6. Breaking Bad Tortugas Head
As I said in the introduction, ludicrous moments arent synonymous with bad television. Case in point: Breaking Bad, which featured a particularly ludicrous moment in Season 2 that still worked pretty well. In the episode "Negro y Azul", we are introduced to drug runner Tortuga (Danny Trejo) who also works as an informant for the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency). He gives the DEA information about when and where a drug deal is to take place and they set up a stakeout based on his information. At the location of the deal, a tortoise walks towards the DEA agents carrying Tortugas severed head on its back with the message Hola DEA painted on its shell. This would be slightly but not entirely ludicrous if it werent for what happens next. A DEA agent tries to pick up the head triggering an explosion as the head has been stuffed with explosives (later established as four or five pounds of C4) and fitted with a pressure-sensitive detonator. The head and the tortoise exploding is a pretty bizarre moment even for a drama about violent drug dealers but its bizarreness definitely wasnt to the show's detriment.