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

[lrsach01]

I'm going old school:
The ORIGINAL Balttlestad Galactica....just after Zack (Apollo's brother is killed) the president of the colonies says:
What was THAT!
Commander Adama: That, Mr President, was my son.

I was 9 and that just sealed it for me FOREVER. Scifi fan till I die.

 

[Atavar]

An episode from DS9 that truly moved me was the one where Ben Sisko is caught in some sort of accident that causes him to leap forward in time over and over, each time seeing his son Jake a number of years older. Jake devotes his life to trying to save his father from the accident. Ben sees the unhappy life Jake lives obsessing over saving his father.

Finally (the moment that most moved me) was the last time Ben sees an older Jake. Jake finds out that he, himself, is pulling his father forward in time, and in order to correct it must die while Ben is present, at just the right moment, so Ben leaps back to the moment of the accident and stays there. We see Jake slip awaw...Ben cluthces him close and says, "My poor boy!"

Wow....

 

[johnsemlak]

I forgot one truely great moment from TNG Yesterday's Enterprise:

Picard: 'Let's be sure history remembers the name . . . Enterprise'.

 

[Ahnehnois]

BSG "Fragged" The final standoff between Crash and Cally (and Baltar)

ST: TNG Any number of good ones already mentioned, particularly "All Good Things..." where we find out it's Q.

ST: DS9 "What You Leave Behind" The Final pullback shot.

 

[Knightfall]

For me, the first thing that came to mind, when it comes to B5, is when Delann is talking about how we're all made out of star stuff. I don't know the Episode's name, but I'm sure someone will post it and the conversation she was having with... I can't remember which commander it was.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

I just thought of one. The best ever WTF moment in TV science fiction. Starlost (a really cheap Canadian show starring Keir Dullea [sp?]) in an episode with Walter Koenig. The premise of the show is that it's a generation ship on which the crew has disappeared and no one knows that they're on a ship any more. Keir and a couple of others have left/escaped from their dirt farming dome and are wandering the ship in awe...

Ok, Walter has landed on the ship, but his is damaged. Keir and friends stumble across him and Keir offers to help Walter repair his ship, since he's a blacksmith, which needs some fancy electronic components. Walter says sure and rolls his eyes so we'll know he's just humoring the sodbuster. But wait, there's more! Cut to commercial. Cut back. Keir is pounding away on a hunk of metal which is just what Walter needs to repair his ship...

 

[RigaMortus2]

"Luke, I am your father"

 

[Silver Moon]

What! No nominations yet for the Star Wars Christmas Special! Doesn't Bea Arthur singing to wookies in a bar mean anything to you people!


Seriously though, a lot of worthy nominations above: City on the Edge of Forever, Yesterday's Enterprise, the end of the Buffy episode "The Gift".....but for me the definining Science Fiction moment is the end of the classic trek episode "Balance of Terror" which first introduced the Romulans. The exchange between Kirk and the Romulan Commander stands out as everything that series was meant to be.

 

[eris404]

Angel: "Hey, Wes, did the devil ever make a robot?"
Wesley (awestruck): "El Diablo Robotico"

YES! The last season of Angel was just fantastic! But my favorite episode features the Angel Muppet.

 

[dogoftheunderworld]

One of my favorites:

ST:TNG -- After Scotty is found in teleporter stasis:
- "I know what the manual says, I wrote the manual."
- "Now, how long will it really take you?"