"Day 27"

Best pilot episode

Oh, boy is this one ever Profit.  If you ask me what my favorite episode of Profit is, I'll probably tell you it's "Chinese Box", because it's such a fascinating Gail-centric episode, and even the title is a hilarious joke if you're paying attention, and it's generally fabulous.  That said, the Profit pilot is, in my view, the perfect pilot.  A lot of the time shows will need the pilot- sometimes even several episodes- to find their footing, and so sometimes the pilot seems to be a slightly different show than the one you end up watching.  Watching the Profit pilot- watching, really, the first ten to fifteen minutes of the Profit pilot- will tell you if this is a) the best damn show you ever saw in your life or b) the spawn of Satan.  That's why this is known in certain circles as the show the entire Bible Belt turned off before the first commercial break.

It's an hour and a half of sheer nail-biting awesome, and if the last few moments of it will hit you like a punch in the gut.  I love it so much.

( The rest of the meme )