It's the second bit that's the clincher, really, but if an episode requires an in-depth knowledge of the whole show, it's not quite a "single" episode that's great, it's the whole of the show making that episode good.
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I could also swap out "Blink" but I like how "Heaven Sent" makes you chew on it a while afterwards.
jul 10, 2025, 3:24 am • 1 0 • view
On that point, I would argue that The Visitor is just as good an episode as FBTS, and is probably giving more to someone who doesn't know the show - because FBTS relies so heavily on the in-joke of actors playing different roles than they normally do. (Though both are great episodes.)
jul 10, 2025, 3:45 am • 1 0 • view
Lol it just occurs to me that The Visitor, 33, and Heaven Sent are all about time loops, in a way.
jul 10, 2025, 3:56 am • 0 0 • view
Bahahaha! I mean, FBTS kind of is, too. Sort of. :D
jul 10, 2025, 3:59 am • 1 0 • view
jul 10, 2025, 4:03 am • 1 0 • view
I do not know why I always think the BSG quote is "all of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again" (with that wording) - did a character quote it differently than the opening crawl?
jul 10, 2025, 4:56 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah I'm pretty sure it's been quoted aloud a few times in different ways - I couldn't tell you when or by who, but I bet someone's written an essay on it
jul 10, 2025, 1:00 pm • 1 0 • view