From
I Love Lucy to
Lost and everything in between, we're counting down TV's finest. Check out today's showcase of #80-61. Where does your favorite rank?
80. STAR TREK
“City on the Edge of Forever” 4/6/1967This is the one that boldly went where
Star Trek had never gone before—into the heart of Capt. James T. Kirk. William Shatner’s time-traveling space cowboy fell head-over-heels for WWII-era social worker Edith Keeler (Joan Collins). The catch: If Kirk saves Edith’s life, he’ll set off a domino effect leading to Hitler’s acquisition of the atom bomb. “It’s my favorite episode because it’s so timeless and profound,” says Shatner. “Who hasn’t said, ‘If only I had known, I could have done something...’”
79. CHARLIE'S ANGELS
“Angels in Chains” 10/20/1976Farrah Fawcett-Majors’ Jill Munroe—along with Kate Jackson’s Sabrina Duncan and Jaclyn Smith’s Kelly Garrett—had herself arrested to infiltrate a sadistic prison farm. “The concept of that [episode] was provocative and yet it maintained an innocence,” remembers Smith. “So it was like two different forces at play.” And what a force was Warhol Factory ingenue Mary Woronov as Max! The prison guard ogled the Angels during a “skin search” and referred to her charges as “Sweet Cakes.” And it just got better from there.
78. ANGEL
“I Will Remember You” 11/23/1999Suddenly human Angel’s reunion with his beloved Buffy was doomed. Romance bites.
77. THE WALTONS
“The Easter Story” 4/19/1973All the heart, humor and homey love of Waltons Mountain was on full display in this first-season tale of Olivia’s sudden bout with polio.
76. FAMILY TIES
"The Real Thing: Pt. 2" 10/3/1985What made “The Real Thing”—in which Michael J. Fox’s Reaganite yuppie falls for a feminist artist—a real winner was the heat between star Fox and his soon-to-be real-life wife, Tracy Pollan. “Little did I know that I was meeting my future husband,” says the actress, who was hired for two episodes but, thanks to the couple’s chemistry, stayed an entire season. “‘The Real Thing’ was basically an audition,” she recalls. “Michael made me feel at ease. There was definitely a spark, but neither of us knew what it was going to lead to: four kids, a dog and a hamster.” Now there’s a happy ending.
75. GILMORE GIRLS
“Raincoats and Recipes” 5/18/2004The speed-talkers’ Season 4 finale left us speechless after the Luke-Lorelai hookup.
74. WILL & GRACE
“Homo for the Holidays” 11/25/1999Jack comes out to his mother and learns a big secret about his father in a Thanksgiving stuffed with reasons to be grateful.
73. THE OUTER LIMITS
“Demon With a Glass Hand” 10/17/1964Do not adjust your sets—it’s just Robert Culp as a fella with a tricked-out appendage and an alternate-reality twist that could send Fringe fans into a frenzy.
72. BATMAN
“Better Luck Next Time” 3/17/1966Camp doesn’t get more purrfect than Julie Newmar in a catsuit. (Hey, we couldn’t resist.)
71. LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
“I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away” 3/6/1978There wasn’t a dry eye in any house, little or big, when Mary went blind.