Episodes are worth celebrating. After all, they're the thing that makes television TV. It's the chance that the next one might be fresher or messier or scarier than the one before it. Each new episode of a show is a new chance to recontextualize someone else's hard work within a new set of circumstances for anyone watching.
IndieWire wanted this list to celebrate the best of TV's installments this year. That means not simply including the best episodes of the best shows (though there is that, too!) but also thrilling episodes from shows that didn't always work; episodes that made us laugh or cry or immediately want to text our friends to scream about the latest plot twist.
A little note: Because IndieWire wanted to shout out many, many faves from the year, they limited their list to one episode per show.
With that, in no particular order, here are IndieWire's humble picks for The 25 Best TV Episodes of 2023.
