# 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:** 489
**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:** [December 19, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9761 "2025-12-19T20:23:55Z")
**TV crush you’ve had at some point FOR THE CHARACTER (not necessarily the actor or actress portraying them)** 1. Zelda Gilroy, _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ 2. Maggie O’Connell, _Northern Exposure_ 3. Michael Vaughn, _Alias_ 4. Donna Moss, _The West Wing_ 5. Minuet, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. Clara Oswald, _Doctor Who_ ---
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**TV crush you’ve had at some point FOR THE CHARACTER (not necessarily the actor or actress portraying them)** 1. Zelda Gilroy, _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ 2. Maggie O’Connell, _Northern Exposure_ 3. Michael Vaughn, _Alias_ 4. Donna Moss, _The West Wing_ 5. Minuet, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. Clara Oswald, _Doctor Who_ 7. Number Six, _Battlestar Galactica_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9763 "2025-12-19T23:00:34Z")
**TV crush you’ve had at some point FOR THE CHARACTER (not necessarily the actor or actress portraying them)** 1. Zelda Gilroy, _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ 2. Maggie O’Connell, _Northern Exposure_ 3. Michael Vaughn, _Alias_ 4. Donna Moss, _The West Wing_ 5. Minuet, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. Clara Oswald, _Doctor Who_ 7. Number Six, _Battlestar Galactica_ 8. Donna Pinciotti, _That 70s Show_ And also Alex Vause, _Orange Is the New Black_ (both played by Laura Prepon) ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9764 "2025-12-20T01:09:29Z")
**TV crush you’ve had at some point FOR THE CHARACTER (not necessarily the actor or actress portraying them)** 1. Zelda Gilroy, _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ 2. Maggie O’Connell, _Northern Exposure_ 3. Michael Vaughn, _Alias_ 4. Donna Moss, _The West Wing_ 5. Minuet, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. Clara Oswald, _Doctor Who_ 7. Number Six, _Battlestar Galactica_ 8. Donna Pinciotti, _That 70s Show_ 9. Lt. Uhura, _ST:TOS_ Just wish she’d had the chance to sit in the big chair at least once… ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9765 "2025-12-20T01:22:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just wish she’d had the chance to sit in the big chair at least once… She did, in an episode of _Star Trek: The Animated Series_. > **["Star Trek: The Animated Series" The Lorelei Signal (TV Episode 1973) ⭐ 6.5 |...](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832423/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)** > > 25m | TV-PG If you’re a Trek fan and haven’t seen TAS, I recommend checking it out. The animation is terrible, but it’s quite well written. And as far as I know, it’s canonical. Carry on. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9766 "2025-12-20T01:45:05Z")
I referred to her on _TOS_, not _TAS_. And Roddenberry said _TAS_ mostly wasn’t canonical. Others later kinda sorta disagreed: [Star Trek: The Animated Series | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series#Questionable_canon_and_reintegration) ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9767 "2025-12-20T12:53:34Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV crush you’ve had at some point FOR THE CHARACTER (not necessarily the actor or actress portraying them)** 1. Zelda Gilroy, _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ 2. Maggie O’Connell, _Northern Exposure_ 3. Michael Vaughn, _Alias_ 4. Donna Moss, _The West Wing_ 5. Minuet, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 6. Clara Oswald, _Doctor Who_ 7. Number Six, _Battlestar Galactica_ 8. Donna Pinciotti, _That 70s Show_ 9. Lt. Uhura, _ST:TOS_ 10. Xena, _Xena: Warrior Princess_ Not sure if I wanted to be her, wanted her to be my mother, or wanted to be Gabrielle, but damn, I wanted something. NEXT: Hmmm, trying to get away from crushes and still be interesting… **Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9768 "2025-12-20T13:30:10Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ ---
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**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9770 "2025-12-20T14:45:26Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9771 "2025-12-20T15:28:45Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9772 "2025-12-20T16:38:00Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9773 "2025-12-24T21:37:08Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” 6. “Normal Again:” _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. Buffy is a schizophrenic young girl in a mental institution and not a vampire slayer. The ending leaves it up in the air which is real. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9774 "2025-12-25T03:49:24Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” 6. “Normal Again:” _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. Buffy is a schizophrenic young girl in a mental institution and not a vampire slayer. The ending leaves it up in the air which is real. 7. “The Recombination Hypothesis”: _The Big Bang Theory_ - In an imaginary sequence, Leonard asks Penny out on a real date which progresses to the two of them arguing constantly by day and having torrid sex by night, over and over until Sheldon snaps Leonard back to reality, and he decides to go ahead and ask Penny out, despite misgivings. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9775 "2025-12-25T17:12:22Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” 6. “Normal Again:” _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. Buffy is a schizophrenic young girl in a mental institution and not a vampire slayer. The ending leaves it up in the air which is real. 7. “The Recombination Hypothesis”: _The Big Bang Theory_ - In an imaginary sequence, Leonard asks Penny out on a real date which progresses to the two of them arguing constantly by day and having torrid sex by night, over and over until Sheldon snaps Leonard back to reality, and he decides to go ahead and ask Penny out, despite misgivings. 8. “Ariadne”: _Russian Doll_ - The whole show could qualify but the final episode of season 1 was absolutely brilliant. ---
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**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” 6. “Normal Again:” _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. Buffy is a schizophrenic young girl in a mental institution and not a vampire slayer. The ending leaves it up in the air which is real. 7. “The Recombination Hypothesis”: _The Big Bang Theory_ - In an imaginary sequence, Leonard asks Penny out on a real date which progresses to the two of them arguing constantly by day and having torrid sex by night, over and over until Sheldon snaps Leonard back to reality, and he decides to go ahead and ask Penny out, despite misgivings. 8. “Ariadne”: _Russian Doll_ - The whole show could qualify but the final episode of season 1 was absolutely brilliant. 9. _Dark_ - The series delves into time travel, and parallel universes that form as a consequence of time travel, but forces the same series of events that lead to The Apocalypse. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9777 "2025-12-27T02:35:20Z")
**Favorite time-bending, traveling, looping, or alternate universe episode of any regular show** (ie, not _The Twilight Zone_, but some show that had a regular timeline to bend) 1. “Been There, Done That”: _Xena_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 2. “Window of Oppportunity”: _Stargate SG-1_ riff on _Groundhog Day_ 3. “Remedial Chaos Theory”: _Community_ episode depicting alternate timelines for a pizza delivery. 4. “Mirror, Mirror”: _Star Trek: TOS_. Surely not the first TV episode to feature an alternate universe, but it defined many of the now-familiar tropes - including goatee-wearing versions of the regular characters. 5. “Trials and Tribble-ations”: _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_, in which the DS9 characters travel back in time, to prevent an assassination attempt against James Kirk by another time traveler, and wind up participating in the events of the _TOS_ episode “The Trouble With Tribbles” 6. “Normal Again:” _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_. Buffy is a schizophrenic young girl in a mental institution and not a vampire slayer. The ending leaves it up in the air which is real. 7. “The Recombination Hypothesis”: _The Big Bang Theory_ - In an imaginary sequence, Leonard asks Penny out on a real date which progresses to the two of them arguing constantly by day and having torrid sex by night, over and over until Sheldon snaps Leonard back to reality, and he decides to go ahead and ask Penny out, despite misgivings. 8. “Ariadne”: _Russian Doll_ - The whole show could qualify but the final episode of season 1 was absolutely brilliant. 9. _Dark_ - The series delves into time travel, and parallel universes that form as a consequence of time travel, but forces the same series of events that lead to The Apocalypse. 10. “What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?”: _Marvel’s What If…?_ - The entire series is based in alternate universes, but of the first season episodes, this is perhaps the most fascinating and terrifying. Dr. Strange’s girlfriend Christine Palmer dies in the car accident that took away Prime-Stephen’s use of his hands, and he does _everything,_ and I do mean everything, to try and reverse the change. New category: **Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9778 "2025-12-27T02:51:55Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace ---
**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:** [December 27, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9779 "2025-12-27T04:17:51Z")
**Shows with LGBT Protagonists** 1. Pluribus 2. Will & Grace 3. The Legend of Korra Korra is bisexual. ---
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