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intrigueing) wrote2014-11-09 02:59 pm
intrigueing) wrote2014-11-09 02:59 pm
Episode Selections from all the TV Show Fandoms
I recently found in my documents a 1/4 finished entry for a very old LJ meme (at least three years old and probably totally defunct). It asked to pick your favorite TV show fandoms and then answer the questions:
Show Title:
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality:
An episode everyone likes that you don't:
An episode no one likes that you do:
An Underrated Episode:
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
First Episode You Ever Watched:
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?
I decided to fill as many of them out as I could think of:
Show Title: M*A*S*H
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Abyssinia Henry
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
An episode everyone likes that you don't: No Idea
An episode no one likes that you do: Again, no idea
An Underrated Episode: Sticky Wicket
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? GOOD!
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Light that Failed
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? I had no idea how much the cast had and would change, so good, but slightly misleading
Show Title: Star Trek: The Original Series
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Trouble With Tribbles
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: City on the Edge of Forever (big surprise there...)
An episode everyone likes that you don't: I, Mudd
An episode no one likes that you do: Assignment: Earth
An Underrated Episode: Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? There was no finale, but "Turnabout Intruder" was terrible, and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was great.
First Episode You Ever Watched: A Private Little War
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Slightly misleading. My 11 year old brain couldn't get past the pastel unicorn yeti monster.
Show Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Remember Me
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: The Best of Both Worlds
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Um, I dunno?
An episode no one likes that you do: Rascals
An Underrated Episode: The Wounded
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? A-maz-ing!
First Episode You Ever Watched: Brothers
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Good! 'Course, I thought Data was a bad guy for the first half of the episode...
Show Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Far Beyond the Stars/In The Cards (sorry can't choose!)
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: In the Pale Moonlight
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Don't know about episodes, but the arc at the beginning of season 6 made me more irritated than I think anyone else was...
An episode no one likes that you do: The Magnificent Ferengi (and all the other Ferengi episodes and goofy episodes except that one sex change one)
An Underrated Episode: Take Me Out to the Holosuite
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Simultaneously Good and Ugly
First Episode You Ever Watched: Civil Defense
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Good!
Show Title: Starsky & Hutch
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Gillian
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Sweet Revenge
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Tap Dancing whatchamacallit (except the tag, of course!)
An episode no one likes that you do: Starsky vs Hutch (come at me, bro)
An Underrated Episode: The Specialist
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Awesome! (see above, duh)
First Episode You Ever Watched: Bloodbath
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Pretty bad and misleading except for the partnership aspects.
Show Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Zeppo
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Hush
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Prophecy Girl
An episode no one likes that you do: Bargaining I and II
An Underrated Episode: Anne
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Good...slightly ugly
First Episode You Ever Watched: School Hard
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Fucking 100% perfect
Show Title: The West Wing
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen I and II
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Two Cathedrals
An episode everyone likes that you don't: 25
An episode no one likes that you do: The Midterms
An Underrated Episode: Stirred
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Bleh, okay sorta I guess. I don't really consider seasons 5-7 canon...
First Episode You Ever Watched: What Kind of Day Has It Been?
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Dude, it was, like, a massive literal shoot-em-up cliffhanger...
Show Title: Doctor Who (New)
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Doctor's Wife
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
An episode everyone likes that you don't: The Girl in the Fireplace
An episode no one likes that you do: Boom Town
An Underrated Episode: Amy's Choice
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? No finale yet!
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Empty Child
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Way too amazing
Show Title: Doctor Who (classic)
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Curse of Fenric
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Genesis of the Daleks
An episode everyone likes that you don't: City of Death
An episode no one likes that you do: The Happiness Patrol
An Underrated Episode: Warriors of the Deep
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Pretty good
First Episode You Ever Watched: An Unearthly Child
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Great!
Show Title: The X-FIles
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Dreamland I & II
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose or Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Squeeze, sorta
An episode no one likes that you do: All the mytharc ones, I guess?
An Underrated Episode: The Unnatural
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Whatever. I had kinda thrown up my hands at this point...
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Goldberg Variation
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?! Pretty good but not spectacular
And that's all that I have the time or energy for right now. I'm also realizing just how many shows I've watched but never finished...
ETA: Added The X-Files at the reminder ofwendelah1
Show Title:
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart:
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality:
An episode everyone likes that you don't:
An episode no one likes that you do:
An Underrated Episode:
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
First Episode You Ever Watched:
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?
I decided to fill as many of them out as I could think of:
Show Title: M*A*S*H
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Abyssinia Henry
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen
An episode everyone likes that you don't: No Idea
An episode no one likes that you do: Again, no idea
An Underrated Episode: Sticky Wicket
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? GOOD!
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Light that Failed
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? I had no idea how much the cast had and would change, so good, but slightly misleading
Show Title: Star Trek: The Original Series
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Trouble With Tribbles
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: City on the Edge of Forever (big surprise there...)
An episode everyone likes that you don't: I, Mudd
An episode no one likes that you do: Assignment: Earth
An Underrated Episode: Where No Man Has Gone Before
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? There was no finale, but "Turnabout Intruder" was terrible, and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" was great.
First Episode You Ever Watched: A Private Little War
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Slightly misleading. My 11 year old brain couldn't get past the pastel unicorn yeti monster.
Show Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Remember Me
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: The Best of Both Worlds
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Um, I dunno?
An episode no one likes that you do: Rascals
An Underrated Episode: The Wounded
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? A-maz-ing!
First Episode You Ever Watched: Brothers
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Good! 'Course, I thought Data was a bad guy for the first half of the episode...
Show Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Far Beyond the Stars/In The Cards (sorry can't choose!)
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: In the Pale Moonlight
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Don't know about episodes, but the arc at the beginning of season 6 made me more irritated than I think anyone else was...
An episode no one likes that you do: The Magnificent Ferengi (and all the other Ferengi episodes and goofy episodes except that one sex change one)
An Underrated Episode: Take Me Out to the Holosuite
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Simultaneously Good and Ugly
First Episode You Ever Watched: Civil Defense
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Good!
Show Title: Starsky & Hutch
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Gillian
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Sweet Revenge
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Tap Dancing whatchamacallit (except the tag, of course!)
An episode no one likes that you do: Starsky vs Hutch (come at me, bro)
An Underrated Episode: The Specialist
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Awesome! (see above, duh)
First Episode You Ever Watched: Bloodbath
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Pretty bad and misleading except for the partnership aspects.
Show Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Zeppo
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Hush
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Prophecy Girl
An episode no one likes that you do: Bargaining I and II
An Underrated Episode: Anne
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Good...slightly ugly
First Episode You Ever Watched: School Hard
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Fucking 100% perfect
Show Title: The West Wing
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: In the Shadow of Two Gunmen I and II
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Two Cathedrals
An episode everyone likes that you don't: 25
An episode no one likes that you do: The Midterms
An Underrated Episode: Stirred
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Bleh, okay sorta I guess. I don't really consider seasons 5-7 canon...
First Episode You Ever Watched: What Kind of Day Has It Been?
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Dude, it was, like, a massive literal shoot-em-up cliffhanger...
Show Title: Doctor Who (New)
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Doctor's Wife
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
An episode everyone likes that you don't: The Girl in the Fireplace
An episode no one likes that you do: Boom Town
An Underrated Episode: Amy's Choice
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? No finale yet!
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Empty Child
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Way too amazing
Show Title: Doctor Who (classic)
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: The Curse of Fenric
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Genesis of the Daleks
An episode everyone likes that you don't: City of Death
An episode no one likes that you do: The Happiness Patrol
An Underrated Episode: Warriors of the Deep
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Pretty good
First Episode You Ever Watched: An Unearthly Child
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading? Great!
Show Title: The X-FIles
Episode Most Dear to Your Heart: Dreamland I & II
Episode You Think is Objectively the Best Quality: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose or Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"
An episode everyone likes that you don't: Squeeze, sorta
An episode no one likes that you do: All the mytharc ones, I guess?
An Underrated Episode: The Unnatural
The Series Finale: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Whatever. I had kinda thrown up my hands at this point...
First Episode You Ever Watched: The Goldberg Variation
Impression the First Episode You Ever Watched Gave You: Good, Bad, or Misleading?! Pretty good but not spectacular
And that's all that I have the time or energy for right now. I'm also realizing just how many shows I've watched but never finished...
ETA: Added The X-Files at the reminder of
wendelah1