The 2015 Emmys race is here!
The awards ceremony will take place on Sept. 20 in Los Angeles.
At EW, everyone feels very passionately about TV and were also terribly opinionated.
Credit: ABC; AMC; HBO
Some amazing shows and scenes didnt make the final list (we still love you,Silicon Valley!
), but wethinkwe reached 20 of the most award-worthy scenes of 2015.
For obvious reasons,spoilers ahead!
1.The Jinx(HBO)
Ep.
6, What the Hell Did I Do?
Scene: Robert Durst accidentally confesses to murder.
Did series director Andrew Jarecki have an ethical responsibility to make the confession public as soon as it happened?
Whatever the answers, this was a next-level crime drama.
Melissa Maerz
2.How to Get Away With Murder(ABC)
Ep.
4, Lets Get to Scooping
Scene: Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) removes her wig.
Marc Snetiker
3.Inside Amy Schumer(Comedy Central)
Ep.
Sara Vilkomerson
4.Mad Men(AMC)
Ep.
12, Lost Horizon
Scene: Elisabeth Moss saunters into McCann Erickson.
5.Transparent(Amazon)
Ep.
6, The Wilderness
Scene: Mauras speech to her son-in-law.
All season long, we saw the Pfeffermans adult children gossip about their transgender parent, Maura.
Finally Maura gets to speak for herself.
Maerz
6.The Americans(FX)
Ep.
10, Stingers
Scene: Elizabeth and Philip tell their daughter they are spies.
Ray Rahman
7.Sons of Anarchy(FX)
Ep.
12, Red Rose
Scene: Jax kills Gemma.
She had it coming.
Lynette Rice
8.Veep(HBO)
Ep.
5, Convention
Scene: Amy finally snaps.
This should be her year, primarily because of the head-turning meltdown she has in the fifth episode.
You are the worst thing that has happened to this country since food in buckets, she hisses.
Dan Snierson
9.Homeland(Showtime)
Ep.
8, Halfway to a Donut
Scene: Carrie wont allow Saul to kill himself.
Would you betray your best friend so you can save his life?
Thats the gut-wrenching decision Carrie makes during this riveting mission-room sequence.
That certainly seemed to be the case when he spent 13 (13!)
minutes passionately, intelligently, meticulously explaining why the issue of Net neutrality shouldnt be boring to you.
Rahman
11.Game of Thrones(HBO)
Ep.
8, Hardhome
Scene: Tyrion and Daenerys meet.
Hibberd
12.Broad City(Comedy Central)
Ep.
4, Knockoffs
Scene: Ilana and her mother buy fake handbags in Chinatown.
Maerz
13.Empire(Fox)
Ep.
Plus: Showing her rear (and smacking it!)
Tim Stack
14.Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt(Netflix)
Ep.
6, Kimmy Goes to School!
Scene: Titus (Tituss Burgess) makes a music video.
Snetiker
15.Saturday Night Live(NBC)
Ep.
Snetiker
16.Orange Is the New Black(Netflix)
Ep.
12, It Was the Change
Scene: Red tries to kill Vee.
Still, Toussaint says her character wasnt evil.
I have a different perspective on this person, she tells EW.Hopefully I created a well-rounded human being.
Kevin P. Sullivan
17.Scandal(ABC)
Ep.
14, The Lawn Chair
Scene: Olivia Pope gets a confession out of a racist cop.
Samantha Highfill
18.Parks and Recreation(NBC)
Ep.
9, Pie-Mary
Scene: Leslie Knope is the ultimate feminist.
After blasting the media for their treatment of female politicians ( Are you trying to have it all?…
Its a stupid question.
Do you miss your kids when youre at work?
Of course I do…and then, you know, sometimes I dont.)
Snierson
19.Better Call Saul(AMC)
Ep.
6, Five-O
Scene: Mike has a breakdown.
Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) actually gets emotional?
Snierson
20.Bobs Burgers(Fox)
Ep.
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