Some recent ones:
- Luthen in Andor.
- Tywin while slaughtering a deer in Game of Thrones.
- Multiple monologues by Rust in True Detective while Marty does his annoyed face.
- Legazov’s closing testimony in Chernobyl.
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The opening scene from the Newsroom about why America is not the greatest country in the world. It's such a good self evaluation and gives hope for the future
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Jon Stewart after 9/11 and later Stephen Colbert after J6. Those men really love their country and fellow humans.
Free Churro (Bojack Horseman S05E06) is essentially a 20 minute monologue/eulogy from bojack as he struggles to come to terms with his mother’s death
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Ned Beatty explains capitalism in "Network."
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What is it about society that disappoints you so much?
Oh I don't know, is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children?
Or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit; the world itself's just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our burning commentary of bullshit masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy.
Or is it that we voted for this? Not with our rigged elections, but with our things, our property, our money. I'm not saying anything new. We all know why we do this, not because Hunger Games books makes us happy but because we wanna be sedated. Because it's painful not to pretend, because we're cowards.
Fuck Society.
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Captain James Flint speech in the Black Sails series finale. Bo's speech at the final fight in the Lost Girl series finale.
Very high on my list is the anti-religion rant in Mr Robot, spoken by the protagonist Elliot.
"[...] All religions are just metastasizing mind worms [...] If I don't listen to my imaginary friend, why should I listen to yours? [...]"
Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood
Craig Ferguson's Opening monologue on Britney Spears alcohol fueled bender when she shaved get head, 2007
Star Trek: The Next Generation, S02e09 "Measure of a Man" A classic Star Trek courtroom scene, in which Picard argues to defend the rights of the android Data. (4:30 long clip which includes a bit of questioning before the main monologue. Useful for context) https://youtu.be/ol2WP0hc0NY
A very different kind of Star Trek monologue, from Deep Space 9's "In the Pale Moonlight". Captain Sisko does war crimes, and then wrestles with his morality in his personal log. He concludes that he "can live with it". https://youtu.be/K-YyL7X4CWw (2 minute long clip)
In my view, these episodes are some of the best that Star Trek has to offer, but in very different ways. Deep Space 9 has a much darker tone as a series overall than The Next Generation, and that variation is very cool.
The Lempire speech from The Fall of the House of Usher.
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