# 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:** 432
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8621 "2025-06-26T00:41:15Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8622 "2025-06-26T01:03:57Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 6. Cowboy Bebop ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8623 "2025-06-26T01:06:57Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 6. Cowboy Bebop 7. Space: 1999 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8624 "2025-06-26T02:49:42Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 6. Cowboy Bebop 7. Space: 1999 8. Farscape ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8625 "2025-06-26T03:18:10Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 6. Cowboy Bebop 7. Space: 1999 8. Farscape 9. The Mandalorian ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8626 "2025-06-26T13:10:45Z")
**TV shows set beyond Earth** (besides _Star Trek_ and its franchises) 1. Lost in Space 2. Dogs in Space 3. Silverhawks 4. Firefly 5. Babylon 5 6. Cowboy Bebop 7. Space: 1999 8. Farscape 9. The Mandalorian 10. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance **Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8627 "2025-06-26T13:34:12Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8628 "2025-06-26T13:42:37Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8629 "2025-06-26T17:48:48Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper Debuts as a neo-nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8630 "2025-06-26T20:03:37Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith He starred in three more episodes after his debut. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8631 "2025-06-26T23:41:34Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > _The Hollywood Squares_ - I realize this wasn’t a scripted show but I’m thinking about how Paul Lynde’s gay jokes about himself were not even really veiled references (things like if asked _What’s the most popular fruit in America? answering ‘me!’_) The OP thinks it’s a great answer. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8632 "2025-06-26T23:48:16Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > **Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith 6. “Eye of the Beholder” - Donna Douglas (later became Elly May Clampett) [nitpick]and, uh, yeah-- episodes of a show are like songs on an album or chapters of a book-- in quotes, not italics; cf: MLA and Chicago Manual of Style.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8633 "2025-06-26T23:54:12Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > _The Hollywood Squares_ - I realize this wasn’t a scripted show but I’m thinking about how Paul Lynde’s gay jokes about himself were not even really veiled references (things like if asked _What’s the most popular fruit in America? answering ‘me!’_) > > The OP thinks it’s a great answer. I like the post but it wasn’t from me. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8634 "2025-06-26T23:59:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > I like the post but it wasn’t from me. Duh. I didn’t see that the 11th answer was from someone else-- I thought whoever posted about Paul Lynde also posted the alternate answer. Careless reading. Sorry. Credit to Cardigan. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8635 "2025-06-27T00:27:52Z")
It’s all good! **Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith 6. “Eye of the Beholder” - Donna Douglas (later became Elly May Clampett) 7. _Nothing in the Dark_ - Robert Redford This came as a surprise to me. I remember the episode but not Redford. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8636 "2025-06-27T00:51:55Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith 6. “Eye of the Beholder” - Donna Douglas (later became Elly May Clampett) 7. _Nothing in the Dark_ - Robert Redford 8. _The Encounter_ - George Takei ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8637 "2025-06-27T01:10:40Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith 6. “Eye of the Beholder” - Donna Douglas (later became Elly May Clampett) 7. _Nothing in the Dark_ - Robert Redford 8. _The Encounter_ - George Takei 9. _Walking Distance_ – Ron Howard _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8638 "2025-06-27T12:58:46Z")
**Twilight Zone Episodes with actor(s) who later became famous** 1. _Two_ - Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson 2. _Cavender is Coming_ - Carol Burnett 3. _Nightmare at 20,000 Feet_ - William Shatner 4. _He’s Alive_ - Dennis Hopper 5. _Time Enough at Last_ - Burgess Meredith 6. “Eye of the Beholder” - Donna Douglas (later became Elly May Clampett) 7. _Nothing in the Dark_ - Robert Redford 8. _The Encounter_ - George Takei 9. _Walking Distance_ – Ron Howard 10. _A Quality of Mercy_ - Leonard Nimoy Next **TV episodes that creatively shattered the 4th wall** 1. The John Laroquette Show - _And the Heat Goes On_ In the last scene of the season closer, Carly asks John if he’s willing to commit to a relationship. John stares back at her and says nothing. The director yells “Cut! That’s a wrap!” The stage hands proceed to break the set while Carly and John continue to stare at each other. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8639 "2025-06-27T13:43:44Z")
**TV episodes that creatively shattered the 4th wall** 1. The John Laroquette Show - _And the Heat Goes On_ 2. Community - “Anthropology 101” Abed “breaks” the fourth wall by applying television logic to his world. “I can tell life from TV, Jeff. TV makes sense, it has structure, logic, rules, likable leading men. In life we have this. We have you.” ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8640 "2025-06-27T13:59:55Z")
**TV episodes that creatively shattered the 4th wall** 1. The John Laroquette Show - _And the Heat Goes On_ 2. Community - “Anthropology 101” 3. Moonlighting - “Lunar Eclipse” Lots of fourth-wall stuff throughout the entire run of the show. This was the series finale. At the end, David and Maddie find out the show has been canceled and desperately rush to a church to get married before the end of the episode, but the priest refuses to marry them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=433)