The best TV episodes of 2023

polygon.com:

All TV is told through episodes, but not all episodes tell the best version of TV. In truth, the “best episodes” are a completely separate metric from the best shows — one tells the story of the whole, while the other examines how much a particular chapter was able to stand on its own.

Of course, what makes an episode a standout has a lot to do with the beholder — it could be because it’s particularly shocking or funny, monumental or contained, horrifying or titillating, vital to the plot or pure filler fun. The best episodes of television in 2023 run the gamut of genre and tone. But at the end of the day, the best episodes feel like something worth highlighting because of the particular delight of those chapters, the way each one feels representative — or even not particularly representative — of what the show does best.

Here are the best TV episodes of 2023.

[Ed. note: Some of these blurbs contain spoilers for the shows in question.]

Blue Eye Samurai can be found on Netflix.

Blue Eye Samurai starts off as a good show, but by the time the fifth episode ends, it turns into a phenomenal one. “The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride” weaves together three stories — a flashback, a folk tale told via bunraku puppets, and the current impossible fight that the titular warrior, Mizu, faces. It’s an incredible episode, and one that uses the medium of animation to its full effect. The flashback helps the audience understand Mizu’s actions in the present day, and the folk tale allegorically ties both of the other storylines together. Also, the fight scenes are sick. —Petrana Radulovic

Silo can be found on Apple TV Plus .

Silo proved its worth with “Machines,” the third episode of season 1. Where the first two chapters were