"2017 was a great year for episodic television. From dramas to comedies, Netflix to NBC, every week seemed to offer a new bit of brilliance somewhere on the vast TV landscape. When compiling a list of the best hours (or half-hours) that TV had to offer this year, there was a lot to consider. Some of the shows that we thought were strongest across the board may have been better accomplishments as full entities (...) and while they had some great episodes, there were ten out there that shined even brighter.
The episodes that made this list delivered something indelible, a moment or a feeling that we'd continue to carry with us. The era of binge-watching has made it harder for us to linger on single episodes for very long, and as a result, it's harder and harder to pick out just one when we're wolfing down six or eight or ten at a time. The episodes on this list really had to work hard, then, to make an impression."
-Joe Reid
