# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 239
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4761 "2024-05-06T17:19:11Z")
**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. ---
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**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. ---
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**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4764 "2024-05-06T22:23:01Z")
**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. 6. Shortly before filming began on the pilot to _WKRP in Cincinnati_, actor Richard Sanders suffered a cut to his forehead and was forced to appear wearing a large bandage. This subsequently became a signature look for his character Les Nessman, who sported a bandage somewhere on his person for most episodes. ---
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> [@](#): > > **More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. 6. Shortly before filming began on the pilot to _WKRP in Cincinnati_, actor Richard Sanders suffered a cut to his forehead and was forced to appear wearing a large bandage. This subsequently became a signature look for his character Les Nessman, who sported a bandage somewhere on his person for most episodes. 7. Another _Xena_ example-- when Lucy Lawless fractured her hip, coincidentally, the show had just wrapped a body-switch episode with Callisto (Hudson Leick). In order to write out Lawless, the producers brought back Leick, and changed the ending of the body-switch episode, having Xena _remain_ in Callisto’s body-- and remain throughout the next week’s episode as well, with just a few line rewrites. All of Lawless in that episode is a single shot of her face, and a bit of her voice. The next few episodes following that are “fight-light,” with Lawless reclining a lot. ---
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> [@](#): > > **More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. 6. Shortly before filming began on the pilot to _WKRP in Cincinnati_, actor Richard Sanders suffered a cut to his forehead and was forced to appear wearing a large bandage. This subsequently became a signature look for his character Les Nessman, who sported a bandage somewhere on his person for most episodes. 7. Another _Xena_ example-- when Lucy Lawless fractured her hip, coincidentally, the show had just wrapped a body-switch episode with Callisto (Hudson Leick). In order to write out Lawless, the producers brought back Leick, and changed the ending of the body-switch episode, having Xena _remain_ in Callisto’s body-- and remain throughout the next week’s episode as well, with just a few line rewrites. All of Lawless in that episode is a single shot of her face, and a bit of her voice. The next few episodes following that are “fight-light,” with Lawless reclining a lot. 8. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:_ Rosalind Chao’s character, Keiko O’Brien, was pregnant with her second child with he husband Miles. Then Nana Visitor, who played Major Kira, became pregnant in real-life with the baby of her boyfriend Alexander Siddig, the actor behind Dr. Julian Bashir. So the writers concocted a story in which Kira, Keiko, and Bashir were involved in a runabout accident, and Keiko was hurt, necessitating Bashir moving Keiko’s baby to Kira’s womb. She would go on to carry the baby, named Kirayoshi in her honor, to term. A funny moment occurred about this when Kira told Gul Dukat that she was carrying Chief O’Brien’s baby. The look on his face. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4767 "2024-05-07T04:11:47Z")
**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. 6. Shortly before filming began on the pilot to _WKRP in Cincinnati_, actor Richard Sanders suffered a cut to his forehead and was forced to appear wearing a large bandage. This subsequently became a signature look for his character Les Nessman, who sported a bandage somewhere on his person for most episodes. 7. Another _Xena_ example-- when Lucy Lawless fractured her hip, coincidentally, the show had just wrapped a body-switch episode with Callisto (Hudson Leick). In order to write out Lawless, the producers brought back Leick, and changed the ending of the body-switch episode, having Xena _remain_ in Callisto’s body-- and remain throughout the next week’s episode as well, with just a few line rewrites. All of Lawless in that episode is a single shot of her face, and a bit of her voice. The next few episodes following that are “fight-light,” with Lawless reclining a lot. 8. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:_ Rosalind Chao’s character, Keiko O’Brien, was pregnant with her second child with he husband Miles. Then Nana Visitor, who played Major Kira, became pregnant in real-life with the baby of her boyfriend Alexander Siddig, the actor behind Dr. Julian Bashir. So the writers concocted a story in which Kira, Keiko, and Bashir were involved in a runabout accident, and Keiko was hurt, necessitating Bashir moving Keiko’s baby to Kira’s womb. She would go on to carry the baby, named Kirayoshi in her honor, to term. A funny moment occurred about this when Kira told Gul Dukat that she was carrying Chief O’Brien’s baby. The look on his face. 9. In 2018 _Roseanne_ was renewed for a 10th and final season, picking up where the show left off in 1998. Roseanne Barr was fired from the set after 9 episodes, and the remaining cast members re-tooled the show into _The Conners_, with Barr’s character’s disappearance explained as fatally overdosing on opiates. ---
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**More real-life circumstances written into shows-- the more bizarre the better** 1. Michael O’Hare played Commander Sinclair for the first season of _Babylon 5_ but was replaced for season 2. Though he made a few appearances after, the reason for his removal was never explained until his death in 2012. _Babylon 5_ creator J. Michael Stracznski revealed that O’Hare had severe mental illness, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations, that worsened during filming the show and that he promised to keep the secret until O’Hare’s death. 2. Gregory Sierra was hired for the main cast of _Miami Vice_ where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez, but he asked to be written out of the series after four episodes, not wanting to reside in Miami where the show was being filmed. He was subsequently replaced by Edward James Olmos and his character, Lieutenant Martin Castillo. 3. When Michael Conrad unexpectedly died during the filming of Season 4 of _Hill Street Blues_, his character Phil Esterhaus also “died”, and rumored to have done so on top of his girlfriend while they were making love. 4. Before the fifth season of _Here’s Lucy_, Lucille Ball broke her leg in a skiing accident. The show progressed with her character also having a broken leg and she spent much of the season in a wheelchair and full-leg cast. 5. Between the second and third seasons of _The Sopranos_, actress Nancy Marchand, who played Livia Soprano, passed away. Instead of starting Season 3 with her dying in the interregnum, they chose to film one more scene using incredibly primitive CGI, pasting her face on another actress’s body and using bits of dialogue outtakes. 6. Shortly before filming began on the pilot to _WKRP in Cincinnati_, actor Richard Sanders suffered a cut to his forehead and was forced to appear wearing a large bandage. This subsequently became a signature look for his character Les Nessman, who sported a bandage somewhere on his person for most episodes. 7. Another _Xena_ example-- when Lucy Lawless fractured her hip, coincidentally, the show had just wrapped a body-switch episode with Callisto (Hudson Leick). In order to write out Lawless, the producers brought back Leick, and changed the ending of the body-switch episode, having Xena _remain_ in Callisto’s body-- and remain throughout the next week’s episode as well, with just a few line rewrites. All of Lawless in that episode is a single shot of her face, and a bit of her voice. The next few episodes following that are “fight-light,” with Lawless reclining a lot. 8. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:_ Rosalind Chao’s character, Keiko O’Brien, was pregnant with her second child with he husband Miles. Then Nana Visitor, who played Major Kira, became pregnant in real-life with the baby of her boyfriend Alexander Siddig, the actor behind Dr. Julian Bashir. So the writers concocted a story in which Kira, Keiko, and Bashir were involved in a runabout accident, and Keiko was hurt, necessitating Bashir moving Keiko’s baby to Kira’s womb. She would go on to carry the baby, named Kirayoshi in her honor, to term. A funny moment occurred about this when Kira told Gul Dukat that she was carrying Chief O’Brien’s baby. The look on his face. 9. In 2018 _Roseanne_ was renewed for a 10th and final season, picking up where the show left off in 1998. Roseanne Barr was fired from the set after 9 episodes, and the remaining cast members re-tooled the show into _The Conners_, with Barr’s character’s disappearance explained as fatally overdosing on opiates. 10. When Jane Leeves got pregnant her character Daphne Moon developed an eating disorder, gaining weight over a number of episodes. Then spent a few episodes away at fat camp while the actress gave birth, to return the show fully cured. **Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. Reservation Dogs: This is where the plot thickens. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4769 "2024-05-08T02:23:32Z")
**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” Lousy excuse for a clips show. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4770 "2024-05-08T04:07:25Z")
**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” ---
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**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” ---
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**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" ---
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**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" 6. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ - Normal Again ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4774 "2024-05-08T14:26:16Z")
**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" 6. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ - Normal Again 7. _Justice League Unlimited_ - “For The Man Who Has Everything” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4775 "2024-05-08T14:33:52Z")
**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" 6. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ - Normal Again 7. _Justice League Unlimited_ - “For The Man Who Has Everything” 8. _Mad Men_ - “Far Away Places” (Roger drops acid); “Waterloo” (Bert sings and dances after dying); “The Crash” (The team takes a concoction of drugs to boost productivity) ---
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**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" 6. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ - Normal Again 7. _Justice League Unlimited_ - “For The Man Who Has Everything” 8. _Mad Men_ - “Far Away Places” (Roger drops acid); “Waterloo” (Bert sings and dances after dying); “The Crash” (The team takes a concoction of drugs to boost productivity) 9. _Murdoch Mysteries_ - “Why Is Everybody Singing?” ---
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**Episodes that are largely hallucinations** 1. _Reservation Dogs_: “This is where the plot thickens” 2. _Star Trek: The Next Generation_: “Shades of Gray” 3. _The Sopranos_: “Isabella” 4. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: “Distant Voices” 5. _House_ - " Hallucination Liar" 6. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ - Normal Again 7. _Justice League Unlimited_ - “For The Man Who Has Everything” 8. _Mad Men_ - “Far Away Places” (Roger drops acid); “Waterloo” (Bert sings and dances after dying); “The Crash” (The team takes a concoction of drugs to boost productivity) 9. _Murdoch Mysteries_ - “Why Is Everybody Singing?” 10. _MASH_ – “Dreams” (season 8, episode 22) The members of the 4077th – Col. Potter, Father Mulcahy, Hawkeye, B.J., Margaret, Maj. Winchester, and Klinger – have their dreams _(dreams are a form of hallucination, no?)_ invaded by the harsh reality of war. **TV Shows with a Memorable Opening/Title Sequence** 1. [The Prisoner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLg-7G0Xp0) Running a full THREE MINUTES, it was a mini-movie in its own right. ---
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**TV Shows with a Memorable Opening/Title Sequence** 1. [The Prisoner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLg-7G0Xp0) 2. Get Smart ---
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**TV Shows with a Memorable Opening/Title Sequence** 1. [The Prisoner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLg-7G0Xp0) 2. Get Smart 3. Peacemaker ---
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> [@](#): > > **TV Shows with a Memorable Opening/Title Sequence** 1. [The Prisoner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygLg-7G0Xp0) 2. Get Smart 3. Peacemaker 4. Masterpiece Theater (the Alastair Cooke era) can’t find a video of an Alastair Cooke sequence-- only Russell Baker! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=240)