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“I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpanzee…”
He can talk he can talk he can talk he can talk
I CAN SIIIIIIIING!!!
Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius! Oh oh oh oh, Dr. Zaius!
Can I play the piano any more?
Of course you can!
Well I couldn’t before!
“I love legitimate theatre."
This might be the tightest and leanest 2 minutes of television ever. A masterpiece in punchlines, comedic timing, animation and line delivery.
You know, I was one of the first to speak out against horseplay.
"This play has.. EVERYTHING!"
I love legitimate theatre.
Moon landing
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!
Is it sad that I thought about the Mad Men episode lol
This is the only correct answer. Live, unscripted, drama, ultimate human accomplishment, and watched world wide.
“George Bush doesn’t care about black people” and Mike Myers just dying inside.
“Please call-“ and then it just smashes to Chris Tucker, unsure of what to do now.
Moon Landing 1969.
Watched all over the world.
Absolutely the right answer. This is the greatest television moment ever and it’s not even close.
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.
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.
“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.
"We have to go back" and "Not Penny's boat" are the two best moments in the series
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.
The music is so good in this scene
omg that shot of Locke looking through the window with the torch. it was so good!
I was gonna say when Locke stood up at the end of Walkabout, but this is probably the better one.
Ya that was a good one! And when you realize in the episode walkabout that he was paralyzed, that was a really good one
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.
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.
Not to mention it followed not long after "were gonna have to take the boy"
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.
I have a soft spot for this one too
“Is anyone here a Marine Biologist?!”
This and “you kept making all the stops?!?!”
THEY KEPT RINGING THE BELL!!
“You’re Batman!”
“Yeah, I am Batman!”
The sea was angry that day, my friends.
Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.
I said “EASY BIG FELLA!”
He was 10 stories high if he was a foot!!!
That a Titleist?
Hole in one!
"It's not 3 roentgen, it's 15,000"
His whole speech about the lies that were told, and capping it off with “and that it how an RBMK reactor explodes.”
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.
That scene's not great, but it's not terrible.
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.
That show is full of memorable scenes. I have to watch it again...
Hands down .... when Bubbles is allowed upstairs
"Ain't no shame in holding onto grief...as long as you make room for other things too"
Wrecks me every time.
So many moments in The Wire. The tragedy of Ziggy in season 2 always gets me.
“Where’s Wallace!”
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?
“Not Penny’s boat”
Same episode: “We have to go back!”
That was the SAME EPISODE?? Peak Lost was insane.
Season 3 finale, Brother. Through the Looking Glass is easily among the greatest episodes of TV of all time
Lost was something else. I remember going on this web forum called "The Fuselage" right after every episode to read up on theories. Some of the crew would sometimes take part IIRC.
They don't make them like this anymore. Also one of the downsides of just dumping entire seasons on streaming.
Peak LOST was genuinely nuts. That feeling has only been matched by the Severance finale so far.
I think the difference is that since LOST was network TV, everyone was talking about it the next day. I miss that.
Yeah man. That truly blew my mind. That was a huge redemption moment for the show at the time.
That shit was crazy
i tried like hell to name my only son Desmond.
The constant… diaper soiler.
How I miss the show. Watching when it came out was one of the great TV watching experiences.
Goddamn that show paid off when it wanted to. I also love the s2 cold open.
S2 cold open was total mind blowing.
S3 cold open is almost as fantastic, that shot of them on the island is chefs kiss
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.
Another great one is when Locke is banging on the hatch door in anguish and then the light comes on from inside
Ozymandias Breaking Bad
"You're the smartest guy I ever met, and you're too stupid to see: he made up his mind 10 minutes ago."
What a fucking line. Hank is such a good character
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.
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.
All of Ozymandias is amazing. The final scene in Granite State is something else.
The score in that scene, with the extended version of the title theme, is absolutely perfect.