Great cold opens

[Scout]

Is there anything better than a great cold open?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Cheers has a whole bunch of them. Here’s a few:

 

[Songbird]

The first 9 and a half minutes of episode 3, Laurie Metcalf's monologue, is as good as any opening of any show ever.

 

[Batman]

The first of many from a show that made them an art form:

 

[Wenders]

Brooklyn 99 has some great cold opens.

 

[Spartan Squad]

With respect to Kevin's chili, this blows it out of the water. Save Bandit!

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Conan’s TBS debut. With bonus Larry King angel.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

The first of many from a show that made them an art form:

And Better Call Saul continued the tradition with the B&W Omaha flash-forwards as well as this marvel in one take.

ADD: Here is the one-take scene:

How Better Call Saul Created That Border Crossing in a Single Shot | AMC Talk | AMC

 

[lakefront]

Heard on a Cheers podcast that they actually filmed this twice and used it twice, dont know why.