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The Best TV Episodes of 2017
We’ve already told you our picks for the best TV shows of 2017 (with more individual lists to come) and the best TV performances, but what about the best episodes? ScreenCrush editors E. Oliver Whitney, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Britt Hayes rounded up the 12 most outstanding TV episodes of the year, from Game of Thrones to Twin Peaks: The Return and Master of None. These aren’t just any good episodes, but the 25-minute to hour-plus segments that stayed with us the most, blew our minds into tiny incinerated bits, felt like a step forward for innovative storytelling, and reminded us just how cinematic the small screen can be. Here are our picks – with plenty of SPOILERS, of course – in no particular order:
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