30 best TV episodes of 2018
By Erin Qualey
The best TV episodes of 2018 represent stories from hilarious to heartbreaking, and everything in between.
Television is a medium that has the ability to make us feel oh so many things at once.
As we forge deeper into the era of Peak TV, we can easily toggle between soothing house porn of HGTV, heated political discourse on CNN, and soapy drama up for offer on Bravo, all within seconds. And that’s just on your cable box. Now, with streaming platforms reaching new heights of programming in both quality and staggering quantity, we can ride a rollercoaster of feels for endless hours a day without repeating a single frame on screen.
So when it comes to choosing the best TV episodes of 2018, every entertainment outlet has quite the task before it. No one person has time to watch all of the everything, so ‘Best Of’ lists are increasingly becoming lists of personal preference rather than a critical consensus. With the sheer variety of television floating out in the ether these days, these yearly round ups serve as a gentle poke for TV lovers everywhere, reminding people of the delectable nuggets of wonderful that they may have missed in the robust entertainment salad that defines the 2018 home viewing experience.
With that in mind, the Hidden Remote staff has rounded up our 30 favorite TV episodes of the year. Since “best” is such a subjective word, we’ve gone ahead and alphabetized the rankings, so these shows aren’t in any particular order. However, as we go into depth on each of these episodes – many of which are mid-season shockers or jaw-dropping finales – here’s your official SPOILER ALERT. The link at the bottom of each slide has the name of the next show on it, so if you want to remain spoiler free, just skip as fast as you can onto the next slide.