What is the single best scene in the HP series?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 25635

Laura:"I was wondering which single scene out of the Harry Potter 
series you think is the best?"..."The scene I found most intense and 
most moving is the Shrieking Shack scene in PoA, beginning from the 
point at which Harry enters the Shrieking Shack to the point when they 
emerge from the Whomping Willow.  The pacing is really fast, the story 
unwinds and is explained in a very believable way, the very best 
characters in the series (IMHO) are present (H, H, R, Lupin, Sirius, 
Snape), the Scabbers plot twist is brilliant, and the relationship 
that develops between Sirius and Harry in this one scene is very 
moving."

That's a reasonable candidate for those you'd like to introduce to 
Harry Potter; to me the other obvious one is the graveyard scene in 
GoF.  But to me, as a confirmed fan, I'm particularly stirred by the 
scene in the hospital wing in GoF, when Dumbledore calls the forces of 
good together, sends his followers out to begin the fight, and 
uncloaks himself as the leader of the Foes of Voldemort. It was at 
this moment Dumbledore seemed most like Gandalf to me. I can't wait 
for the first gathering of "the old crowd."

Here's another one from PoA: the scene, shortly after the Shack 
sequence, when Harry casts a powerful Patronus and saves Sirius from 
the dementors. It was the strongest echo yet of Harry's father and of 
his heritage. Harry is coming into his own power.

Ah, heck. There's too many to pick just one.