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What are some shows that got you absolutely hooked from the FIRST episode

posted 4 years ago by M1sterDoct0r (4565)
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I feel like a lot of streaming shows nowadays don't get interesting until like the halfway point. You get people being like, "You have to keep watching. It'll get better". Personally, I like giving shows a 3 episode test. If it hasn't sold me by the third episode, then I'm bailing.

And I love slow burn shows but you gotta keep me interested in order to keep watching. I remember not so long ago that the first episode aka The Pilot basically "had to sell you" the show. Most of my favorite shows, like 90% of them, got me hooked on the first episode. Here are some of my faves...

1. Fringe
2. Lost
3. Doom Patrol
4. The X-Files
5. Supernatural
6. The Flash
7. Prison Break
8. Justified
9. Arrow
10. WestWorld
11. The Mandalorian
12. Psych
13. Battlestar Galactica
14. Alias
15. Person of Interest

Sure, some of them went downhill afterwards & I kinda gave up on them but that first episode of theirs is still freaking amazing

[–] beantown23 (1438) 4 years ago

Batman. I still remember the buzz in the schoolyard Wednesday morning after the 2 part episode ended with a cliffhanger on Tuesday night.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Justified
Sons of Anarchy
Bates Motel
Wentworth
Sense8
Big Little Lies
Outrageous Fortune
The Office
V
Twin Peaks

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

All of the V’s, or which ones? Even the reboot?

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7993) 4 years ago

Home Improvement
Grace under fire
The Cosby show

[–] DoctorThirteen (15321) 4 years ago

The one that springs to mind most is Millennium.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4565) 4 years ago

As a kid, that show scared the heck outta me. As an adult, one of my absolute favorite shows

[–] DoctorThirteen (15321) 4 years ago

👍 I dug out my box set a while back and watched a few. Still holds up just as well!

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 4 years ago

Twin Peaks
Fargo
The Umbrella Academy

😎

[–] overseas7 (5071) 4 years ago

The X-Files
Isabel
The Mandalorian

[–] horrorfan000 (2362) 4 years ago

1. Lost
2 Breaking bad
3. The Walking dead
4. The Twilight zone
5. It's always sunny
6. Life on mars (UK)
7. Kung fu
8. Nowhere man
9. Dexter
10. Smallville

[–] ColumboKate (5788) 4 years ago