Red Mosquito • View topic - Best/worst one-off T.V. episodes

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 3:44 am

Episodes that did nothing to advance the plot or appeared to be "bottle"/filler episodes.

Best:
The Fly - Breaking Bad
That's My Dog - Six Feet Under

Worst:
A Million Little Fibers - South Park
Scratching the Surface - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

epilogue · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:16 am

I would argue The Fly does not fit the definition you presented in the OP.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:28 am

I think bottle episodes have more to do with breaking the normal structure of an episode or focusing on one event and/or a small group of characters.

They still advance the plot, but in a very specific way.

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:28 am

Quote:

Vince Gilligan: "We were hopelessly over budget ... And we needed to come up with a bottle episode, set in one location."

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:30 am

run2death wrote:

Episodes that did nothing to advance the plot or appeared to be a "bottle"/filler episode.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:34 am

run2death wrote:

Episodes that did nothing to advance the plot or appeared to be a "bottle"/filler episode.

Right, just making sure we're on the same page.

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:35 am

durdencommatyler wrote:

I would argue The Fly does not fit the definition you presented in the OP.

Suck a dick.

verb_to_trust · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 5:41 am

Space-X Files Season 1. Truly terrible tv and if I remember right had the highest production cost of all the first season episodes.

Bammer · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 5:50 am

The Fly is the Kardashian of TV episodes.

Famous for being famous.

bart · **Joined:** Tue January 08, 2013 10:23 pm **Posts:** 3235

TNG The Inner Light

CopperTom · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 11:41 am

Best: BSG - Hand of God

Worst: BB - The Fly

Jorge · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 11:44 am

Fly is pretty good. Pine Barrens (The Sopranos) is a great episode but I'm not certain it would qualify here. As a kid I watched an episode of Mad About You where Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt spent the entire time talking to each other while their new baby cried... at the time I thought it was so original and great but it was probably awful

epilogue · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 1:57 pm

run2death wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

I would argue The Fly does not fit the definition you presented in the OP.

Suck a dick.

You defend yourself well in those previous posts. I'll allow The Fly.

And it is one of the best episode of TV I can remember.

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

Problem with the Pine Barrens episode was that it was a bottle episode. Everyone I know expected it to set up the next season.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47190

What about that weird one in Season 2 of Stranger Things? With the teenage homeless kids?

tree_ · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:10 pm

Uhmmm That's My Dog drastically affected David's character

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 4:45 pm

tree_ wrote:

Uhmmm That's My Dog drastically affected David's character

No shit.

But it was a drastic "one-off" episode that eschewed the show's usual format.

run2death · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 5:03 pm

The Chinese Restaurant and The Parking Garage were both great.

I think Larry David could do an entire series that's just bottle episodes.

Jammer XCI · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 5:10 pm

Best: The Gang Saves the Day
Worst: Armin Tamzarian Simpsons episode

Jorge · **Posted:** Mon April 22, 2019 5:12 pm

For a moment I confused Armin Tamzarian with Hank Scorpio and was getting ready to yell at you

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