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selenakLet's see. Bearing in mind that I'm a multifandom person, here's what comes to mind:
1) Being Human: The season in which the show killed off the rest of its original cast, and had a sympathetic character kill a baby on screen as the way to save the world, and somehow managed to make this the most optimistic and and benevolent of all four seasons. Seriously, Toby Whitehouse, I'm in awe. Especially since I was very sceptical initially. As opposed to the killing of Mitchell at the end of s3, which I'd been all for, the death of Nina and George at the start of s4 initially felt gratiously cruel. But new character Hal actually worked as a vampire different from Mitchell as opposed to being Mitchell, v.2, Tom who'd been introduced in s3 was fleshed out and became an incredibly endearing character, and his frenemy relationship with Hal developed organically, and near the end of the season, the twist of making Alex, sneakily introduced as a possible love interest for Hal, a ghost (thereby getting the UST out of the way first and setting up a dynamic we hadn't had among regulars before, since it's entirely Hal's fault she's a ghost now, and any romantic ideas she had about it got cured in the most radical way possible), meant we had a new female regular who, again, had a quite different personality from Annie. Outside of Doctor Who and Spooks, this was one of the most successful cast changes I can think of, but it happened over the course of a season and thus can't be called a single event. So, if it has to be a single event: Annie defeats the Old Ones and creates a new time line by blowing them, herself and baby Eve to kingdom come. S3 had already demonstrated that the show is willing to fire its Chekovian gun with Mitchell's arc, but that had been about Mitchell being defeated by his own flaws, basically. Whereas Annie had done all she could to keep baby Eve alive, and yet the ending didn't come across as prophecy defeating free will. Annie was only able to do it because adult Eve, who'd lived through the vampocalypse, had figured out that she had to change time by coming back as a ghost; because Eve's attempts at meddling set in motion events that depended on Hal, Tom and Annie all making different choices; because Annie had been shown the alternative, and because she did not make the decision for Eve, nor did Eve make it for her, but they both made it. It was definitely a "ZOMG did they really do that?!?" moment on my tv.
2) The Avengers: The Big Damn Superhero Came, Saw And Conquered, managing to unite, as far as fandoms of mine are concerned, my fondness for the Marvelverse in its various incarnations with my interest in the works of Mr. Whedon. I loved every second of it, rewatched it multiple times, devoured a lot of fanfic, but nothing will beat the first, fine, careless rapture of watching it on screen the first time around. What a moment that was!
3) The Hollow Crown: or, the BBC doesIt's Hard Out There For A Lancaster Richard II, Henry IV 1 and Henry IV II. Verily, it was a good week or three to be a Shakespeare fan. Due to the popularity of Tom Hiddleston, one could even get the reaction of unspoiled fangirls, which, aw, bless. (Though I will admit to feeling, err, somewhat amused at hearing people feel "protective" about Hal, of all the people.) I mean. Hal. Mr. Übercalculating. Much as I cherish the memory of the scene where Hal gets slapped, though, my favourite Hollow Crown moment, and just about every Jeremy Irons scene ever, if I have to pick just one, it would be Patrick Stewart managing to take something which should be completely worn out and sound like nothing but a string of clichés - John of Gaunt's "This England..." speech - and making it sound fresh and alive in Richard II. But then, he is just that awesome.
4) Breaking Bad, season 5: 51. True to the nature of the show, there were a lot of memorable and/or shocking moments in the half of the season that has already been broadcast, and the none I'm picking wasn't the most important one for the overall arcs (unlike my Being Human example where Annie's deed resolved a long term arc). But it was the most memorable event of the half-a-season for me. To wit: Skyler White gets into the freezing swimming pool full clothed while her husband rambles on. Not only made it for a such striking visual - the show is visually gorgeous, btw, and should really have won a couple of Emmys for this aspect of it, too - but it also presented the long awaited turning point at which Skyler's retreat into silence and numbness, which had started on the season opener with the realisation of both the full extent of Walt's change and of her own guilt, went from reaction to action again. The ensuing argument between her and Walt became one of my all time favourite BB scenes, but the scene before that, where Skyler doesn't say a word but just enters that pool and drowns out the sound of Walt's voice, is my most memorable BB moment of the year. (Also, if anyone ever does a Skyler vid, that scene so has to be there.)
5) Merlin, show finale. Season 5 really suffered from treading water, with a lot of weak episodes, but there were a few highlights, both in mixed episodes (the season opener) and in genuinenly good ones (5.4 and 5.11). The finale itself was Merlin at its best, and its incredibly hard to single one moment out, between Merlin unleashing all his power at the battle of Camlann, the big reveal itself, Gwen's ascension after Arthur's death, but for uniting the personal and the mythical, both actors involved going beyond and above, the prize in the end goes to the moment when the dying Arthur gets Merlin to stop his futile rescue efforts and asks him just to hold him, and Merlin does. Bonus crack moment contending for "most memorable": the very last scene with Merlin in the present day dropping by at Avalon, at once verifying all those Immortal!Merlin/Returning-or-reincarnated-Arthur fanfics of yesteryear. Oh, show!
1) Being Human: The season in which the show killed off the rest of its original cast, and had a sympathetic character kill a baby on screen as the way to save the world, and somehow managed to make this the most optimistic and and benevolent of all four seasons. Seriously, Toby Whitehouse, I'm in awe. Especially since I was very sceptical initially. As opposed to the killing of Mitchell at the end of s3, which I'd been all for, the death of Nina and George at the start of s4 initially felt gratiously cruel. But new character Hal actually worked as a vampire different from Mitchell as opposed to being Mitchell, v.2, Tom who'd been introduced in s3 was fleshed out and became an incredibly endearing character, and his frenemy relationship with Hal developed organically, and near the end of the season, the twist of making Alex, sneakily introduced as a possible love interest for Hal, a ghost (thereby getting the UST out of the way first and setting up a dynamic we hadn't had among regulars before, since it's entirely Hal's fault she's a ghost now, and any romantic ideas she had about it got cured in the most radical way possible), meant we had a new female regular who, again, had a quite different personality from Annie. Outside of Doctor Who and Spooks, this was one of the most successful cast changes I can think of, but it happened over the course of a season and thus can't be called a single event. So, if it has to be a single event: Annie defeats the Old Ones and creates a new time line by blowing them, herself and baby Eve to kingdom come. S3 had already demonstrated that the show is willing to fire its Chekovian gun with Mitchell's arc, but that had been about Mitchell being defeated by his own flaws, basically. Whereas Annie had done all she could to keep baby Eve alive, and yet the ending didn't come across as prophecy defeating free will. Annie was only able to do it because adult Eve, who'd lived through the vampocalypse, had figured out that she had to change time by coming back as a ghost; because Eve's attempts at meddling set in motion events that depended on Hal, Tom and Annie all making different choices; because Annie had been shown the alternative, and because she did not make the decision for Eve, nor did Eve make it for her, but they both made it. It was definitely a "ZOMG did they really do that?!?" moment on my tv.
2) The Avengers: The Big Damn Superhero Came, Saw And Conquered, managing to unite, as far as fandoms of mine are concerned, my fondness for the Marvelverse in its various incarnations with my interest in the works of Mr. Whedon. I loved every second of it, rewatched it multiple times, devoured a lot of fanfic, but nothing will beat the first, fine, careless rapture of watching it on screen the first time around. What a moment that was!
3) The Hollow Crown: or, the BBC does
4) Breaking Bad, season 5: 51. True to the nature of the show, there were a lot of memorable and/or shocking moments in the half of the season that has already been broadcast, and the none I'm picking wasn't the most important one for the overall arcs (unlike my Being Human example where Annie's deed resolved a long term arc). But it was the most memorable event of the half-a-season for me. To wit: Skyler White gets into the freezing swimming pool full clothed while her husband rambles on. Not only made it for a such striking visual - the show is visually gorgeous, btw, and should really have won a couple of Emmys for this aspect of it, too - but it also presented the long awaited turning point at which Skyler's retreat into silence and numbness, which had started on the season opener with the realisation of both the full extent of Walt's change and of her own guilt, went from reaction to action again. The ensuing argument between her and Walt became one of my all time favourite BB scenes, but the scene before that, where Skyler doesn't say a word but just enters that pool and drowns out the sound of Walt's voice, is my most memorable BB moment of the year. (Also, if anyone ever does a Skyler vid, that scene so has to be there.)
5) Merlin, show finale. Season 5 really suffered from treading water, with a lot of weak episodes, but there were a few highlights, both in mixed episodes (the season opener) and in genuinenly good ones (5.4 and 5.11). The finale itself was Merlin at its best, and its incredibly hard to single one moment out, between Merlin unleashing all his power at the battle of Camlann, the big reveal itself, Gwen's ascension after Arthur's death, but for uniting the personal and the mythical, both actors involved going beyond and above, the prize in the end goes to the moment when the dying Arthur gets Merlin to stop his futile rescue efforts and asks him just to hold him, and Merlin does. Bonus crack moment contending for "most memorable": the very last scene with Merlin in the present day dropping by at Avalon, at once verifying all those Immortal!Merlin/Returning-or-reincarnated-Arthur fanfics of yesteryear. Oh, show!
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