# Best Single Episode of an Otherwise Mediocre-to-Bad Series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104 "2009-04-23T14:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/21 "2009-04-24T02:59:38Z")
Okay, I’m going out on a limb here, but if people can find three outstanding episodes of “Just Shoot Me,” doesn’t that shift it from “mediocre-to-bad” to “mediocre-to-kinda-good?” Despite the extraordinary lengths they went to cover up Laura San Giacomo’s bustline, and because of the hilarious Malick (Wow, an ex-Kemp staffer. I can see why she left politics.), George Segal (I always thought he was Jewish, but he was apparently raised Quaker. Explains the banjo.), and (cough) Spade, the show deserves a better rating. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/22 "2009-04-24T03:11:12Z")
I am gonna be given hell for this…but I don’t care. The only episode of _Seinfeld_ that I have ever even cracked a smile in is the spitting episode that parodies the JFK assassination. A very funny episode of a series that definitely fits this posters bill of “mediocre-to-bad”. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/23 "2009-04-24T05:54:18Z")
I’ve mentioned this one before … There’s an episode of the otherwise-wretched _Arli$$_ involving an NCAA official conducting an investigation of a legendary football coach. Instead of the coach being a slimeball providing his players with hookers and blow, it turns out that he was just trying to help a kid in need, rules be damned. The official, meanwhile, has revenge on his mind; years ago, he had been a runner at the school, but his scholarship was taken away so the almighty football team could have it. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/24 "2009-04-24T08:17:53Z")
Although I liked the show _Millenium_ I only really remember one episode. It was the Christmas episode with Darren McGavin. During the time of the year when every show is doing their special version of a Christmas Carol, Millenium brought out maybe the most depressing episode of any TV show. In a good way. Good writing, good acting and an interesting take on the holiday. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/25 "2009-04-24T08:50:50Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > “Think Tank” from _Star Trek Voyager_ was the only episode of the series I liked. Oh my that was my _least favorite_ episode lol. It might have been an ok episode if not for Jason Alexander (who I usually tend to like). ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/26 "2009-04-24T09:02:43Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > “Think Tank” from _Star Trek Voyager_ was the only episode of the series I liked. > Odesio They missed a call-back to a Robert Beltran role in the movie, “Night of the Comet.” For that reason, I found it anticlimactic. ☹ [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936051&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10936051&postcount=6) ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104/27 "2009-04-24T13:16:47Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Never understood why this show is generally considered bad–I remember liking it a lot, though I only saw it during the first year or two. (Didn’t have a TV during the rest of its run.) The funniest thing I remember from it was the “Surf City” montage (“Two Girls for Every Boy” ). Just Shoot Me was never a fantastic show, but when it did fire on all cylinders, it was pretty good. In addition to the Donny episode, I would add the “Grinch” parody in a Christmas episode and the episode where Maya is dating the guy who thinks he’s Woody Allen and her life turns into “Annie Hall”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-of-an-otherwise-mediocre-to-bad-series/494104.md?page=1)