Bad episodes of tv shows you like

[burrunjor]

These aren't episodes you feel people are too hard on like Death to the Daleks. These are episodes you know are shit, but you find them insanely enjoyable anyway. 

I'm going to say The Keeper episode of Blake's 7. I know that is a poor script that is just padding and Bruce Purchase's performance as Gola is awful, but I LOVE it. It's so f*cking funny for all of those reasons. 

Purchase as Gola is endlessly entertaining. "YOUUUUU ARRRRRRREEEEEEEE GOOOOIIIIIIINNNNNG DOOOOOOWWWWN BELLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWW" The fight he has with his brother and the stupid noises they make "NEEEEEEDDDYYYEEEEEYYYYYYYY" is comedy gold, and I love the crazy old bitch who is equally ridiculously over the top, if not more so than Bruce Purchase. She at least manages to out ham him in the end when she is giggling insanely in her chair.  

My fave bit is when Gola is in a good mood and asks the crazy old bitch (who can see the future) if he will have a long life and she is so brutal and upfront about it. 

"Tell me will I be happy with my pair bonded partner."

"No"

"What?"

"I said no. You'll die in ten minutes. "

"WHAT!"

"Yes, you'll die of anal leakage. It's your diet I keep telling you. Why do you think I never use the bathroom after you?"

I remember my dad said that episode reminded him of me and my siblings when we were kids. I was Gola, the crazy one fighting with his brother, my sister was the evil seer giggling in the background who winds Gola up all the time LOL, and finally my dad said he was the old duffer in the cell hahaha. 

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Pete from Red Dwarf. I've always found it quite funny to be honest.

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A lot of episodes from Series 8 I find underrated. The scenes with Rimmer and Lister in the cell remind me so much of those glorious early days. It's a shame Cat is so underused in the series, though. He seems to be a lot dumber here as well.

[rushy]

The Harvest of Kairos is hilarious to me. I love how melodramatic Servalan's boytoy is. And Avon's obsession with a rock cracks me up.

From Once Upon a Time, I quite loved Devil's Due because by that point the show was taking the piss out of its complicated timelines.
"This is Milah, my ex-wife. And Hook's ex, also. She's also Baelfire's mother of course. They had a torrid affair, which resulted in a scandalous teenage pregnancy in prison."
"So you've been with my former lover... and my son?!"
"..."

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The Fly from Breaking Bad
Love & Monsters from Doctor Who

In general I like sci-fi and fantasy, even though I know it's mostly just shite. I guess that's the highest realisation of the "know it's shit but enjoy anyway" idea.

[rushy]

Jun 1, 2023 15:26:45 GMT @theyakemperor said:

The Fly from Breaking Bad

That's... a genuinely good episode though? 

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In terms of Blake's 7, I've always enjoyed Animals.

[burrunjor]

Jun 1, 2023 15:51:30 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

In terms of Blake's 7, I've always enjoyed Animals.

It had potential if Cally had been in it, but I just can't get past the squick with Justin and Dayna. 

[iank]

Yeah I can never get my head round these types of threads. If I like it, it's good.

[burrunjor]

Jun 1, 2023 21:23:42 GMT iank said:

Yeah I can never get my head round these types of threads. If I like it, it's good.

Not necessarily. I LOVE the Room as do many people, but I doubt anyone would say it was good LOL. 

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Jun 1, 2023 21:57:43 GMT burrunjor said:

Jun 1, 2023 21:23:42 GMT iank said:

Yeah I can never get my head round these types of threads. If I like it, it's good.

Not necessarily. I LOVE the Room as do many people, but I doubt anyone would say it was good LOL. 

I love The Room too.


How can you hate a film where characters dress up in tuxedos every time they want to throw a ball back and forth with their mates?

[burrunjor]

Jun 1, 2023 22:05:19 GMT @kengrubshaw said:

Jun 1, 2023 21:57:43 GMT burrunjor said:

Not necessarily. I LOVE the Room as do many people, but I doubt anyone would say it was good LOL. 

I love The Room too.


How can you hate a film where characters dress up in tuxedos every time they want to throw a ball back and forth with their mates?

My favourite moment is Johnny's suicide. Everything about it is f*cking hysterical. From his lethargic tantrum where he just drops things on the floor rather than throwing them, to the crowning moment when he rubs Lisa's nighty over himself in despair. It's supposed to be a moving moment where Johnny remembers how he has lost the woman he loved, except when he rubs her nighty over his crotch whilst groaning and the memory we cut to is he and Lisa naked in bed, well let's just say it takes on a different meaning haha. 

Then after he has blown half of his head off and they find him, surrounded in his own blood, with his brains leaking over the floor one of them actually says "Johnny are you okay." LMAO.