20 of the Worst Episodes of Great TV Shows

Ask any showrunner how many terrible episodes they want to include, and almost all of them will say “none.” They go into their projects with nothing but the best of intentions, and the rest work for Bravo. In a perfect world, beer would run as freely as water, there would be no such thing as puppy rescues and every TV show would be great from start to finish.

But this isn’t a perfect world, and even the best TV shows produce at least one stinker, even if it’s just in comparison to the rest of it. Maybe they wrote themselves into a corner or needed a cheap ratings boost. Maybe it was Friday night and nobody wanted to be late for Kate’s bachelorette party so they just threw down some bullshit and cut out early. You know how it goes.

Whatever the case, user TheShitStainOfLife asked r/AskReddit, “What is the worst episode of your favorite show?” and a whole lot of awfulness followed.