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[higgsboson1997]

A shitty scene from Thrones makes it but not the final scene of Justified.

Opinions man. I thought that the Dany/Tyrion scene was great.

 

[March of the Crabs]

But #19 though?

Yeah its WAY too low. It'd be top 5 for me for sure. This list as a whole is pretty bad. Haven't seen GoT or Homeland though.

 

[Hulud]

This list is wrong because this scene from It's Always Sunny in Philidelpha is without a doubt, indisputably the best scene on TV in the past year and it's not on there:
https://youtu.be/LLf_C4oX-A0

Gotta agree with them on Mike's monologue from Better Call Saul though. Forgot how good that was.

Yes. That is my favorite Sunny moment ever. And that is saying a lot. I laughed for at least 2-3 mins straight the first time I saw it.

 

[WarrenMax007]

My top 5:

1) Black Sails season 2 finale.

Spoiler

"For those of you who live to see tomorrow" and then hands in the air and assault.

MY GOD WHAT A SCENE.
2) Kingdom "Most guys run from fights.."
3) True Detective episode 3, Rust's monologue at the end.
4) Boardwalk Empire ending scene.
5) Justified ending scene and

Spoiler

Raylan vs Boon

.

maybe my #1 so far: Black Sails

Spoiler

assault on Charleston sequence

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lssh4

that Roger/Peggy scene in Mad Men is up there too

edit - actually, yeah, probably the final scene of Justified. and the

Spoiler

Raylan/Boon showdown.

My man.

 

[Pryce]

Peggy Olsen's scenes is badass and gif-able but it's not close to being Mad Men's best scene.

 

[Emarv]

It really isn't. It's a show full of good looking people in great looking clothes yelling monologues at each other. I don't think there's a single line in the script that doesn't end in an exclamation mark. Every character on the show is a hyper-talented ultra genius and all we see them do is the stupidest possible thing they could do in the situation. Every episode is treated like a matter of life and death but nothing happens and when it does they immediately push the reset button. Every twisted is greeted by another twist, all of which adds up to nothing. The portrayal of politics is abysmal: the whole premise of the show is that the country's most powerful Democrat bends over backwards to ensure her Republican uguu~ romancu~ boyfriendo, apparently an arch-Conservative Republican, wins the presidential election because she believes in everything he stands for. Oh, and said Republican has core senior staff who are also mostly Democrats, because why not. The score consists of a few themes that they use to hammer you over the head with repeatedly: if you didn't know the main characters were in love from great dialogue like "I may not be able to control my erections around you, but that doesn't mean I want you. We are done", then you'll be able to tell when the love theme plays. If you are the kind of person who finds the love stories in Disney films to be too subtle, Scandal is the perfect show for you. If Scandal were a comedy, it wouldn't just have a laugh track, it'd have a flashing applause sign.

Does it have a junk food appeal? Sure. But it'd be hard to imagine a show that insults your intelligence more than Scandal does. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

This is 1000% true and why my wife and I continue to love hate-watching the show. No show screams as loudly as Scandal.

 

[Speevy]

It's literally #11 at the link lol.

Well, wrong scene in any case.

 

[Skux]

Dany/Tyrion was a good scene but nowhere near the as good as the Hardhome sequence. What are they on lol

 

[Lord_Byron28]

No PoI love :/

 

[Trashcan Man]

Couldn't agree more with #1

 

[DeathyBoy]

This list is wrong because this scene from It's Always Sunny in Philidelpha is without a doubt, indisputably the best scene on TV in the past year and it's not on there:
https://youtu.be/LLf_C4oX-A0

Gotta agree with them on Mike's monologue from Better Call Saul though. Forgot how good that was.

As great as that IASIP scene is, the last scene of the 'Wade Boggs' episode should be on a greatest TV scenes of all time list. One of the best pay-offs I've ever seen on TV. Charlie is a legend.

 

[Necrovex]

I'm sad Twin Peaks didn't make an appearance. The climax and conclusion of the murder case is the one scene that still sticks with me years after the fact.

Edit: Nevermind, I misread the thread title.

 

[DeathyBoy]

I'm sad Twin Peaks didn't make an appearance. The climax and conclusion of the murder case is the one scene that still sticks with me years after the fact.

It didn't happen in the last year, so it's not eligible. If this was an all time list, it'd be completely different.

 

[Taishan]

My #1 (having seen most of those in the OP) is in Flash "Out of Time" when

Spoiler

Cisco confront Wells as the Reverse Flash and they have an excruciatingly long death-conversation.

Just fantastically acted on both their parts.

Yep
Also, the season finale scene

Spoiler

with his mom

 

[Wiktor]

No Banshee's Nola vs Burton? That's easily the best action scene ever made for TV. My top 5 would be:


1. Nola vs Burton - Banshee
2.

Spoiler

Dying John Reese's whole sequence in the car after he realizes what's happenin

g - Person of Interest
3.

Spoiler

Belamy and Clarke deciding to kill everyone in the mountain. including the children

- The 100
4.

Spoiler

Knife fight and chase on the streets on New Orleans

- Banshee
5.

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The whole sequence on the top of the mountain in The Climb

- Arrow

 

[Necrovex]

It didn't happen in the last year, so it's not eligible. If this was an all time list, it'd be completely different.

Oh shoot, for some reason, I read it as the best scenes of the last 20 years.

 

[March of the Crabs]

As great as that IASIP scene is, the last scene of the 'Wade Boggs' episode should be on a greatest TV scenes of all time list. One of the best pay-offs I've ever seen on TV. Charlie is a legend.

"Do they have chicken in Philly?"

 

[LaNaranja]

Nice to see Orange is the New Black and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt get some love.

 

[dave is ok]

This list is wrong because this scene from It's Always Sunny in Philidelpha is without a doubt, indisputably the best scene on TV in the past year and it's not on there:
https://youtu.be/LLf_C4oX-A0

Gotta agree with them on Mike's monologue from Better Call Saul though. Forgot how good that was.

The scene with Saul and his brother was better.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I saw Hardhome on the list and agreed with it, until I saw the scene they were talking about. Really?

 

[| Praxis |]

These people clearly missed Hardhome.

I thought that was terrible.

 

[JCX]

Didn't even pick the best Empire scene.

 

[Messypandas]

Three moments I can remember:

Flash - Out of Time - Flash runs faster than ever to stop a tsunami and rips a hole in time "Oh, boy"
The Last Man on Earth - The first sex scene between Phil and his wife. So fucking funny.
Better Call Saul - Saul takes a phone from inside a garbage bin. Just completely epitomized his character.

 

[Gnome]

It's a shame not many people seem to watch Black Sails, it's such a good show and Season 2 was amazing.

 

[teruterubozu]

Nice to see Orange is the New Black and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt get some love.

But no Daredevil hallway fight????!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66feInucFY

Such massive fail.

 

[| Praxis |]

These lists are totally worthless, but Better Call Saul should probably be all of the top five.

 

[Night Hunter]

-We dug coal together.
-That's right.

But Justified missing aside, that is a pretty bad list altogether.

 

[Kinyou]

No True detective is surprising

 

[IronRinn]

These lists are totally worthless, but Better Call Saul should probably be all of the top five.

Yeah, I don't really watch enough TV to often agree with these lists, I guess. I would have put Mike's speech from "Five-O" way higher and the final scene from Justified on there.

Also, nothing from SOA should be on the top 20, let alone top 10.

 

[Gnome]

No True detective is surprising

It's probably just outside their choice of time frame, or else you'd probably see Fargo on the list as well.

 

[DarkKyo]

There are several great scenes in the Mad Men finale that I think could have made the list.

 

[Kinyou]

It's probably just outside their choice of time frame, or else you'd probably see Fargo on the list as well.

You're right. The headline says "past year" but reading the article they apparently only consider this years emmy contenders.

 

[AlexMeloche]

The Pinot Noir scene. Yesss.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Pinooooooot Noiiiiiiiiir!

Definitely missing The 100 scene.

 

[Corran Horn]

Just watched The Jinx because of this thread. Holy shit that was good.

 

[Einbroch]

At least they mentioned Silicon Valley.

The fact that it's based on actual math is even more hilarious.

 

[Dalek]

Just watched The Jinx because of this thread. Holy shit that was good.

And as expected you watched all six episodes in one day. It's impossible not to.