Featuring house-flipping vampires, intergalactic prison breaks, lip-sync showdowns, and more.
Justice for the TV episode!
But “Desking” was a comedic A+, perfectly capturing the zany relatability of the show.
The best TV episodes of 2022.HBO / Disney / ABC / FX
When TikTok sparks the trend of “desking,” a.k.a.
sprinting across the tops of desks while a teacher’s back is turned, theAbbottstaff is beside themselves.
Even still, the musical-themed “Yasper” stands out among them as best in show.
Abbott Elementary.Christopher Willard/ABC
), the tough but respected “day shift manager” who oversees the inmates' dehumanizing factory labor.
You didn’t know where it would take place.
You didn’t know what tone it would adopt.
Apple TV+
Hell, you didn’t even know ifanyof the four series stars would appear in it.
That film?A Goofy Movie.
Yes, thatA Goofy Movie.
Andy Serkis and Diego Luna in ‘Andor’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
“Splash,” the show’s sixth episode, is a great example why.
It’s truly chef’s kiss.
It’s something that sticks out in voters' minds, something they can easily point to.
‘Atlanta’.FX
ForZendayaonEuphoria, that episode was too easy to spot: Rue’swithdrawal haze of a small-town odyssey.
A powerhouse and double Lead Actress winner at 26, Zendaya put her range on display.
“Rue, when was this?”
‘Bad Sisters’.Natalie Seery/Apple TV +
During Zendaya’s golden era.
Edge-of-your seat tension mounts as masterful misdirects leave you guessing who won’t make it to season 4.
Trevor died during a bacchanalian weekend away with his Brooks Brothers bros after mixing some random drugs.
Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman on ‘Better Call Saul’.Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
has to be a frontrunner for one of the best lines of the year.)
Turns out Trevor, to the surprise of everyone, is actually a good person.
And no show in years has dared to end on such a bleak punchline.
‘Bluey’.Ludo Studio
(You’ll never listen to “Y.M.C.A.”
Joker’s parental struggles spiral into a political campaignandan extended homage to the graphic novel classicThe Killing Joke.
And now we know Joker uses a CPAP machine.
‘The Bear’.FX
Even viewers who hadn’t readGeorge R.R.
Meanwhile, far across the ocean, the island kingdom of Numenor is juggling threats of its own.
As for the lows?
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Still, it’s a shot at her dream.
If only quick satisfaction were always this simple.
Emlyn Travis
Pachinko,“Chapter 4” (Apple TV+)
(Written by E.J.
‘For All Mankind’.Apple TV+.
Past and present collide as these two life moments are masterfully and devastatingly woven together.
(There is still a movie, after all.)
I shoot fascists."
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Rose McIver as Samantha, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Román Zaragoza as Sasappis, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty, Asher Grodman as Trevor and Rob Huebel as Ari on ‘Ghosts’.CBS
In a year that was so defined by breaking the fourth wall, Fielder went above and beyond.
Why didn’tJorgeouspick the Jennifer Lopez song?
WHO KNEWWILLOW PILLCOULD DANCE LIKE THAT?
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, André Braugher as Ri’Chard Lane, Audra McDonald as Liz Reddick in ‘The Good Fight’.Elizabeth Fisher/Paramount+
during the multi-hour production.
(“The extras saging the tepees I need more whooping!")
(It’s a complicated plot, just watch the show.)
‘Harley Quinn’.Courtesy of HBO Max
Here’s hopingSeverancewon’t leave the audience hanging for too much longer for a second season.
Matt Murdock, a.k.a.
the Man Without Fear of a New Disney Contract.
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(And yes, there is a hallway fight with a twist.)
But DD’s presence here is more than just empty fan-service.
As she gasps awake, it’s hard not to breathe a sigh of relief with her.
Bailey Bass as Claudia on ‘Interview With the Vampire’.Alfonso Bresciani/AMC
But it’s the& Loispart of this Arrowverse drama that elevates this episode to worthy of this list.
Miraculously without feeling overstuffed,Supermanmanages multiple family reunions… and a few tears.
(Even the cheery voiceover sounds exactly likeHouse Hunterslegend Suzanne Whang.)
Adar (Joseph Mawle) leads his orcs into battle in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’.Prime Video
Ekin-su on ‘Love Island’.ITV
Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond in ‘Minx’.Katrina Marcinowski/Lionsgate Television
Aaron Epstein/HBO Max
Robert Falconer/Apple TV +
Cillian Murphy on ‘Peaky Blinders’.MATT SQUIRE/Netflix
Nathan Fielder will continue to experiment now that ‘The Rehearsal’ has been renewed for season 2 on HBO Max.Allyson Riggs/HBO
Shane Brown/FX
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ sends a queen home on the season 14 LaLaPaRuza lip-sync smackdown.WOW/VH1
Michael Greyeyes in ‘Rutherford Falls’.Peacock
Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) in Netflix’s ‘The Sandman.'.Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix
Adam Scott as Mark in ‘Severance’.Apple TV+
Marvel Studios
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Max (Sadie Sink) reads a letter to her dead brother Billy in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.Courtesy of Netflix
Jordan Elsass, Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, and Alex Garfin on ‘Superman & Lois’.The CW
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