Your nominations for best pilot episode of a series?

[MilesColtrane]

When they're done right a pilot can be like video crack. Your hooked and can't wait to see the next installment.

My nomination:

From the "Battlestar Galactica" re-imagined series: "33"

Although this might not qualify as the true pilot, it was the first of the actual series, and won a deserved Hugo award.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_(Battlestar_Galactica)

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Twin Peaks.

(No relation or resemblance.)

[MilesColtrane]

2. I never saw the pilot, and only watched a few episodes.

I will go back and check it out on your recommendation.

When Lynch is bad, he's very bad, but when he's good, he's creepy good.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. The pilot gives major chills. I hope that you enjoy it.

I want to discuss a couple of scenes but that would be telling..

[XemaSab]

5. You want to discuss a couple scenes?

PM me.

I am in the middle of a rewatch this week. :D

[Orrex]

6. The 'bad' in Twin Peaks wasn't Lynch's fault

He directed surprisingly few episodes, and the ones that he did direct are excellent.

[XemaSab]

12. In some ways it was his fault

He didn't get his way on some things, so he took his ball and went home.

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. In his book "Catching the Big Fish" he talks about his disgust and extreme unhappiness

at what they did to "Dune". Never give away the final cut option, he laments.

I fully endorse Mr. Lynch having full creative control in anything and everything he does. I'm sorry to learn that the network gave him trouble about anything. x(

[XemaSab]

4. .

:thumbsup:

[Orrex]

7. Arrested Development

From the first few seconds I knew that it would be fantastic.

[Mojambo]

14. And it never let up even once. n/t

[alphafemale]

8. Cop Rock

This show was very short lived but it was bizarre and beautiful.

[Lethe]

9. The old Incredible Hulk

it was originally a made for TV movie, but did very well so they hired Lou and gave him copious amounts of steroids.

Some of the episodes are actually really good, but after a while it became formulaic.

[geomon666]

10. The X-Files n/t

[XemaSab]

11. You like Scully with brown hair?

:P

[geomon666]

21. Sure, why not? n/t

[Mojambo]

13. Dead Like Me was one of the best pilots I've ever seen

Too bad the series went downhill from there.

[nytemare]

15. I loved that show.

Nothing really tops a chick getting killed by a toilet seat, though.

[monmouth]

17. Burn Notice...Awesome show, coming back in January....n/t

[SoxFan]

18. Lost

It's interesting to look back and see how the show has developed from that point.

[MilesColtrane]

20. "Lost" was a good one.

I'll give this to Abrams, he knows how to pique a viewer's interest.

Of course, whether he has a decent, satisfying conclusion to the "Lost" story arc remains to be seen. Maybe, he'll just keep the plates spinning in the air until people get fed up and stop watching it.

And, he really needs to come through with the Star Trek movie if he wants to avoid being the most hated man on the internet.

[sarge43]

19. WKRP

"Oh yeah fellow babies -- BOOGER!"

[Aristus]

22. The pilot episode of "The West Wing".

"'I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other Gods before Me'. Boy, those were the days, huh?"

"With the clothes on their backs, they braved an ocean, and the ones who survived want a better life, and they want it here."

Pilot episode of the best TV series ev-AR!