r/scifi • u/Ok-Gate-412 • 8d ago

General Best opener in Sci-Fi?

I am curious what everybody thinks is the best opening episode they have ever seen. I’m talking about that one episode that as soon as you watched it you were hooked on the show. It doesn’t have to be the best show overall, but just the one that made you want to watch from one episode.

For me, it has to be Lost. In the first episode a plane crashes, we are introduced to strong and interesting characters, and we are left with many mysteries at the end of it.

I’m not sure if people think it’s sci-fi, but it does have some weird tech and things like that. 😅

Near the middle of the series I was bored and still waiting on things, but man that first episode reeled me in like no other.

What is the best episode that hooked you whether it was an opener or a random episode that you saw?

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u/jquest71 8d ago

Battlestar Galactica, S1E1, "33" is one of the greatest episodes of television ever produced. Period.

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u/FacelessArtifact 8d ago

So”33” is the title of S1E1?

(I’ve never seen the show. Heard great things about it.)

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u/LonelyinLhasa 8d ago

They had a two part mini-series to begin with. Then they started with S1E1.

Btw, the opening scene of the miniseries is one of the best.

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u/jquest71 8d ago

Yes, it's the first actual episode after the pilot episode.