This is just a ridiculous category.  I hate trying to compare things that really aren't comparable.  How do you compare Bartlet's rant against God to Xena and Gabrielle being crucified while Caesar is murdered?  Or Michael and Nikita finally being honest with each other with Jack Bauer shattering into tiny pieces?  Or Adama being shot by Boomer ( Read more... )

I am torn between head and heart on this one.

My head says The Wire, because I think it contains truths that everyone needs to be aware of, even if those truths are painful, and reaching them isn't always easy. (A recent observation about The Wire, in a review of Treme, that I think is probably true: "[The Wire] was an exercise in patience, and the ( Read more... )

There are any number of Ferengi episodes of DS9 that I could pick for this dubious honor, but I have to go with "Ferengi Love Songs," about Quark's visit home and the subsequent revelation that his annoying mother is in love with the equally annoying Grand Nagus Zek. (I'm sorry, Wallace Shawn, I read your plays in school, but really... just. No ( Read more... )

This one is just so easy ( Read more... )

Hello, Ghost Whisperer ( Read more... )

It would be really easy to pick Highlander for this, and admittedly, it's a close call. What I love about Highlander are the characters and the concept, but when I look back at the series with a little more distance and honesty, there are a lot of episodes where there are only one or two good moments, where the story just doesn't rise to the ( Read more... )

I haven't been keeping this one much of a secret ( Read more... )

"A show that you wish more people were watching ( Read more... )

...go up dramatically when you aim at it, so sez the fortune cookie wisdom taped to my monitor, and in this particular case the target is distraction. So let's give this a shot:

( 30 days of TV )

( Spoilers ahoy! )