Top 20 Best TV Monologues

These TV monologues are Emmy material all-around. For this list, we’ll be looking at impressive speeches from fictional shows. Our countdown includes "WandaVision," "Ted Lasso," "The Newsroom," and more! What's YOUR favorite TV monologue? Let us know in the comments!
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[@ralv511]

-Tyrion’s monologue in GOT “I did not kill Joffrey but I wish I did!” -Nell’s speech in Haunting of Hill House “life is like confetti”

[@trinaq]

"What is grief, if not love preserving?" Just hearing that line sets me off again, brilliantly performed by Paul! 😭💔

[@vanessastegall]

Vision the deepest character in the MCU.

[@nitsan2823]

"you were my mother too" that line gives me chills every time, emmy rossum is such an underrated actress

[@shawnaott2159]

That scene was heartbreaking and you could feel her words

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Viola Davis makes me cry and feel everything she ever says. Her ending closing argument and the final episode of " HTGAWM" was EPIC.

[@MrGeekFreek]

Anya's speech about death from The Body episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[@nyxskids]

Just the mention of it makes me cry

[@meow-cb1lf]

i wanted to write this but i just scrolled down because i knew someone mustve witthen it here beacause this speech is fucking amazing!!

[@yatta99]

Buffy's speech to the council on how she doesn't need them but they need her (S5 E12). Also, Xander and the yellow crayon.

[@ArtTheBrain]

Yes! I was expecting this to be on the list the entire time I was watching it. Shame it's not. Like someone said above: I get emotional just thinking about it. The way her voice cracks on the "why" is utterly devastating.

[@jessicamagri8211]

All of these are great, but I really wish Chidi’s “Wave” monologue from the Good Place series finale was on this list. It’s the one that has stuck with me since it aired and it’s so beautifully shot and written, makes me cry like a baby each time I watch it.

[@dlmbs]

Thank you!!!!!

[@raivichalves]

Wow, that's a great one.

[@fedex1805]

The twelfth doctor war speech on BBC Doctor Who season 9 is just amazing! A ten minute monologue about the consequences of war on innocents and how they could be avoided if we just talked (just to resume, there’s a whole background story behind it). With no music in the scene it’s just Peter Capaldi being amazing. I think that should’ve been on this list.

[@TFUrza]

I was waiting to see where this speech ended up on the list. Very surprised it didn’t make the cut.

[@IsiomaNnodum]

+1 I title the speech “Change Your Mind” Season 9 Episode 8 - The Zygon Inversion

[@szinthom1]

Quite simply, he's a white old man. You won't find that on this channel

[@ChloGouam692]

Honestly the best monologue in my opinion from Euphoria was Jules talking to her therapist about why she doesn’t want to be on hormonal treatment anymore. That shit was soooo good! Still gives me chills, because she really broke down the journey of womanhood and why cisgendered and trans women do the things we do to please men. I felt that shit as a Cis woman. It was powerful.

[@GoddessGirl2121]

The Doctors speech in 2013’s “The Rings of Akhatan is probably one of the most powerful monologues from that series of Doctor Who and that’s coming from a Series with a crazy amount of powerful monologues

[@JulieDelahooke]

Gina Rodriguez gives an AMAZING monologue in the 5th season opener. It’s so underrated, you can’t find it ANYWHERE! Definitely worth the watch!

[@LouiseAndersen1991]

I have two favorites. 1. "The Crown must win. Must always win." Such a chilling scene and says everything about Queen Elizabeth II 2. "I did not kill Joffery, but I wish that I had". Peter Dinklage was AMAZING in that scene and you really felt Tyrions rage

[@szinthom1]

Quite simply, Peter Dinklage is a white man. You won't find that on this channel.

[@leohaddad6106]

Annalise Keating.❤❤

[@angelaholmes8888]

I loved that scene when randall tells kate how he really feels I definitely know that feeling having to put others feelings ahead of your own

[@angelaholmes8888]

I definitely remember when fiona tells frank the truth about who Monica really was Emmy was so great in that scene

[@breannab7112]

Scandal could have easily taken up half the list. The monologues in that show were impeccable.

[@matthewmatt5285]

The ones from ROME are incredible

[@mervyngreene6687]

My favorite monologue was Tom's "Helen of Troy" speech in "Scandal." He delivers it to Olivia after he has been arrested. I was blown away by the power of a tangential character's one big moment.

[@celinesamson208]

abed's monologue in community about tv is still one of my favorites. along with the holding on scene in season 6. and the wave monologue from the good place. melts my heart every time. 🥺☹️

[@Ninaofthe90s]

I can't believe you didn't include my favorite one. Game of thrones - Jaime Lannister explains to Brienne why he killed the Mad King. One of the most chilling, emotional and best acted moments in the entire show.

[@TylerSteadS101]

What about "Free Churro" from Bojack Horseman? It was a 20-minute long monologue about grieving a complicated relationship

[@Steelburgh]

Best monologue I've ever seen.

[@ligiagalvaopimenta5047]

Lorelai shoud be on this list. Her monologue (on the netflix revival) telling Emily about her moment with Richard is amazing.

[@BecomingLizzyBlue]

Though David Tenant is my favorite Doctor, Peter Capaldi, the 12th Doctor gives one of the greatest speeches of all time with “Where I Fall”. It’s not just a great monologue, but a way of living. It defines the kind of person we should all try to be. “I do what I do because it’s right, because it’s decent, and above all, because it’s kind.”

[@mushroomninja68]

What is grief, if not love persevering? That line hits the softest part. For those who already experienced losing someone, it hits hard even without aiming 😢

[@carolinebcollier]

Deeply, deeply disappointed that Julia Sugarbaker’s “the night the lights went out in Georgia” is not on this list. Shameful! It should be in the top five.

[@jeffreylindahl5895]

I agree.

[@jeffreylindahl5895]

That has become a tik tok trend. Yet it can't be on a watch mojo top ten list.

[@Ceares]

Damn, I love that speech. Happy to see the yewts jumping on it. It was always kind of a joke, about Suzanne being a beauty queen and so frivolous, especially compared to Julia and that made that moment of sibling love and pride and respect just that much more powerful. I mean Julia gave great monologue anyway but that's the one that has stuck with me all these years later, that and "eat dirt"

[@raivichalves]

You need to watch "The Midnight Mass" for some great monologues too.

[@IsiomaNnodum]

Peter Capaldi’s “Change Your Mind” speech from Dr. Who Season 9 Episode 8 “The Zygon Inversion” is one my favorites.

[@iamlively3910]

Anthony Mackie’s speech in the final episode of S1 Falcon and the Winter Soldier deserves recognition. It’s so powerful and poignant

[@sanntz]

My favourite would be Peter Capaldi's speech in Zygon Inversion. Kinda shocked there was not a single monologue from Doctor Who here!

[@oflode2992]

You forgot the "That was the night the lights went out in Georgia" speech from Designing Women. Epic!!!

[@chaotic.caliope]

OITNB is a blessed tv show. So much representation and accuracy. Pains me and builds me up again. Heartbreaking and heartwarming. Such a masterpiece.

[@HlifeRomania91]

Jeff Daniel's no contest

[@Mvanb]

One of my favourite monologues is Doctor WHO’s Peter Capaldi’s speech in The Zygon Inversion about the damage of war.

[@rywolf22]

Yes! His "Where I stand, is where I fall" speech is really good too.

[@msvanbee4743]

@@rywolf22 did you hear the great monologue Jodie did in the Eve of the Dalek?

[@rywolf22]

@@msvanbee4743 Have not seen it yet, but hope it's good!

[@GabrielAndryus]

I always loved Chidi's wave in the ocean metaphor in the last season of the good place. Also, there were a lot of good monologues in Sex Education.😊😊

[@nssteja7516]

Bojack : hold my beer

[@GoddessGirl2121]

Jessica’s speech about being a survivor of sexual assault in 13 Reasons Why is extremely powerful and important

[@reneesean1989]

Love these

[@TopNotchStoner]

Chaos is a ladder.

[@teztheis3654]

criminal that Frank's speech in the graveyard from Daredevil wasn't on this list. There's just so much emotion in it and it runs the whole gamut of apathy to fear to joy to sadness to exhaustion to depression to grief to horror to anger to resentment to relief to resignation. The word choice is just so hard hitting and played expertly.

[@pieceofyash6363]

I can't believe this list doesn't have Ted Mosby's monologue to the mother... From How i Met your Mother ❤️❤️

[@actuallycay3496]

God you have listed truly my favorite TV monologues here: OTH, Sorry For Your Loss, Shameless, Grey's Anatomy (Both Cristina and Bailey's Monologues), Euphoria, and WandaVision. The actors in these shows are just phenomenal. Sophia Bush, Elizabeth Olsen, Emmy Rossum, Sandra Oh, Zendaya, Paul Bettany, and Chandra Wilson are just WOW incredible. They all know how to deliver the most powerful and intense moments on a screen.

[@ma53jg]

My favorite is from the last episode of the brilliant limited series Midnight Mass when Erin answers the question, what happens when we die.

[@sablesenegal7488]

Very remarkable dialogue selections that's what makes a better TV /movie script!👏

[@prosen8966]

At the very beginning of Law & Order, Michael Moriarty played the ADA and a case was brought before him where a man had been used as a “live” kidney donor (except for the fact that he never agreed to this attack upon his body.) An extremely wealthy businessman needed a healthy kidney bc he’s dying - I believe - of Parkinson’s disease (but that’s not the point of the story). The jury, IIRC, finds him not guilty of battery upon this man’s person, even tho he will now need dialysis for the rest of his life, and the wealthy man’s daughter goes into the ADAs office to explain her fathers rationale, and how he would be giving this man lots of money due to this ordeal. And the ADAs chilling response (sort of quote) is “do you honestly believe that your father would have acted any differently if he required a healthy heart, rather than a kidney?” That monologue stayed w me for, I guess, slightly over 20 years bc they are presently discussing restarting L&O in its 21st season and this came from season 1.

[@jeremyadams1521]

Retitle this best TV monologues from the last few years please 😆

[@Lilly-qc4yr]

My favorite monologue was in supernatural when Dean told his mum that he wasn‘t just a brother for Sam he also had to be a mother and a father. I think Jensen Ackles was just amazing in that scene

[@cazia9]

I always thought the one about Dean’s time in hell is the best of the series; Jensen actually broke down filming it

[@adambomb51]

Boston Legal has a TON of great examples

[@angelaholmes8888]

Jodie was great in the scene as villanelle definitely memorable one

[@tomaltmann9483]

Hey how about a look at the best 'breaking the 4th wall' moments?

[@slystone4892]

Where is GOT and Desperate Housewives? They are full of great monologues.

[@muskaankhurana9331]

Violet's monologue (when talking to her patient) after her attack on private practice was really good!!

[@jamalvargas6146]

Speaking Of TV Shows Just Saw Sammy and It's one of David Spade's better projects for a adult animated series can't wait to finish this series

[@mindless9355]

Great list, but personally I would've included Tyrions speech at trial and Walters ''I am the one who knocks''

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

"I am Daenerys Stormborn. Your Masters may have told you lies about me, or they may have told you nothing. It does not matter. I have nothing to say to them. I speak only to you. First, I went to Astapor. Those who were slaves in Astapor, now stand behind me, free. Next I went to Yunkai. Those who were slaves in Yunkai, now stand behind me, free. Now I have come to Meereen. I am not your enemy. Your enemy is beside you. Your enemy steals and murders your children. Your enemy has nothing for you but chains and suffering, and commands. I do not bring you commands. I bring you a choice. And I bring your enemies what they deserve."

[@walidbennour6578]

house about pain , sherlock about vulnerability, alfie solomon about how to stay faithful to your sword , the doctor speech of let me tell you a story, gellert grindelvald poisonous and seductive speech about the muggle, at least one or two of alan shore's closings in legal boston

[@chaotic.caliope]

THANK YOU FOR #1 Viola Davis is a goddess

[@jrmendez24]

Jonathan Banks “I broke my boy” could’ve been #1

[@deefreeman59]

It would truly be nice if you had introduced the monologue...then let us watch it and make our decisions about it. Instead, you show them saying 5 or 6 lines...you narrate for a minute...they get to say two or three more lines...you narrate some more. Not sure how I feel about the monologues because I don't remember a single one allowed to go from beginning to end without the narration telling us how badass it is. .

[@meaghanrodel6056]

Sports Night S1E3. Jeremy’s monologue about producing a hunting segment, when he hates hunting, & seeing a dear get shot just so he can fit in at his new job is heart breaking, endearing & completely relatable. Joshua Malina delivers something that on the page shouldn’t work with power & grace. Sabrina Lloyd & Robert Guillaume both set him up, support him & validate his pain through out. Written by Aaron Sorkin (like #5 & #2 on this list) this monologue shows that the context doesn’t have to be completely serious to be earth-shattering.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

One monologue that’d be a good pick is “Terrible Weapons,” from “Trials of the Darksaber,” the Season 3 episode of _Star Wars Rebels_ that shows explosives expert Sabine Wren’s challenges with the titular weapon that signifies Mandalorian leadership. She was pushed to her limit during her training, especially when it came to her past as an Imperial Academy cadet, but it made for one epic scene. “The truth is that… I left to save everyone. My mother, my father, my brother! Everything I did was for family, for Mandalore! I built weapons, terrible weapons, but the Empire used them on Mandalore. On friends, on family. People that I knew. They controlled us through fear, Mandalore, fear of weapons I helped create. I helped enslave my people! I wanted to stop it; I had to stop it! I spoke out. I spoke out to save them, to save everyone! But when I did, my family didn’t stand with me. They chose the Empire. They left me. Gave me no choice. The Empire wanted to destroy worlds, and they did. They destroyed mine.” As far as monologues from a galaxy far, far away go, Sabine’s catharsis is just one of those moments you don’t forget.

[@jaspergraham4438]

I miss the newsroom......I loved it wholeheartedly

[@waittillfamewtf2385]

For a second there, I almost believed you. 🔯 "The Mentalist" (2008-2015)

[@jonathanmeisel]

The monologue on death from Midnight Mass should be on this list.

[@PolinaLee94]

Hey, miss Mojo, how about top monologues from animated charachters NOT just Disney?

[@vincemoran7450]

No Alan Shore on a monologue list?? Really??

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

"Where will he go next, this phantom from another time, this resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare - Chicago? Los Angeles? Miami, Florida? Vincennes, Indiana? Syracuse, New York? Anyplace, everyplace, where there's hate, where there's prejudice, where there's bigotry. He's alive. He's alive so long as these evils exist. Remember that when he comes to your town. Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others. Remember it when you hear a name called, a minority attacked, any blind, unreasoning assault on a people or any human being. He's alive because through these things we keep him alive."

[@alternatethirteenth5594]

It's criminal that list didn't have some of the very best Doctor Who speeches. Akhaten, Scale Model of War, Where I stand...

[@weepinglullaby]

Everwood should be on that list. Most underrated show ever. There are a lot of great monologues, for example Andy's (Treat Williams) "Give me my joy back" monologue.

[@annabelleking2141]

Chuck’s monologue in the courtroom from “Better Call Saul”.

[@ellagainsborough3560]

What about Ted’s “In 45 days” speech. It shows how Tracy really is worth waiting for and how much Ted loved her. It also foreshadows the end of the show subtly

[@CD4193]

This might not be a monologue but Bucky Barnes in the FATWS, when he finally told Sam how he felt about the shield. Bucky since Winter Soldier was a man of few words and a lot of action but in this therapy moment, he finally says what is on his mind. "Steve believed in you, he trusted you. He gave you that shield for a reason. That shield was everything he stood for, that is his legacy. He gave you that shield and you threw it away like it was nothing. So maybe he was wrong about you, and if he was wrong about you then he was wrong about me...'' that moment struck us hard and Bucky because Steve believed he was still good even when he didn't believe it. Bucky feels hurt that maybe his best friend was wrong about him and this speech conveys Seb's strong acting skills. A second mention could be Sam's speech to Bucky after the training session.

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

good video

[@loveq.8216]

I loved the one when Annaleise went to an AA meeting and spoke about Wes.

[@jeffreylindahl5895]

You need to do several more of these top ten lists. You missed a lot of good monolougs.

[@chaotic.caliope]

“I AM HELL AND THE HIGH WATER” & “You have to be twice as good as them to get half what they have”

[@luisgabriel8238]

Where's Tyrion trial speech?

[@vankirk375]

cerulean blue sweater monologue by Miranda is good

[@aremondo]

A scene from Buffy should be on here especially Anya’s monologue in The Body episode.

[@joshuadrew5223]

Where TF is "I am the one who knocks?" Or Dinklege's Oscar winning speech in GoT? Come on WatchMojo....

[@karnage985]

I was looking for it too though two things. A) it is short and B) starts as a convo between Walt & Skylar

[@oliviabranch7134]

Clarke griffin and the judge

[@paulcharpentier1241]

Bartletts' rant is what my my mom wanted to say after my sister died.

[@jlopink]

In Private Practice Amelia Shepherd is about to have a brainless baby and wants to donate his organs to help other babies but one of the doctors refuses to do it because he believes it's murder. She has this amazingly sad and beautiful monologue about how she as a mother is suffering but knows that donating her baby's the organs is the right thing to do. I have never cried so much watching a monolugue in my entire life. it is stuck with me forever.

[@p31babii]

I’m disappointed none of the dr who speeches were on there. Specifically, the one where 12 lectures Clara and the clone about the horrors of war.

[@jmccoomber1659]

Maybe too old for a lot of folks out there, but Alan Alda's monologue - actually the whole episode is a monologue since he's stranded with a family that speaks only Korean, which he doesn't understand, and he's speaking English, which they don't understand - in the M*A*S*H episode entitled "Hawkeye." He's suffered a head injury and must stay awake so ke keeps talking non-stop for almost the entire half-hour show. Kudos to the writers, I think it's Alan Alda's finest non-comedic work; it touches on universal human truths and emotions everyone has felt sometime in their life. Among my favorite lines: "Was I ranting? My ranting gets raves."

[@crysstalhubbard8323]

Billie Piper in Penny Dreadful needs to be mentioned in the next one

[@anjellydonutt]

Fleabag!!! Like literally everyone gives an amazing speech (except for Stepmother) Sharp Objects!! Succession!!

[@mattdm1202]

Julia Sugarbaker, Designing Women. The night the lights went out in Georgia

[@AJ-xc4qe]

This seems more like a Watchmojo list.

[@sheroukyoussef7896]

Just having to memorize a monologue let alone perform it must be really hard

[@KM-se1uh]

nothing from Person of Interest?

[@marc7th]

Ted Mosby's locket monologue or the 45 days one should have been here.

[@trippyboi91]

Lmaoo, too bad I roll my eyes every time Joe Morton gives a monologue on that damn show 😂😂😂 It’s like shut UP DAD!

[@larisalynnortiz8979]

🤣🤣🤣

[@verobolso88]

Analise gaves am amazing performace

[@AnonyMous-fs2gp]

Girl meets world has them in abundance

[@zinanit]

How is it, not one of the powerful and gripping monologues from Mr. Robot on this list #travesty

[@melmc9672]

There were so many better monologues and one liners in MadMen

[@csebesta84]

Is Fiona from Shameless talking about raising her siblings in court on this list? If not, it should be!

[@gabrielama4341]

Bojack Horseman season 5 episode 6: Free Churro

[@Steelburgh]

How they missed THE greatest TV monologue in history is beyond me.

[@linnbaardsen9459]

Before watching; Jane the Virgin. Gina Rodriguez ranting for 5 minutes straight without a single cut in the last season was fantastic. I won't say more for spoiler reasons, but those of you who know you know

[@chaotic.caliope]

Watch Cristina Yang’s Philosophy

[@briandaniel7514]

you forgot The Walking Dead speech from Rick in the barn before the tornado hits....

[@raivichalves]

Jane's one should have been in the top 5.