# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/62 "2024-08-31T17:20:09Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > “These are small, but the ones out there are far away.” OMG, yes! That episode of “Father Ted” was hilarious. I loved the names of the exhibits at the fun fair (“The Spinning Cat,” “Freak Pointing,” “Duck Startling,” and “The Tunnel of Goats.”) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/63 "2024-08-31T17:38:01Z")
The scene in _Mad Men_ where Pete and Trudy have the Drapers and Cosgroves over for dinner at their suburban home. Nothing of any overt substance happens or is discussed, but you know by the end that Pete (the man with the miniature orchestra) is the most miserable man in the world. ---
**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, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/64 "2024-08-31T17:38:09Z")
There are so many amazing scenes from “Game of Thrones” but I think Lady Olenna’s confession is the best of them. Just amazingly well done. NOTE: Not easy to watch. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8ToP_EnAlLU/hqdefault.jpg "Lady Olenna Confesses Her Crime | Game of Thrones | HBO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToP_EnAlLU) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/65 "2024-08-31T17:44:54Z")
For me, it’s the series ending of _Newhart_. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/66 "2024-08-31T17:46:31Z")
Ha! I agree and I was just looking that one up. Best/worst ninja ever. > **[Newhart Final Scene 1990](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcPmdjCpeA%2F)** > > I was tired of the one low rez version of the final scene from "Newhart." Here's a cleaner version. Note: The version has the "Newhart" Theme as the tag musi... ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/67 "2024-08-31T18:13:13Z")
> [@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. That’s a good scene, but it’s still only the _second_-best use of a late-period Johnny Cash song in a circa-2010 science fiction series on the subject of artificial intelligence. The best is the [opening scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8qvpMw8Vw) of the episode “The Devil’s Share” of _Person of Interest._ ---
**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, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/68 "2024-08-31T19:04:34Z")
I will add another one that was so well done not just because of the scene, but because there was NO indication it was coming: Luke Skywalker arrives at the end of season 2 of The Mandalorian. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/69 "2024-08-31T19:26:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I will add another one that was so well done not just because of the scene, but because there was NO indication it was coming: “Repeat after me: ‘I, Ross’.” _“I, Ross.”_ ‘Take thee, Emily.’ _“Take thee, Rachel.”_ ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/70 "2024-08-31T19:45:06Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > “These are small, but the ones out there are far away.” How about a lovely horse? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jzYzVMcgWhg/maxresdefault.jpg "My Lovely Horse | Father Ted") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/71 "2024-08-31T19:48:45Z")
Twin Peaks- Murderer reveal / Maddy’s murder. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/72 "2024-08-31T21:07:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If we might include radio in this thread, the entire “Ipswich” episode of **Cabin Pressure**. Uh, oh, if we include **Cabin Pressure** , that’s twenty or so “best scenes” right there… _“Polar Bears are… brilliant!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/73 "2024-08-31T21:13:39Z")
Carol Burnett coming down the stairs wearing the curtains was a pretty good one. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/74 "2024-08-31T21:24:55Z")
Two scenes from Breaking Bad, but they’re easy pickin’s: 1. Where the tub falls through the floor. I was glued to that series from that moment on. 2. “Stealing” the laptop from the police evidence locker. That whole episode is my favorite. There are many others from other shows, but these are the first that sprang to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/75 "2024-08-31T21:34:40Z")
The final episode of Six Feet Under was mesmerizing and impacted me for days. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/76 "2024-08-31T21:47:23Z")
Snoop buys a nail gun, The Wire, Season 4, episode 1: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JDpvkwBBu6U/maxresdefault.jpg "The Wire | Snoop Buys A Nailgun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDpvkwBBu6U) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/77 "2024-08-31T21:50:01Z")
Bubbles’ one-year sobriety speech, The Wire, Season 5, episode 9: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5L6-O3tW4WE/hqdefault.jpg "Bubbles' One Year Sobriety Speech | The Wire | HBO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6-O3tW4WE) ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/78 "2024-08-31T22:01:53Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The scene in _Mad Men_ where Pete and Trudy have the Drapers and Cosgroves over for dinner at their suburban home. I don’t really understand what happened to Vincent Kartheiser’s career. After Mad Men he seemed poised for legendary status as a dramatic actor in A-list projects, but that didn’t happen at all. Looking at his output of the past 10 years on Wikipedia I see nothing that has made a splash. In 2021 there were “allegations of disruptive, juvenile behavior and inappropriate comments on set” from him - is he just a dickhead that nobody wants to hire? He acted the pants off everyone in _Mad Men_ including Jon Hamm, and that’s saying something. ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/79 "2024-08-31T22:06:00Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > - Where the tub falls through the floor. I was glued to that series from that moment on. > - “Stealing” the laptop from the police evidence locker. That whole episode is my favorite. IIRC Mythbusters did an episode testing whether they could dissolve a body in a tub (which happened to fall through the floor). My favorite episode of “Breaking Bad” was the one where Walt spends the whole episode chasing a fly. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/80 "2024-08-31T22:17:26Z")
Pretty much anything from the 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but let’s say: Smiley’s visit to Connie Sachs The turning of Toby Esterhaze The silent opening sequence Guillam Vs Alleline ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483/81 "2024-08-31T23:05:30Z")
Just remembered the Smoke Alarm scene from The Office! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-television/1006483.md?page=5)