26 Episodes
The only thing Mad Men's Don Draper can't escape is himself
The show's Season 3 finale captures a nation dealing with massive change, both on the air and in real life.
26 Episodes
How The Office made cringe comedy appeal to almost everybody
Could you make this show today? No. But not for the reasons you assume.
26 Episodes
The Sopranos finale could have been made yesterday
Whatever happens to Tony Soprano in the series finale, we're still living in his world.
26 Episodes
How I Met Your Mother is one last message from a pre-Recession world
And other theories on why this once-beloved sitcom hasn't quite endured
26 Episodes
We don't respect Grey's Anatomy enough
2005's 26 Episodes pick reveals the very gendered way we talk about "great" television
deadwood
Deadwood, God, and the coarsening of America
The show's first-season finale linked death, life, and everything else.
26 Episodes
Alias made no sense. Good.
Even Columbo couldn't figure out what was going on on Alias. Should that matter?
26 Episodes
Did Everybody Loves Raymond find the meaning of life in 2002?
No, but it did sort of try.
buffy the vampire slayer
The many legacies of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's best episode
A strange, austere hour remains unlike anything else in TV history
the simpsons
The first time The Simpsons could have ended
Our new series on great TV episodes of the 21st century begins with a would-be series finale.