Single Best Sci-Fi Television Moment . . . EVAR!?

[The Grumpy Celt]

All of the above, and (the quotes of off somewhat)

Not many musical numbers, but "So long and thanks for all the fish" was a lot of fun, and the restarting of the world at the end of the flick.

"Luke, help me take this mask off ..."

"The needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few..." and "I will always be your friend."

Back to the Future "I figured, what the hell."

DS9 with Dukat and Sisco falling into the fires.

Hal singing "Daisy."

Logopolis, with the Master and the Dr. trying to prevent the universe from coming undone.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

In the BSG, season two: when the words "One Year Later" came up on the screen.

 

[Crothian]

V when the woman gave birth to twins: one human and one not.

 

[Darthjaye]

Another great moment is O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) in a SG-1 episode reminiscent of "Groundhog Day" practicing his swing through an active Star Gate. It's actually unfair to say that any one moment of this episode was any more funny than the next because it was a very amusing one all around, but that image for me, was funniest.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Another great moment is O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) in a SG-1 episode reminiscent of "Groundhog Day" practicing his swing through an active Star Gate.

That was a blast and had me out loud laughing.

There was an SG-1 episode with the faux-TV show Wormwhole Extreme. Towards the end of the episode when the actors playing the alternate cast were given their moments in front of the camera explaining their rolls on the show.

 

[Mistwell]

In the BSG, season two: when the words "One Year Later" came up on the screen.

That scene is STILL giving one of my best friends fits! She is still in denial.

 

[Mistwell]

So many...but



Space Above & Beyond, the 2 hour premier towards the end when the chig fleet is head towards earth with nothing to stop them…..what happens after that is great.

AKA the first attempt at the new Battlestar Galactica show

That was a great show.

 

[Mistwell]

#9. Battlestar Galactica: Boomer realizing that she is really is a Cylon when she boards the base star.

A great geek moment for so many reasons!

Like, 200 naked hot asian chick reasons!

 

[Storm Raven]

In addition to the death of Refa in And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place, and Delenn's challenge at the end of Severed Dreams, I love the scene in Deconstruction of Falling Stars where Garibaldi, even hundreds of years after his own death, demonstrates that is no one to be trifled with. The entirety of Sleeping in the Light is painfully good.

Two quotes that I like, though, come in the first season -

At the end of the B5 episode Infection (an otherwise pretty weak episode), Sinclair, when asked why we should spend a lot of money on space travel, says:

"No. We have to stay here, and there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics - and you'll get ten different answers. But there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on: whether it happens in a hundred years, or a thousand years, or a million years, eventually our sun will grow cold, and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us, it'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-tsu, Einstein, Maruputo, Buddy Holly, Aristophanes - all of this. All of this was for nothing, unless we go to the stars."

In Parliament of Dreams, Sinclair, when asked to demonstrate Earth's dominant belief system, leads the alien representatives into a hallwayy and introduces them, in order, to a series of people:

"This is Mr. Harris. He's an atheist. Father Frisanti, a Roman Catholic. Mr. Hayakawa, a Zen Buddhist. Mr. Rashid, a Muslim. Mr. Rosenthal, an Orthodox Jew. Running Elk, of the Oglala Sioux faith. Father Papapolous, a Greek Orthodox. Ojijiko, of the Ebo tribe. Ochukiak, a Utic Eskimo. Sawa, of the Jivaro tribe. Ms. N'fuma, a Bantu. Ms. Chang, a Taoist. Mr. Blacksmith, an Aborigine. Ms. Yamamoto, a Shinto. Ms. Nigel, a Maori. Mr. Go, a Hindu..."

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

B5 was such a wonderful show. 90 bucks a pop for the first 4 seasons was money so well spent.