# Best scene in Television **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [August 30, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483 "2024-08-30T19:14:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/42 "2024-08-31T12:46:35Z")
Another from **Breaking Bad** : [_Do you really want to live in a world without coca cola?_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPmgigiG2bc) **Your Show of Shows** : _[This is Your Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbT9Lf9xZo)_ **Dick Van Dyke Show** : _[Laura’s Apology](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGEOjxtQtWc)_ ---
**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:** [August 31, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/43 "2024-08-31T12:50:28Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Vincent van Gogh visits the Musée d’Orsay, _Doctor Who._ Very good. Similarly, I still get an actual thrill still in the War Doctor when [Bad Wolf/Rose describes the effect of hearing the TARDIS appearing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLB989s4EPQ&t=177s). Hopefully a cued up link. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/44 "2024-08-31T12:53:36Z")
This was the final scene of the slapstick TV series ‘Blackadder’. [Good Luck Everyone - Blackadder - BBC (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3-Gt7mgyM) After years of amusing comedy, it was astonishing to have such a serious and poignant ending. (I watched it with a group of boisterous pupils at my school. They fell silent out of respect.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/45 "2024-08-31T12:57:36Z")
Hank Kingsley practices “Spinning Wheel” on “The Larry Sanders Show”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zUwSaO2SnHQ/hqdefault.jpg "Hank Kingsley sings "Spinning Wheel."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwSaO2SnHQ) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/46 "2024-08-31T13:31:00Z")
There’s a scene in ST-TNG in which Picard needs a favor from the Klingon High Chancellor, and is speaking to his aide. He says the only thing they can offer in return is their gratitude, and the aide is contemptous. Then Picard explains that there are others who could give them what they need and then “_ **They** _ would have our gratitude” The deadpan expression is fantastic, there’s no shouting or yelling, the writing is just perfect. It stood out for me when I first saw it. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/47 "2024-08-31T13:45:53Z")
I love the musical interlude in the _Simpsons_ episode about the greyhound puppies stolen by Mr. Burns. See my vest! See my vest! Made from real gorilla chest! -and- Like my loafers? Former gophers! It was that or skin my chauffeurs. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/48 "2024-08-31T13:45:59Z")
Jean and Gene dance scene in season-4 of The Umbrella Academy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GQKQ8Z-_sno/maxresdefault.jpg "Ben Saves Jennifer (Jean & Gene Dancing Scene) | The Umbrella Academy | Netflix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKQ8Z-_sno) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/49 "2024-08-31T13:51:03Z")
“These are small, but the ones out there are far away.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/50 "2024-08-31T13:51:57Z")
Note: There is some gore. (missed edit) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/51 "2024-08-31T14:03:49Z")
I’ll nominate the scene at the end of Season One of _The Good Place_ where the big plot twist is revealed. The way Ted Danson’s expression changes is incredible acting. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/52 "2024-08-31T14:07:11Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > from _Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles_ season 1 finale “What He Beheld” --The Terminator Cromartie (played by Garret Dillahunt) takes out an entire FBI SWAT team all while Johnny Cash’s song “When the Man Comes Around” plays on the soundtrack. And it’s not just that - we only see the badass fight _by inference_, as one after another of the SWAT guys gets tossed from a second floor motel room to land in the courtyard pool. It takes a few seconds for the implication of what’s happening to really take hold. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/53 "2024-08-31T14:08:55Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > I’ll nominate the scene at the end of Season One of _The Good Place_ where the big plot twist is revealed. The way Ted Danson’s expression changes is incredible acting. Oh boy. That is a good scene, but there is a scene in the finale that made me sob like a baby the first time I saw it. When I saw it a second time a few years with my kids, I sobbed like a baby again. It is the only scene on television that has ever affected me that way. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/54 "2024-08-31T14:25:33Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > In Better Call Saul, when Jimmy gets Chuck to break in court. Jimmy had a lot of great scenes, but I can’t decide between Nacho’s final scene in the desert (Michael Mando was amazing), or literally any scene with Lalo. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/55 "2024-08-31T14:44:23Z")
**Band of Brothers.** He came back. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WXusCl05hG0/hqdefault.jpg "Band of Brothers-Lieutenant Speirs takes command") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXusCl05hG0) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/56 "2024-08-31T15:18:57Z")
On a completely different note. [Footloose Dance-Off! | The Umbrella Academy | Netflix (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2lpV4uopr4) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/57 "2024-08-31T15:42:19Z")
Babylon 5-Vir Cotto vs. Mr. Morden: **Morden** : What do you want? **Vir** Cotto: I’d like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. Vir’s little wave is priceless…as is the same wave in a later episode. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/58 "2024-08-31T16:05:45Z")
Two that stand out to me: In **The Games** , a mockumentary about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics, John and Bryan take great pains to explain to the contractor who built the running track that “about 100 meters” isn’t really what they had in mind. Australian comedy is like British comedy, but with extra snark. The last episode of **One Foot in the Grave**. Margaret has been grieving the loss of her husband Victor, who died in a hit-and-run accident. She has sworn revenge on Victor’s killer, and finds solace, and a new best friend, in a support group. She’s visiting her friend when she discovers that the friend is the killer. She was rushing to hospital to have one last moment with her own husband when she hit Victor. Margaret has the perfect opportunity for revenge. And then we see her leave the friend’s house, get in her car, give a wistful sigh, and drive off. Then there’s a montage of the last indignities Victor suffered in his life (a hallmark of the show) while “End of the Line” by the Travelling Wilburys plays. It’s a comedy. If we might include radio in this thread, the entire “Ipswich” episode of **Cabin Pressure**. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/59 "2024-08-31T16:22:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Vir’s little wave is priceless…as is the same wave in a later episode. Actually, Babylon 5 has one of TV’s greatest little scenes: Morden: What are you going to do, blow up your entire island? Londo: Actually… (reveals he is, indeed, going to nuke his own planet’s island) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wR7n4Gg-_ac/hqdefault.jpg "Londo confronts Mr. Morden") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR7n4Gg-_ac&t=90) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/60 "2024-08-31T16:32:41Z")
I think I’ll have to change my reply a few posts back. This B-5 scene tops it. It’s one of two series I have the entire set of on CD. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/61 "2024-08-31T16:35:21Z")
Man, Peter Jurasik was and is amazing. I think his character’s arc is one of the best out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=4)