We just saw our first major upset yesterday. "Baelor" choked in a huge way against "Not Fade Away," barely getting 40% of the vote. Considering Game of Thrones has been one of the most frequently discussed TV shows on this site, the result is shocking to say the least. "Wilson's Heart" also managed to win against "Peter"... and today, "House's Head" is competing as well!
RULES:
-Vote for your favorite episode in each match! Keep in mind, though, that you can only vote once per match; and you cannot edit or otherwise change your votes. -There will be two matches per day, and each day of voting will end after 24 hours have passed. -No alts. Seriously man, have a heart! -There's nothing wrong with some joking/ribbing, but don't seriously insult/flame people based on their preferences. It's a GameFAQs contest, not the Emmys. (rimshot) -A synopsis for each episode is provided. Just highlight the spoiler tags. Not all synopses have spoilers, but just to be safe, I've given them all spoiler tags anyway.
(1)Six Feet Under, "Everyone's Waiting" Season 5, Episode 12 Original Air Date: August 21, 2005 Synopsis: In the series finale, David finally embraces a demon; Keith gives 'tough love'; Nathaniel talks to his younger son; Brenda delivers and fights Nate's negativity; Claire gets an exciting call; and Ted inspires sexy photos.
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(8)The Sopranos, "College" Season 1, Episode 5 Original Air Date: February 7, 1999 Synopsis: While visiting colleges with Meadow, Tony spots a snitch. Carmela, meanwhile, discovers something about Dr. Melfi.
(4)Dexter, "Born Free" Season 1, Episode 12 Original Air Date: December 17, 2006 Synopsis: Dexter races against the clock to find Debra when she is abducted by Rudy, the Ice Truck Killer, which leads the two psychopathic killers to have a fateful showdown, and who finally reveals his connection to Dexter.
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(5)House, "House's Head" Season 4, Episode 15 Original Air Date: May 12, 2008 Synopsis: A bus that House was riding crashes. House claims there's a victim on the bus that's dying, but not from the bus accident. He stops at nothing to figure out who the patient is and what is ailing them.
Easy Vote Form:
(1)Six Feet Under, "Everyone's Waiting" vs. (8)The Sopranos, "College" (4)Dexter, "Born Free" vs. (5)House, "House's Head"
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To be fair to "Baelor," Buffy and Angel have both gotten a huge bump in popularity recently. I'm following at least four, if not more, watchthrough topics, and there's a Buffy Rewind starting soon though that doesn't much apply here. With the success of Grimm and Whedon's Avengers (As well as Goddard/Whedon's Cabin), Buffy's big right now.
I haven't actually heard much casual chatter over Game of Thrones, but I may be looking in the wrong places. "Baelor" flooded the entire internet last year, but the large gap between seasons (and relatively uneventful second season before Sunday night) might have cost them the nostalgia.
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To be fair to "Baelor," Buffy and Angel have both gotten a huge bump in popularity recently. I'm following at least four, if not more, watchthrough topics, and there's a Buffy Rewind starting soon though that doesn't much apply here. With the success of Grimm and Whedon's Avengers (As well as Goddard/Whedon's Cabin), Buffy's big right now.
What's weird, though, is that Buffy hasn't been doing nearly as well as I expected in this thing. I mean, the most well-known episode of the show got 61% against a Heroes episode. >_>
Maybe Heroes nostalgia is kicking in or something, but man! I'm still not sure what happened there.
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Company Man is well-regarded as probably the best episode of Heroes. It really is a fantastic episode and if this were bigger bracket, I could see myself voting for it for a few rounds even though I hate the show. It's also very well-remembered for its comparisons to Lost when Season 3 at the time was flailing about.
However, I am surprised by OMWF's failure to do better there.
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Also, shame I was out yesterday. "Peter" deserved one more vote and I'm happy to see a Fringe nomination. I didn't have space for one myself but that's a good ep.
Company Man is well-regarded as probably the best episode of Heroes. It really is a fantastic episode and if this were bigger bracket, I could see myself voting for it for a few rounds even though I hate the show. It's also very well-remembered for its comparisons to Lost when Season 3 at the time was flailing about.
However, I am surprised by OMWF's failure to do better there.
True, but... with OMWF being one of the most iconic episodes in the bracket, it really was shocking. It's kind of like if there was a GameFAQs video game contest, and Super Metroid only got 60% on Crash Team Racing, y'know?
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