The Ringer's 100 best TV episodes since 2000

[PilotsError 2,314]

Way too long to copy and paste.  There are some uh, interesting choices and omissions.  No Scrubs?  24 is way too fucking low.  They had certain rules like only one episode per show.

http://besttv.theringer.com/?_ga=2.114804741.300651691.1533404139-1026614483.1464790736

[Surly Bevo 25,117]

I went to the top, laughed at the top choice and stopped reading when Jersey Shore's first episode came in at number 14

[atomheartbevo 89,775]

The fucked up many choices, including Battlestar Galactica.

"33" or "Exodus Part 2" are the correct answers.

[veritas aequitas 443]

Did they include "Crack Baby Athletic Association" of South Park? If they did then I will read the list.

[kingkoopa6 8,377]

#3. Takes me back. I wanted to quit the show.. but because I felt I lost a brother 

[cmontexas 3,274]

The Ricklantis Mixup is the best R&M episode

[kopp0e 1,135]

3 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

I went to the top, laughed at the top choice and stopped reading when Jersey Shore's first episode came in at number 14

So, your not feeling the situation..?

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Nothing from the Americans either. Lol.

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Nothing from the Americans either. Lol.

Oops yes there is. My bad.

[Loose Stool 112]

So, Tom Cruise jumping on a sofa on Oprah's show is the 17th best episode of TV since the year 2000?  Yeah, fuck that shit...

[BigOrange1 6,466]

apparently juliet litman was one of the main people behind this and she kind of sucks so it's not surprising that there is a lot of garbage on the list.

[wild_turkey 3,180]

If they include an episode of The People vs. OJ Simpson, then it means miniseries are allowed. In which case, where is Band of Brothers?

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7 hours ago, Loose Stool said:

So, Tom Cruise jumping on a sofa on Oprah's show is the 17th best episode of TV since the year 2000?  Yeah, fuck that shit...

It did give us some of the greatest GIFs of all time.

[TKthunder2 4,997]

On 8/4/2018 at 3:50 PM, veritas aequitas said:

Did they include "Crack Baby Athletic Association" of South Park? If they did then I will read the list.

They picked fun with weapons, which was just an okay episode for me. There have been way better South Park episodes since 2000.  I doubt fun with weapons would even crack my top 25.

[Dutchrudder 11,150]

Breaking Bad is the greatest TV show of all time, and Ozymandias is the best episode of the show. How that's not in the top 3 is beyond me. Somehow The OC and Survivor got rated higher. lol...

[formermav43 4,606]

8 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

They picked fun with weapons, which was just an okay episode for me. There have been way better South Park episodes since 2000.  I doubt fun with weapons would even crack my top 25.

It should have been Scott Tenorman Must Die.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

List sucks. All these click baity lists suck.

But props for putting Chappelle's Show in the top 5. 

[drewcifer 33]

11 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

If they include an episode of The People vs. OJ Simpson, then it means miniseries are allowed. In which case, where is Band of Brothers?

Guessing they're viewing it as an anthology series, not a miniseries (S2 covered Gianni Versacci). BoB is a straight miniseries.

I listened to a few of them discuss on one of their podcasts. Their rationale was weird (they weren't trying to make an "easy" or "boring" list), and I'd give them the benefit of the doubt had they not been so damn pretentious about it.

Also wouldn't call it "click-baity." It's one continuous article and if nothing else, they put a lot of work into it.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

15 minutes ago, drewcifer said:

 

Also wouldn't call it "click-baity."

So they put the article out so no one would click? Any "Top X List" by it's nature is click baity.

[formermav43 4,606]

8 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

So they put the article out so no one would click? Any "Top X List" by it's nature is click baity.

No one puts out an article hoping no one will read it. By that logic, everything is click bait.

[BurdineBandit 815]

7 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Breaking Bad is the greatest TV show of all time, and Ozymandias is the best episode of the show. How that's not in the top 3 is beyond me. Somehow The OC and Survivor got rated higher. lol...

WRONG.

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

8 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

No one puts out an article hoping no one will read it. By that logic, everything is click bait.

Correct.

[BurdineBandit 815]

I saw this the other day and can't remember the whole list, but I've seen the majority of the Top 10 and thought that was alright. I don't remember enough about Lost to know if #1 is a decent choice.

#45 and #44 were both my favorite episodes of R&M and The Leftovers so I liked those choices, but they'd both be in my Top 20 personally.

[drewcifer 33]

"Click bait" refers to articles that require you to click from one page to the next to get through the article. They exist solely to get someone to click through them and provide little to no insight or worthwhile commentary. Agree or disagree with the list but they didn't just through something out for the sole purpose of driving ad revenue via multiple clicks.

[Dutchrudder 11,150]

1 hour ago, BurdineBandit said:

WRONG.

I guess you are a Mischa Barton fan? ... or maybe Adam Brody?  nttawwt

[Mileslong 4,728]

Not one episode of Rome or Boardwalk Empire yet Jersey Shore, Price is Right, Atlanta, Cake Baking Show, Project Runway, Jesus h...

[BigOrange1 6,466]

um, atlanta is awesome...

[Brew 3,049]

15 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Breaking Bad is the greatest TV show of all time, and Ozymandias is the best episode of the show. How that's not in the top 3 is beyond me. Somehow The OC and Survivor got rated higher. lol...

I assume Survivor is pretty high because it basically started that genre of show that now dominates the TV. 

There are a number of shows in there I have never heard of. I watch very little TV but I did find that strange.

[Chewbacca 7,781]

On 8/4/2018 at 3:10 PM, kingkoopa6 said:

#3. Takes me back. I wanted to quit the show.. but because I felt I lost a brother 

I threw the book across the room after reading about the Red Wedding.

[Chewbacca 7,781]

18 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

They picked fun with weapons, which was just an okay episode for me. There have been way better South Park episodes since 2000.  I doubt fun with weapons would even crack my top 25.

So many great SP episodes to pick from.  My favorites off the top of my head:

• Fishsticks
• Imaginationland
• Make Love not Warcraft
• Scott Tenorman Must Die
• Creme Fraiche

Edited August 6, 2018 by Chewbacca

[Chewbacca 7,781]

And how can i forget the GOAT, Margaritaville?

Aaannd, it's gone.

[BurdineBandit 815]

22 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

I guess you are a Mischa Barton fan? ... or maybe Adam Brody?  nttawwt

Close! Just an HBO fan. I got 2 shows ahead of Breaking Bad on my list, and we both know what they are, but I don't think Breaking Bad necessarily challenges either seriously for a Top 2 spot. IMNSHO.

[Dutchrudder 11,150]

9 minutes ago, BurdineBandit said:

Close! Just an HBO fan. I got 2 shows ahead of Breaking Bad on my list, and we both know what they are, but I don't think Breaking Bad necessarily challenges either seriously for a Top 2 spot. IMNSHO.

Game of Thrones is the obvious one, and I won't fault anyone for that, but what's #2? Sex and the City? I guess that would make sense if you love the OC.

[BurdineBandit 815]

12 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

Game of Thrones is the obvious one, and I won't fault anyone for that, but what's #2? Sex and the City? I guess that would make sense if you love the OC.

The Sopranos and The Wire. GoT fell off my Top 5 after this last fan ball-fondling (fan service) season.