What is the best behind-the-scenes anecdote about this episode?According to effects artist Greg Nicotero on AMC’s Talking Dead, MacLaren shot two endings for the episode: one in which Sophia looked like a zombie, and one in which she looked like her old self, reflecting the way that her former companions still wanted to see her. Although in retrospect the significance of the ex-lawman’s conversion to Team Post-Apocalypse is undercut by the countless resolutions Rick makes and breaks in subsequent seasons, it was powerful at the time. Even Punisher Shane seems paralyzed by the depressing sight, so Rick-who seconds earlier was all set to help Hershel add to the barn’s walker count-strides forward and does to Sophia what he did to the young walker he put down in the pilot. Carol’s undead daughter emerges from the barn and totters toward the group slowly enough for MacLaren to capture reaction shots from everyone. It’s soon followed by its source, Sophia (Madison Lintz), who’d been missing since the season’s first episode. What is the episode’s most iconic moment?It might be the series’s most iconic moment: As Shane and other soon-to-be-killed-off characters (this show did you dirty, T-Dog) silently contemplate the carnage in the wake of what one producer called “Barn-ageddon,” a girlish groan emerges from inside. Meanwhile, a not-yet-ruthless Rick, eager to be a good guest, lamely insists that the farm is still safe. In Season 2’s Michelle MacLaren–directed midseason finale, Shane goes full Punisher after learning that Hershel has quarantined the county’s walker population in his barn. Without further ado, here are The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century. The result is a list of 100 episodes of TV that covers the medium’s vast variety of genres and recognizes the wealth of greatness delivered on the small screen for the last two decades. The list was then assembled with those submissions in mind, and with one stipulation-that only one episode per show could make the cut. To come up with a list of the 100 best episodes, the entire Ringer staff was asked to submit their favorite episodes of the century. For those of us at The Ringer, this meant assembling a list that not only recognizes the best of prestige TV but also encapsulates everything that television has to offer: drama, comedy, variety, reality, game shows, and lifestyle-focused programming. With the understanding that television is going through yet another revolution, and that the boundaries and definitions of the medium could change yet again, it feels like the right time to look back at the past 18 years and determine the 100 best episodes of TV since 2000-the ones that stunned and entertained more than any others, and in turn made television what it is today. The expansion of cable networks led to an increase in experimentation, quality, and quantity that has since been eclipsed by the advent of streaming, to the point that the monoculture experience of that Survivor finale is almost entirely obsolete. Then, eight months into the new millennium, 51.7 million people watched the season finale of Survivor, ushering in a boom of reality TV. On HBO, The Sopranos entered its second season, and would go on to not only create the blueprint for prestige TV, but redefine dramatic television and champion the kind of antihero who would dominate the rest of the decade. NBC’s stranglehold on comedy loosened, giving way to more varied perspectives and formats. When Kimmel declined, Borat asked Kimmel to “make liquid release” in a cup, as Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel had done for him previously.At the turn of the 20th century, television began to morph into a new, more expansive medium. Next, Borat attempted to check Kimmel’s temperature by sticking a large thermometer up his rear hole. “I do not feel comfortable starting this interview until I have done basic questionnaire to make sure you are safe.” Questions included: “In the last week, have you been in the presence for more than 15 minutes of any Jews?”, “As member of Hollywood elite, have you recently drunk any unpasteurized children’s blood?”, When Kimmel answered no to the latter question, Borat followed up with, “Really? Not in any pizza parlors recently?” After smashing the virus with a large cooking plan, Borat then turned his focus to Kimmel himself. However, before Borat could proceed with the interview, he first needed to ensure that the “coward” virus had not already infected Kimmel’s studio. In anticipation, Borat appeared alongside his daughter, Tutar Sagdiyev, on Monday night’s edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Famed Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev presents his latest moviefilm this Friday, October 23rd.
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