TMC
10-23-2022, 06:33 PM
These episodes took one look at the mold and busted straight on through it.
BY JACOB SIMMONS
OCTOBER 23RD, 2022
Television is and always has been about rules.
There are certain words you can't say, things you can't show, people you can't talk about, places you can't go, music you can't use. It's a real pain when you think about it.
But what's that old expression? Rules are made to be broken.
Nothing can grow and evolve if it sticks to what came before it and TV is no exception. Without writers and producers taking risks, we'd all still be watching boring adaptations of Shakespeare in black and white. And nobody wants that.
The following ten TV shows all changed up the formula and, for the most part, that was a good thing. In some cases, the innovations that these episodes started have now themselves become rules and conventions! Funny how it goes like that sometimes.
Whether it was depicting things that had previously been unseen, messing around with establishes formats, or just throwing a whole heap of stuff at the wall and seeing what stuck, these ten episodes are all ground-breaking in their own way and are still as exciting and memorable now as when they first aired.
10. The Tenth Planet: Episode 4 - Doctor Who (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?rf=homepage)
9. Once More, With Feeling - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=2)
8. Mistaken Identity - The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=3)
7. Between A Rock And A Bra Place - Lizzie McGuire (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=4)
6. The Chinese Restaurant - Seinfeld (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=5)
5. Dr. Carter, I Presume? - ER (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=6)
4. The Last Night Of A Jockey - The Twilight Zone (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=7)
3. He’s A Crowd - L.A. Law/True Love - Dawson’s Creek (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=8)
2. Plato’s Stepchildren - Star Trek (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=9)
1. Episode 2 - Twin Peaks (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=10)
BY JACOB SIMMONS
OCTOBER 23RD, 2022
Television is and always has been about rules.
There are certain words you can't say, things you can't show, people you can't talk about, places you can't go, music you can't use. It's a real pain when you think about it.
But what's that old expression? Rules are made to be broken.
Nothing can grow and evolve if it sticks to what came before it and TV is no exception. Without writers and producers taking risks, we'd all still be watching boring adaptations of Shakespeare in black and white. And nobody wants that.
The following ten TV shows all changed up the formula and, for the most part, that was a good thing. In some cases, the innovations that these episodes started have now themselves become rules and conventions! Funny how it goes like that sometimes.
Whether it was depicting things that had previously been unseen, messing around with establishes formats, or just throwing a whole heap of stuff at the wall and seeing what stuck, these ten episodes are all ground-breaking in their own way and are still as exciting and memorable now as when they first aired.
10. The Tenth Planet: Episode 4 - Doctor Who (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?rf=homepage)
9. Once More, With Feeling - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=2)
8. Mistaken Identity - The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=3)
7. Between A Rock And A Bra Place - Lizzie McGuire (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=4)
6. The Chinese Restaurant - Seinfeld (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=5)
5. Dr. Carter, I Presume? - ER (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=6)
4. The Last Night Of A Jockey - The Twilight Zone (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=7)
3. He’s A Crowd - L.A. Law/True Love - Dawson’s Creek (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=8)
2. Plato’s Stepchildren - Star Trek (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=9)
1. Episode 2 - Twin Peaks (https://whatculture.com/tv/10-tv-episodes-that-broke-all-the-rules?page=10)