Best pilot episode?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Lost and House are really good IMO, but I think it's Prison Break for me. Really made you want to see the next episode.

Over to you...

[johnfm]

The Shield

It reaches heights you'd expect at the end of a series.

Then ramps it up even more for the every episode after that.

It blew me away.

[monkey gland]

Yes, Prison Break was brilliant from the get go.

I'll go with Dexter.

[Eighteeteewhy]

monkey gland said:

I'll go with Dexter.

johnfm said:

The Shield

Both I'm yet to watch

[PaulG40]

Who here ever saw 'Strike Force' in 1995 on ITV about RAF aircrew in F3s doing green suited superhero stuff, and it had a woman pilot too (big news back then). I thought it was great but it was not to be. Never made it past the pilot episode.

[ItsaTVR]

monkey gland said:

Yes, Prison Break was brilliant from the get go.

I'll go with Dexter.

I was hooked on Dexter from the instant I first tuned in. At Series 3 Someday I'll go back to the start!

Not pilots exactly, but premiere episodes which stand out to me: Spooks, Luther, Life on Mars (Both UK and USA though the latter fizzled quickly).
Also the DrWHO restart with C.Eccleston and Biie Piper. Perfectly executed, well written, acting, pacing, and visuals(did I mention Billie... O I C I did...)

[Kinky]

Southland

[silvagod]

From the get go?

English translation anyone?

[CurvaParabolica]

Kinky said:

Southland

"Currahee" gets my vote as the all time best - most PHers will know which series it's from

Just watched the entire first series of The Walking Dead tonight; it's first episode was pretty good too.

[ItsaTVR]

silvagod said:

From the get go?

English translation anyone?

"At your first whack", I think. Or "From the very beginning...

I don't actually speak English... Ima American!

[Eighteeteewhy]

silvagod said:

From the get go?

English translation anyone?

From the start

[C2996]

a-team, even with the wrong face.

[angry jock]

Airwolf. Even with an 18 rating!!

[silvagod]

Ah...thanks

[944fan]

Miami Vice

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

Boardwalk Empire.

[KrazyIvan]

Battle Star Galactica (ok so it was technically 2 1 hour episodes)

And Dexter

[cazzer]

PaulG40 said:

Who here ever saw 'Strike Force' in 1995 on ITV about RAF aircrew in F3s doing green suited superhero stuff, and it had a woman pilot too (big news back then). I thought it was great but it was not to be. Never made it past the pilot episode.

"Pilot" episode.

I see what you did there

[D1ngd0ng]

The West Wing As much as I love Boardwalk now I agree the pilot needed a 2nd watch to help fill in the blanks.

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

That's true, actually. I'm watching the first season for the second time now and I'm seeing lots of things I didn't the first time around. Still, it's brilliant. Second season is better.