EvilSpaceAlien
Sinister Swede
So I was just browsing the web when I came across this io9 article, about ten tv episodes which apparently "changed" television.
http://io9.com/5913850/10-tv-episodes-that-changed-television
Anyway, here's the list:
10) The Outer Limits, "Demon With a Glass Hand"
-I haven't seen it so I can't really comment. However from the description it is clear that it obviously inspired some very popular movies and other mediums.
9) Max Headroom, "Blipverts"
-Haven't seen it, so I can't comment.
8) The X-Files, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
-I think I remember this ep, it was one of show's best ones. But did it change television at all? Nah.
7) Blakes 7, "Pressure Point"
-I Haven't seen it so I can't comment.
6) Lost, "The Constant"
-Okay, granted I gave up on Lost after the first season, but I seriously cannot picture any single episode of acurrent day tv show (well relatively current day. it just ended 2 years ago) changing the whole of television for the foreseeable future. Granted Lost did influence the whole wave of half-assed conspiracy shows we've seen recently, and then there's the whole non-linear flashback storytelling thing, but that wasn't exactly a new thing. Lost just took the idea and went crazy with it.
5) The Twilight Zone, "Walking Distance"
-I haven't seen this episode, but the Twilight Zone as a series did have a major culture impact which effected the tv business as a whole, however I don't know if this episode had any major long lasting effect.
4) Star Trek, "Balance of Terror"
-Unfortunately this isn't one of the few episodes of TOS that I've seen, but I think we can all agree that Star Trek had a major cultural impact as a whole, however I can't really comment on this specific episode.
3) Battlestar Galactica, "33"
-I will say that this was an excellent episode of sci fi television, but did it change television??? Hell no!
2) Doctor Who, "City of Death"
-This is probably my favorite episode of classic 'Who (I know most people would pick 'Caves of Androzani", but not me) because of the very clever plot, but I can't see how it changed television.
1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "The Body"
-Okay, this is an amazing episode just because of how it treats the death of a character. When watching this for the first time I actually got truly uncomfortable because everything in it just felt a bit too real, and kind of brought back some uncomfortable memories from when my grandfather died. So I think that this could very well have had some major effects on tv in general since it was a groundbreaking tv episode, and Btvs had several of those ("Hush" and "Once More With Feeling" come to mind).
http://io9.com/5913850/10-tv-episodes-that-changed-television
Anyway, here's the list:
10) The Outer Limits, "Demon With a Glass Hand"
-I haven't seen it so I can't really comment. However from the description it is clear that it obviously inspired some very popular movies and other mediums.
9) Max Headroom, "Blipverts"
-Haven't seen it, so I can't comment.
8) The X-Files, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
-I think I remember this ep, it was one of show's best ones. But did it change television at all? Nah.
7) Blakes 7, "Pressure Point"
-I Haven't seen it so I can't comment.
6) Lost, "The Constant"
-Okay, granted I gave up on Lost after the first season, but I seriously cannot picture any single episode of acurrent day tv show (well relatively current day. it just ended 2 years ago) changing the whole of television for the foreseeable future. Granted Lost did influence the whole wave of half-assed conspiracy shows we've seen recently, and then there's the whole non-linear flashback storytelling thing, but that wasn't exactly a new thing. Lost just took the idea and went crazy with it.
5) The Twilight Zone, "Walking Distance"
-I haven't seen this episode, but the Twilight Zone as a series did have a major culture impact which effected the tv business as a whole, however I don't know if this episode had any major long lasting effect.
4) Star Trek, "Balance of Terror"
-Unfortunately this isn't one of the few episodes of TOS that I've seen, but I think we can all agree that Star Trek had a major cultural impact as a whole, however I can't really comment on this specific episode.
3) Battlestar Galactica, "33"
-I will say that this was an excellent episode of sci fi television, but did it change television??? Hell no!
2) Doctor Who, "City of Death"
-This is probably my favorite episode of classic 'Who (I know most people would pick 'Caves of Androzani", but not me) because of the very clever plot, but I can't see how it changed television.
1) Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "The Body"
-Okay, this is an amazing episode just because of how it treats the death of a character. When watching this for the first time I actually got truly uncomfortable because everything in it just felt a bit too real, and kind of brought back some uncomfortable memories from when my grandfather died. So I think that this could very well have had some major effects on tv in general since it was a groundbreaking tv episode, and Btvs had several of those ("Hush" and "Once More With Feeling" come to mind).