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Posted on 6/30/12 at 2:40 pm to
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 2:40 pm to
Miami Vice and its not close
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 2:43 pm to
BSG
Posted by PhiTiger1764
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 2:50 pm to
It is amazing how much story is packed into the Breaking Bad Pilot. From introducing the characters, Hank in the DEA, to Walt's job as a teacher and working at the car wash, his cancer, to cooking meth and all the way down to Junior getting his fricking breakfast
Posted by Duane Dibbley
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 3:11 pm to
Twin Peaks for me.

Posted by Lynyrd
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 3:13 pm to
quote:

Lost
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Posted by REG861
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 3:21 pm to
I'm a Shield cheerleader, I know, but the ending of the pilot will blow you away.

Breaking Bad- the pilot was superb and definitely left me wanting more.
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 3:39 pm to
FNL had a great pilot I must admit.

1. Miami Vice (But if you remember, when Miami Vice hit the TV - you were like WTF is this? It was like Scarface on TV - the pilot episode was incredible and so far ahead of regular old cop shows like Hill Street Blues and Cagney & Lacy.)
2. Twin Peaks
3. FNL
4. Breaking Bad
5. Veronica Mars
Posted by Tigris
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 4:55 pm to
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Breaking Bad- the pilot was superb and definitely left me wanting more.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 5:05 pm to
quote:

It is amazing how much story is packed into the Breaking Bad Pilot. From introducing the characters, Hank in the DEA, to Walt's job as a teacher and working at the car wash, his cancer, to cooking meth and all the way down to Junior getting his fricking breakfast





I got hooked instantly from the pilot on. I remember just getting back from a 2 month stint in Cali, laying on my bed flipping channels after Family Guy and saw a "up next premiere episode" commercial for BB, watched the pilot and from the first scene on I was already drawn in.



I really liked the pilot on Lost but the series spiraled into blah for me, with BB the pilot set up all the awesomeness to come.
Posted by St Augustine
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 5:31 pm to
LOST
Posted by Wooly
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

Breaking Bad


by a mile!!!


second is Lost

also the office had a great pilot
Posted by Redacted
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 7:55 pm to
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The Walking Dead... Arguably the best pilot ever.


Agreed
Posted by TigerWerm
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 8:01 pm to
LOST

honorable mention: The X-Files
Posted by Notro
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 8:01 pm to
The Shield
Lost
Breaking Bad

When in Rome which version UK or USA?
Posted by 19
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 8:05 pm to
On strength of pilot alone:

The Walking Dead

Tied for second is Firefly/True Blood
Posted by Murray
Member since Aug 2008
14797 posts
Posted on 6/30/12 at 8:37 pm to
Lost
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Scrubs

and then everything else
Posted by Louisianimal83
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 11:14 pm to
Revenge

The Event
Posted by Froman
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 11:22 pm to
This is a tough one for me. Those of you saying The Office, do you mean the real one or The American one? I was a big fan of the American Office, but it was one of the worst pilot episodes I've ever seen for a show I liked. It was a way less funny copy of the real Office.
This post was edited on 7/1/12 at 2:26 am
Posted by TIGERSTORM
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 11:44 pm to
The Shield and Nip/Tuck. For as shitty as Nip/Tick became the pilot was really well done.
This post was edited on 6/30/12 at 11:54 pm
Posted by LSUandAU
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Member since Apr 2009
5159 posts
Posted on 6/30/12 at 11:48 pm to
The "Sopranos" and "ER"
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