# The one episode of a show you'd take to the desert island **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304 "2006-01-17T02:40:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/41 "2006-01-17T19:42:28Z")
_Brittle Bullet_, episode #5 of **FLCL**. The layering of images is so dense I could easily watch it over and over again and still find new things to be amazed by. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/42 "2006-01-17T20:25:08Z")
Can anyone recommend a show that illustrates how to construct a boat that will get me back to civilization and away from the desert island? And I don’t mean “Gilligan’s Island”. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/43 "2006-01-17T20:27:34Z")
Well, you could watch Lost as long as You don’t have a son with apparently special powers to get kidnapped ---
**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:** [January 17, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/44 "2006-01-17T20:33:56Z")
The episode of \*Frank’s Place \* with the dead body. The single best half hour of comedy I have seen. It borrows many elements I have seen before and many more that I have seen since, but it was put together perfectly. Second for comedy would be the Basil the Rat episode of _Faulty Towers_. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/45 "2006-01-17T23:04:07Z")
I skimmed the above entries, but did not see any votes for The Simpsons, the Gun episode. If you are a fan; you know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/46 "2006-01-17T23:19:49Z")
> [@Yeeter](#): > > I skimmed the above entries, but did not see any votes for The Simpsons, the Gun episode. If you are a fan; you know what I’m talking about. 2 days? But I’m mad NOW!! Also Simpson’s, but the episode where Homer and Ned go to Vegas. Given that we are talking TV shows. Otherwise I’d vote for 30 minutes of nekkid women.) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/47 "2006-01-18T00:29:29Z")
Finale of “Six Feet Under.” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/48 "2006-01-18T00:31:28Z")
The final episode of “Lost,” because it’ll probably be all about how to get off a desert island. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/49 "2006-01-18T00:59:59Z")
Either the episode of the pirate ship or the episode of the family vacationing in Dumpwater, Florida in **Married with Children**. That was a great series. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/50 "2006-01-18T01:25:34Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > “Three Stories” from House. Just brilliant. Same here. Second choice would be “Methos” from _Highlander: the Series_. I love Peter Wingfield. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/51 "2006-01-18T01:44:41Z")
Hmmmm…_Three Stories_…Marine Biologist George…_Three Stories_…Marine Biologist George… Gotta go with “The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man in a deli trying to send back soup.” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/52 "2006-01-18T06:17:22Z")
STTNG Inner Light and Buffy’s Once More With Feeling were on my mind too. I really liked the episode of Xena where they are in the afterlife with angels and demons. And the episode of Angel where he’s human for a day. Maybe the episode where Sam goes home in Quantum Leap or the last episode. The final episode of Six Feet Under was very moving too. Once More with Feeling and the SFU episode are probably the ones i’ve rewatched the most times. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/53 "2006-01-18T14:40:58Z")
First I thought “A Hole in the World” from _Angel_, but in the end too sad for desert island experience, so then I thought “The Zeppo” from _Buffy_, since it’s pretty stand alone from the story arc and I always love it when Xander is cool, but then I thought it would wear out with repeated viewings. So I decided on the _Catalina Caper_ episode of _MST3K_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/54 "2006-01-18T16:53:13Z")
“It Looks Like a Walnut” from _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ and “Chuckles Bites the Dust” from _Mary Tyler Moore._ ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/55 "2006-01-18T17:32:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > “It Looks Like a Walnut” from _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ and “Chuckles Bites the Dust” from _Mary Tyler Moore._ Those are such classics. I love both. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/56 "2006-01-18T17:41:28Z")
“Chuckles Bites The Dust” - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_. Funniest half-hour ever on TV. “Raincoats and Recipes” - _Gilmore Girls_ The one where Luke and Loralei finally kiss. Also, Rory Gets Lucky. “The Inner Light” - _ST:TNG_ The only time Star Trek ever made me cry. I even bought the soundtrack just for this song. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/57 "2006-01-18T18:38:18Z")
“Noel” from season 2 of _The West Wing_. Tis the episode with Yo-Yo Ma and where Josh, after some uncharacteristic behavior, meets with trauma specialists regarding his behavior since the shooting. That or TWW’s pilot, which was phenomenal. (I think Yo-Yo Ma gives “Noel” a slight edge, though.) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/58 "2006-01-18T19:30:16Z")
“Gearjammers” from The Rockford Files. I’ve been playing this game a looong time. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304/59 "2006-01-18T20:42:44Z")
> [@KKBattousai](#): > > “Noel” from season 2 of _The West Wing_. Tis the episode with Yo-Yo Ma and where Josh, after some uncharacteristic behavior, meets with trauma specialists regarding his behavior since the shooting. > > That or TWW’s pilot, which was phenomenal. (I think Yo-Yo Ma gives “Noel” a slight edge, though.) “Noel” was my first choice, too! The end, with the “guy falls down a hole” anecdote that Leo tells Josh, is just…perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-episode-of-a-show-youd-take-to-the-desert-island/340304.md?page=2)