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Haha I didn't actually imagine that I was going to say anything offensive with that post.

Rewritten, my post should say something like: "I have an irrational negative stigma about Boston because of this one piece of **** that I knew and hated for years, as well as an aversion to the many obnoxious things about the sports teams." I used to like "Sweet Caroline," but no more.

I think this is a task deserving of a classic AJD804/ChachiArcola over analysis. Let me finish crushing eyebooger and DWetzel in the Movie Collection draft, and then I'll get to work on this

There really aren't that many competitors with Puddy.

In terms of one-episode characters, I'll take Alton Benes.

You might be right, but I think I can come up with a few that give him a run for his money

Puddy and Newman provide pretty awesome moments and interactions. I really need to rewatch the whole series, its been a while

had a conversation today about favorite tv episodes ever. struggling to make my list of 5.

I know The Constant from Lost is at the top. Ozymandias from Breaking Bad is also in my top 5. I feel like I need something from Seinfeld, and I guess The Contest is the one that's made me lose it the most even though so many of its episodes are incredible. Then I kind of struggle.

If I'm going by things that had me captivated the most I'd probably have to put in something from down the stretch in season 1 of 24. That thing had me so entranced, nervous, uneasy, and on the edge of my seat. The fact that the show eventually became bad isn't relevant. But meh it also feels weird to put it on there.

Rains of Castamere in GoT was insanely good, but I also don't know if that was more due to being excited to see a big reveal I knew was coming as a bookreader or the episode itself.

I feel like the Wire should be there somehow given I think it's the best TV series top to bottom I've ever watched, but I can't single out an episode really. It felt much more like one continuous story than isolated episodes if that makes sense.

That's not even factoring in things like peak Simpsons, the awesome episode in True Detective where they had the single shot shootout in the neighborhood that was insane (again, s2 being utter garbage doesn't matter), or half a dozen other shows that put out top notch episodes.

Thatd be a really hard list to make for me as well, but thanks for reminding me to watch the Constant again. I think thats the only live tv episode I remember spending hours on the internet (lol 2008) to find a copy to show my buddy when he got off work

I don't really retain favorite individual episodes of TV dramas. Usually because the great episodes just have me launching straight into the next one on DVD or Netflix or whatever.

Individual comedies I can kind of do. "Homer's Enemy" is my favorite Simpsons episode. Seinfeld is impossible to pick. "The Contest" might be it, but it's got a ton of competition. One of the ones that doesn't seem to get named by others, but that I absolutely love, is "The Switch."

Awfully tough to pick from The Office as well. "Benihana Christmas"? I dunno. Just a ton of gold from seasons 2 and 3.

Seinfeld I always liked the Marine Biologist, mostly because the end scene is so damn perfect

My favorite Seinfeld ending is from "The Cheever Letters."

One of my favorite Wire eps is when the get their first glimpse of Avon in person when Cedric spots Avon driving by with Avon wagging his finger. I think this also has the famous clip of Weebay and the camera going around him after he was told by Stringer that "shorty was a cop" that got shot (episode after Kima gets shot). But even then, I'd easily put 5 eps of just BB over that episode.

Ozymandias and Crawl Space are easily the two best episodes of tv I've ever witnessed.

The Marine Biologist ending is so good. George's delivery during that speech is so great.

One of my underrated Seinfeld parts is when Kramer gets a job and gets the entire montage set to Morning Train, then gets fired despite not even working there.

Can't really pick one from the Office either. I kind of like the Job Interview one at the end of s3 a bit more than Benihana Christmas from earlier in the season, but I think both are great. But even that one wasn't leaps and bounds better than the rest of the good episodes which I kind of think negates any of them from making the list.

I don't remember the talking dirty episode, but lol great end.

I love the Kramer Morning Train montage, and yet I don't even think it's my favorite Seinfeld Morning Train montage. George at Play Now was tremendous.

Breaking Bad potentially has like 4 of my 10-15 favorite episodes ever. Ozymandias, Crawl Space, and Full Measures all blew my mind. I'm also a massive, massive fan of Fly.

I think "YOU GONNA LOOK OUT FOR ME SGT CARVER? HUH?!?" is the thing I always think about when thinking about Wire now. Initial Avon appearance is a good choice too. Also think of this scene a bunch

Underrated Seinfeld scene. George just spinning a ridiculous line of bull**** without blinking is a joy to behold.

george just trying to bull**** people never ever gets old

I much like many others hated Fly. But that was only on my first watch. I've rewatched the whole series three times since and have loved that episode so much.

I have to admit that for The Wire, I have season 1 on my mind because I just finished it and am a couple eps into S2

Quoting while I still can. WSU being alone in first place this late in the season hasn't happened since I was in college.

I think if you are looking for a Seinfeld episode, you almost have to go with The Contest. From beginning to end I think it's the perfect episode. Just the way they were able to talk about the subject without explicitly saying it, is great. As for a sleeper episode, may I suggest The Voice. I know it was at the tail end of the run where it almost left like they were mailing it in, but I laughed at that episode for days after the fact.

As for Breaking Bad, I don't know the name, but the episode after the one where Hank figured out Walt was Heisenberg was phenomenal. I guess it would have been the first episode of the second half of the last season.

You picked Chicago.

Does Washington State seriously have win out = national title prospects here?

Seems like they do.

I was an early adopter of Fly love. Its such a beautifully directed episode, and incredibly important to the series as a whole, though it doesnt seem like it on first watch.

538 gives us a 43% chance of making the CFP with a win-out, for what that's worth. I think the actual odds would probably be lower of getting actual human beings to select us to that top four, given our poor brand name and all.

Best point of comparison I know: in 2007, Michigan drops an opener to an FCS school to open the year, then gets crushed by Oregon the following week to fall to 0-2. Eight straight wins later, they're #13 in the country. Under similar circumstances (lose to an FCS school, lose to a now-ranked team by 3, rattle off eight straight pretty convincingly), we haven't been able to crack the top 20 yet. Right now we're all of two spots ahead of Stanford, who has three losses, including a home loss to us by four touchdowns as well as an even bigger blowout loss at UW.

Stuff like this is an annoyance since we're a program that's only going to get really good sporadically and won't be able to sustain it (thus, when we're good, the fact that we weren't good three years prior is going to limit those scant immediate opportunities as well), but I just sort of accept that WSU is never going to ship a national title. All of that aside, I guess I would like to think that it's possible for a narrative to set in if we rattle off three straight wins at the end against top 10 teams.

My more realistic hope is Rose Bowl, which will still be awfully difficult. Thankfully today's game has little effect on those hopes, though obviously I'd still like to win it.

Guys I have to admit it, I still havent seen the Wire or Breaking Bad...