# A Game: MY FAVORITE EPISODE OF \_\_ WAS THE ONE WHERE \_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739 "2011-04-17T18:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/61 "2011-04-18T17:29:21Z")
My favoite episode of Seinfeld was when the four leads sat in Monk’s and talked. My favorite episode of Friends was when the six leads sat in Central Perk and talked. My favorite episode of The Big Bang Theory was when the five leads sat in the cafeteria and talked. My favorite episode of Mad About You was when the four leads sat in Riff’s and talked. My favorite epiosde of Three’s Company was when the four leads sat in the Reagle Beagle and talked. My favorite epiosde of Happy Days was when the four leads sat in Arnold’s and talked. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/62 "2011-04-18T18:17:01Z")
Remember when The Skipper was mad at Gilligan? Ha! Good times. . . ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/63 "2011-04-18T18:38:58Z")
I might not be remembering this properly, but my favourite episode of **The Nanny** was the one where Fran does something outraaaaageous or inappropriate and Maxwell gets angry about it, but she either charms her way out of getting in trouble or makes him see that she was right all along. Meanwhile Niles was mean to CC and CC was mean to everybody. Also, Sylvia ate things! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/64 "2011-04-18T19:34:57Z")
My favorite episode of South Park is the one in which Cartman is being a self-centered asshole. My favorite episode of Night Court is the one where one of the cases involves a prostitute or a stripper. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/65 "2011-04-18T19:49:34Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I pity the fool who picks the wrong favorite episode. But I love it when a plan comes together. With explosions. The all time greatest episode is the one where the bad guys have them trapped in a machine shop and they build a wacky contraption to save the day. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/66 "2011-04-18T19:53:39Z")
My favorite episode of Gilligan’s Island is the one where it looks like Gilligan has done something stupid and it turns out that saved everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/67 "2011-04-18T20:15:43Z")
> [@\_mostly\_Harmless](#): > > Or there’s that episode of **Bones** where Booth introduces himself and Brennan to someone new. I think in that one he mentions that she works at the Jeffersonian. Is that the one where Hodgins finds particulates on the bones and Brennan disses the wacky genius intern? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/68 "2011-04-18T20:44:08Z")
My favorite episode of **Primeval** is where a prehistoric creature attacks innocent British people, and Connor cracks wise, while the soldier character tries to keep him from getting his adorable, but reckless self killed. Lester has a few wonderfully dry comments to make about the situation too. My favorite episode of **Haven** is the one where one of the unfortunate townies develops a super power that can’t be controled, and Audrey has to referee between Nathan and Duke. My favorite episode of **In Plain Sight** is the one where Mary has trouble with one of her witnesses, and has to lean on Marshal to help keep the witness safe. My favorite episode of **Hawthorne** is the one when Christina steps on toes while trying to do the right thing, and someone over-reacts about it. My favorite episode of the **X-Files** is the one where Mulder and Scully investigate a crime in a sleepy little town[sup]\*[/sup] [sup]\*[/sup] which of course, I got to reference in chapter 4 of [this fic](http://www.mulderscreek.com/fgman01.html): \*“Have you ever stopped to think about how many of our cases could be summed up as ‘agents investigate a horrible crime in a picturesque small town’?” Mulder grins. “Maybe there’s a dark hidden underbelly in all the pretty places, too.” “Hmm.” “I guess that’s better than the brutal places that are more than happy to roll over and show you their underbellies,” Mulder concludes. “Mulder, you better be careful. There are laws against abusing a defenseless metaphor like that”\* ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/69 "2011-04-18T20:46:45Z")
My favorite episode of **Inspector Gadget** was the one where Penny sends Brain (in disguise) with Gadget to keep an eye on him but Gadget thinks the bad guys are good guys and Brain is the bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/70 "2011-04-18T21:43:08Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Was that the one where George was slighted in some minor way and he went to incredible lengths to get his revenge? I love that one! But my favorite part is when Elaine dumps her most recent boyfriend for a trivial reason. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/71 "2011-04-18T22:34:46Z")
My favorite episode of **Married w/ Children** is the one where Al complains about fat women, Peg’s complains about not having sex, Bud calls Kelly a tramp, Kelly makes fun of Bud’s (lack of) social life, and the one where Al makes fun of Marcy’s figure and everyone makes fun of Al’s job. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/72 "2011-04-19T00:44:38Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > My favorite episode of the **X-Files** is the one where Mulder and Scully investigate a crime in a sleepy little town[sup]\*[/sup] > > [sup]\*[/sup] which of course, I got to reference in chapter 4 of [this fic](http://www.mulderscreek.com/fgman01.html): > \*“Have you ever stopped to think about how many of our cases could be summed up as ‘agents investigate a horrible crime in a picturesque small town’?” Is that the one where Mulder proposes an off the wall theory as to what’s going on which Scully dismisses out of hand only to find out that Mulder was right? I loved that one. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/73 "2011-04-19T01:46:16Z")
My favorite episode of **Star Trek: Voyager** is the one where they had to remodulate the deflector shield array to emit a polaron pulse. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/74 "2011-04-19T01:52:03Z")
My favorite episode of Star Trek the original series was when Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and that guy in the red shirt went to the surface of that one planet with all the dangerous aliens. Too bad for that guy in the red shirt. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/75 "2011-04-19T05:32:12Z")
I seem to recall an episode of Home Improvement where Jill was frustrated with something dumb Tim had done, and he didn’t understand why until he went out and talked to Wilson over the fence. (Oddly enough, you couldn’t see all of Wilson’s face. It’s like he was hiding back there.) Anyway, he went back in and straightened things out with Jill, but requoted Wilson’s advice in a hilariously wrong way. I think it was the same one that had a subplot on Tim’s cable show where he and Al demonstrated some awesomely overpowered tool and it didn’t quite go as planned. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/76 "2011-04-19T07:03:23Z")
I really love that episode of _Law & Order: Criminal Intent_ where Goren pulled one obscure fact after another out of his ass, cocked his head to one side and acted sort of crazy, while the actress playing Eames struggled to remind herself that even though she never got to say or do anything remotely interesting, it WAS nice to have a steady paycheck. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/77 "2011-04-19T11:43:10Z")
My favourite episode of **Hill Street Blues** was the one that ended with Frank in bed with Joyce. I think it started with roll call. At some point Belcher took a phone call from his Ma while in the middle of booking a perp at his desk. And there was some sort of tense situation where Howard and Henry fell out over whether to send in the SWAT team or negotiate. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/78 "2011-04-19T14:49:22Z")
My favourite episod of **Buffy** was the one where, if you thought about it, the supernatural challenge faced by the protagonists was in some way a metaphor for a much more mundane challenge that might be faced by people their age in the real world. My favourite episode of **Rome** was the one where complex political machinations were ultimately resolved by Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus getting all stabby. My favourite **Cafe Society thread** was the one where we were all terribly amusing about highly predictable aspects of popular culture. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/79 "2011-04-19T20:36:46Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > My favorite episode of South Park is the one in which Cartman is being a self-centered asshole. Oh, was that the one where Kyle or Stan learned something that day? Or was it the one where Butters was worried about being grounded? Or,come to think of it, was that the same episode? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739/80 "2011-04-20T00:07:50Z")
the one where Kenny was killed was kinda sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-game-my-favorite-episode-of-__-was-the-one-where-__/578739.md?page=5)