You Had Me At Hello

Okay, so 25 minutes into the second episode and Torchwood has me with this line: "Period military is not the dress code of a straight man."

Realizing this made me stop to recall the other series that hooked me with a good line early on.

Firefly: "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal." (Obviously.)

Buffy, 4th episode: "Your hands are so...serrated."

Veronica Mars, 2nd episode exchange: "Flat?" "Just as god made me."

Angel, season 3, 13th episode (first one I ever saw): "I think I'll just have to go with my patented sudden burst of violence." (Really that whole scene, though.)

I'm not sure if Battlestar or Heroes hooked me with any particular lines. I'll have to rewatch the first episodes at some point and think about it. It's different when the show isn't really meant to be funny. I'm sure there were hook lines for other things too, like the O.C., Arrested Development, Bones, pretty much anything I've ever watched. They don't come to mind quickly like the ones I just listed though.

Okay, back to watching the show.