Best TV episodes of 2010.
My favourite episodes released in 2010.
Rated at least 8/10.
Contains episodes from the following TV series:
10* Fringe.
6* Luther.
5* Supernatural, Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
4* Justified, Smallville, The Inbetweeners.
3* The Vampire Diaries.
1* Rick and Morty, House MD.
Rated at least 8/10.
Contains episodes from the following TV series:
10* Fringe.
6* Luther.
5* Supernatural, Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
4* Justified, Smallville, The Inbetweeners.
3* The Vampire Diaries.
1* Rick and Morty, House MD.
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- DirectorThomas YatskoStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickThe Fringe team investigate a train full of people who died in a mysterious way. Olivia and the others then meet the astrophysicist who was responsible for the "experiment" and who can reset the time.9+/10.
Season 2, Episode 18.
Walter: Grief can drive people to extraordinary lenghts. - DirectorSteve BoyumStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsWith the Apocalypse looming, Sam and Dean realize they are out of options and make heart-breaking decisions that will change their lives forever.9+/10. [...]
Season 5, Episode 22.
Dean: Well, then I ain't gonna let him die alone.
Chuck: They chose family.
Chuck: No doubt - endings are hard. But then again... nothing ever really ends, does it? - DirectorAkiva GoldsmanStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickSacrifices will be made and both universes may never be the same again after Walter and Olivia visit the "other side."9/10.
Season 2, Episode 23.
Olivia: You have to come back because you belong with me! - DirectorJesse WarnStarsAndy WhitfieldJohn HannahPeter MensahAn epic battle between Spartacus and his gladiator brothers, against Batiatus and his Guards.9/10.
Season 1, Blood and Sand, Episode 13.
Spartacus: Your lives are your own. Forge your own path, or join with us. And together, we shall see Rome tremble!
Crixus: [to Spartacus] We might have been brothers in another lifetime. But not this one. - DirectorGreg BeemanStarsTom WellingAllison MackErica DuranceZod unleashes his army upon the world, forcing Chloe to call in reinforcements from old friends. Zod tells Lois he is The Blur and asks her to steal the Book of Rao from Clark. Torn between Clark and The Blur, Lois asks Clark to come clean with her about everything but he refuses. Chloe and Oliver attempt to reconnect Watchtower's satellite system in order to fight the Kandorians but to Chloe's horror, Oliver gets caught on site and disappears. Tess attempts to stop Zod but he leaves her clinging to life. Clark and Zod battle for control of Earth.9/10.
Season 9, Episode 21. - DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsTom WellingErica DuranceCassidy FreemanStill gravely pondering his place in life, Clark lets Lois drag him along to their Smallvillle high school reunion. Rather than enjoying his hero status, while Lois shines less than she expected, Clark worries when he spots Brainiac, but it turns out he returned from the future with the Legions ring to show Clark how vital his contribution is to prevent a horrible future for him, Oliver, their friends and the world.9/10.
Season 10, Episode 4. - DirectorBrian KirkStarsAnton ValensiIdris ElbaSteven MackintoshLuther returns to work after a traumatic arrest to investigate the murder of a former child genius's parents, and quickly deduces that their daughter is responsible. However he is unable to find evidence to convict.9/10.
Season 1, Episode 1. - DirectorStefan SchwartzStarsThomas LockyerDonatienne DupontDanny Lee WynterLuther and the team are after the people involved in the violent kidnapping of Jessica Carrodus and they are in search of diamonds.9/10.
Season 1, Episode 5. - DirectorAdam ArkinStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterBo gets revenge on Boyd for blowing up his ephedrine shipment, asks Arlo to help him kill Raylan at the request of the Miami cartel, and kidnaps Ava for bait and insurance against Raylan.9/10.
Season 1, Episode 13.
*Brad Paisley - You Will Never Leave Harlan Alive*. - DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonAnxious to be alone so they can have sex Tara suggests to Simon they visit her sister Sophie at Warwick University but the other boys insist on coming too. Sophie is not impressed. Whilst Simon,thanks to bad advice from Jay,is having trouble with his manhood in the bedroom the others get involved with Sophie's beery flat-mates and their drunken dares. After Neil has wet the bed and Jay made an indecent proposal to a cold-stricken Dutch girl,all four boys are thrown out and Simon is still a virgin.9/10.
Season 3, Episode 4. - DirectorMichelle MacLarenStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulJesse ends up in the hospital after getting beaten up by Hank. Now he is threatening to press charges against the DEA. To stop him, Walt decides to bring Jesse on as his partner, once again.-9/10.
Season 3, Episode 7.
Tio Salamanca: La familia es todo. - DirectorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulJesse has disappeared and Walt is in big trouble with Gus. So Gus rehires Gale to learn from Walt's cooking so that they can dispose of Walt once and for all.8+/10.
Season 3, Episode 13.
Mike: I assure you I could kill you from way over here if it makes you feel any better. - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulAgainst Walt's advice, Jesse lashes out. Fearing for Jesse's safety, Walt takes drastic action to intervene. Meanwhile a tragic event leads to a shocking confrontation.8+/10.
Season 3, Episode 12.
Mike Ehrmantraut: I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. [...] No more half measures.
Walter: Run! - DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDesmond HarringtonIn the midst of hunting their next victim, Dexter and Lumen are surprised by the return of an unannounced guest; Debra is assigned to the file room, but manages to uncover new evidence in the Barrel Girl case.8+/10.
Season 5, Episode 9. - DirectorCharles BeesonStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickAn earthquake from the other side is being felt on our Universe as well. Furthermore, the only survivor seems to be from the alternate Universe. Walter attempts to get Olivia to "recover" her ability to make out things from the other side.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 15.
Broyles: There are times when the only choices you have left are bad ones. - DirectorDamon BeesleyIain MorrisStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonWhilst Neil worries that he has got the girl from the cheese counter at ASDA pregnant, Simon is upset that his family must move to Swansea for his father's work. Will suggests a farewell camping trip for the four boys, though he is less than happy when the others use his possessions to light the camp-fire and Simon is not pleased when Neil and Jay let his car run into a lake. After a game in which each of them texts somebody on another's phone, Neil discovers that he is not a father after all and the boys bond in their own odd way.8+/10.
Season 3, Episode 6. - DirectorMichael HurstStarsAndy WhitfieldJohn HannahPeter MensahLucretia and Batiatus await the arrival of Glaber with the intentions to receive his patronage, while Spartacus focuses attention on his plan for revenge.8+/10.
Season 1, Blood and Sand, Episode 12. - DirectorChris Martin-JonesStarsAndy WhitfieldJohn HannahPeter MensahSpartacus fights in an exhibition match for Numerius' birthday - but Crixus is intent on blood.8+/10.
Season 1, Blood and Sand, Episode 10. - DirectorMichael HurstStarsAndy WhitfieldJohn HannahPeter MensahSpartacus and Crixus face an undefeated giant gladiator. If they don't overcome their hatred for one another and work as a team, he will kill them both.8+/10.
Season 1, Blood and Sand, Episode 5. - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanIn a two-part storyline, Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator, teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 17. - DirectorJack BenderStarsSam AndersonNaveen AndrewsL. Scott CaldwellThe Man in Black searches for Desmond to achieve his goal of destroying the island. Jack, the newly-appointed "protector" of the island, sets out to stop him. In Los Angeles, the survivors reunite and recall their island experiences.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 16.
Christian Shephard: This is a place that you... that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people on that island. That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them, and they needed you. - DirectorMichael DinnerStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJacob PittsMarshal Givens returns home and is assigned a case involving an old friend from his coal mining days who has become a white supremacist and blew up an African American church.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 1. - DirectorTucker GatesStarsNaveen AndrewsNestor CarbonellHenry Ian CusickThe mysteries behind Richard Alpert's arrival to the island, his immortality, and his alliance with Jacob are revealed--plus more details about the purpose of the island and the relationship between Jacob and the smoke monster.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 8.
Jacob: [to Richard] Imagine that this wine is what you keep calling hell. There are other names for it. Malevolence. Evil. Darkness. And it's all down here swirling at the bottom. Unable to get out, because if it did it would spread. Now, the cork is this Island.
[puts a cork in the jug, trapping the wine]. And it's the only thing keeping the darkness where it belongs. - DirectorCharles BeesonStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsSam and Dean meet a woman in a small town who claims to be a prophet.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 17.
Cass: Not you. Or me. Sam of course is an abomination.
Cass: I don't understand... Why do you want me to say my name? - DirectorJack BenderStarsNaveen AndrewsNestor CarbonellHenry Ian CusickCharles Widmore brings Desmond back to the island so that he can conduct a dangerous electromagnetic experiment, which sends him back to the alternate reality in Los Angeles, a reality where he has never met Penny.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 10. - DirectorDeran SarafianStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickAfter a man spreads a pathogen on the grounds of a company, the Fringe team start an investigation. While stuck inside the quarantine zone, Peter and Olivia try to identify the origin of the pathogen. Outside, Walter tries to find a cure.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 13.
Walter: Some things are meant to be left alone. - DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhile investigating the death of an Irish mobster, Beckett and Castle uncover a local turf war that may be connected to both a late-night infomercial guru and an international drug smuggling operation. But the case turns agonizingly personal when evidence emerges that the killer they're chasing may have had a hand in Beckett's mother's murder.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 13. - DirectorStefan SchwartzStarsIdris ElbaSteven MackintoshIndira VarmaLuther, suspected of murder, goes on the run to try and prove his innocence. With Alice's assistance, they set out together to exact revenge on the real killer.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 6. - DirectorSteve ShillStarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDesmond HarringtonIn the Season 5 finale, Dexter realizes that he and Lumen are being lured into a trap and risks everything to escape; Quinn needs help that only Dexter can provide.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 12.
Dexter: Nothing is set in stone. Not even darkness.
Dexter: Don't be sorry, your darkness is gone. I'll carry it for you. Always... I'll keep it with mine. - DirectorJeffrey G. HuntStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickThe body of a male teenager is found along with shapeshifter marks. Walter examines the embryo of a shapeshifter, that came from the alternate Universe. The team try to anticipate the shapeshifters' next moves.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 19. - DirectorJohn ShibanStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulHeisenberg's organized and practical assistant Gale greatly aids his work in Gus's lab. Hank finally tracks the RV back to Jesse, as a concerned Walt finds any way to erase the evidence.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 6. - DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickAfter the extraordinary turn of events that shockingly left an imprisoned Olivia "over there," she fights to find her way home. Meanwhile, Peter and Walter try to move on with their lives unknowingly alongside alternate Olivia.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 1. - DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJon GriesDean and Sam check themselves into a mental hospital so they can investigate a monster that is attacking patients.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 11. - DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonAlready under pressure from Mr. Gilbert to rat on Neil and Jay for destroying a flower bed, Will does not think it a good idea that the other boys come to his house to throw a party whilst his mother is on a weekend break in the Cotswolds with an old flame. And he is right. Not only do they block the toilet and alter his Facebook picture but set about destroying more flowers in a neighbour's garden. Next morning the boys find themselves under siege from the angry gardener but there's no hiding place as Will's mother returns home early.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 5. - DirectorGlen WinterStarsTom WellingAllison MackErica DuranceClark is desperate to find the Book of Rao before Zod can find it. If it falls into Zod's hands, he will take over Earth. He's asking Chloe for her help. She is hampered by Tess's ravaging of her Watchtower equipment. Lois tells Clark she has a sure-fire way of getting their jobs back, but he is too preoccupied to listen. Her feelings are hurt. She says she needs a mission in life. In the midst of all this, Clark's mom returns unexpectedly with Perry White, whom she has been dating. Lois is smitten with Perry and shows him her hot lead - a photo of the Red/Blue Blur and tales of an alien race that is looking for the Book of Rao. She holds up a picture of it. Perry's jaw drops. He reaches into his briefcase and pulls out a copy of the same symbol. He tells her that they have a shared story. He is investigating an explosion of a secret government complex in the Rocky Mountains but has been blocked by someone with the code name, Red Queen. Meanwhile, Maxwell Lord has imprisoned Tess, demanding that she hand over the Book of Rao. As Chloe tries to help Clark search for the book, the Red Queen locks her computers. At an uncomfortable "family" dinner, Lois informs Clark that she's breaking up with him. Tess awakes from the mind manipulation that Lord has been using on her to get the Book of Rao. She grabs his gun and escapes. She heads home to get Rao from her wine cellar hiding place. But the real Red Queen - Martha Kent - holds her at gunpoint, knowing she would go for Rao when she fled Lord. Tess is forced to hand it over. Perry and Lois's story collapses, but his good word to the Planet editor gets Lois and Clark their desks back. At the Kent farm, Clark tells his mom that he knows now she is the Red Queen. She answers back that she has never stopped trying to protect him. If he uses the knowledge in the Book of Rao to exile all Kryptonians to another plane, it will exile all Kryptonians from Earth, including himself. She hands the Book of Rao to him.8/10.
Season 9, Episode 20. - DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonSimon takes Tara, a girl in the class below him, to a gig at a pub where to impress her, he has told her that he can get any drugs - courtesy of Jay. Jay's first attempt to score ends up with him buying tea-bags though eventually he does obtain some puff. None of the boys have smoked it before though and Will suffers severe side effects and takes to the stage to request an ambulance.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 2. - DirectorCharles BeesonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderStefan and Damon decide on a new plan to deal with Katherine at the masquerade ball.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 7. - DirectorBrad AndersonStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickIn the alternate universe, Olivia and the Fringe Division investigate weird accidents with casualties apparently with no connection except ballpoint pens found on the spots. But when Olivia sees the freak Milo, she suspects that he might be the responsible. Olivia and Charlie investigates and soon they follow a lead to a hospital where they learn what happened to Milo.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 3. - DirectorSam MillerStarsCatherine HamiltonPaul RhysIdris ElbaJohn Luther is on the trail of a satanic occult killer who kidnaps a woman but leaves her baby in the living room. Things get harder when a man accuses Luther of attacking him. Things take a grisly turn when the woman is found.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 3. - DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsNaveen AndrewsNestor CarbonellHenry Ian CusickMichael appears to Hurley and gives him a new mission, and Sayid captures Desmond and sends him to Locke. In Los Angeles, Desmond sets up a meeting between Libby and Hurley to further his assignment.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 11. - DirectorJohn TerleskyStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanThe serial killer remains at large and is taunting Castle, Beckett and Jordan Shaw to catch him.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 18. - DirectorJames MarshallStarsTom WellingErica DuranceCassidy FreemanOliver enjoys his new, public role since he outed himself as super-hero, yet misses Chloe desperately and feeling guilty. His example further inspires Clark to tell at least Lois, but just when they meet to that end an Egyptian jewel allows the Pharaonic goddess Isis to take possession of her body, eager to resuscitate her beloved Osiris, all required being at hand from a major exposition in Metropolis, but that would also revive his realm, hell, on earth. Tess, who is otherwise preoccupied with Lex's boy-clone Alexander, joins Oliver and Clark at Watchtower, where she proves herself able to fill in for Chloe IT-wise. Even with that invaluable research, Clark nearly perishes in his supernatural duel with Isis. Cat get caught in the fight and mistakenly believes Lois is the evil Blur.8/10.
Season 10, Episode 5. - DirectorPhilip SgricciaStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsBobby sells Crowley his soul in exchange for the location of Death, while Pestilence infects the Winchesters with a deadly disease.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 21.
Crowley: Why did you have to use tongue?
Death: As old as God. Maybe older. Neither of us can remember anymore. Life, death, chicken, egg - regardless, at the end, I'll reap Him too. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Ted leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for his friends, the gang winds up partying all night with The Blitz, an old friend from college who has bad luck. As a result, Ted is forced to spend Thanksgiving with Zoey.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 10. - DirectorSam MillerStarsRob JarvisIdris ElbaSteven MackintoshWhen a serial killer goes on the rampage, Luther must put his personal life aside and delve inside the murderer's mind to discover what is driving him to kill so many girls, and why.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 4. - DirectorRod HolcombStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterRaylan turns to an art collector to help bring a criminal to justice, but the case soon turns to a murder investigation. Meanwhile, Raylan's ex-wife turns to him for help, and he turns to Boyd Crowder to gather dirt on his father.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 6. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickWalter flashes back to 1985 while explaining Peter's otherworldly origins to Olivia. Also, Peter's mother is introduced, and details of the neighboring world reaffirm that there is more than one of everything.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 16.
Walter: There's only room for one God in this lab, and it's not yours. - DirectorBrad AndersonStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickPeter grapples with the aftermath of recent events as Olivia desperately searches for an ally. Meanwhile, the Fringe Team discovers a critical device that communicates between universes.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 8.
Walter: No gun for me.
Walter: It's all because of that temptress. She tricked my son with her carnal manipulation and he fell right into her vagenda. - DirectorJon AvnetStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterRaylan's surveillance job on a fugitive is interrupted when he is forced to deal with his troubled father, who is causing mischief for a drug dealer who is renting from him.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 5. - DirectorAkiva GoldsmanStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickWalter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 22. - DirectorSteve ShillStarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDesmond HarringtonTrying to get his life back on track, Dexter hunts a new target, but is distracted and drawn into a precarious situation while helping his troubled acquaintance; Batista discovers an interesting lead in the Santa Muerte murder cases.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 6. - DirectorMichael KatlemanStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterThe marshals are forced to turn to Arlo for help in making a case against Bo Crowder, but will he go along? Meanwhile, Bo is having problems of his own with Boyd, who continues to wage a religious war against his drug business.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 12. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe guys race each other, each using a different form of transportation, from the pub to a restaurant seven miles away because a friend claims that Woody Allen is there.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 4. - DirectorGlenn StandringStarsAndy WhitfieldJohn HannahPeter MensahSpartacus hovers on the brink. Meanwhile, Batiatus plots revenge against his enemies.8/10.
Season 1, Blood and Sand, Episode 11. - DirectorBryan SpicerStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanA death of a bridesmaid reunites Castle with his long lost love.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 12. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanNothing is as it seems when Castle and Beckett investigate what appears to be the assassination of an intelligence operative. Meanwhile, Beckett's romance with Demming threatens her relationship with Castle, forcing them to confront their feelings for each other.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 24. - DirectorJ. Miller TobinStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderElena comes home to a nightmare; Damon realizes Katherine has returned; Tyler receives a surprise visit from his uncle.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 1. - DirectorBill RoeStarsNathan FillionStana KaticSusan SullivanWhen a beautiful woman is found dead in an alley, all clues point to her being a victim of the notorious Triple Killer. The Triple Killer, or 3XK, terrorized New York City four years ago, then mysteriously disappeared. Now he's back. In a deadly battle of wits, Castle and Beckett race against time to stop 3XK before he claims his next victims.8/10.
Season 3, Episode 6. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAs Robin contemplates moving in with her new boyfriend Don, Ted and Barney both decide that they want her back. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily think they've revolutionized modern marriage when they begin sleeping in separate beds.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 21. - DirectorJohn F. ShowalterStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverSam and Dean travel to Bobby's hometown to investigate why the dead are rising from their graves. Dean has a strange encounter with Bobby's dead wife.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 15.
Bobby: She was the love of my life... how many times do I gotta kill her? - DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderDamon and Alaric try to stop John Gilbert from setting a plan in motion to bring Founder's Day to an end amid chaos, destruction and death.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 22. - DirectorBrian KirkStarsGeoffrey LumbSam SpruellIdris ElbaA gunman is murdering uniformed police officers, and warns that there will be further shootings unless his terms are met. Luther is determined to flush the killer out.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 2. - 2013– 23mTV-149.3 (18K)TV EpisodeDirectorStephen SandovalPete MichelsStarsJustin RoilandChris ParnellSpencer GrammerRick, falsely blamed for Murder by the council of Ricks, begins a cross-dimensional pursuit with the authorities while attempting to prove his innocence.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 10. - DirectorAndrew BernsteinStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThis is a hectic day in Cuddy's life from 5AM to 9PM. Giving an insurance company an ultimatum could bankrupt the hospital. She fires an employee for theft. Her child's sick. A patient won't pay for a reattached thumb.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 13.