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lil skippy #20 — rolling stone's top 100 episodes of all time list (Patreon)

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2024-09-04 22:26:27
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https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-tv-episodes-of-all-time-1235090945/

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Xianhang Zhang

Most genuine shock for me was that you hadn't seen/heard about Freaks and Geeks and Review respectively. Both were little time capsules of genius that went on to influence a generation of creators. Review, in particular, is interesting to see the influence on Nathan Fielder's subsequent work. Luckily, both are very few episodes so can be knocked out in a day. Had a chuckle at the Copaganda guy not having seen Homocide: Life on the Streets.

Craig H

I would not have gone through Sepinwall's list in such detail -- I follow him on substack mostly b/c he's one of the few TV reviewers still out there who occasionally has something interesting to say. But I'm not a paid subscriber because his judgment is... not *bad*, but unreliable. Sometimes he can be pretty insightful about a show, but often enough he's just wrong, either about his interpretation/opinion or, frequently enough, about how he remembers an event that happened on a show. I think you highlighted some good examples of what I'm talking about on both good and bad sides. I'm also a little surprised about shows you've never seen/heard of (agree Freaks and Geeks, and Homicide, but also -- CHINA BEACH!?!). Really most of them are age-related -- both Alan and I are old guys who were watching a bunch of TV in the 80s/90s, and you... are not. So no blame or judgment here. If you weren't already watching a bunch of TV I would recommend checking out some of those shows on the list that you haven't seen (though not all of them), because they were really good and mostly hold up. Good review, thanks a bunch!

Spookub

I'm just now making a connection that the only two people I follow on Patreon talk about TV shows (mostly) and so some of these shows (including a couple you were unfamiliar with) I'm only familiar with because Matt Baume talked about them. Glad WWDITS is on the list, excited to get to that episode as I re-watch it to show my friend who hasn't seen it.

An Oni Moose

Columbo and Hill Street Blues are absolutely essential viewing for the Copaganda series. Columbo, because it subverts key tropes in the detective genre - opposite to a whodunit, the murder and its perpetrator are all shown in detail at the beginning of each episode, and so we're just watching Columbo figure it out; and the bad guy is always some rich arrogant asshole. And Columbo himself is such a character, thanks to Peter Falk. And Hill Street Blues, as you already know, represented a sea change in how copaganda was presented, with a veneer of Quality, of intelligence and nuance.

An Oni Moose

"The City on the Edge of Forever" is a must-watch.

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I think I've seen one episode of Homicide. There are a lot of cop shows!

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You call it detail, I call it procrastination

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I've watched some Hill Street Blues for sure, more to get a feel for it than to do any deep analysis. But maybe it's time to change that! Perhaps a livestream....

Caylin Lee

I really loved Review when I saw it. And that Pancakes episode was incredible. The premise of the show is that it is a mockumentary about a guy who reviews real-life experiences based on viewer requests and has an absolute commitment to never refuse a review even when they are illegal or will obviously be harmful to himself or the people around him. It is deranged and hilarious.

François Blavoet

I just read the synopsis, and (spoiler alert) the necessary killing of a pacifist who would have delayed the entry of the US in WW2 is such an American thing to write.

RedX2099

Lol. Yeah that's fair. Still I thought the overall emotional conflict of the episode was solid.

RedX2099

Sorry you had to deal with those "ummm....actually!" College film bros lecturing you about community. That sucks. The show is far from perfect but I'm very fond of it because it helped me bond with a friend in high school and helped me make some new friends in college during my freshman year. And remedial chaos theory was one of the first episodes I saw. After it aired I had to rewatch it multiple times because I was so fascinated by how unique and it felt. It made me realize that TV sitcoms could be so much more than I previously thought. Love that episode.

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Community is a great show, I just can't stand the Holy Church of Harmonism