Although the pilot episode of the series, the first episode, has lost its importance with the increase in platforms today, it was at a very valuable point in the traditional TV series market. Because the agreement between the producers of the series and the channels depended on the pilot episode. The executives gave the green light for the first season if they liked the pilot episode.
The producers of the series did their best to make the pilot episode engaging, exciting, and full. That’s why the pilot episodes of some series made a big splash and broke the rating record.
Series that follow once you watch:
- Lost (2004 – 2010)
- Breaking Bad (2008 – 2013)
- Chernobyl (2019)
- Mr. Robot (2015 – 2019)
- Game of Thrones (2011 – 2019)
- True Detective (2014 – 2019)
- Prison Break (2005 – 2017)
- The Walking Dead (2010 – 2022)
It’s not like that, it’s very spoiled: Lost (2004 – 2010)
Lost is one of the productions that is a turning point in the history of the series. It pioneered the series that came after it with its subject, editing and tone.
The 82-minute pilot episode of the series was split into two and aired one week apart as “Episode 1/2”. The series, which gathered 18.6 million viewers on the screen with its first episode, refused to give easy answers and strengthened its place from the first episode with its mysterious tone and narrative. Because a plane crashes on a desert island and there is a polar bear on the island. The new chapter is eagerly awaited even for these two issues alone. In addition, how can we forget that radio announcement at the end of the first episode?
One of the rare series with a good ending: Breaking Bad (2008 – 2013)
In the pilot episode of most series; first the characters are introduced, then those characters are involved in an event, and the plot of the series begins with the explosion of a big event. But the Breaking Bad series showed its difference by not using this method.
At the beginning of the series, the “medias res”, that is, “starting from the middle” technique in English literature was preferred. The series, which opened with a leather trousers gliding down from the sky, showed the characters Walter and Jesse fleeing in great turmoil. This sequence was actually the finale of the pilot episode, but with this choice, the series managed to attract the attention of the audience in the first seconds. Because why were these two characters running away in the middle of the desert?
You feel those horrors to your bones: Chernobyl (2019)
The Chernobyl mini-series, which is a more up-to-date series, marked 2019 from the moment it was broadcast. The production, which is at the top of the best TV series lists today, managed to attract attention thanks to its subject and ambiance.
The series is about the explosion that occurred as a result of negligence and wrong decisions at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which we are not strangers to as a country. Taking advantage of the absence of successful productions about the explosion, the series deserves to be included in the list of unforgettable pilot episodes with its quality workmanship.
It would not be wrong to say that Fight Club is more technological: Mr. Robot (2015 – 2019)
Crime, mystery and thriller Mr. Robot is a production that stands out directly in terms of its subject. Elliot, a cyber security engineer, hacks outside of work. But this act he did is not a malicious act in essence. That’s what caught people in the first episode of the series.
In the first episode of the series, Elliot was drawing a kind of heroic figure by revealing the big crimes and criminal organizations committed by institutions and position people. However, realizing that there were bigger events and that the problems of today’s world were being addressed, the audience inevitably found itself in the events.
If your final wasn’t like that, you’re a 10/10 series: Game of Thrones (2011 – 2019)
The Game of Thrones series is one of the most successful series of modern times, although the finale is not liked.
The pilot episode of the series, which met with the audience in 2011, was actually shot twice. Reportedly, the first version was a disaster. It’s not uncommon for the channels to give a second chance, but HBO gave the show another chance to remake the pilot episode and kick off one of the biggest adventures to date.
In ruthless, dangerous and fascinating Westeros; Which of us did not wait excitedly for the winter to come, accompanied by a lot of intrigue, love, revenge and war?
A dark and mysterious crime drama: True Detective (2014 – 2019)
The True Detective series, starring names such as Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, managed to attract attention with its cast.
In a dark and gloomy ambiance from the first episode; The story of two detectives trying to solve a mysterious, brutal and disturbing murder intrigues many. It was a very good choice to try to solve this puzzle with two different time periods.
A legendary production that has established a throne in the hearts: Prison Break (2005 – 2017)
Prison Break, which tells the story of Michael Scofield, who enters the prison to save his brother, whom he knows to be innocent, is probably among the unforgettable series for most of us.
It would not be wrong to say that behind the success of the pilot episode of Prison Break, which throws the audience into the middle of the events and does not extend the time with unnecessary explanations, comes the final scene.
You may remember that the first episode ended with Michael Scofield showing his tattoos to his brother. It is impossible not to wonder what a character who has tattooed the map of the prison and escape routes almost all over his body will do in the following episodes.
From the extended series like Kahramanmaraş ice cream: The Walking Dead (2010 – 2022)
The Walking Dead series, which met with the audience in 2010, showed up with a cinematic quality that was astonishing for that period.
Issues such as the apocalypse and epidemic always have the potential to do business. When you take this potential and blend it with a quality production, you come across a quality production like The Walking Dead.
The new world faced by our protagonist Rick Grimes, who woke up in the hospital in the first episode -as in 28 Days Later- was a slapstick effect on the audience.
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