# Name the single best episode of a series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171 "2014-01-07T21:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [January 13, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/181 "2014-01-13T14:31:52Z")
Gotta disagree with the Just Shoot Me choice- I’d go for the episode where there was Maya hosts a murder mystery, there really is a death, and when the real cop comes everyone stays in character and reads from their scripts. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/182 "2014-01-13T16:32:57Z")
**Breaking Bad** - I’ll go with _Ozymandias_, but _Dead Freight_, _Crawlspace_, and _Face Off_ are all also excellent. **The Sopranos** - _Pine Barrens_ is good, but I think _Soprano Home Movies_ is better. **Game of Thrones** - Probably _The Rains of Castamere_. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/183 "2014-01-14T14:44:32Z")
**How I Met Your Mother** : _Slap Bet_. (AKA _Robin Sparkles_.) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/184 "2014-01-14T15:24:59Z")
“Just Shoot Me”: The episode where Maya wears a tight red sweater. I’m pretty sure there was a plot and dialogue and stuff, but man, could Maya fill out a sweater! Porn lost a great performer when Laura San Giacomo was given acting talent! (Sobs) [The scene in question.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thr2BpfF7cg) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/185 "2014-01-14T16:21:53Z")
While I enjoyed _Space Mutiny_ and _Mitchell,_ _Cave Dwellers_ is by far my favorite episode of MST3K. Not only is it hilarious and some of their best material, it was the premiere for the third season debut on Comedy Central and exemplied what the show was all about. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/186 "2014-01-14T16:25:24Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > “Just Shoot Me”: The episode where Maya wears a tight red sweater. I’m pretty sure there was a plot and dialogue and stuff, but man, could Maya fill out a sweater! > > Porn lost a great performer when Laura San Giacomo was given acting talent! (Sobs) > [The scene in question.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thr2BpfF7cg) Though she was pixellated, there was a memorable scene where Maya wears a designer’s dress and only after she gets out of the car does she realize it’s transparent. What I’d give for the unpixellated version. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171/187 "2014-01-16T21:11:30Z")
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Will is having a hard time dealing with college, a job and a girlfriend, and a guy gives him some uppers. He tells Carlton they are vitamin E, and Carlton takes a few before the Big Dance, thinking they will help clear up the enormous zit on his head. He does an incredible dance and collapses, being rushed to the hospital. While Carlton tells his parents he got the pills from “some guy at school” a guilty Will tells Uncle Phil the truth, and he makes Will tell the whole family and apologize to Carlton. All in all, a spectacular episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-single-best-episode-of-a-series/678171.md?page=9)