S01E16 - Season 1 Superlatives

It’s a season in review — this is our Show Off S1 Season Superlatives where we give you our faves of the season, what we liked and didn’t, and we maybe get a little unhinged with some of our picks. You just have to be there for this one, trust us.    But in all seriousness, thank you so much for listening to The Show Off pod this season! You guys are awesome. We’ll be back near the end of the year/early 2025 with our faves of 2024 episode, and then we’ll be taking a bit of a break before we start recording season TWO!    Let us know your best show and best episode of the season in the comments below!   Here’s our full list of superlatives and our answers below in case you want to share your own with us — SPOILERS AHEAD!   –   –   –   –   –   –   Superlatives:    Show List:  Once Upon a Time – 1x01 Pilot – 1x22  Once Upon a Time (S1 finale) A land without magic Barry – Pilot  Barry – Show finale “wow”  Leverage 1x05 “The Bank Shot Job” Bob’s Burgers – 10x20 “Poops I didn’t do it again”  Doctor Who – 8x4 “Listen” Doctor Who – 2x4 “The Girl in the Fireplace” Lie to Me – 2x4 “Honey” Imposters – 1x2 “My Balls Dickhead” Twisters Oceans 8   Rules: We each get one veto. You can’t pick a show more than twice.  All shows are back in for the unhinged ones.   Best exposition/World Building moment Kampy: Leverage Amanda: Ouat pilot  Best cinematography/lighting Kampy: Doctor Who 8x4 Amanda: Barry pilot  Best set Amanda: Lie to me Kampy: Barry finale Best score/soundtrack/theme Amanda: Oceans 8 Kampy: Imposters  Best casted/worst casted Amanda: Lana Parilla – OUAT / Josh Dallas – Prince charming  Kampy: John Roberts – bob’s burgers / aquarium lady  Best character (in the sense of being a capital C Character) Kampy: David Tennant – Ten – Doctor Who VETOED Sally – Barry  Amanda: Parker – Leverage  Best costume Amanda: Cate Blanchett’s sparkly green jumpsuit VETOED Backup: Debbie’s met gala dress Kampy: Regina’s evil queen outfit  Worst costume Kampy: Lie to Me – orange tie  Amanda: Barry’s ak’s that won’t fit in the car  Best one-liner Amanda: Leverage – sometimes bad guys are the only good guys you get  Kampy: Ouat finale – it’s storming like a bitch Biggest laugh– comedy moments from the episodes Amanda: Bob’s burgers – we respect your birth plan  Kampy: Ocean’s 8 – bubble gun scene Pick one crew to join Kampy: Tyler Owen’s stormchasing crew Amanda: Lightman group – lie to me  (Good) Character fmk Kampy: Ten, Wonder boy 1 – Ezra, Lou Amanda: Mickey, Eliot, Gillian  Hottest hottie of the season – second hottest hottie? Amanda: #1 Regina Mills  #2 Lou Miller Kampy: #1 Maddie, #2 NoHo Hank Strangest ship cross shows (that you can still defend) Amanda: Eliot Spencer x Clara Oswald  Kampy: Bob x Richard Hyper specific superlative to highlight one thing in one show Kampy: best use of a piece of fruit  Kamps: pickles from bob’s burgers bc cucumbers are a fruit  Amanda: one bowl of apples in Regina Mills’ study Amanda: Best con Kamps: Henry conning Emma to go to Storybrooke Amanda: Hardison distracting the cops with ransom demands   *Best show of season – audience vote* *Best episode of the season – audience vote*   –    We hope you enjoy and leave us your take in the comments!    Leave us a comment/review, and make sure to subscribe for many more Show Offs to come. :)   You can also follow us on Tumblr (yes, really, we needed somewhere to post gifs, cmon): @theshowoffpod   And finally, join the conversation and email us at [email protected]. With your permission, we just might read your email on a future episode of the pod!