These episodes had bite.
It's been a good year for TV finales. Out of TV Guide's 10 picks for the best episodes of the year, four are finales: one series finale, one season finale, one anthology finale, and one — well, it was written to be a finale, so it is one in spirit. In fact, there are patterns all over their top 10 list; you'll also find three penultimate episodes, including their top pick, and three episodes that happened to air fourth in the season. Coincidence? Maybe. But now more than ever — as seasons grow shorter and cancellations come sooner — TV has a predictable rhythm.
While many of these series made TV Guide's list of the year's best shows, they're also celebrating singular installments from shows that missed the cut on that ranking (sometimes just barely). There's nothing like a great episode to raise the bar for a whole series.
These are TV Guide's picks for the 10 Best TV Episodes of 2024.
