It only takes one scene to become iconic. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the scenes where TV shows went from good to legendary.
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00:00Hi, I'm Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell.
00:04Welcome to MissMojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:07for the scenes where TV shows went from good to legendary.
00:11We won't be including any reality shows or animated series
00:14because they deserve a list of their own.
00:22Number 10, The Dinner, The Bear
00:25This dramedy series really turns up the heat
00:27in a flashback episode to a particularly tense and disastrous family dinner.
00:39The bizarro family dinner features plenty of notable surprise guest stars
00:43and incredible acting throughout.
00:46It all builds up to a tumultuous and chaotic conclusion.
00:49The matriarch Donna has an epic outburst after being asked if she's okay.
00:58Dishes are smashed, forks are thrown,
01:02and Donna winds up driving her car into the house.
01:05It's the perfect storm of comedy, drama, and outrageous family developments
01:09that kicked the already quality series up a notch.
01:20Number 9, Red Light, Green Light, Squid Game
01:23This is a game of life and death, for real.
01:27Red light, green light.
01:32The debut episode of Squid Game is intriguing from the get-go,
01:36introducing the various people invited to play games by a mysterious organisation.
01:40But when the players finally get to their first game,
01:43things really kicked up a notch.
01:51The children's room aesthetic and robotic girl calling out
01:54red light, green light, seem innocent enough at first glance.
01:57But when the game turns deadly, mass panic ensues,
02:01followed by a desperate need for survival.
02:04For the rest of the game and the series, we're on the edge of our seats,
02:08desperate to see what happens next.
02:19Number 8, Moriarty at the Pool, Sherlock
02:22The final episode of the first season of this modern reimagining of Sherlock Holmes
02:26takes the show to new heights.
02:28Sherlock arrives at a pool to confront Moriarty,
02:31the criminal mastermind he's been chasing all episode.
02:39But when he gets there, he finds John Watson with a bomb strapped to his chest.
02:43Jim Moriarty reveals himself as an IT guy Sherlock met previously.
02:52His sing-song, unhinged attitude makes a perfect contrast to Sherlock's stoicism.
02:57The scene raises the stakes of the show and leads to a nail-biting cliffhanger
03:02that drove fans crazy waiting for a resolution.
03:14Number 7, Stepping into the TARDIS, Doctor Who
03:18The pilot of this legendary science fiction series follows a pair of teachers,
03:23Ian and Barbara, who are concerned about one of their students, Susan Forman.
03:36After hearing her voice from inside an old police telephone box,
03:40they force their way inside past her grandfather.
03:42Except this box is bigger on the inside.
03:45The old man, revealed to be the doctor,
03:47and his granddaughter are travellers in time and space.
03:51The phone box is a vessel called a TARDIS,
03:54and audiences are introduced for the first time to an iconic world.
04:04This moment of initial discovery is so effective at drawing viewers
04:08that it still works decades later.
04:15But one day, we shall get back.
04:18Number 6, Michael Burns His Foot, The Office
04:21There are a lot of great moments in the first few seasons of the American version of The Office
04:26that you could argue were turning points for the show.
04:29In our opinion, that honour goes to an injury suffered by Michael Scott.
04:33Pam, it's Michael, help me, I need help right now.
04:36Michael, what's wrong?
04:37I'm hurt, I have hurt myself, oh my God.
04:40The boss calls in for help after burning his foot on his George Foreman grill.
04:44Just say again, really loudly, what happened?
04:46Okay, I burned my foot very badly on my Foreman grill,
04:51and I now need someone to come and bring me into work.
04:54Between the absurdity of the injury, Steve Carell's delivery of how it occurred,
04:58and Dwight getting injured himself when trying to rescue Michael,
05:01it's a moment that epitomises the oddball chaos that happens on an everyday basis on the show.
05:08What was that?
05:09What was that?
05:11Oh, he hit the pole.
05:15Number five, the wheel pitch.
05:17Mad Men.
05:18The first season of Mad Men has plenty of standout moments,
05:21yet it's the finale that everything truly comes together.
05:24So, have you figured out a way to work the wheel into it?
05:26We know it's hard because wheels aren't really seen as exciting technology,
05:30even though they are the original.
05:32Don Draper makes a pitch to Kodak to help them advertise their new wheel-style projector,
05:38instead of trying to emphasize the innovation of the technology,
05:41Don instead focuses on the nostalgia it can offer customers.
05:45Teddy told me that in Greek, nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound.
05:51The wheel, or carousel as he brands it, can take people backwards and forwards,
05:56returning them to simpler times.
05:58In one scene, we not only get more insight into Don's mindset,
06:01the show also delivers a potent analysis of what makes the period drama itself great.
06:06Elevating it to prestige TV.
06:08Plus, needless to say, Don absolutely nails the pitch.
06:12Goes backwards, forwards.
06:20Takes us to a place where we ache to go again.
06:25Number four, Ross and Rachel's first kiss.
06:28Friends.
06:29There have been a lot of will-they-won't-they relationships on TV,
06:32both before and after Friends,
06:34yet few have achieved the level of hype Ross and Rachel did.
06:38Rachel, I got a message from you.
06:42Ross finds out about Rachel's feelings too late.
06:45He's in a relationship.
06:46He confronts Rachel at the coffee shop late at night.
06:49Recriminations and Italian guys come up, before Ross storms off.
06:53But he can't just walk away.
06:55It's not like I didn't try, Rachel, but the whole thing just didn't work out.
07:00After a now classic fumble with the locks on the door,
07:03he comes back in, and that long-awaited kiss happens.
07:06Friends was already a quality show in its first season,
07:09but this sophomore event got everyone talking
07:12and catapulted the sitcom into permanent cultural icon status.
07:19Number five.
07:20Don and Rachel's first kiss.
07:22Don and Rachel's first kiss.
07:24Don and Rachel's first kiss.
07:26Number six.
07:27Don't tell me what I can't do.
07:29Lost.
07:30With its mysterious island setting and large cast of compelling characters,
07:34Lost made a big splash upon its debut.
07:37Yet it isn't until we learn more about John Locke
07:40that the show becomes something truly special.
07:46We hunt.
07:47We hunt.
07:48We hunt.
07:49We hunt.
07:50We hunt.
07:51We hunt.
07:52We hunt.
07:53We hunt.
07:54We hunt.
07:55We hunt.
07:56Flashbacks throughout the episode reveal that,
07:58contrary to his self-assured island persona,
08:00before the plane crash,
08:02Locke was a sad, lonely man
08:04hoping to give his life meaning by going on a walkabout in Australia.
08:08After the tour guide tells him he can't go,
08:10we learn that Locke used to use a wheelchair.
08:13Don't tell me what I can't do.
08:15Don't tell me what I can't...
08:21But Locke has been walking around the island for several episodes.
08:24What could have happened?
08:25It was one of first many major plot twists
08:28that would deepen the central mysteries of the show.
08:44Walter White has already broken bad,
08:46but it isn't until this scene that audiences know that he,
08:50and the show, can be incredible at it.
08:53What's your name?
08:55Heisenberg.
08:57Heisenberg.
08:59Okay.
09:01Have a seat, Heisenberg.
09:03After his partner in crime, Jesse Pinkman,
09:05is beaten by Tuco Salamanca,
09:07Walter decides to don a new look,
09:09a new name,
09:10and negotiate for money that they're owed.
09:12Let me get this straight.
09:16I steal your dope, hmm?
09:20I beat the piss out of your mule boy,
09:24and then you walk in here and you bring me more meth?
09:31Heisenberg's debut is both literally and figuratively explosive,
09:35as the supposed meth that he brings with him
09:37is actually fulminated mercury.
09:40Tossing it to the ground causes a powerful explosion
09:43that blows out the windows, several eardrums,
09:46and all of our expectations
09:48for where we thought the show was going.
09:51Are you f***ing nuts?!
09:53You wanna find out?
09:55Walter's reaction in the car later is pretty much all of us
09:58after watching this scene.
10:00Before we unveil our top pick,
10:01here are a few honorable mentions.
10:04President Bartlett's church rant.
10:06The West Wing.
10:07A great political show turns divine with this powerful monologue.
10:11You can't conceive, nor can I,
10:13of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God,
10:16says Graham Greene.
10:19I don't know whose ass he was kissing there,
10:21because I think you're just vindictive.
10:24Patrick's introduction, Schitt's Creek.
10:27He's the perfect match for David and fit for the show.
10:30Okay, so we're pretty clear on what it's not.
10:33Yeah, it's an environment,
10:35and yes, we will be selling things,
10:37but it's more like a branded, immersive experience.
10:42Right, I love the buzzwords, David,
10:44but I do need to put something down here.
10:46Eve and Villanelle have dinner, killing Eve.
10:49Sparks fly in more ways than one
10:51when these two finally meet.
10:54It's worse when I push it through slowly.
11:00Don't make me.
11:03Locker room hug, Ted Lasso.
11:06Why is this funny football show giving us the feels?
11:10Watch out now, take every word.
11:15First stream, Twin Peaks.
11:17The David Lynch show goes full David Lynch.
11:20I've got good news.
11:24That the mule rush is going to...
11:31come back in style.
11:35In style.
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11:53Number one, Ned loses his head, Game of Thrones.
11:57This epic fantasy show sparked buzz throughout its first season,
12:00but it's the penultimate episode's conclusion
12:03that sent shockwaves through popular culture.
12:06I come before you to confess my treason
12:09in the sight of gods and men.
12:13I betrayed the faith of my king.
12:16Ned Stark is forced to make a false confession of treason
12:19to protect his children, but it'll be okay.
12:22He's set to join the Night's Watch.
12:24He'll still be part of the show.
12:26Well, that was the plan anyway.
12:28We weren't counting on the villainous Joffrey
12:30to disregard everything and order Ned's execution.
12:33So long as I'm your king, treason shall never go unpunished.
12:39Ser Illyn, bring me his head.
12:45Game of Thrones had already killed off a few major characters,
12:48but Ned was one of the main characters in the ensemble show.
12:51This deviation from traditional storytelling got everyone talking
12:55and turned Game of Thrones into must-watch television.
13:00Which iconic TV moment would have kicked our list up a notch?
13:04Reminisce about your favorites in the comments.
13:07It's not called the wheel.
13:10It's called the carousel.
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