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Chuck: Chuck Versus the Colonel (2009)
Pure brilliance
I'm a high school English teacher, and I annoy the heck out of my students by teaching them to appreciate movies and videos as art. This episode of Chuck is pure art. I cried, not at the plot points, but at the brilliance of the writers. The ending is perfection. A beautiful homage to one of the best movies I've ever seen with "Chuck's" absurdist comic flair. This show is just amazing, but this episode is worth my streaming bill for the whole year.
S.W.A.T.: 3 Seventeen Year Olds (2020)
Really excellent episode
I thought this episode did a good job of exploring universal themes in a very constrained amount of time. Sons disappointing fathers; fathers disappointing sons; the weight of expectation; racism. Yes, it was heavy, and TV is supposed to help us escape, but it was very well done. The closing was especially powerful, and kudos to the woman reading King's words.
NCIS: Los Angeles: One of Us (2018)
One of the best episodes of NCIS Los Angeles ever
Very clever premise. Brilliant supporting acting throughout. (The cast list is incomplete, missing Sara Visser, who does a very good job as Karen St Clair, and Nick Rhys, who played Rick. one of the things I miss most about "The Closer" is the brilliant supporting acting, so it's good to see "NCIS Los Angeles" upping its game.)
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service: What Child is This? (2018)
Tries too hard to pull at every heart string
This has every holiday trope. It has the most plots I have ever seen an NCIS episode. It may have the most plots I have ever seen in a one-hour TV show.