Rolling Stone has published a list of the 100 best television episodes ever, and there's not much point arguing over it.¹ It's a matter of taste, right?
But there's one thing that bugs me. If your reviewers are all people whose TV experience goes back only to the '80s, that's fine. I get that it's pretty tough to find a 90-something who can tell you about the great TV episodes of the '50s.
But if that's that case, then don't pretend this is an all-time list. By my count, there are only a few '70s shows on the list and a grand total of six from the '50s and '60s—and only two in the top 50.
That's not very likely, is it? Nothing—not a single episode—from Gunsmoke, Get Smart, Gilligan's Island, Mission Impossible, My Three Sons, Leave it to Beaver, Bonanza, The Addams Family, The Prisoner, Maverick, Dragnet, Bullwinkle, or Perry Mason?
This is really the Top 100 Episodes of the Past 50 Years. Why not just call it that?
¹Except for #3, that is. I liked The Leftovers, but there's no way any of its episodes, let alone the pointless, hallucinogenic one chosen, is the third best of all time. Come on.
Rolling Stone provides the absolute dreck of "Best Of" lists. They always seem designed to get people angry to get more people talking about them. You'd be better off with lists from Buzzfeed than Rolling Stone.
I still think of The Prisoner at times. I remind people of it when I make a joke of a statement of disgust with something and then add, "Signed, #9". It requires some explaining.
Slow blogging day, eh?