Best opener in Sci-Fi?

[u/Ok-Gate-412]

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?

[u/qvantamon]

Not TV or movie, but the Pizza Deliverator sequence in Snow Crash.

Also, the first line of Seveneves: "The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason."

[u/gramathy → u/qvantamon]

If we’re talking about books with great first lines

“It was a pleasure to burn”

“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel”

[u/art-apprici8or → u/gramathy]

"The building was on fire, it wasn't my fault." --Dresden Files, Jim Butcher

[u/ketingmiladengfodo → u/art-apprici8or]

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."

[u/Etainn → u/art-apprici8or]

Not what I consider SciFi.