davidklecha | Day 7 of 30 Days of TV Shows (Reply)

Day 07 – Least favorite episode of your favorite show

So, again, there are a few worthy candidates here. Some would say that most of the first season is a good one, but I have a soft spot for the first season. They really tried to make every episode stand alone, and yet there’s only a couple of episodes that don’t have any bearing on future installments and story arcs. As bad as “The Broca Divide” was, for instance, they pretty much ignored the bullshit science later on, but used the notion of a people grateful for SG-1′s help, offering to house refugees and such in later episodes. For that alone, I’ll give that episode a pass. (Still in the bottom ten, especially for the bit where the black Marine is the first to succumb to the planet’s crazy-making evolutionary-regression illness, but hey.)

Anyway, also a good candidate are episodes like “Frozen” and “Nightwalkers” from Season 6 which seemed to have been lifted whole from the reject pile in the X-Files writers’ room.

I think the worst, though, in terms of just plain annoying, is “Demons” from the third season. It posits–contrary to the show’s premise–that some folks were plucked from medieval Europe and settled as slaves on another planet, and hung on to the medieval culture, marking all travelers through the gate as “demons.” This might have been handled well with another director, but unfortunately it was directed by Peter DeLuise who, while I’m sure he did many great things for the show, also seems to be the guy who took it the least seriously. (If you’re so inclined, listen to just one of his director’s commentaries on the DVDs. Half his comments are along the line of “And that’s Christmas lights in some black velvet! Is this whacky sci-fi or what!?”) And so you get episodes like this, completely forgettable and basically annoying. I mean, at least “The Broca Divide” and “Spirits,” for instance, had stuff in them you could argue about, and left some kind of impression. “Demons” is the episode I have to keep reminding myself even exists.

Day 01 – The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (should never have been canceled)
Day 02 – The IT Crowd (show that you wish more people were watching)
Day 03 – Detroit 1-8-7 (favorite new show)
Day 04 – Stargate SG-1 (favorite show ever)
Day 05 – The Office (show you hate)
Day 06 – “Window of Opportunity” (favorite episode)
Day 07 – “Demons” (least favorite episode)
Day 08 – A show everyone should watch
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Day 10 – A show you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 – A show that disappointed you
Day 12 – An episode you’ve watched more than 5 times
Day 13 – Favorite childhood show
Day 14 – Favorite male character
Day 15 – Favorite female character
Day 16 – Your guilty pleasure show
Day 17 – Favorite mini series
Day 18 – Favorite title sequence
Day 19 – Best TV show cast
Day 20 – Favorite kiss
Day 21 – Favorite ship
Day 22 – Favorite series finale
Day 23 – Most annoying character
Day 24 – Best quote
Day 25 – A show you plan on watching (old or new)
Day 26 – OMG WTF? Season finale
Day 27 – Best pilot episode
Day 28 – First TV show obsession
Day 29 – Current TV show obsession
Day 30 – Saddest character death