32 TV Episodes To Watch If You're Trying To Get Into That Show Everyone Keeps Recommending
There's nothing more frustrating than finally managing to convince someone to watch a show you've been raving about, only for them to give up after the first episode.
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The pilot is just never the one that makes you stan a show, so we asked the BuzzFeed Community which episode they'd pick to get someone to commit to watching more than one episode. Here are some of the best responses:
1.Parks and Recreation: "The Fight" — Season 3, Episode 13
2.It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "The Nightman Cometh" — Season 4, Episode 13
3.Black Mirror: "Be Right Back" — Season 2, Episode 1
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"Black Mirror: 'Be Right Back'
I loved the message behind this episode."
4.Veronica Mars: "Pilot" — Season 1, Episode 1
5.Brooklyn Nine-Nine: "The Party" — Season 1, Episode 16
6.Bob's Burgers: "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" — Season 3, Episode 7
7.The Mindy Project: "Danny and Mindy" — Season 2, Episode 22
8.Community: "Remedial Chaos Theory" — Season 3, Episode 4
9.Sense8: "What's Going On?" — Season 1, Episode 4
10.Peep Show: "Shrooming" — Season 3, Episode 3
11.Frasier: "The Matchmaker" — Season 2, Episode 3
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"My absolute favorite show is Frasier. When I was a kid, I used to watch reruns after Jeopardy! with my dad. However, it’s admittedly before my time (I’m 18), and it’s pretty difficult to get my friends to watch it.
A good episode to introduce them is "The Matchmaker," because it’s an excellent episode, and although it is a little late in the series, it doesn’t really reveal future plot points. The spiral of lies is classic Frasier, and each one of the main cast gets to shine with their chosen personas."
12.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: "Turn, Turn, Turn" — Season 1, Episode 17 OR "Self Control" — Season 4, Episode 15
13.The Office: "Stress Relief" — Season 5, Episode 14
14.Orphan Black: "Entangled Bank" — Season 1, Episode 8
15.Doctor Who: "Blink" — Season 3, Episode 10
16.Kim's Convenience: "Family Singing Contest" — Season 1, Episode 13
17.I May Destroy You: "Ego Death" — Season 1, Episode 12
18.Teen Wolf: "Motel California" — Season 3, Episode 6
19.Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Hush" — Season 4, Episode 10
"'Hush' was the best episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It featured the gentlemen, these creepy floating corpses who stole everyone's voice and then proceeded to slice them apart. Like some fucked-up fairytale, the only thing that can defeat them is the sound of the princess's scream. No other episode of Buffy was nearly as scary."
