The 34 Best TV Episodes of 2020
#1: Search Party — season 3, episode 9: Irrefutable Evidence
Absolutely and perfectly absurd court shenanigans with the two most hilarious attorneys ever imagined. Try not to snort.
#2: The Good Place — season 4, episode 13 (series finale): Whenever You’re Ready
A fittingly profound and optimistic end to a series that constantly kept viewers on their toes.
#3: How To Get Away With Murder — season 6, episode 9: Are You The Mole?
Shock wave after shock wave hits you as you watch this thrilling episode with some of the most satisfying, jaw-dropping reveals of the entire series.
#4: Little Fires Everywhere — season 1, episode 8 (season finale): Find a Way
One of those finales where everything goes to hell and every storyline is tied up perfectly.
#5: On My Block — season 3, episode 8 (season finale): Chapter 28
A closing montage that is the best five minutes of this series. Plus, the funniest line by the most essential supporting character: Abuela.
#6: Killing Eve — season 3, episode 3: Are You From Pinner?
Sandra Oh’s presence was missed here, but this is an extraordinary episode with such a fitting ending.
#7: Gentefied — season 1, episode 6: The Grapevine
Try not to cry as the series detours to explore the consequences of gentrification through a minor side character and his young son
#8: How To Get Away With Murder — season 6, episode 15 (series finale): Stay
A series finale that celebrates the show’s transfixing characters and shocks and entertains until the last minute.
#9: High Fidelity — season 1, episode 5: Uptown
A hilarious journey to the home of a wealthy jilted wife and her husband’s record collection.
#10: The Undoing — season 1, episode 2: The Missing
After a slow start, the series picks up the pace and takes the viewer on an hour roller coaster ride of reveals alongside the main character.
#11: The Flight Attendant — season 1, episode 1: In Case of Emergency
An international adventure featuring a train wreck you envy and feel bad for at the same time.
#12: Awkwafina is Nora From Queens — season 1, episode 8: Grandma & Chill
The rare flashback episode that satisfies, this will have you ROFLing and thinking.
#13: Dead To Me — season 2, episode 9: It’s Not You, It’s Me
#14: Search Party — season 3, episode 7: Rogue Witness
#15: I May Destroy You — season 1, episode 5: …It Just Came Up
A spontaneous decision that will have you standing up and cheering.
#16: Elite — season 3, episode 7: Nadia and Omar
#17: Good Girls — season 3, episode 7: Vegas Baby
#18: Run — season 1, episode 5: Jump
An fast-paced train chase with stunning twists and turns.
#19: Vida — season 3, episode 6 (series finale): Episode 6
#20: Killing Eve — season 3, episode 7: Beautiful Monster
#21: Search Party — season 3, episode 2: The Rookie Lawyer
We’re introduced to the show’s most amazing character.
#22: Insecure — season 4, episode 8: Lowkey Happy
A touching love story with an ending that’ll leave you breathless.
#23: Modern Family — season 11, episode 10: The Prescott
A perfect showcase of the characters’ masterful arts of deception.
#24: Mrs. America — season 1, episode 3: Shirley
#25: Shrill — season 2, episode 6: WAHAM
Brilliant satire of the women’s empowerment industry.
#26: Search Party — season 3, episode 5: Public Appeal
A glorious look at the family life of the show’s primary character and why we haven’t heard anything about it yet.
#27: Work in Progress — season 1, episode 5: 66, 65, 64, 42
A touching story of a friendship that’ll make you realize you don’t see stories like this in the media very often.
#28: Never Have I Ever — season 1, episode 4: …felt super Indian
#29: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist — season 1, episode 1: Pilot
#30: Love, Victor — season 1, episode 10 (season finale): Spring Fling
The episode where everything hits the fan that’ll keep you guessing the whole way through, with time for big emotional moments.
#31: Elite — season 3, episode 1: Carla
#32: One Day at A Time — season 4, episode 7 : The Politics Episode
#33: Fresh Off The Boat — season 6, episode 12 : The Magic Motor Inn
#34: Mapleworth Murders — season 1, episode 6: The Case of the Case of the Wine
