sexual climax, it started slowly with Tigh and his line: "it's in the frakkin' ship!" and got stronger and stronger right to the final revelation. I literally shouted at my TV screen "OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOD!!! OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!" as I heard the lyrics to "All Along the Watchtower".
And thus BSG dethroned Star Trek as my favorite TV show.
On a side note, my xgf dumped me two days after the airing of "Daybreak". I was so blown away by the finale that I didn't give a shit about being dumped! I just said: "so fucking what?"
But my Jump The Gorge moment came with Crossroads. Just like a sexual climax, it started slowly with Tigh and his line: "it's in the frakkin' ship!" and got stronger and stronger right to the final revelation. I literally shouted at my TV screen "OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOD!!! OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!" as I heard the lyrics to "All Along the Watchtower".
And thus BSG dethroned Star Trek as my favorite TV show.
On a side note, my xgf dumped me two days after the airing of "Daybreak". I was so blown away by the finale that I didn't give a shit about being dumped! I just said: "so fucking what?"
Rii
Rear Admiral
Farscape was okay for most of it's first season (with the exception of Jeremiah Crichton), but it was that moment in Nerve, where John is about to be tortured in the Aurora chair, and we hear that evil, soft voice...
"I am Scorpius"
That was the moment that I was completely hooked on Farscape, from there until the moment where John held Little D up and said "This is your playground."
"I am Scorpius"
That was the moment that I was completely hooked on Farscape, from there until the moment where John held Little D up and said "This is your playground."
Picket Fences, it was during the Christmas episode. Not only did they reveal that cows were being used as surrogate mothers for human babies but they referenced a case involving cows in their state, Wisconsin, which happened on the X-Files an hour earlier that Friday night.
I half expected the FBI Special Agent who was a reoccurring character on Picket Fences to call in Scully and Muldar
I half expected the FBI Special Agent who was a reoccurring character on Picket Fences to call in Scully and Muldar
In Lost it was so early on in the pilot episode - after the drama of the worst landing on the beach, things had calmed down and the survivors were beginning to worry about getting rescued and introducing themselves and then .... strange blaring noise from the forest and the trees shake as something 'big' passes through them. That was the moment you understood there was going to be somehting more to this ...
In ER [way back then] when a huge snowstorm causes havoc and a huge influx of patients and drama.
West Wing - well it was rather easy - as I happened to only catch the last episode of the first season and I had actually missed the teaser so I didn't realise it had all been building up to the assassination attempt! So that just blew me away, because throughout I was thinking a series about the American President, they just must do an assassination attempt in this! Yay! I got my wish episode the very first I watch - sadly had to wait ages to actually catch season 2 or the repeats of season 1.
In ER [way back then] when a huge snowstorm causes havoc and a huge influx of patients and drama.
West Wing - well it was rather easy - as I happened to only catch the last episode of the first season and I had actually missed the teaser so I didn't realise it had all been building up to the assassination attempt! So that just blew me away, because throughout I was thinking a series about the American President, they just must do an assassination attempt in this! Yay! I got my wish episode the very first I watch - sadly had to wait ages to actually catch season 2 or the repeats of season 1.
LOST was about to lose me-I didn't get what was going on and the writers seemed, well, lost and then a beam of light shone out of the hatch at Locke. I realized they could do anything, go anywhere with their story-so I stuck around. Glad I did.
When Mal flashed back to the day he bought the Serenity I knew this Firefly thing was something special. Too bad the network couldn't see it, too.
When Mal flashed back to the day he bought the Serenity I knew this Firefly thing was something special. Too bad the network couldn't see it, too.
Angel - the return (and eventual re-vamping) of Darla; the show finally started dropping its episodic monster-of-the-week format and became darker and more arc based
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Angel loses his soul; kills Jenny Calendar; gets his soul back but then Buffy has to send him to Hell anyway. This arc was awesome.
BSG - Adama versus Cain. "I'm getting my men."
DS9 - the introduction of the Dominion, followed by the addition of the Defiant
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Angel loses his soul; kills Jenny Calendar; gets his soul back but then Buffy has to send him to Hell anyway. This arc was awesome.
BSG - Adama versus Cain. "I'm getting my men."
DS9 - the introduction of the Dominion, followed by the addition of the Defiant
I recall from way back - I believe this was when the X-Files was ending - that there was mention of this episode in TVGuide. From what I recall they had fully intended to have Mulder and Scully do a crossover in the episode where they pretty much simply passed by the camera, but TPTB at Fox and CBS, on the same day, pretty much told Chris Carter and David E. Kelly if they did it their shows were cancelled that second because they were promoting shows on other networks and that was a big no no.
Blakes 7 - pretty much immediately. It dared to be different and succeeded. And the characters were extraordinary.
Babylon 5 - thanks to the various scheduling oddities it suffered through here I didn't get to see every ep as it aired. I'm sure a few other eps would have achieved the feat sooner but the one that sealed the deal for me was "GROPOS" - specifically, the last few minutes. Once I saw that, I wasn't so much hooked as obsessed.
Farscape - another show that was badly jerked around in the schedule here. I think it was "The Way We Weren't" that made me a convert - character screws up and rather than having making some lame excuse, she owned up to it and took the consequences.
Six Feet Under - Nathaniel's death.
There are others, but that'll do for now.
To each their own.
Babylon 5 - thanks to the various scheduling oddities it suffered through here I didn't get to see every ep as it aired. I'm sure a few other eps would have achieved the feat sooner but the one that sealed the deal for me was "GROPOS" - specifically, the last few minutes. Once I saw that, I wasn't so much hooked as obsessed.
Farscape - another show that was badly jerked around in the schedule here. I think it was "The Way We Weren't" that made me a convert - character screws up and rather than having making some lame excuse, she owned up to it and took the consequences.
Six Feet Under - Nathaniel's death.
There are others, but that'll do for now.
For the little it's worth (and to veer OT for a moment), they were two of the events that turned me off DS9.
To each their own. 
BSG - The start of 33. Crazy intense, set the tone for the show.
DS9 - The loss of the Odyssey. Awesome moment, and kicked off all the good stuff that DS9 is remembered for.
Babylon 5 - Maybe Babylon Squared?
TNG - BOBW1
Lost - Whenever the hell the hobbit said "Where are we?"
Buffy - When Spike showed up and dealt with "the annoying one"
btw, I vote in favor of the Jump the Gorge terminology. The Simpsons for me jumped the shark... well I'm not sure... I'm looking at the episode guide and I remember I still liked Beyond Blunderdome... but I had pretty much given up by the Tomacco episode like 3 episodes later. Right after Blunderdome I see an episode about Bart on some ritalin knock-off (focusin?), which I don't really remember but it sounds kind of crappy. Still, what do you think the odds are we can get people to replace Jumped the Shark with "Farmed Tomacco"?
DS9 - The loss of the Odyssey. Awesome moment, and kicked off all the good stuff that DS9 is remembered for.
Babylon 5 - Maybe Babylon Squared?
TNG - BOBW1
Lost - Whenever the hell the hobbit said "Where are we?"
Buffy - When Spike showed up and dealt with "the annoying one"
btw, I vote in favor of the Jump the Gorge terminology. The Simpsons for me jumped the shark... well I'm not sure... I'm looking at the episode guide and I remember I still liked Beyond Blunderdome... but I had pretty much given up by the Tomacco episode like 3 episodes later. Right after Blunderdome I see an episode about Bart on some ritalin knock-off (focusin?), which I don't really remember but it sounds kind of crappy. Still, what do you think the odds are we can get people to replace Jumped the Shark with "Farmed Tomacco"?
The X-Files - When Deep Throat got shot.
TNG - When Captain Picard had incessant headaches.
Lost - When Artz blew up.
CSI - When Grissom left out a pig.
TNG - When Captain Picard had incessant headaches.
Lost - When Artz blew up.
CSI - When Grissom left out a pig.
Star Trek: Deep Space 9-- The introduction of the Dominion & the Defiant.
Star Trek: Voyager-- The introduction of Species 8472.
Law & Order-- The introduction of Jack McCoy. Ben Stone is too dull for my tastes.
Doctor Who (the new version)-- One of two episodes.
First, "End of the World." The nature of the aliens was silly & exotic in a way that was recognizably Doctor Who to me, yet the episode also plumbed character depths that the old series never did, like when Rose suddenly stops and wonders what she's doing running off to travel with this exotic stranger.
Second, "Dalek." I can see the gears turning in Christopher Eccleston's head. He was always good but this was the episode where I think he finally completely understood the Doctor. Everything he did after this episode was much better than everything he did before. (And while I love David Tennant, I still wish we could have seen an extra year of Eccleston.)
Torchwood-- The Season 2 episode "Meat," where Rhys finds out about Torchwood. Rhys was always a good man but this was the first episode to treat him with dignity. This was the moment where I could tell that the writers had made a decision to not have the characters be the contemptible, anti-social pricks that they were in Season 1.
Stargate SG-1-- "There but for the Grace of God." This episode kicks ass and kicks off an amazing conclusion to the 1st season.
Stargate Atlantis-- "Poisoning the Well." It was episodes like this and the subsequent introduction of the Genii that really fleshed out the culture of the Pegasus Galaxy.
Oddly, the anti-climactic resolution to this cliffhanger was the beginning of the end of the show for me.
The way I heard it, FOX was OK with the crossover but CBS wasn't.
Star Trek: Voyager-- The introduction of Species 8472.
Law & Order-- The introduction of Jack McCoy. Ben Stone is too dull for my tastes.
Doctor Who (the new version)-- One of two episodes.
First, "End of the World." The nature of the aliens was silly & exotic in a way that was recognizably Doctor Who to me, yet the episode also plumbed character depths that the old series never did, like when Rose suddenly stops and wonders what she's doing running off to travel with this exotic stranger.
Second, "Dalek." I can see the gears turning in Christopher Eccleston's head. He was always good but this was the episode where I think he finally completely understood the Doctor. Everything he did after this episode was much better than everything he did before. (And while I love David Tennant, I still wish we could have seen an extra year of Eccleston.)
Torchwood-- The Season 2 episode "Meat," where Rhys finds out about Torchwood. Rhys was always a good man but this was the first episode to treat him with dignity. This was the moment where I could tell that the writers had made a decision to not have the characters be the contemptible, anti-social pricks that they were in Season 1.
Stargate SG-1-- "There but for the Grace of God." This episode kicks ass and kicks off an amazing conclusion to the 1st season.
Stargate Atlantis-- "Poisoning the Well." It was episodes like this and the subsequent introduction of the Genii that really fleshed out the culture of the Pegasus Galaxy.
Oddly, the anti-climactic resolution to this cliffhanger was the beginning of the end of the show for me.
The way I heard it, FOX was OK with the crossover but CBS wasn't.
That episode has my all time favorite Simpsons gag. When Homer and Marge go to the lab to object to their son's treatment, the scientist presses a button. Two needles on arms come out of the ceiling and inject them both. Marge collapses in orgasmic bliss. Homer says "hey, mine just had air in it!" Then clutches his heart and collapses in horrible pain.