The best TV episodes of all time according to Rolling Stone
The top 3 according to 42 votes from people: The Simpsons: "Last Exit to Springfield" · The Leftovers: "International Assassin" · The Twilight Zone: "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street". (Updated Mar 23, 2026.)
Breaking Bad's "Ozymandias", The Simpsons' "Last Exit to Springfield", The Leftovers' "International Assassin", The Sopranos' "College" and Seinfeld's "The Contest": the top 25 of Rolling Stone's 2024 list of the 100 best TV episodes ever.
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Top 25
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The Simpsons: "Last Exit to Springfield"
Season 4, episode 17. No. 2 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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The Leftovers: "International Assassin"
Season 2, episode 8. No. 3 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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3
The Twilight Zone: "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
Season 1, episode 22. No. 11 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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4
Better Call Saul: "Fun and Games"
Season 6, episode 9. No. 18 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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5
Breaking Bad: "Ozymandias"
Season 5, episode 14. No. 1 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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Roots: "Part II"
No. 8 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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7
The Shield: "Family Meeting"
Season 7, episode 13. No. 9 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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8
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "The Body"
Season 5, episode 16. No. 22 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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9
Atlanta: "Teddy Perkins"
Season 2, episode 6. No. 10 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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10
Seinfeld: "The Contest"
Season 4, episode 10. No. 5 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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11
Mad Men: "The Suitcase"
Season 4, episode 7. No. 6 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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12
Fleabag: "Episode 1"
Season 2, episode 1. No. 24 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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13
Homicide: Life on the Street: "Three Men and Adena"
Season 1, episode 6. No. 25 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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14
Cheers: "Showdown, Part 2"
Season 1, episode 22. No. 7 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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15
ER: "Love’s Labor Lost"
Season 1, episode 19. No. 16 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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16
I Love Lucy: "Job Switching"
Season 2, episode 1. No. 19 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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17
The Wire: "Middle Ground"
Season 3, episode 11. No. 12 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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18
Twin Peaks: "Northwest Passage"
Season 1, episode 1. No. 13 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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19
Succession: "Connor’s Wedding"
Season 4, episode 3. No. 14 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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20
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
Season 6, episode 7. No. 17 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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21
Curb Your Enthusiasm: "Mister Softee"
Season 8, episode 9. No. 21 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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22
M*A*S*H: "Abyssinia, Henry"
Season 3, episode 24. No. 23 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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23
Community: "Remedial Chaos Theory"
Season 3, episode 4. No. 15 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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24
The Americans: "The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears"
Season 4, episode 8. No. 20 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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The Sopranos: "College"
Season 1, episode 5. No. 4 of Rolling Stone's 100 best TV episodes of all time (2024).
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Comments (3)
Ozymandias primero era obvio, pero lo de International Assassin de The Leftovers en el top 3 me ha alegrado el día. Serie infravaloradísima.
Echo de menos «Blackwater» de Juego de tronos o «Hush» de Buffy, pero vale, The Body es más que merecido.
Remedial Chaos Theory en el puesto 15!! Los siete timelines de Community, qué capítulo.