10 Best Static Shock Episodes

4. Shock To The System

Static Shock TV Show
Warner Bros.

Obviously the pilot episode was going to make it on this list. When making a list of the best episodes of any show, an aired pilot should always show up somewhere. It's the episode that convinced the corporate bigwigs to allow it to air in the first place, so it had better be good.

And this episode gets everything that this show would be about in just 22 minutes: superhero heroics; the dangers of inner city living, high school drama, and gang violence are all covered in this one episode alone. It also covers Static's origin, where he gets roped into a gang war and becomes exposed to experimental gas that gives him and everyone else in the area superpowers.

This episode does everything that a pilot needs to do, while also being entertaining enough for kids to ensure that they'll come back next week for more.

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