Terminator: Pilot

This was a great pilot. It did exactly what it needed to do: set the tone, established the world and the basic characters, and told just enough of the story to leave the audience wanting more. It was intense and action packed, and even though it was chock full of bullets, broken walls, and explosions, it never seemed to lose sight of the emotional toll on the characters. The potential promise

Smallville: Pilot

Jonathan: "Kids don't just fall out of the sky, Martha."This pilot episode started at the beginning, with the kindly, childless Kents finding a small boy in a cornfield. The big difference from the traditional version of the Superman story was the deadly meteor shower, which killed Lana Lang's parents and left nine-year-old Lex Luthor bald. The mythical Smallville always seemed like such a