EPISODE GUIDE

(all episode information is from wikipedia)

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# Episode Name Description My Thoughts
S1E1 "The Nightmare Begins"
CLICK TO SHOW "The Irken race is having a great assigning for Operation Impending Doom II, where all Invaders are assigned a planet to conquer. Wanting to rid themselves of the irritating and arrogant Zim, the Almighty Tallest give Zim a faulty SIR unit (named GIR) and send him to the farthest reaches of space. When Zim arrives, he finds a planet named Earth where he sets up base and, in disguise as a human, infiltrates the local school. Unfortunately, one schoolmate, Dib, is a young paranormal investigator, who vows to capture Zim and prove that he is an alien."
There's not a lot to say about this episode. It's essential to setting up the storyline, so you definitely should be watching it before any other episodes so you have context for the series. It's a good intro episode with a lot of classic moments.
S1E2A "Bestest Friend"
CLICK TO SHOW "Zim notices that all the other children in the school have friends except him. Zim conducts a series of bizarre tests on some students in order to select the "best" friend. However, it proves harder to lose a friend afterward than it was to gain one."
Let me tell you, 11-year-old me was changed the first time I saw this episode. Suddenly I developed a taste for dark humor. Definitely a fun one to show to your friends who haven't seen the show before!