Recruiting by showing episodes

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

This is an interesting discussion which I can not remember seeing in this fandom before:
If you had to select just one episode to show to someone that would
a) convince them that this is a really good show, and
b) show them the Rimmer/Lister thingie (remembering they have not seen anything else),
Which would you pick?

Comments

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

I actually had that dilemma - my dad is not a sci-fi person and does not do the slashy thing. I showed him Tikka, as an ep with some clever writing, a link to something every American can relate to, good effects, and very little knowledge of the series required to enjoy it. He enjoyed it.

But the other one that fulfils all of the above, and has the slash pretty close to the surface, IMO, is Thanks For The Memory. It's one of the top eps overall, for me.

[laurenthemself]

I agree with Thanks for the Memory. After all, it was my first episode, and I think it's one that really shows the character interactions well, as well as having slashy tones to it that the slashy watchers can pick up on.