What are the most memorable moments in FICTIONAL TV history?

[battleknight24]

I say fictional tv history because I am not talking about presidential elections, wars, national tragedies, oscar night, etc. Look at my selections do get a better idea of what I am talking about.

MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN TV HISTORY:

Beverly Hills 90210-

The episode, and moment, where Dylan and Kelly confess to Brenda that they had an affair while she was in France over the summer. I was glued to the screen during this moment.

The Simpsons-

"Who Shot Mr. Burns, parts 1 and 2"

Do I really need to say more?

The L Word-

Season 3- Dana passes away from breast cancer. I am still angry that they killed off my favorite (and the favorite of many others) character on the show. If I ever happen to meet the writers and producers of this show (not likely, but...), I am going to tell them exactly how I feel, and I will not mince words.



What are YOUR most memorable moments in TV history?


Peace,

[Blue-Jay]

1. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"

[cynatnite]

12. I never get tired of watching that ep! n/t

[LynneSin]

27. I love that episode - here you go, enjoy the scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Bj4wxrsUg

[fishwax]

2. The last episode of Newhart

was great, and I still remember watching that with my mom.

The last episode of Cheers is pretty memorable for me as well.

Those are the first two that pop into mind--I'll have to think a little bit more ... :)

[hellbound-liberal]

20. Here's a link for those of you who haven't seen it. It is the BEST final episode, IMO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSuN4kYt6Sg

[steelemagnolia]

39. This and the end of the Mary Tyler Moore Show

[Connonym]

30. Newhart was what immediately popped to mind for me

it was a beautiful thing

[MonkeyFunk]

3. Chuckles the Clown's funeral

on Mary Tyler Moore.

[terrya]

19. That's my favorite "Mary Tyler Moore" episode.

Good choice.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. The final montage in the Six Feet Under finale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWdYMuo3_B4&feature=related

[Taverner]

34. Yes - seconded

When Keith got gunned down while doing security - MAN that got to me

ON EDIT: Oh man, just watched that link. Tears welled up in my eyes again - I can't believe I was that moved by a TV Show!

Greatest. TV Show. EVER!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

42. I also loved how it said so much without saying a word.

The van Keith was shot in said "Charles Security" -- it was his own security company.

Also, David's wistful look right before he saw a younger Keith, then dying right after that.

George still with Ruth as she died, even though they probably didn't remarry.

Rico's implied smile to Vanessa right before he collapsed.

And Claire's pictures of everybody that summed up her story as she outlived all of them.

[Ptah]

5. Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty

[calimary]

6. The end of "M*A*S*H". AND when the Beatles guested on "Ed Sullivan".

Also, it's widely agreed by the longest-running TV critics that the birth of little Ricky on "I Love Lucy" was a TV milestone moment. The telecast of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. Man - that grabbed everybody. My dad and I were driving down Ventura Blvd. I was 16 and we were just sorta cruising and looking at the car dealerships. One of them had a bill illuminated sign out front whose message changed every day (those movable letters on a white background). It said "We're On The Moon" and my dad read it aloud as we drove past. Amazing moment in TV - and how it connected people together.

[Blue-Jay]

7. I agree. The moon landing was fictional.

[Ptah]

8. Ed Sullivan was Max Headroom's grandpa

[alphafemale]

9. When Edith was nearly raped. That was nearly like witnessing your mother being brutalized.

I was just a kid and jesus h. I could scarcely breath watching that.

As many times as I've seen it since, I still find it overpowering.

[krispos42]

10. Oh, yes, that was a good one!

Thanks for reminding me.

[orleans]

14. when gloria lost the baby. and archie goes to see her in the hospital.

"i love you too, daddy"

chokes me up every time i see it.

[hellbound-liberal]

18. Excellent episode! Here is one of my favorites: Archie meets Sammy Davis, Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_UBgkFHm8o

[cynatnite]

11. Okay...a few...

Starsky and Hutch

An episode called 'The Fix' where Hutch was kidnapped and tortured. They addicted him to heroin. It scared the crap out of me and heroin was the worst drug ever to exist as far as I was concerned. Of course, I was just a kid at the time.

Final episode of MASH

It tore me up.

Maude

An episode about abortion. I wasn't supposed to be watching it, but I did. It stayed with me a long time afterward and I've never forgotten it.

[Frank Cannon]

17. "The Fix" was the primary reason I never tried heroin

That was one hell of an episode, well acted as usual by Mssrs. Glazer and Soul. Absolutely scared the shit out of me.

[krispos42]

13. "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1"

The sudden ending. "To be continued..." flashing up on the screen, then months of waiting for the next season of ST:TNG to begin...

I actually howled "Nooooo!" at that.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

15. "The Eye of the Beholder" - Twilight Zone

This was my earliest specific memory of watching TV. A young woman goes in the hospital to have surgery so she will "fit in" instead of being "different".

Truly an amazing episode. I was too young to really comprehend what Rod Serling was saying.

It's profound.

[taterguy]

16. When Charlie's Angels had that hot lesbian three-way

I didn't see every episode but I'm pretty sure that never actually happened.

But it should have happened damnit.

[MonkeyFunk]

21. That episode of Three's Company

where there was a big misunderstanding.

[flvegan]

23. Is that the one where one of them had 2 dates

for the same evening?

[CreekDog]

26. you mean the one where...

they think Jack is getting a sex change?
or the one where they think Jack and Chrissy are having sex? (they have a puppy actually)

ehh

[Droopy]

22. Who shot J.R.?

[InvisibleTouch]

37. That's the one I thought of.

Showing my age. :) Bobby in the shower would qualify too.

Another close runner-up is the entirity of "All Good Things," the final episode of STTNG - tying in beautifully with the first, and giving the whole series a mythological coherence.

[sarge43]

24. The Fugitive final episode. n/t

[CreekDog]

25. "A Very Brady Episode" of a sitcom Day by Day in 1989

Kid in the show has a dream and all the Bradys are in it.

Now this is before TIVo, YouTube so it was a genuine surprise and if you didn't happen to be watching that night you missed out. I never watched that show (it was Friday nights and I was in high school) but on that night I just happened to see it and it was so great. The "kid" in this show later was in the Brady Movie.


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A Very Brady Episode aired on February 5, 1989, and reunited six cast members from The Brady Bunch – Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, Maureen McCormick, and Robert Reed.

In this episode, irresponsible teen-aged son Ross (Barnes) is lectured by his parents, Brian (Sheehan) and Kate (Kelsey) about his poor study habits. Ross' explanation that he was watching a Brady Bunch marathon only angers his parents more, and he is warned to shape up. Ross bemoans his predicament, noting Mike Brady would never yell at him because he had flagging grades.

Ross falls asleep, and finds himself in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch. Ross learns that he is the Brady's long-lost son, Chuck. After he gets his hair permed on Mike's suggestion, he visits with the various family members, who reprise some of the scenes in the Bradys' most famous episodes ("Oooh, my nose!", the Buddy Hinton episode, etc.).

After "Chuck" gets some advice about his poor grades from Mike, the family begins to repeat their dialogue. "Chuck" wonders what's amiss, and Mike explains what he's seeing is a rerun. Everything becomes chaotic, and Ross wakes up, vowing to improve his study habits.

Incidentally, Barnes went on to portray Greg Brady in two Brady Bunch feature films -- The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996).

[LynneSin]

28. When Kramer was 'out' of the 'The Contest'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI8JJCf8Tvo

[Va Lefty]

29. The Series Finale of Angel "Not Fade Away"

Angel's last words, "Let's go to work." Perfect way to end the show by saying the fight against evil never ends.

[hellbound-liberal]

31. Married with Children- Sam Kinison as Al Bundy's guardian angel

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72vaDVXYPI

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFafbXgNrc

[applegrove]

32. The last M*A*S*H where Hawkeye goes a little crazy.

[Lindsey]

35. The last episode of Six Feet Under....

IMHO it was the most brillant series ever on T.V.

[applegrove]

36. I've never scene more than one scene of Six Feet Under. Just not my bag.

[BlueIris]

33. "Agent Mulder died, late last night, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head."

I was depressed all summer.

[BeachBaby]

38. ER - when Dr. Green died.....

in his beach house, with a newer version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" playing in the background.

Ugh - broke my heart. :(

[steelemagnolia]

40. In Daytime Television: The Wedding of Luke and Laura 1981

30 million viewers - holds the record to this day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzU2UYtGKMA Genie Francis and Anthony Geary

I still remember my Freshman college english class suspended that day because the Prof knew no one would show up and we all gathered in the huge media center.....There were as many guys there as there were girls - about 250 ppl Mind blowing

[steelemagnolia]

41. I Love Lucy - the birth of Little Ricky and about a dozen others...