This story was originally published on October 3, 2019. We’re republishing it before Halloween.
Halloween, despite its spooky magic, can be an overwhelming holiday. There’s the worry of finding a good costume, the stress of facing scary things like haunted houses and scary movies, and of course the struggle to grab the best candy.
Those looking for a simpler way to celebrate fall’s most exciting holiday can (and should) indulge in a collection of the best Halloween TV episodes. After all, the holiday has inspired some of the most memorable holiday specials. Who can forget the classics friends The episode where Monica and Chandler host a drama-filled costume party with brutal arm-wrestling contests? Or the intimate proposals that happen in Halloween episodes Parks and recreation and Brooklyn Nine nine?
Here’s a roundup of the best Halloween TV episodes of all time, presented in alphabetical order.
“Fort Night” doesn’t rely on costumes, candy, or any traditional Halloween gags to bring excitement to viewers. On the contrary: The Belcher children, joined by their friends – twins Pesto and Darryl – are denied the best candy in the neighborhood after being first cornered in their fort by a truck, and then by Louise’s enemy Millie. Eventually, the kids find their way out of the fort. Even though they missed out on this year’s trick-or-treating, they still found a way to get their sugar fix with a well-deserved prank on Millie.
It’s no secret that officers and investigators in… Brooklyn nine nine They love Halloween – so much in fact that they have an annual Halloween heist where the stakes are stacked in the area as they split into teams to either pull off the scheme or stop it. However, for the fifth annual Halloween heist, Jake (one of the creators of the tradition) uses an elaborate competition as a way to outbid his fellow detective, partner, and friend Amy.
While a typical episode of Buffy Usually as scary as a Halloween episode of any other show, “Fear, Itself” really ups the ante as the gang each faces their deepest personal fears while attending a frat party that turns into a night of the living dead.
One of CheersThe long-running jokes come at the expense of postman Cliff’s love life, which is why “Fairy Tales Can Come True” is such a pleasant surprise. In the episode, the regulars gather at Cheers, where Cliff, dressed as Ponce de Leon, surprisingly bumps into a woman dressed as Tinker Bell. While the two enjoy each other’s company so much that they close down the bar, they plan to meet each other like normal people the next night. They both go out a few times before they finally meet again – but when they do, it’s a romantic moment worth waiting for.
Larry David’s twisted nervousness is on full display in “Trick or Treat,” when he refuses, on principle, to give Halloween candy to two teenage girls without costumes. As expected, it ends in disaster, with vandalism and vandalism of his home being the least of his worries.
rasier and Niles’ literary-themed Halloween party becomes the setting for a showdown between the brothers after a comedic misunderstanding with Rose leads Niles to believe that the relationship between his brother and his true love, Daphne, may be more than he assumed.
Growing pains are rarely more profound Freaks and Geeks Compared to the Halloween episode “Trick and Treats” in which Sam and his friends try to return to the simple joys of their childhood by dressing up and going on one last round of trick-or-treating. However, unfortunately for them, they have some challenges they must face: a bully, and an unfortunate surprise encounter with Lindsay, Sam’s older sister, for a night of pranks.
In “The One With the Halloween Party”, the group gathers for a costume party hosted by Monica and Chandler, but the night takes a dramatic turn as several friends face their own challenges. For Chandler, the pink bunny suit costume activates his sensitive nature, while Phoebe deals with the shenanigans of her evil twin, Ursula. For Rachel, newly pregnant, trick-or-treating seems like the perfect way to tap into her maternal side, but things don’t go as planned.
While this episode of Gilmore Girls It can mostly be seen as a vehicle for Rory’s 21st birthday and the stress of her falling out with her mother and best friend Lorelai, and it’s also an in-depth look at the extreme weirdness of their town, Stars Hollow, and the way Halloween is done. Brings it all in.
RaptureThe Halloween special had its characters reenacting the 1975 classic film rocky horror picture show, The students take on the titular roles of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Janet, Brad and the rest of the cast, while Mr. Schue, Emma Pillsbury and her boyfriend Carl (played by guest star John Stamos) figure out their love triangle. Fans of the original film were quick to notice that the original Brad and Eddie (Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf, respectively) appeared in the special.
Meredith’s past comes back to haunt her as she feels her late mother’s presence in every situation, which she tries to remedy by bringing her mother’s ashes to the hospital. While Meredith eventually reconciles with her mother, a respected surgeon, by washing her remains into the surgery room sink, there’s a lot going on at Seattle Grace this Halloween, including a man with a “haunted” foot, saws galore, and a little money. Boy looking for a new pair of ears.
In this Halloween episode of the series’ seventh season, we see everyman Ted Moseby finally reuniting with the girl of his dreams (guest star Katie Holmes), who was dressed as a “Slutty Pumpkin” when they met at a rooftop Halloween party a decade ago. In the years after their first meeting (and after Ted lost the candy with her number written on it), he never stopped looking for her—but once he found her, things weren’t quite what he expected.
the Always sunny The gang made good use of actress Kaitlin Olson’s real-life pregnancy to create a Halloween episode of epic proportions. In typical fashion, nothing comes as expected. While the episode aired during Halloween week, the actual episode is not set during Halloween, but in a series of flashbacks to Halloween’s past. When the boys tease Dee for being overweight, she casually tells them that she got pregnant at a Halloween party last year by one of them. The rest of the episode is a whirlwind journey through both their perspectives and hazy memories, with a race to find witnesses who will give them accounts of what really happened that night.
When you’ve been on the air for a long time Modern family There’s no shortage of Halloween episodes — especially when Halloween enthusiast extraordinaire, Claire Dunphy, is involved. However, it’s the first Halloween episode in the series that’s the most amazing because it highlights the Dunphy-Pritchard crew and all their eccentricities as they deal with Claire’s truly creepy creepy house.
If there’s anyone who loves this theme, it’s Leslie Knope, but even the cheerful Pawnee philanthropist can’t keep her spirits up during a costume party when she finds out that her main boyfriend Ben has gotten a job offer that could threaten their relationship. . Not to worry, though — the “surprise” of the title comes with a nice, rather than creepy, twist, when Ben proposes to Leslie, cementing their status as the best power couple in the entire state of Indiana.
Strange things deals in the realm of other-worldly thrills, so it should come as no surprise that the show’s Halloween episode was quite creepy, filled with flashbacks to the Upside Down, mysterious rumblings of a Demogorgon and a mysterious creature found in a trash can. But one of the highlights of the episode was cheerful rather than scary: In keeping with the show’s overall ethos of ’80s nostalgia, the boys dress up as Ghostbusters for Halloween.
The office It has enough funny Halloween episodes, but “Costum Contest” might take the cake for its wild levels of drama and aesthetic acrobatics. When a costume contest is announced, the Scranton employees compete for the best costume (can anyone forget Gabe dressed as a tall, very bright Lady Gaga?). But the competition for the costume contest is nowhere near the competition between Michael and Daryl, which makes this episode one of the best in the books.
No one in particular does Halloween quite like him The Simpsonswhose writers came up with their own genre name for the annual episodes: “Treehouse of Horror.” The series’ sharp sense of humor and sense of sarcasm are beautifully refined in “Treehouse of Horror V: The Shinning,” a brilliant parody of “Treehouse of Horror V: The Shinning.” The bright onein which Homer goes crazy like Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance. Unlike Jack, he’s out of his mind due to the lack of any cable or beer, which is pretty special.
while The twilight zone Never having had any Halloween specials, the series has become a favorite for Halloween fans, and marathons are often scheduled before the holiday. One of the episodes most cited for exemplifying the creepy quality for which the series is remembered is “The Living Doll”, a horrific story about a doll out to get revenge on a cruel man. Annabelle shook!