This is one of the last major posts that I need to get done in a while. I hope that the other one isn’t as late as it has normally been, but we’ll see. I do believe that this is the only one that I have to do this year outside of the reviews that I normally do. I had thought for a while what the best episodes of TV from the year 2019 are and decided to put them here in this blog finally. After doing some research so I could remember what they are all, here is the list of top 25 episodes. Remember that no show gets on this list more than once. Let’s get to it.
#25 Trump Guy from Family Guy- While you wouldn’t expect Family Guy to do something that good in the end, this was a pretty notable episode. In it, the Griffiths move to Washington when Peter gets a job with the Trump administration. We get to see a lot of things well addressed with the scandals of the Trump administration and even saw a new version of a chicken fight again.
#24 He Said, She Said from Brooklyn Nine-Nine- You probably wouldn’t think that a comedy would do a good job of addressing the me too movement or the serious subject of sexual assault. But not only did it do it, but it did it in a good way where we see the unfortunate realism of it yet still tried to move in a good way forward with the sensitive case at hand. I like how this was covered and can only hope that more shows of all genres can cover this well.
#23 oMens from The Gifted- Despite its cliffhanger at the end which I don’t mind since it didn’t leave any lingering questions, I would have to give the series finale of this show a good grade that is so good that it is on the best of 2019’s episodes list of mine. With nearly everything wrapped up, I didn’t mind that it had come to a sudden end that wasn’t that much of a surprise considering the low ratings that the show got in its second season. I am glad that they did as well as they did.
#22 Sink or Swim from 9-1-1- While I could have gone with the Bobby flashback episode, I felt that this one focusing on the tsunami was better. Largely set on one day then later turning into night, we saw the effects of a single disaster focusing on all of the characters of the series while having an important arc for other episodes in the series.
#21 The Beginning… from Gotham-Another series finale, we got a time jump where we caught up on the lives of the characters that were still around and even saw the beginnings of Batman himself. It was a great way to say goodbye to these characters while also catching up to where a typical series like this would begin if it were to happen in the future. It is how an origins story remains just that while setting up the potential for more without needing to see it at all.
#20 Into the Void from The Flash- The season premiere of this show started out what would be the arc of Crisis on Infinite Earths while continuing the previous cliffhanger. It was cool to see this start out what would be the way this show moved forward as it went along throughout the first half of the season. I do like all that it covered as it ever introduced the first big bad of the season which would be quite a good parallel to what would be going on with Barry throughout the season.
#19 Leaving the Station from Madam Secretary- Another good series finale, the show sought to wrap up one of the biggest issues with the country as a whole by finally passing the equal rights amendment. Of course, this is sadly just a work of fiction. But even going with an obvious ending of the last episode largely focusing on a wedding, we saw the series be wrapped up in the end in very good ways.
#18 Chapter 100 from Jane the Virgin- There are going to be a lot more series finales on this list beyond what you have seen already since a lot of shows provided good ending this previous year. This show had no exception to this rule as we saw what remained of the characters getting their last stories wrapped up in the end as yet another wedding happened for the last time this series.
#17 Pilot from Nancy Drew- It seemed like there were enough good first episodes this past year like there were as good last episodes. Taking what some would know about Nancy Drew, this show had a whole lot more than what you’d get if she were still a girl like she typically is.
#16 All’s Well that Ends Well from iZombie- What all is there to say? You’d think that some of what they could have done with this show’s ending might have worked better if they had gone in different ways than they did in the end. But it was still good to keep zombies around while having a lot of cures for those who wanted to be free of being zombies. The zombie hunters were taken out and it seems like all of the major plot lines were resolved with the main recurring villain finally getting his just desserts.
#15 Pilot from Batwoman- Even now, Arrowverse can introduce great new ideas into its franchise by showing a new character to its world. So much of this was great to see as we have one of the most complex villains in franchise history make her debut as the back story of Kate was revealed some.
#14 This Victory Alone is not the Change we Seek from The Red Line- You’d think that a show that was not really meant to air beyond one single season would have a good ending and you would be right. Even as stuff that has become unfortunately predictable in today’s world took hold, the cop responsible for a unarmed man’s death did get what he had coming to him. Everything else seemed resolved in the end which was a pretty good thing.
#13 Pilot from Prodigal Son- It seems that one of the most interesting things in the world of television today is introducing complex relationships between two family members where one is the protagonist and the other an antagonist. While still dealing with terrors from his childhood, the lead of this show has to bring his father back into his life to deal with cases at his place where he works solving crimes. It was a great way to introduce these characters and the intellect of the main character.
#12 The Quest for Peace from Supergirl- The fourth season finale had nearly everything as we saw it wrap up a lot of the season’s major plot points and proved just how good journalism can be. While Lex was taken out for a while (until the crisis), other major plot details were revealed to set the show on its way for future seasons.
#11 False Flag from NCIS: Los Angeles- Featuring the return of JAG characters that we hadn’t seen since that show ended, it was nice to have yet another good cliffhanger leading us into the next season of the show. From having a critical plot that could affect the whole country, they have to stop a war before it could happen in the end, making it another good way of leaving people wanting more.
#10 The Unbefriended from The Resident-While it is always hard to deal with emotional tolls that can happen on the main characters, this was yet another cliffhanger that would leave many wanting more in the end. There was a lot in the episode to keep people interested and that’s what I like.
#9 Please Say No One Else is Dead from How to Get Away with Murder- To think, after this episode had aired, we all wanted to know what happened to Yanni after her and her baby disappeared. There was a lot in this episode too, but that was the main detail that we cared about.
#8 Emerald Archer from Arrow- A landmark episode, I like how they tied in a documentary about the world of the vigilantes of this show with other, important characters of the show’s past. It is hard again not to like what is going on in this episode.
#7 The Stockholm Syndrome from The Big Bang Theory- The last episode of the show, of course they would want to do a lot of great things to wrap it up. From fixing the elevator to finally talking about the large molecule structure from the background of all the episodes, we saw Sheldon finally admit and realize that it was only through his friends that he kept taking advantage of that he was able to make it as far as he did. It was a learning experience for a lot of people in the end with a good way of putting all of the details of the show together.
#6 Pilot from The Passage- I promise that this is the last pilot of any series that I’m putting on this list. I mean, I do wish that they had names for these other than the generic ones. But this is the best of all of the pilots to make the list as we saw the series being introduced in a great way with all of the characters and the premise known very well going forward.
#5 Out of the Darkness from NCIS- With Ziva reintroduced to the show as alive, we got a kickass season premiere that couldn’t even fit all we wanted to in just one episode. With her and Gibbs always having a good way of having each other’s backs, she knew that she had to protect Gibbs even if it meant that she had to blow her secret of being alive. With so much detail given into existing back story that was now being expanded upon even more, it is hard not to like this in the end.
#4 Silent All These Years from Grey’s Anatomy- I know it was hard to reveal even more darkness into the back story of Jo, but this will forever be one of the show’s best episodes and most pivotal ones. While Jo got to meet her biological mother, she also helped a woman who was raped to ensure that others would get the help that was needed. I just feel bad for Jo since this started her on a spiral into depression, but it was still one of the best episodes of any TV show, if not the best from the previous year.
#3 Identity Part 2 from The Orville- With so much story going into just the second part of this episode, we saw an epic battle being fought that could change the future of humanity on this show. This was so well done that it was hard to know any way that they could have improved on the good plot.
#2 School from S.W.A.T.- With two stories running parallel to each other, one a flashback to an old school shooting and the other dealing with a potential future one, this episode was one of the best ones that could have dealt with this situation. The old shooter showed remorse for what he did while the potential new one, who was never shown on screen, didn’t get far in his plot, having only killed his mother and not get into the shooting aspect of things at all. It was hard to finds flaws with how they were able to handle this sensitive subject.
#1 In Memoriam from Riverdale- While they apparently had all of the previous season filmed when the death of Luke Perry happened, one would have to wonder how they would deal with this going forward when the show returned. They came up with such a great episode where we said goodbye to Fred Andrews in a very good way with everything wrapped up in the end.
That’s all for this post as I finished the last really big one that I need to do this year, even though there’s still other big ones that I need to do in the future sooner rather than later. I hope to not miss too many more of the Tuesday posts, but know that at least one in December won’t happen. And that’s provided that this day of the week isn’t done away with entirely. I plan to be back more often this month as I hope to roll enough Survivor episodes in the future to mean updating more of this blog.
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