Best First (or Pilot) Episode?

[Spanna]

I really enjoyed both Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead openers.

[CrutyRammers]

I'd have to go with galactica as well. Better than many films.

[northwest monkey]

Some good ones in here. I watched Battlestar Galactica as a kid (it had "Face" in out of the A-Team) but not watched any of the recent ones.

Is it still basically the same thing - trying to get back to Earth & battling the Cylons?

[robemcdonald]

Apart from those already mentioned the shield was a great pilot and on a slightly different note; the club, the pilot for Phoenix nights was pretty good.

[SystemParanoia]

northwest monkey said:

Some good ones in here. I watched Battlestar Galactica as a kid (it had "Face" in out of the A-Team) but not watched any of the recent ones.

Is it still basically the same thing - trying to get back to Earth & battling the Cylons?

yes and no.

the original is seen as the first conflict... kinda.. and this is a new conflict. with updated cylons, but the old chrome jobbies are still about.

i love also how galactica herself looks more and more battered as time goes on.

fire-up the miniseries on netflix to wet your appetite

[Mastodon2]

The Shield. Amazing pilot, instead of just setting the tone and introducing characters, it lays a cornerstone of the plot and affects everything that happens after it.

[Moonhawk]

SystemParanoia said:

Gotta be Battlestar Galactica for me

left me hungry for more!!

Yep the pilot was good - but the very first episode of the series was awesome - talk about going into a series "hot".

[rudecherub]

I saw the original Battlestar Galactica Pilot at the cinema, it was released here in the UK as a film.

It impressed me as a kid, surround sound in a London Cinema - family holiday, and the Viper launch sound moving from back to the front, at least that's how I remember it.

Recent Pilots that impressed me... Man in the High Castle.

[Big Worm 1]

There was a show called Touch starring Kiefer Sutherland. The pilot episode was amazing! Unfortunately, the show went downhill after that!

[slipstream 1985]

battlestar galactica first series opener after the mini move was called 33.

[PapaJohns]

The O.C

[slipstream 1985]

PapaJohns said:

The O.C

now that yu mention that that did get me hooked for a while

[ZesPak]

I'd say lost. It kept me hooked for a season for some reason.
I can see people picking breaking bad, but that's just a great show. Lost was a very poor show with a great pilot.

[RemaL]

Braking bad or lost both of which I've been watching or watched in the past year

[simoid]

Agree with Suits

[Turbodiesel1976]

Didn't Mia Wallace star in a pilot?

I'd say The Sopranos, there was nothing like it at the time and it set the scene perfectly for what was to become the best TV series of all time

[KaraK]

GetCarter said:

The Prisoner - by a mile.

...but you had to be there at the time.

Modern day: Breaking Bad.

I watched the 1967 Prisoner quite recently... Utterly brilliant!

[Aphex]

Lost definitely.

For a newer series, The Last Man on Earth got me good

[CrutyRammers]

KaraK said:

GetCarter said:

The Prisoner - by a mile.

...but you had to be there at the time.

Modern day: Breaking Bad.

I watched the 1967 Prisoner quite recently... Utterly brilliant!

And quite, quite mental.
Started many a love affair with sevens though, including mine.

[SystemParanoia]

just finished watching s1e1 of game of thrones.

winter is coming ...

i think i may enjoy this!