10 Best TV Episodes Set In Just One Room

10 Best TV Episodes Set In Just One Room

Confined to a single location, these small-scale episodes leave a massive impact.

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50 Comments

  1. scott Gormley on January 15, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    Friends: The one where nobody is ready… It’s the last good Friends episode too.



  2. Vince Cotton on January 15, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    You missed the Goodies.. ‘The end’



  3. Taveon Hurd on January 15, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    two brothers! *laughs* it’s just called two brothers



  4. Alexandra on January 15, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    You have forgotten to include the genius Friends Season 3 episode 1 episode "The One Where No Ones Ready" – all the action takes place in the main room of Monica’s apartment.



  5. DM on January 15, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    The One Where No One’s Ready from Friends??



  6. Dino Goldie on January 15, 2022 at 5:54 pm

    Not all bottle episodes take place in a single location. Not all single location stories are bottle episodes. Kinda feel like the intro and listicle were cut’n’shut from two unfinished scripts. There’s a "The Sopranos" bottle episode in which the FBI install bugs in the Soprano house but that episode has several locations. Many episodes of "One foot in the grave" took place in single locations yet none of those episodes were bottle episodes.



  7. How Very on January 15, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    Buffy’s “Older and Far Away” is one of my all-time favourite bottle episodes, especially for the moments between Tara and Spike



  8. Prodyut Guha on January 15, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    EVERY EPISODE OF *CRIMINALS UK!!!*



  9. Dominic Gervasio on January 15, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    Wait wait wait…how can cartoons be in this. How are they saving loads of money on sets? At best they are saving a minuscule of the budget. Every scene still needs to be animated no matter what room it is in. This is like 3 bad videos in a row guys step it up.



  10. Michael Russell on January 15, 2022 at 6:03 pm

    One Foot in the Grave – The Beast in the Cage. The whole episode, they’re stuck in traffic going nowhere fast. The Trial is another good episode where Richard Wilson performs the entire episode on his own



  11. Kevin Brettauer on January 15, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    Absolutely wild that this got posted the day after the all-time great series finale of Room 104.



  12. Angelo Locicero on January 15, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    Is it a British thing to call it a "Bottle" episode? The name of "The Box" is a play on the fact they’re also commonly called Box episodes. Additionally Family Guy’s episode "Brian and Stewie" is a much better example than Rick and Morty’s "Rixty Minutes" but everyone can’t seem to get off Dan Harmon



  13. RadicalGeek on January 15, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    Could I BE wearing anymore clothes??



  14. Craig Baker on January 15, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    I don’t quite understand how animated episodes fit into this as they are not constrained in the same ways as the live action episodes to budget etc. I honestly felt it was a cop out by including them.



  15. magusxxx on January 15, 2022 at 6:05 pm

    Would The Twilight Zone episode "The Invaders" count?



  16. Sean de Looze on January 15, 2022 at 6:09 pm

    One foot in the grave?



  17. Geoffroi Le Hook on January 15, 2022 at 6:09 pm

    There was an episode of Frasier with just Niles (and Eddie) alone in Frasier’s apartment with no spoken dialogue.



  18. Austin B on January 15, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    Californication season three episode eight the apartment is better than all of these



  19. D Sav on January 15, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    So not a single episode of Inside No. 9, huh? The Twelve Days Of Christine is absolutely brilliant and will have you an emotional wreck upon its ending. Or The Riddle Of The Sphinx? Or…I could name several other episodes but not a mention is disgraceful



  20. OptimusProvost on January 15, 2022 at 6:13 pm

    “Inside No. 9” “Sardines”



  21. Martin Wakomo on January 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    elevator episode in archer should be here..
    how is the friends episode everyone expected to be here not no.1



  22. Gaming With Cubby on January 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm

    Line of Duty is so fucking good



  23. Ian Douglas on January 15, 2022 at 6:16 pm

    South Park
    S02E07: City on the Edge of Forever
    S18E07: Grounded Vindaloop



  24. Jai Sal on January 15, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    Doctor Who’s spin off Class also had a great bottle episode called Detained



  25. Lindani Kanengoni on January 15, 2022 at 6:19 pm

    Where’s mr robot



  26. Izzo Zwiren on January 15, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    Family Guy "Brian and Stewie" episode needs to be on here.



  27. D•MF•D_RosiePerez on January 15, 2022 at 6:21 pm

    No Mr Robot S4 E7 ?



  28. Sara F on January 15, 2022 at 6:22 pm

    I think Midnight is one of the most underrated episodes of Doctor Who ever, and it’s a damn shame because it is excellent. I would argue that that episode is 100x more frightening than the Weeping Angels. It’s absolutely chilling.



  29. Lindani Kanengoni on January 15, 2022 at 6:24 pm

    Not including Mr.Robot is a complete embarrassment to this entire channel



  30. Andrew Buback on January 15, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Friends – "The One Where No One’s Ready"



  31. Harrison Scorse on January 15, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Futurama was the original among us



  32. AngryLittleGnome on January 15, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    "Better Call Soll"



  33. TheDoctor420 on January 15, 2022 at 6:28 pm

    Any episode of inside number 9.



  34. David Perez on January 15, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    Can I give a shout out for Vision Quest where the entire cast of Archer is stuck in an elevator. That was one of the funniest episodes in the whole series.



  35. Jaka Gray on January 15, 2022 at 6:31 pm

    Where the hell is Red Dwarf’s Marooned episode!?



  36. Christoph Sökeland on January 15, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    X-Files, "Ice"



  37. Micah on January 15, 2022 at 6:36 pm

    I enjoy a bottle episode that’s done well. A few of the entries here are among my favorite episodes from their respective series ("Cooperative Calligraphy", "The Box" and "Free Churro").
    If you ever do a Commenter’s Edition of this video, I nominate "Dinner Party" from _Frasier._



  38. Rachel, Adam, Julie White on January 15, 2022 at 6:36 pm

    How about only fools and horses episode the Russians are coming, or porridge episode a night in, both are great episodes sent almost entirely in one room



  39. Bealzbob on January 15, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    THERE. ARE. FOUR. LIGHTS.



  40. Worselthx on January 15, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    "A, My name is Alex" part 2 – Family Ties. Also, does "Out of Gas" from Firelfy count? it has flashbacks outside of the ship.



  41. Vinnie-Dangerous Official Music on January 15, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Bojack Horseman – Free Churro is a masterpiece



  42. Alex Pollock on January 15, 2022 at 6:40 pm

    I came here looking for fly



  43. Phonebox Chicken on January 15, 2022 at 6:42 pm

    No episodes of Inside Number 9 then.



  44. Allan A on January 15, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    I think an episode called The Conversation of Mad About You deserves to be on this list. Not only it was a bottle episode but the whole 20ish minutes was taken in 1 shot.



  45. CrashNebula On Ice on January 15, 2022 at 6:44 pm

    I think Mr Robot s04e07 can be considereda bottle episode and is one of the greatest I’ve ever seen



  46. M on January 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    I almost fell asleep during your Breaking Bad pick. This show is such an overrated piece of trash. Crap list, not going to change my mind about bottle episodes.



  47. Mixolosopher on January 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    ‘Sardines’ – the first episode of Inside No. 9 – was mostly set in a _wardrobe_ in just one room. It’s still one of the best episodes of that show.



  48. RaahilR9 on January 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    I came here to see if that Bojack episode was on the list. I wasn’t disappointed!



  49. AJN UK on January 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    My all time favourite bottle episode would have to be Red Dwarf: Marooned.
    Just Rimmer and lister stuck together after a crash with only a pot noodle and Dog food left to eat!



  50. Patricio Montemayor on January 15, 2022 at 6:49 pm

    i’m not even gonna watch the video , i’m just gonna say Fly.