Over the last few decades, holiday-themed “special” episodes have become as crucial to the network television landscape as sweeps and season finale cliffhangers. At their best they leave Halloween memories and costume hacks (we’re talking to you, Three Hole Punch Jim) for years to come, and at their worst, well, at least there’s always next week.
We’re focusing on the former category, here, so below find the 17 most awesomely memorable Halloween episodes in television history:
17. “The Rocky Horror Glee Show”
Just kidding, this episode was horrible. We’re here for Chris Colfer as Riff Raff and of course the singing, but boy, was this the beginning of the end for “Glee” as we once knew it. Let’s move on.
16. “Haunted” from “The Vampire Diaries”
“Haunted” was the first legitimately great episode of “The Vampire Diaries.” When many CW-watchers were about ready to pull the plug after week six, in came the Halloween episode to kill off a supposedly main character, ramp up Damon Salvatore as a villain, and drastically change the emotional direction of the show. Also, with everybody decked out in Halloween attire and Vampire Vicky terrorizing the town, it stands on its own as a Halloween special.
15. “Who Got Dee Pregnant?” from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”
This episode was great for many reasons, but the change in perspective and increasing levels of drunkenness eventually leading to the guys seeing Dee as an ostrich was an excellent culmination to a years-old joke.
14. “Spooky ...