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"All TV is told through episodes, but not all episodes tell the best version of TV. In truth, the "best episodes" are a completely separate metric from the best shows — one tells the story of the whole, while the other examines how much a particular chapter was able to stand on its own.
Of course, what makes an episode a standout has a lot to do with the beholder — it could be because it's particularly shocking or funny, monumental or contained, horrifying or titillating, vital to the plot or pure filler fun. The best episodes of television in 2023 run the gamut of genre and tone. But at the end of the day, the best episodes feel like something worth highlighting because of the particular delight of those chapters, the way each one feels representative — or even not particularly representative — of what the show does best.
Here are the best TV episodes of 2023."
