Ten best X-mas episodes of the decade
CHALLENGE 14 END OF THE DECADE
Ten best Christmas episodes of TV shows that I watch/have watched in the past
(vague spoilers for already-aired episodes [recent eps of Grey's and Community included]; implied violence)
'Tis the season and all! In chronological order:
Friends: The One With the Holiday Armadillo
14 December 2000 (Season 7, Episode 10)
Monica: [re: his Santa outfit] Hey, you think, you can keep it another night?
Chandler: Santa? Really?
Monica: Yes, is that okay?
Chandler: Did your Dad ever dress up like Santa?
Monica: No.
Chandler: Then it’s okay! [they kiss]
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Chandler: My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of Egypt.
Ross: The Armadillo was actually not so thrilled about that part!
Gilmore Girls: Forgiveness and Stuff
21 December 2000 (Season 1, Episode 10)
Rory: Well, what about the apple tarts? You wait all year for those apple tarts.
Lorelai: I can live without the apple tarts.
Rory: You’ve made up songs after eating five of them with lyrics that contradict that last statement.
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[Luke puts a plate in front of Lorelai]
Lorelai: What did you do?
Luke: You wanted something festive.
Lorelai: You made me a Santa burger.
Luke: It’s not big deal.
Lorelai: He has a hat and everything.
Luke: Yeah, I just cut a piece of wonder bread, you know, poured a little ketchup, piped on a little cream cheese.
Lorelai: No one has ever made me something quite this disgusting before. I thank you.
Will & Grace: A Little Christmas Queer
8 December 2005 (Season 8, Episode 9)
Jack: Oh, I can't wait to meet your gay nephew.
Grace: You always think everyone is gay. Jordie's only nine. It's no big deal that he went as Wonder Woman on Halloween.
Will: He didn't go as Wonder Woman, Grace. He went as Lynda Carter.
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Will: Merry Christmas! [hugs his mother]
Marilyn: [pityingly] And Hanukkah. Oh. Now, Grace. Don't feel awkward. You're always welcome here, even at Christmas.
Grace: Marilyn, I don't feel awkward. Just like I'd hope you wouldn't if you came to my home on Hanukkah.
Marilyn: Thank you, dear. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
The Office: A Benihana Christmas
14 December 2006 (Season 3, Episode 10)
Michael: I'd like everybody's attention. Christmas is cancelled.
Stanley: You can't cancel a holiday.
Michael: Keep it up, Stanley, and you'll lose New Year's.
Stanley: What does that mean?
Michael: Jim, take New Year's away from Stanley.
Pam: Michael, what's going on?
Michael: [tearfully] Carol...and I...split up. Amicably. And I just don't think it would be appropriate to celebrate under the circumstances.
Jim: Will they still air Rudolph?
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Karen: Are we taking this too far? You know what, I don't think we're taking this far enough. [Pam looks at her] What?
Pam: I got goosebumps.
Supernatural: A Very Supernatural Christmas
13 December 2007 (Season 3, Episode 8)
[Mrs. Carrigan, a Pagan god, cuts Dean deeply on the arm for a ritual sacrifice]
Dean: [yells in pain] You bitch!
Mrs. Carrigan: [shocked] Oh, my goodness, me. Somebody owes a nickel to the swear jar. Oh, you know what I say when I feel like swearing? "Fudge."
Dean: [in disbelief] I'll try and remember that.
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Young Sam: Here. Take this. [hands Dean a present]
Young Dean: No. No, that's for Dad.
Young Sam: Dad lied to me. I want you to have it.
Young Dean: Are you sure?
Young Sam: I'm sure.
[he unwraps it; it's the amulet he always wears in adulthood]
Young Dean: Thank you, Sam. I...I love it.
Lost: The Constant*
28 February 2008 (Season 4, Episode 5)
Desmond: I won't call...for eight years. December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. I promise. Please, Pen.
Penny: If I give you the number, will you leave?
Desmond: Aye.
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[Desmond is calling from the freighter, precisely when he said he would]
Penny: Yeah! Yes, it's me!
Desmond: You believe me? You still care about me?
Penny: Des, I've been looking for you for the past three years. I know about the island. I've been researching and then when
I spoke to your friend Charlie, that's when I knew you were still alive. That's when I knew I wasn't crazy. Des, are you still there?
Desmond: Yes, yes, I'm here! I'm still here, can you hear me?
Penny: Yeah, yeah, that's better.
Desmond: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
Penny: I love you too.
Desmond: I don't know where I am, but...
Penny: I'll find you, Des.
Desmond: I promise
Penny: --no matter what...
Desmond: I'll come back to you.
Penny: I won't give up.
Desmond: I promise. I love you.
House: Joy to the World
9 December 2008 (Season 5, Episode 11)
[House was 'nice' to a patient and received a Christmas present]
Cuddy: You faked a scientific miracle just to win a bet with Wilson?
House: Mmm, more an argument. I realize it would have been simpler to just fake the paternity test, but hey - Christmas spirit and all that.
Cuddy: I think you're confusing nice and evil again.
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[looking down at baby Rachel]
House: What are you gonna do?
Cuddy: I already spoke to a lawyer. I become a foster parent and then I adopt. [she smiles]
House: [after a pause; quietly] Merry Christmas, Cuddy.
The Big Bang Theory: The Bath Gift Item Hypothesis
15 December 2008 (Season 2, Episode 11)
Penny: Hey Sheldon, are you and Leonard putting up a Christmas tree?
Sheldon: No, because we don't celebrate the ancient pagan festival of Saturnalia.
Penny: Saturnalia?
Howard: Gather round, kids, it's time for Sheldon's beloved Christmas special.
Sheldon: In the pre-Christian era, as the winter solstice approached and the plants died, pagans brought evergreen boughs
into their homes as an act of sympathetic magic, intended to guard the life essences of the plants until spring. This custom was later appropriated
by Northern Europeans and eventually it becomes the so-called Christmas tree.
Howard: And that, Charlie Brown, is what boredom is all about.
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[giving Sheldon his Christmas present]
Penny: Sorry the napkin's dirty, he wiped his mouth with it.
Sheldon: [spazzing with excitement] I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy?!
Penny: Well...yeah, I guess. But look, he signed it!
Sheldon: Do you realize what this means?! All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nimoy!
Grey's Anatomy: Holidaze
19 November 2009 (Season 6, Episode 10)
[after her father scolds her at the dinner table for her lifestyle]
Miranda: And staying in an unhappy marriage...
William: Now is not the time or the place--
Miranda: And staying in an unhappy marriage, a marriage that I've outgrown, a marriage full of ultimatums, and numbness and resentment...
William: Miranda--
Miranda: That is not the kind of life I want to model for my child. That is not what I want him to believe married love is. And I know what's possible, I know what's out there for me because you taught me well. You and mom showed me what true love looks like, so I chose not to settle, and I'm happier for it. Even if I'm alone at Christmas. My child is healthy, and I'm happy. You know, part of my happiness is the fact that I got to repair a woman's bowel and save her life today. And that's God's work, which makes this an appropriate Christmas dinner conversation--I'm happy, and my child is healthy, and that's enough for me today, Dad. That's enough.
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[after seeing Owen and Teddy sharing a moment]
Cristina: I'm insensitive sometimes...um, but I'm not oblivious. And I don't want you to be with me because you feel like you owe me something. Because you two went through war--
[Owen kisses her passionately]
Owen: I'm with you. I'm with you because I want to be--I'm with you because I love you.
Cristina: Are you sure? [they kiss again]
Community: Comparative Religion
10 December 2009 (Season 1, Episode 12)
[trying to teach Jeff how to fight]
Troy: 'Sup?! 'Sup?!
Jeff: [high-pitched] 'Sup!
Troy: No, it's a question. 'Sup?!
Jeff: 'Sup?
Troy: Not a real question, a rhetorical one. You have the answer. He does not. OK, then you give him the Forest Whitaker Eye. [does so]
Jeff: [impressed] Oh, that's pretty good. [tries it]
Troy: OK, hold that stare...there you go. Hold it. Then...you look straight through his eyes and deep into his soul--
Britta: And then you move to Vermont!
Troy: I am sick and tired of you saying that fighting is gay!
Abed: She's got a point. You know, in boxing, you fight for the purse and a belt.
Britta: I've gotta write a paper about that!
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[at her party; Abed enters with a dish]
Shirley: Oh, what is that interesting smell?
Abed: It's a traditional Muslim dish.
Shirley: Looks delicious. I'm guessing as a woman I won't be allowed to eat that. That's too bad. [Abed looks confused. Britta enters] Oh, look, Britta brought what she believes in. Nothing.
Pierce: Where should I put my Buddha incense holder?
Britta: I'm pretty sure that's a bong.
*OK, I know that one is pushing it, but I couldn't leave Lost off the list. ♥ This took forever (and quite a lot of time out of finals-studying-time...whoops), so please don't steal! Enjoy. :)
Caps: Friends, Gilmore Girls, The Office, Supernatural, Lost, House, The Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy, Community. (W&G caps taken by me.)
Ten best Christmas episodes of TV shows that I watch/have watched in the past
(vague spoilers for already-aired episodes [recent eps of Grey's and Community included]; implied violence)
'Tis the season and all! In chronological order:
Friends: The One With the Holiday Armadillo
14 December 2000 (Season 7, Episode 10)
Monica: [re: his Santa outfit] Hey, you think, you can keep it another night?
Chandler: Santa? Really?
Monica: Yes, is that okay?
Chandler: Did your Dad ever dress up like Santa?
Monica: No.
Chandler: Then it’s okay! [they kiss]
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Chandler: My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of Egypt.
Ross: The Armadillo was actually not so thrilled about that part!
Gilmore Girls: Forgiveness and Stuff
21 December 2000 (Season 1, Episode 10)
Rory: Well, what about the apple tarts? You wait all year for those apple tarts.
Lorelai: I can live without the apple tarts.
Rory: You’ve made up songs after eating five of them with lyrics that contradict that last statement.
+++
[Luke puts a plate in front of Lorelai]
Lorelai: What did you do?
Luke: You wanted something festive.
Lorelai: You made me a Santa burger.
Luke: It’s not big deal.
Lorelai: He has a hat and everything.
Luke: Yeah, I just cut a piece of wonder bread, you know, poured a little ketchup, piped on a little cream cheese.
Lorelai: No one has ever made me something quite this disgusting before. I thank you.
Will & Grace: A Little Christmas Queer
8 December 2005 (Season 8, Episode 9)
Jack: Oh, I can't wait to meet your gay nephew.
Grace: You always think everyone is gay. Jordie's only nine. It's no big deal that he went as Wonder Woman on Halloween.
Will: He didn't go as Wonder Woman, Grace. He went as Lynda Carter.
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Will: Merry Christmas! [hugs his mother]
Marilyn: [pityingly] And Hanukkah. Oh. Now, Grace. Don't feel awkward. You're always welcome here, even at Christmas.
Grace: Marilyn, I don't feel awkward. Just like I'd hope you wouldn't if you came to my home on Hanukkah.
Marilyn: Thank you, dear. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
The Office: A Benihana Christmas
14 December 2006 (Season 3, Episode 10)
Michael: I'd like everybody's attention. Christmas is cancelled.
Stanley: You can't cancel a holiday.
Michael: Keep it up, Stanley, and you'll lose New Year's.
Stanley: What does that mean?
Michael: Jim, take New Year's away from Stanley.
Pam: Michael, what's going on?
Michael: [tearfully] Carol...and I...split up. Amicably. And I just don't think it would be appropriate to celebrate under the circumstances.
Jim: Will they still air Rudolph?
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Karen: Are we taking this too far? You know what, I don't think we're taking this far enough. [Pam looks at her] What?
Pam: I got goosebumps.
Supernatural: A Very Supernatural Christmas
13 December 2007 (Season 3, Episode 8)
[Mrs. Carrigan, a Pagan god, cuts Dean deeply on the arm for a ritual sacrifice]
Dean: [yells in pain] You bitch!
Mrs. Carrigan: [shocked] Oh, my goodness, me. Somebody owes a nickel to the swear jar. Oh, you know what I say when I feel like swearing? "Fudge."
Dean: [in disbelief] I'll try and remember that.
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Young Sam: Here. Take this. [hands Dean a present]
Young Dean: No. No, that's for Dad.
Young Sam: Dad lied to me. I want you to have it.
Young Dean: Are you sure?
Young Sam: I'm sure.
[he unwraps it; it's the amulet he always wears in adulthood]
Young Dean: Thank you, Sam. I...I love it.
Lost: The Constant*
28 February 2008 (Season 4, Episode 5)
Desmond: I won't call...for eight years. December 24, 2004. Christmas Eve. I promise. Please, Pen.
Penny: If I give you the number, will you leave?
Desmond: Aye.
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[Desmond is calling from the freighter, precisely when he said he would]
Penny: Yeah! Yes, it's me!
Desmond: You believe me? You still care about me?
Penny: Des, I've been looking for you for the past three years. I know about the island. I've been researching and then when
I spoke to your friend Charlie, that's when I knew you were still alive. That's when I knew I wasn't crazy. Des, are you still there?
Desmond: Yes, yes, I'm here! I'm still here, can you hear me?
Penny: Yeah, yeah, that's better.
Desmond: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
Penny: I love you too.
Desmond: I don't know where I am, but...
Penny: I'll find you, Des.
Desmond: I promise
Penny: --no matter what...
Desmond: I'll come back to you.
Penny: I won't give up.
Desmond: I promise. I love you.
House: Joy to the World
9 December 2008 (Season 5, Episode 11)
[House was 'nice' to a patient and received a Christmas present]
Cuddy: You faked a scientific miracle just to win a bet with Wilson?
House: Mmm, more an argument. I realize it would have been simpler to just fake the paternity test, but hey - Christmas spirit and all that.
Cuddy: I think you're confusing nice and evil again.
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[looking down at baby Rachel]
House: What are you gonna do?
Cuddy: I already spoke to a lawyer. I become a foster parent and then I adopt. [she smiles]
House: [after a pause; quietly] Merry Christmas, Cuddy.
The Big Bang Theory: The Bath Gift Item Hypothesis
15 December 2008 (Season 2, Episode 11)
Penny: Hey Sheldon, are you and Leonard putting up a Christmas tree?
Sheldon: No, because we don't celebrate the ancient pagan festival of Saturnalia.
Penny: Saturnalia?
Howard: Gather round, kids, it's time for Sheldon's beloved Christmas special.
Sheldon: In the pre-Christian era, as the winter solstice approached and the plants died, pagans brought evergreen boughs
into their homes as an act of sympathetic magic, intended to guard the life essences of the plants until spring. This custom was later appropriated
by Northern Europeans and eventually it becomes the so-called Christmas tree.
Howard: And that, Charlie Brown, is what boredom is all about.
+++
[giving Sheldon his Christmas present]
Penny: Sorry the napkin's dirty, he wiped his mouth with it.
Sheldon: [spazzing with excitement] I possess the DNA of Leonard Nimoy?!
Penny: Well...yeah, I guess. But look, he signed it!
Sheldon: Do you realize what this means?! All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nimoy!
Grey's Anatomy: Holidaze
19 November 2009 (Season 6, Episode 10)
[after her father scolds her at the dinner table for her lifestyle]
Miranda: And staying in an unhappy marriage...
William: Now is not the time or the place--
Miranda: And staying in an unhappy marriage, a marriage that I've outgrown, a marriage full of ultimatums, and numbness and resentment...
William: Miranda--
Miranda: That is not the kind of life I want to model for my child. That is not what I want him to believe married love is. And I know what's possible, I know what's out there for me because you taught me well. You and mom showed me what true love looks like, so I chose not to settle, and I'm happier for it. Even if I'm alone at Christmas. My child is healthy, and I'm happy. You know, part of my happiness is the fact that I got to repair a woman's bowel and save her life today. And that's God's work, which makes this an appropriate Christmas dinner conversation--I'm happy, and my child is healthy, and that's enough for me today, Dad. That's enough.
+++
[after seeing Owen and Teddy sharing a moment]
Cristina: I'm insensitive sometimes...um, but I'm not oblivious. And I don't want you to be with me because you feel like you owe me something. Because you two went through war--
[Owen kisses her passionately]
Owen: I'm with you. I'm with you because I want to be--I'm with you because I love you.
Cristina: Are you sure? [they kiss again]
Community: Comparative Religion
10 December 2009 (Season 1, Episode 12)
[trying to teach Jeff how to fight]
Troy: 'Sup?! 'Sup?!
Jeff: [high-pitched] 'Sup!
Troy: No, it's a question. 'Sup?!
Jeff: 'Sup?
Troy: Not a real question, a rhetorical one. You have the answer. He does not. OK, then you give him the Forest Whitaker Eye. [does so]
Jeff: [impressed] Oh, that's pretty good. [tries it]
Troy: OK, hold that stare...there you go. Hold it. Then...you look straight through his eyes and deep into his soul--
Britta: And then you move to Vermont!
Troy: I am sick and tired of you saying that fighting is gay!
Abed: She's got a point. You know, in boxing, you fight for the purse and a belt.
Britta: I've gotta write a paper about that!
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[at her party; Abed enters with a dish]
Shirley: Oh, what is that interesting smell?
Abed: It's a traditional Muslim dish.
Shirley: Looks delicious. I'm guessing as a woman I won't be allowed to eat that. That's too bad. [Abed looks confused. Britta enters] Oh, look, Britta brought what she believes in. Nothing.
Pierce: Where should I put my Buddha incense holder?
Britta: I'm pretty sure that's a bong.
*OK, I know that one is pushing it, but I couldn't leave Lost off the list. ♥ This took forever (and quite a lot of time out of finals-studying-time...whoops), so please don't steal! Enjoy. :)
Caps: Friends, Gilmore Girls, The Office, Supernatural, Lost, House, The Big Bang Theory, Grey's Anatomy, Community. (W&G caps taken by me.)