Top 10 Exact Moments TV Shows Became Iconic
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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