These were the hours and half-hours that thrilled us, from a high point in Game of Thrones' final season to a reality TV episode we'll never forget.
Whether they're delivered on a traditional weekly basis or via an all-at-once season dump, all TV series come in digestible chapters featuring a beginning, middle, and end. These are all parts of a show's inevitable up and downs, as each hour or half-hour is put together by a different writer, director, crew, and more, creating some episodes that are better or worse than others.
A bad show can have a great episode, a great show can have an awful episode. Between the origin stories, standalone flashbacks, moments of character clarity, and a gathering of pop culture's greatest vampires, TV Guide's list has a little bit of everything that has one thing in common: Each episode left them panting in awe. Here are TV Guide's the 15 Best Episodes of 2019.
