Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy New Year's Day (+ a Geeky Holiday List)

How is everyone's first day of the New Year?

So far, it's off to a good and relaxing start. I wanted to continue the New Year's celebration by ringing in 2023 with a Geeky New Year's Day Holiday List which features the first episode of several shows. You ever notice how sometimes a first episode or pilot can be so fun, interesting and good that you can't wait to see the next episode. While other times, the first episode could be bad or mediocre and you're just hoping that the show will only improve from there.

There are 25 shows on this list and since, I couldn't include all the shows in Labels, so please scroll through the list and see if it's something on here you might want to watch.




9-1-1


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.





9-1-1: Lone Star


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Firefighter Owen Strand leaves New York to move to Austin, Texas, with his son, T.K. to help rebuild 126 firehouse after a tragedy.





A Different World


Season 1 episode 1: Reconcilable Differences

Description:

Denise Huxtable begins her sophomore year at Hillman and requests a room change after meeting her new roommate Jaleesa Vinson. Unfortunately, the only room available is with Whitley Gilbert.





Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Season 1 episode 1: Welcome to the Hellmouth

Description:

When teen vampire slayer Buffy tries to start a new life at Sunnydale High, she discovers that the school sits atop a demonic dimensional portal.





Charmed


Season 1 episode 1: Something Wicca This Way Comes

Description:

Three sisters reunite after the death of their beloved grandmother, and learn they have inherited much more than the family manor.





Charmed


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

After the tragic death of their mother, Mel and Maggie learn of a secret sibling, Macy, and discover they exhibit new abilities.





Chicago Fire


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

A month after a devastating loss, firefighters of the Chicago firehouse 51 fight to work past it and continue to serve the city.





Elementary


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Sherlock Holmes, fresh out of rehab, is teamed with a sobriety partner, a former surgeon named Watson. They have to learn to work together even as they tackle their first case, the mysterious death of a doctor's wife.





Friends


Season 1 episode 1: The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

Description:

Monica and the gang introduce Rachel to the "real world" after she leaves her fiancé at the altar.





Gilmore Girls


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Rory is accepted into the elite Chilton prep school. Bad news for Lorelai: she must make amends with her parents to borrow the money for Rory's tuition. The money is available--with strings attached.





Gossip Girl


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

The privileged prep school teens learn that Serena van der Woodsen is back in town.




Kim's Convenience


Season 1 episode 1: Gay Discount

Description:

Appa's plan to offer customers a "gay discount" hits a few snags. Meanwhile, Umma pressures Janet to get a boyfriend.





Living Single


Season 1 episode 1: Judging by the Cover

Description:

Regine is dating a new catch while Sinclair has forgotten to secure the front cover celebrity for Flava magazine.





Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Clark Kent gets hired as a reporter at the Daily Planet and he joins Lois Lane in investigating a space shuttle which may have been sabotaged.





Sabrina: The Teenage Witch


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman finds out that she is a witch. However, instead of helping her, it actually makes life more difficult, especially after she gets on the wrong side of head cheerleader, Libby.





Scooby-Doo! Where Are You?


Season 1 episode 1: What a Night for a Knight

Description:

The kids search a museum investigating a legend that when the moon is full the "Black Knight"--an ancient suit of armor originally from England--comes alive.





Shadowhunters


Season 1 episode 1: The Mortal Cup

Description:

On her birthday, Clary Fray discovers she descends from a long line of Shadowhunters: human angel hybrids who hunt down demons.





Smallville


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

A teenage Clark Kent must learn how to harness his superhuman powers while growing up in Kansas. While also trying to avoid being the victim of the Smallville high school football team's hazing ritual.





Star Wars: The Clone Wars


Season 1 episode 1: Ambush

Description:

Yoda, along with three clone troopers, must face off against Asajj Ventress and her droid army while on a mission to a moon of Rugosa.





Stranger Things


Season 1 episode 1: The Vanishing of Will Byers

Description:

At the U.S. Dept. of Energy an unexplained event occurs. Then when a young Dungeons and Dragons playing boy named Will disappears after a night with his friends, his mother Joyce and the town of Hawkins are plunged into darkness.





Supernatural


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

When their father goes missing, Dean and Sam follow the clues from his phone message until they get to a small town where they encounter a violent spirit called the Woman in White.





Teen Wolf


Season 1 episode 1: Wolf Moon

Description:

Everything in Scott McCall's life is starting to fall into place. He gets a spot on the First Line of his Lacrosse team and a date with the woman of his dreams. But when he gets bitten by a wolf, the people around him could be in danger.





The Addams Family


Season 1 episode 1: The Addams Family Goes to School

Description:

The local truant officer forces Wednesday and Pugsley to attend public school to their parents' consternation.





The Mandalorian


Season 1 episode 1: The Mandalorian

Description:

A Mandalorian bounty hunter tracks a target for a well-paying, mysterious client.





The X-Files


Season 1 episode 1: Pilot

Description:

Agent Dana Scully is instructed to debunk an FBI project dubbed "The X-Files," paranormal cases that have been reopened by Agent Fox Mulder. Mulder and Scully's first case is to investigate the unsolved murders of several high-school classmates in the Pacific Northwest.

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