These stories stood out from the crowd, sometimes without saying a word.
Though the goal for every television show is consistency, there's no denying that if you graphed the quality of every series episode by episode, you'd end up with something pointy enough to slice bread with. And that's not even to say that some episodes are bad; it's just that some are really, really good, and they rise above the rest. That's what TV Guide is here to celebrate: the Best TV Episodes of 2021.
They took us everywhere (as near as home, as far as the moon!), spanning a variety of topics that we all can't talk about enough. Some said huge things about the frustrating state of modern love, some were ruminations on death, some stung with painful barbs, and some said nothing at all yet still spoke volumes.
The list is unranked and in alphabetical order by show, because greatness is incomparable. Here are TV Guide's 20 Best Episodes of 2021.
