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The mark of an unforgettable television series is the ability to highlight episodes that will stand the test of time and offer emotional, layered storytelling that remains effective with every additional viewing.

Of course, these moments can come from episodes that flip the script on what you may expect from the series, or mark a turning point in which the show transcends normal entertainment and becomes apop culturelandmark.

With this in mind, I’ve assembled 22 television episodes so good that you don’t need to even watch the series as a whole to enjoy them:

1.“The Bent-Neck Lady,”The Haunting of Hill House

2.“Modern Warfare,”Community

3.“407 Proxy Authentication Required,”Mr. Robot

4.“Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery,”Murderville

5.“Join the Club,”The Sopranos

6.“Teddy Perkins,”Atlanta

7.“Here’s Not Here,”The Walking Dead

8.“A Trial to Watch,”The Goes Wrong Show

9.“Out of Gas,”Firefly

10.“ronny/lily,”Barry

11.“The Life and Crimes of New Jack,“Dark Side of the Ring

12.“Chapter 14,”Legion

13.“Episode 6,”Gangs of London

14.“Pancakes; Divorce; Pancakes,”Review

15.“Beyond the Sea,”The X-Files

16.“Escape from Sh*t Mountain,”Poker Face

17.“The Watchers on the Wall,”Game of Thrones

18.“Trou Normand,”Hannibal

19.“Black Tie,”30 Rock

20.“Fly,”Breaking Bad

21.“The One with the Football,”Friends

22.And finally: “The Constant,”Lost

A woman aims her bow at a dirty, awestruck man

A strange looking man lounges eerily near a projector

A young woman is visibly scared by a presence in her darkened bedroom

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Four paintball players point their pistols at an off-screen character

A sweat-ridden Rami Malek is illuminated in a mostly dark room

Jason Bateman licks milk out of a saucer on a carpeted floor

Edie Falco and Michael Imperioli stand distraught in a hospital waiting room

An pale man with odd, cartoonish features grins menacingly

Two men talk intimately in a small kitchen

A group of people stands up into the ceiling of a small room

A blonde man gives instructions to hit a big, red button

Two bloodied man tense up after witnessing something concerning outside of their car

Professional Wrestler New Jack sits for an interview in a large theater

Dan Stevens, in a haggard visage, attempts to have a conversation in a restaurant

Two people attempt to avoid explosive gunshots when their home is under siege

A bespectacled man in a suit comments on his assignment to eat 15 consecutive pancakes

Brad Dourif stares intensely with tears welling in his eyes

A woman covered in grime attempts to confide in a stranger

A giant shoots a man with an oversized arrow, sending him over the edge of a massive ice wall

A crime scene by a beach exposes a totem pole made from human body parts.

A bizarre dignitary attempts to seduce a blonde woman in a black dress

A bald man throws a shoe at a ceiling

A group of people rush to grab a football on a leafy field

Two bearded men stare intensely in a cramped room