The Verge's favorite TV episodes of 2017
The problem with great TV in 2017 was that there was so much of it. These days, there are so many TV recommendations and must-sees that leisure starts to feel like homework. (“You absolutely have to watch this! And you have to see it from the beginning! There are five seasons so far!”) That’s why we’re wrapping up our 2017 year-end summary coverage by trying to boil down our favorite 2017 television experiences into something approachable: a single episode that summed up why we love our favorite shows.
Spoilers ahead for these specific episodes.
The Leftovers, “The Most Powerful Man in the World”
HBO’s baffling, maddening, beautiful series The Leftovers wrapped in 2017, and improbably (given Damon...