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Higgiebaby · #1 Post by **Higgiebaby** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:58 pm

#1 All for one {Lots of action is my type of episode}

#2 Death and taxes

#3 Did you see the sunrise {Great story excellent episode,plus the memorable scene at the end}

#4 Memories are forever

#5 Way of the stalking horse

#6 Echoes of the mind

#7 Legend of the lost art

#8 Letter to a duchess

#9 Don't eat the snow in hawaii

#10 Paper war

IslandHopper · #2 Post by **IslandHopper** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:00 am

This is a tough category, much more difficult than creating a bottom 10 list, because there many more great episodes than bad ones. I feel bad for even trying to compile a top 10 list because there are so many episodes I consider my favorites, I feel bad for leaving any out, but that is the category as defined by Higgiebaby. With the exception of "Unfinished Business" and "Paper War," I had to narrow down my top 10 based on the number of times I watched each episode, so here goes in chronological order.

1. No Need To Know
2. Lest We Forget
3. Beauty Knows No Pain
4. Mr. White Death
5. Faith and Begorrah
6. Jororo Farewell
7. Squeeze Play
8. Fragments
9. Paper War
10. Unfinished Business

I would feel better if it were a top 40 list.

maggiepoole · #3 Post by **maggiepoole** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:15 am

Ahh, so hard:

Memories are Forever
The Little Girl Who
Did You See the Sunrise
Way of the Stalking Horse
On Face Value
Paper War
Tropical Madness
Operation Silent Night
Home from the Sea
Innocence...A Broad

Unfinished Business is incredible, but it is such an intense episode. I don't tend to watch it as often as the others.

Seem to love the episodes where Thomas cries. Nobody does it better.

layne · #4 Post by **layne** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:50 am

maggiepoole wrote: Seem to love the episodes where Thomas cries. Nobody does it better.

Good choices. I tend to like the emotional ones also. Just got through watching Distant Relative where Rick's sister dies. I was surprised on the DVD version to see the part where TM is telling Higgins about her death. What an emotional scene it was. Wow. I think they may have cut some of that out on the TV version. I also loved seeing Higgins softer side with TM is that scene.

Lt Tanaka · #5 Post by **Lt Tanaka** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:59 am

IslandHopper wrote: 5. Faith and Begorrah

This was just awful. The most stereotyped cliched and plain wrong description of Ireland and Irish people imaginable. The only thing that topped it in terms of cringeworthiness was the downright rascist portrayal of the Japanese girls that "Mac" bought.

#6 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:43 pm

Lt Tanaka wrote:
IslandHopper wrote: 5. Faith and Begorrah
This was just awful. The most stereotyped cliched and plain wrong description of Ireland and Irish people imaginable. The only thing that topped it in terms of cringeworthiness was the downright rascist portrayal of the Japanese girls that "Mac" bought.

Lt. Tanaka, while I agree with you that it was pretty stereotypical portrayals, I think it was the intention to have them be as over the top as possible. Elmo was about as stereotypical of a Texan as you can get, as was Don Luis as a Latino.

Come to think of it, Higgins was a little overly "British" as well.

Steve · #7 Post by **Steve** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:26 pm

This is tough! So tough I have to add three honorable mentions to my list. These are not in any order because that would take me another hour to figure out......

Luther Gillis File #521
Laura
Home From The Sea
Little Girl Who
Kona Winds
Infinity and Jelly Donuts
Death & Taxes
Home From The Sea
Paper War
Limbo

Honorable mention:
Black on White
Did You See The Sunrise
Memories Are Forever

Steve
Chicago

IslandHopper · #8 Post by **IslandHopper** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:41 pm

Doc Ibold wrote:
Lt Tanaka wrote:
IslandHopper wrote: 5. Faith and Begorrah
This was just awful. The most stereotyped cliched and plain wrong description of Ireland and Irish people imaginable. The only thing that topped it in terms of cringeworthiness was the downright rascist portrayal of the Japanese girls that "Mac" bought.
Lt. Tanaka, while I agree with you that it was pretty stereotypical portrayals, I think it was the intention to have them be as over the top as possible. Elmo was about as stereotypical of a Texan as you can get, as was Don Luis as a Latino.

Come to think of it, Higgins was a little overly "British" as well.

Lets not forget TC's portrayal as the "personal representative of the Sheik of Yahoo" and Rick as the Sheik's son in "I Do." Now that was bad.

Loach · #9 Post by **Loach** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:54 pm

OK, my top 10 in no particular order:

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Don't Say Goodbye
Memories are Forever
Ki'i's Don't Lie
Did You See the Sunrise
Home From the Sea
Squeeze Play
Paper War
Death & Taxes
Little Girl Who

A couple of honorable mentions:

Woman on the Beach
Wave Goodbye

This is very hard to choose, but I love the thread!!!

VM02 · #10 Post by **VM02** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:32 pm

Top 10 (no order)

Legend of the Lost Art
Paper War
Death and Taxes
Did You See the Sunrise
Home from the Sea
Unfinished Business
Laura
I Witness
Memories are Forever
Limbo

#11 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:46 pm

This is tough. There are so many good ones.

(In no particular order, subject to change.)

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Tropical Madness
Did You See the Sunrise?
Black on White
Home From the Sea
Echoes of the Mind
The Kona Winds
Way of the Stalking Horse
Paper War
Laura
Unfinished Business
Legend of the Lost Art

Ok, so it's 12.

maggiepoole · #12 Post by **maggiepoole** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:21 am

layne wrote:
maggiepoole wrote: Seem to love the episodes where Thomas cries. Nobody does it better.
Good choices. I tend to like the emotional ones also. Just got through watching Distant Relative where Rick's sister dies. I was surprised on the DVD version to see the part where TM is telling Higgins about her death. What an emotional scene it was. Wow. I think they may have cut some of that out on the TV version. I also loved seeing Higgins softer side with TM is that scene.

I just noticed recently, in Memories Are Forever the tear coming down his face in the darkroom when Higgins is developing the pictures of Michelle with the french croix blow up.

Ever notice the thing too with him touching hair when he is comforting someone? He even did it to little Nancy Perkins In Luther Gillis File #521. Awwww, he knows how to comfort the ladies! Very heart warming.

maggiepoole · #13 Post by **maggiepoole** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:22 am

James J. Walters wrote:
Ok, so it's 12.

You can bend the rules.

Frodoleader · #14 Post by **Frodoleader** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:49 pm

Hope I can recall the episode titles...

Kapu
Paradise Blues
The Look
Did you see the sunrise...
Solo Flight
Home from the Sea
LA (became a Dana Delany fan from this point on...)
Little Girl Who
Operation Silent Night
Paper War

I know some may be on others "worst" list, but I like them.

IKnowWhatYoureThinking · Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:01 pm

This is VERY difficult. I will say the Home From The Sea is my favorite. Here are ten I can think of, but I could easily put ten more here:

Home from the Sea
Ki'i's Don't Lie
Lest We Forget
Squeeze Play
Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Did You See the Sunrise
One More Summer
Operation: Silent Night
Don’t Say Goodbye
J “Digger”Doyle