# Best SEASON ever--at least of the show, and maybe of tv in general. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923 "2007-05-29T14:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/21 "2007-05-29T17:17:32Z")
Hands down, Season 3 of Babylon 5. Contains all 4(5) of my favourite episodes: (Late Delivery from Avalon, War Without End, (Part 1 and 2), Passing through Gethsemane, Severed Dreams) Contains the main bulk of the Shadow War, and major growth in Sheridan’s character. Also contains B5’s breakaway from Earth, the revelation of who Sinclair is, what the Shadows want and what happened to Anna. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/22 "2007-05-29T17:24:15Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I would have gone with Season 1 of Rome. I really missed the first Caesar. [/QUOTE] Close call, and Caesar was very good in Season 1. I liked both seasons a lot, I just thought Season 2 had more depth. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/23 "2007-05-29T17:27:57Z")
Season 1 or 3 of the Sopranos ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/24 "2007-05-29T17:41:52Z")
**The X-Files** - Season two gave us these gems and more: The Host Duane Berry Ascension One Breath Aubrey Irresistible Die Hand Die Verletzt Colony Endgame Humbug The Calusari Soft Light Our Town Anasazi (What a cliffhanger that was) Man, I miss that show, when it was good. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/25 "2007-05-29T18:00:36Z")
The first season of **Twin Peaks** started with probably the best pilot episode ever and just kept it going all season. And **Honeyy** , I gotta go with season 3 of the **X-Files** over season 2. It had the two best episodes of all time, “Jose Chung’s from Outer Space” and “Clyde Brickman’s Final Repose”. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/26 "2007-05-29T18:31:38Z")
Northern Exposure: Season 3, the first full season. (91-92) I nominate as the best season of this wonderful show. This season includes such gems as “burning down the house” which has Maggie’s Mom show up accidentally burning down her house and Chris looking for the perfect cow to “Fling” with his Trebuchet until Ed reminds him that it will be just like the Holy Grail. This depresses Chris until he decides to “Fling” Maggie burnt Piano. The moment of the Piano Flying through the air was quite magnificent. There was an episode where Maurice and Holling set out to bury an old friend. It was titled the “Three Amigos”. The entire show is set to Chris’ reading “A Call of the Wild” over the airwaves. It was an amazingly well crafted and written episode. The season ended with “Cicely” The story of Cicely’s founding by a pair of lesbian lovers. Most of the flashback was acted out by regulars of the cast. Again an amazingly well crafted and written episode. This season, as each episode ended, I was sad there was not more. **Liberal** , “Slow Down”, is in my opinion the hilarious moment in sitcom history. I believe we are in agreement. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/27 "2007-05-29T18:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] The first season of **Twin Peaks** started with probably the best pilot episode ever and just kept it going all season. And **Honeyy** , I gotta go with season 3 of the **X-Files** over season 2. It had the two best episodes of all time, “Jose Chung’s from Outer Space” and “Clyde Brickman’s Final Repose”. [/QUOTE] Both excellent episodes and both in my top 10. On the whole though, I still gotta take season 2. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/28 "2007-05-29T19:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] I’m probably going to catch a lot of grief for this, but I’m going to say _Kyle XY_. From the moment he first yelled out at the dinner table, “Yo. Let’s get some juice down here! Juice me!”, I was sold. I really liked this show, and I was terribly dissapointed when it didn’t return. But! It turns out that ABC Family is going to pick it up. Series II will begin Monday, June 11 at 8:00 Eastern. [QUOTE] I liked that show (any show with Nicholas Lea is on my must see list. I still scream out “Krycek!!!” when he comes on tv), but you must not have been paying much attention when it was on…it was a huge hit for ABC Family when it first came on, renewed pretty quickly, and they even extended the order for the second season after seeing the first couple episodes. I just wish they’d tone down the dang Sour Kids advertising stuff. I knew, KNEW someone would put Firefly in here. Knew it. I have to go with Twin Peaks I - watching them again right now. X-Files III is a great answer, too. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/29 "2007-05-29T19:11:25Z")
But it was on ABC (plain ABC) first. And then they _replayed_ the entire first season on ABC Family. So for me, it’s been a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/30 "2007-05-29T19:16:49Z")
Many of my choices have already been mentioned. I nominate the sixth season of **Star Trek: Deep Space Nine**. It had complex, believable characters, a story arc that kept you eager for more (but without playing silly cliffhanger tricks) and subplots that enriched the main action rather than distracting from it. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/31 "2007-05-29T19:54:47Z")
\*Freaks and Geeks \* was amazing in its 18 episodes. The last episode even worked pretty well as a Series Finale even though it wasn’t intended to be one. The first season of _Veronica Mars_ was pretty damn good. I know more people who became hooked on Season 1 of \*LOST \* than any other show in recent memory, but I can only hope in three years time we’ll reflect on how unbelievable Season 6 was. [QUOTE=Liberal] Hey, no fair pulling out a trump card so soon in the game! 😃 That’s probably the most sublimely funny scene in television history. [/QUOTE] Agreed, and well worth a [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAjP86tWypQ). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/32 "2007-05-29T20:07:10Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Many of my choices have already been mentioned. I nominate the sixth season of **Star Trek: Deep Space Nine**. It had complex, believable characters, a story arc that kept you eager for more (but without playing silly cliffhanger tricks) and subplots that enriched the main action rather than distracting from it. [/QUOTE] No argument there. Particularly since the single best DS9 episode ever (and therefore the single best Trek episode ever), “In the Pale Moonlight,” aired during that season. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/33 "2007-05-29T20:23:53Z")
At the risk of being whooshed, [QUOTE=silenus] No freaking way _Firefly_! A perfect season would have been a **whole** season, with renewal or closure at the end of it. [/QUOTE] So, you agree that the only way to have made it better was to make more of it? 😃 I must also agree with season 3 of Buffy (I think The Mayor beats even Angelus as best big bad), and season 6 of DS9. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/34 "2007-05-29T20:56:15Z")
The first season of **ER**. Both the 4th and 5th seasons of **Friends** had some of the series’ funniest episodes, especially the ones involving Monica and Chandler’s secret relationship. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/35 "2007-05-29T20:57:54Z")
Prison Break Seasons 1 & 2 ---
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/36 "2007-05-29T21:01:07Z")
Fourth season of Angel. Firefly Second season of Arrested Development Fourth season of Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/37 "2007-05-29T21:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Prison Break Seasons 1 & 2 [/QUOTE] Another great suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/38 "2007-05-29T21:19:07Z")
My husband and I are unaccountably fond of **Stargate: SG-1**. For economic reasons, we own very few DVDs. I bought the second season of **SG-1** for hubby as a Christmas gift, and we have enjoyed it several times. Ah, Season Two: the good old days when Richard Dean Anderson still had some spark in him, Christopher Judge was bald and sleek, Don S. Davis ruled the Stargate project like a wise king, the Goa’uld were still the bad guys, and Ben Browder and Claudia Black were still on **Farscape**. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/39 "2007-05-29T21:20:54Z")
Season 2 of _The Venture Brothers_! Hysterical parodies of things like James Bond, _Apocalpse Now_, Scooby Doo, and chock full of obscure references to things like Valerie Solanas. The only thing that could be better is season 3, when it comes out next year! ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923/40 "2007-05-29T21:25:34Z")
Seasons 1 & 2 of The West Wing are pretty uniformly excellent, and include several of my favourite television episodes of all time. (Noel, In Excelsis Deo, In the Shadow of Two Gunmen, Two Cathedrals) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-season-ever-at-least-of-the-show-and-maybe-of-tv-in-general/405923.md?page=3)