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Melanie McFarland is Salon's award-winning senior culture critic. Follow her on Bluesky: @McTelevision

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad, Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men, and Danny Pudi in Community (AMC/NBC)

Best TV episodes of the decade, a highly subjective list

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The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and the Child in THE MANDALORIAN (Disney+)

A new hope for “Star Wars” in “The Mandalorian” season finale

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Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley in "You" (Beth Dubber/Netflix)

New year, new “You”: Netflix’s stalker drama seeks romantic nirvana in a twisted Season 2

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Kanye West wrapped in an American flag (Brad Barket/Getty Images/Fast Company/Salon)

Democracy in the 2010s, aka the decline of Kanye West-ern civilization

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Henry Cavill in "The Witcher" (Katalin Vermes/Netflix)

“The Witcher” is baffling to the uninitiated, but diehards swear by its throwback fantasy charms

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Guy Pearce as Ebenezer Scrooge. (Robert Viglasky/FX)

There’s no comfort and joy in FX’s excruciating “Christmas Carol”

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Kellee Kim, "Survivor" (CBS)

The “Survivor” finale proves we’re still falling victim to workplace harassment

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Regina King in the season finale of "Watchmen" (Boris Martin/HBO)

“Watchmen” finale: One last reveal explains all those eggs and the crushing weight of legacy

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Executive Producer Lilly Wachowski, Abby McEnany and Executive Producer Tim (SHOWTIME)

“Work in Progress” tackles queer identity comedy nearly 30 years after “It’s Pat”

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Better Call Saul, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Atlanta (Guy D'Alema/FX/Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Tel/VH1)

Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019

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The Expanse (Amazon)

“The Expanse” relaunches on Amazon as stunning and complex as before

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in "Watchmen" (Mark Hill/HBO)

A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: “Watchmen” and the intersection of comic books and faith

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Kit Harington on Game Of Thrones (Helen Sloan/HBO)

Friendly reminder: The Golden Globes know nothing about good TV

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Stills from Work In Progress and The L Word: Generation Q (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Jean Whiteside/SHOWTIME)

“The L Word: Generation Q” wants us back, but we’d rather hang with “Work in Progress”

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Zach Woods, Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr and Kumail Nanjiani in "Silicon Valley" (Eddy Chen/HBO)

“Silicon Valley” powers down for the last time, silently

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A roundup of this year's top TV. Split featuring stills from "Succession," "Pose," "Watchmen," "Fleabag," and "Russian Doll" (HBO/FX/Amazon/Netflix/)

This one (only) goes up to 11: the best TV of 2019 and the many runners-up

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)

“Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in its anachronistic unreality

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Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) from HISTORY's "Vikings." (A+E Networks/History Channel/Jonathan Hession)

“Vikings” kicks off its final season with its own “tender moment” in history

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Christmas at Dollywood (Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen)

Hallmark Christmas movie schlock has infected all of TV, and the symptoms are bland and homogeneous

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Nell Tiger Free in “Servant” (Apple TV+)

“Servant” is M. Night Shyamalan’s slow stroll through the horror of first world problems

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Green Bean Casserole (Getty Images)

Eat this green bean casserole made with love or stop complaining about it

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Jovan Adepo in Watchmen (HBO/Mark Hill)

“Watchmen” creator Damon Lindelof talks about America’s white superhero complex

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Watchmen (Mark Hill/HBO)

HBO’s “Watchmen” trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet

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Julianne Hough and Dolly Parton in "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings" (Tina Rowden/Netflix)

With “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” you know ’tis the season for feel-good culture

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