# 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:** 305
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. 6. Golden Girls - Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia hunker down at home while a huge storm passes through — and they weather a huge emotional storm, too, when Dorothy catches her sister Gloria in bed with her ex-husband Stan. ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. 6. Golden Girls - Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia hunker down at home while a huge storm passes through — and they weather a huge emotional storm, too, when Dorothy catches her sister Gloria in bed with her ex-husband Stan. 7. The Simpsons - a hurricane passes over Springfield, and the only house destroyed belongs to Ned Flanders and family. The entire town pitches in to rebuild it. ---
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**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. 6. Golden Girls - Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia hunker down at home while a huge storm passes through — and they weather a huge emotional storm, too, when Dorothy catches her sister Gloria in bed with her ex-husband Stan. 7. The Simpsons - a hurricane passes over Springfield, and the only house destroyed belongs to Ned Flanders and family. The entire town pitches in to rebuild it. 8. Newhart – a warmer-than-usual winter may result in the cancellation of the town’s Snow Carnival until Larry, Darryl, and Darryl promise to produce a snowfall. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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[quote=“Bicycle\_Bill, post:6087, topic:972711”] **TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. 6. Golden Girls - Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia hunker down at home while a huge storm passes through — and they weather a huge emotional storm, too, when Dorothy catches her sister Gloria in bed with her ex-husband Stan. 7. The Simpsons - a hurricane passes over Springfield, and the only house destroyed belongs to Ned Flanders and family. The entire town pitches in to rebuild it. 8. Newhart – a warmer-than-usual winter may result in the cancellation of the town’s Snow Carnival until Larry, Darryl, and Darryl promise to produce a snowfall. 9. Eureeka’s Castle - Magellan gets caught in a blizzard far from home, and Batly and the rest of the gang go looking for him. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6089 "2024-09-19T22:09:19Z")
**TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Severe electromagnetic storm on an alien world prevents normal transporter operations 3. Young Sheldon - Mimaw’s house is destroyed by a tornado 4. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko captures Aang’s body at the North Pole while he’s traversing the Spirit World, but then he gets caught in a blizzard and has nowhere to go, and would surely have frozen to death if Aang’s friends hadn’t found and rescued them both. 5. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - a blizzard (must have been a bad one, in Minneapolis) traps the WJM crew in their building where they have a November Christmas dinner on Sue Ann’s show’s set. 6. Golden Girls - Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia hunker down at home while a huge storm passes through — and they weather a huge emotional storm, too, when Dorothy catches her sister Gloria in bed with her ex-husband Stan. 7. The Simpsons - a hurricane passes over Springfield, and the only house destroyed belongs to Ned Flanders and family. The entire town pitches in to rebuild it. 8. Newhart – a warmer-than-usual winter may result in the cancellation of the town’s Snow Carnival until Larry, Darryl, and Darryl promise to produce a snowfall. 9. Eureeka’s Castle - Magellan gets caught in a blizzard far from home, and Batly and the rest of the gang go looking for him. 10. Gilligan’s Island - In the pilot episode the weather got rough, causing the tiny ship to be tossed; if not for the spirit of the manly crew, the Minnow would be lost! **The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX 6. Lopez vs. Lopez ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX 6. Lopez vs. Lopez 7. Eisenhower and Lutz ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX 6. Lopez vs. Lopez 7. Eisenhower and Lutz 8. Bratz ---
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**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX 6. Lopez vs. Lopez 7. Eisenhower and Lutz 8. Bratz 9. Venom Hunter with Donald Schultz ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6098 "2024-09-20T05:11:58Z")
**The Title Ends In An X Or A Z** 1. Mannix 2. The Fix 3. Lexx 4. The Maxx 5. LAX 6. Lopez vs. Lopez 7. Eisenhower and Lutz 8. Bratz 9. Venom Hunter with Donald Schultz 10. Kaz That worked out nicely, 5 and 5. **Anthology series** 1. The Twilight Zone ---
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**Anthology series** 1. The Twilight Zone 2. What If…? An animated television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which each episode explores an alternate timeline, with alternate versions of well-known characters and storylines. ---
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**Anthology series** 1. The Twilight Zone 2. What If…? 3. Screen Directors Playhouse Interesting mid-fifties series that TCM has been showing on Saturday mornings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=306)