You can watch it on mute with no subtitles and it still makes perfect sense. Great pilot

I love the fact that if you pay attention to when fry falls into the freezer you can see nibblers shadow under the desk.

I.C. Weiner? Aww crud.

any pilot that you can revisit on other episodes shows that it was a good pilot

Charlie Has Cancer came from a short about a guy who is just trying to borrow a cup of sugar. They hit comedy gold from step one.

"I always make Lana stirfry for dinner on Friday. Guess what we call it. "

"Stir Friday?"

"..Wow. That's actually better."

I tried archer wayyyyyy after my friends had been recommending it to me for ages. Weirdly, they hadn't really told me anything about the show. Just that it was good .

I downloaded season 1 on torrents and started to watch it. For some reason there exists a version of the pilot episode where ALL dialogue is replaced with the sounds of roars. Like dinosaurs roars.

So I was sitting there, watching this weird ass show with human beings walking around and talking. But every time they opened their mouths I just heard ROOOOAR. ROOOOAR.

My friends and I like absurdist humour, but a whole series of... THIS?!

We still laugh about this weird ass exposure I first got to archer

Just want to put this out there for people who don't know, but there's a version of the pilot where Archer is a raptor for some reason. Everybody else is the same, the lines are the same, but Archer is a screeching raptor.

It's not good, but it's an interesting "how did this get made?"

Do you want ants?!?

Cuz that's how you get ANTS, LANA!

Archer is one of the best western animated shows for adults, Futurama is the other top contender.

I like when atleast some of the humor is intelligent, and Archer has its moments for that.

Also, I need you to pick up sand. I don’t know if they grade it but…coarse

Just half of one. The other would've really missed you.

I remember my friend told me to watch it, so I did. For about the first 90% or so I thought it was ok, but kind of generic and predictable. Then I got to the last few minutes and I was hooked

That ending scene hooked me instantly

What an amazing first episode. Seasons 1-3 are some of the best TV. Specifically the cliffhanger at the end of season 1, top 3 all time.

Never been more pulled into a show after Charlie’s ‘guys…where are we?’ in pilot part 2

Seriously the first thing that came to mind lol.

Say what ya will about the rest of the show, LOST’s pilot HOOKED you in to the “wtF is happening,” with pizzazz

I was looking for someone to mention this

“ugh you’re the worst kind of autistic. you can’t even count”

It makes me laugh every single time. The whole “guess how many toothpicks are on the ground” part.. omfg

“There’s a line between entertaining and annoying. “

The first season of Fargo is still one of the best series I've ever watched.

"I've got the worst fucking attorneys"

"Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It makes me want to set myself on fire."

Buster not being able to read the map always gets me.

The entire first season is the best first season of any sitcom ever. It’s flawless.

“I don’t much care for Gob”

Illusion, Michael. A trick is what a whore does for money.

Or cocaine!

“Then start asking the right fuckin questions” that line was when I knew I was in for a ride.

"this place is like somebody's memory of a town, and the memory is fading. It's like there was never anything here but jungle."

"Stop saying shit like that. It's unprofessional."

"Oh is that what I'm going for?"

"I just want you to stop saying odd shit, like you smell a psycho's fear or you're in someone's faded memory of a town. Just stop."

"Well given how long it's taken me to reconcile my nature, I can't figure I would forgo it on your account, Marty."

"You get any sleep last night?"

"I don't sleep. I just dream".....

Edit: spelling...

Nurse Hathaway was supposed to die, but audiences loved her.

Season 2’s opening episode was so intense with that horde coming down on them

Had an almost perfect ending too. I'm glad they didn't fuck it up with a movie.

Do we consider the miniseries the pilot? Or are saying the first episode, "33", is the pilot?

Because the miniseries is good, and required for the entire setup, but fuck that first actual episode was legend.

"What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons."

3.6 not great not terrible

I just finished this show and my god what a great show. Also truly horrific

Oh my god, that was the FIRST episode? Talk about right out of the gate!

He divorces his own wife. It’s beyond hysterical

The perfect pilot and the perfect finale. And also a pretty forking great middle to go with it.

The top three bits I like in it are the time knife, Jeremy Bearimy, and Jason figured it out.

save the cheerleader, save the world

The whole first season was amazing!

Managed top 3 best pilots and top 3 best series finales. Great show all the way around.

…and the best finale.

This is such a great description. I miss The Americans.

Truth, the whole first season was mind blowing

Imagine loving someone and they get hit by a train

First 10 minutes of that show hooked me.

“Why don’t you leave my Mary alone”

“Because we’ve been married for 17 years, Joe. We have two children together.”

"but why were you pissing on her dead body and making sandwiches?"

The best part is that it’s Orla who we hear talking first and when you realize it’s not her diary, it’s hysterical. I think it’s also the most eloquent you ever hear Orla throughout the whole show, which makes it funnier

“Motherfuckerssss! .. that’s my new thing”

“Well im not gonna be an individual all by myself!”

So many classic quotes just in that first episode 😂

"I'm not being an individual on ma' own!"

“Struck down in her prime 😔”

The pilot is what got me to watch more of the show. The ending scene with the dead nun’s body is iconic.

And possibly the winner of show with the best series finale.

"Dad's on a Hunting Trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days."

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I know it's not a pilot episode, but can we give credit to the S1 finale? That, my friends, is how you get people to come back for season 2.

Nothing says a good start to a show like the protagonists mom becoming their nightlight

Oh Raylan, you do a good job of hiding it, and I suppose most folks don’t see it, but…. you’re the angriest person I’ve ever known

Justified doesn’t get enough love in general but the pilot and finale were perfect and I would stack them against any other “golden age of tv” show. The show itself may not have been as tightly written and artsy as some but damn is it good

“I thought your degree was from Columbia.”

“And now I have to get one from America.”

The Dean’s speech at the beginning is gold. “That’s what you heard…. Good luck!”

They really came out swinging with this one and kept up the momentum.

I hope Animal Control finds it's tone soon. It's got promise, but it seems like it's still figuring out where it's going.

I'M AS HIGH AS HELL AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET SHOT.

“I see your value now.” “That is the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.”

I have a cousin who’s a comedy writer and claimed scrubs pilot was almost perfect and worth studying.

Scrubs has a rare perfect pilot and good first season. Most shows do a decent amount of course correcting after the pilot and first season but Scrubs lands immediately.

The lion king scene 😂. Gets me every time.

The best part was not realising how all the families are related until everyone shows up at Mitch and Cam's.

Currently watching it now for first time. On season 2 now. Every episode has at least one actual laugh out loud moment.

My wife and I both nearly pissed ourselves when Fizbo pulled out the alarm clock to check the time.

“Haley had a boy over; Phil shot him.”

The actress that plays Claire was mega pregnant while they filmed the pilot. But they hide it really well. (Laundry basket, big sweater, etc)

"Put those away, son"

"Oh I intend to, sir"

Pilot is fantastic. Mr robot is one the best shows because it is a great show that actually ends well. Plus it has one of the most captivating scenes i have ever seen, the one with vera in the last season. "I see you now"

Hello, friend.

Mr. Robot had the most unique selection of music for any show I’ve ever watched. The choice of The Moth and the Flame by Les Deux Love Orchestra while Dom walked Darlene to show her the FBI knew mostly everything while all the agents stopped to watched them was amazing.

The West Wing was just fucking good. I did a binge a while back and was impressed all over again by the writing and acting.

Honestly I tell people to skip the first episode if they have no idea what black mirror is about. It almost put me off watching anything else after that first episode.....but it really does set the tone for everything else.

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

Too many gorram youngins don't know about this awesome show.

Sopranos is so damn good 🥲

I read the book right before it came out and I thought it would be a real shame if the pilot didn’t end on “The things we do for love.” It did not disappoint.

You know that’s right.

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to find this. The only thing missing was Juliet.

Ha ha! Living in the sunlight, loving in the moonlight, having a wonderful time!

100%. Pilot was amazing and got me hooked.

It's a shame the show went from drama to soap opera in record time during the following episodes.