Some pilot episodes encapsulate everything great about a TV series
A man resigns from his previous post. He is followed and taken captive into a surreal resort town. He tries his best to escape over and over but the location proves inescapable. But the man never backs down from the challenge. He will not conform to his prison. He will escape it. This is The […] More
“Strange Love,” the pilot episode of HBO’s smash gothic vampire romance series True Blood, premiered way back in September of 2008. The Bush/Cheney presidency was in its last gasps, the global economy was on the brink of collapse, the U.S. and its allies were bogged down in two seemingly endless wars in the Middle East, […] More
A pilot can make or break a show and, if it’s not so great, it can turn off any viewer from watching the rest of the series. Join 25YL as we take a deep dive into TV pilots—the good and the bad—in our joint Perfect Pilots and Power Through the Pilot series. This week, join […] More
While there are many great shows out there, only a few of them have a perfect beginning—the kind that draws you in immediately and leaves you wanting more. In our Perfect Pilots series, we will be looking at pilot episodes we think are flawless. For our inaugural post of the series, J.C. Hotchkiss looks at—what […] More
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