The Best Worst
Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
Episodes
December 9, 2025 • 38 mins
Full House
1987-1995
193 episodes
Worst episode: s8 e15 My Left and Right Foot
Best episode: s4 e11 Secret Admirer
Turns out the show with all the kids on it is a kids show.
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December 2, 2025 • 7 mins
The Wire
2002-2008
60 episodes
Middlest episode: s2 e9 Stray Rounds
The middlest episode of the best show.
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November 25, 2025 • 54 mins
The Wire
2002-2008
60 episodes
Worst episode: s2 e1 Ebb Tide
Best episode: s3 e11 Middle Ground
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November 18, 2025 • 5 mins
Friends
1994-2004
235 episodes
Middlest ep: s8e22 The One Where Rachel Is Late
The way we count weeks in a pregnancy is so weird.
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November 11, 2025 • 42 mins
Friends
1994-2004
235 episodes
Worst episode: s1 e21 The One with the Fake Monica
Best episode: s5 e14 The One Where Everybody Finds Out
Oh it turns out this beloved and incredibly popular sitcom is funny.
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November 6, 2025 • 6 mins
The West Wing
1999-2006
155 episodes
Middlest ep: s2 e15 Ellie
Sorry we're late with this one! I blame election day! Which fits with this week's show!
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October 28, 2025 • 57 mins
The West Wing
1999-2006
155 episodes
Worst episode: s6 e19 Ninety Miles Away
Best episode: s2 e10 Noël
We can defeat Republicans once and for all if we just say smart things fast enough.
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October 21, 2025 • 6 mins
Happy Days
1974-1984
255 episodes
Middlest episode: s7 e15 Ah, Wilderness
You know what's cool is sound stages and live audiences.
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October 14, 2025 • 44 mins
Happy Days
1974-1984
255 episodes
Worst episode: s7 e2 Chachi Sells His Soul
Best episode: s2 e11 Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
Hey remember how good things were in the 50s if you don't count a bunch of stuff that happened in the 50s
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October 7, 2025 • 6 mins
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
156 episodes
Middlest Episode: s3 e4 The Passersby
You know, if you really think about it....
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September 30, 2025 • 50 mins
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
156 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e18 The Bard
Best episode: s2 e6 Eye of the Beholder
At one point in this episode I refer to Leonard Cohen as being from the eastern half of the United States when I meant the eastern half of North America. My deepest regrets to all Canadians.
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September 23, 2025 • 5 mins
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
148 episodes
Middlest episode: s2 e16 Geoffrey Cleans Up
Can I borrow a cup of Lysol?
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September 16, 2025 • 49 mins
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
148 episodes
Worst episode: s3 e16 Bundle of Joy
Best episode: s4 e24 Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse
In which Will Smith's tax bill results in him eventually becoming a movie star.
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September 9, 2025 • 36 mins
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The Sopranos
1999-2007
86 episodes
Middlest episode: s5 e4 All Happy Families
I'm just here having my normal snack of wine and peaches.
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September 2, 2025 • 59 mins
The Sopranos
1999-2007
86 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e3 Christopher
Best episode: s5 e12 Long Term Parking
Because tramps like us, baby we were born to run
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August 26, 2025 • 5 mins
Sex and the City
1998-2004
94 episodes
Middlest ep: s4 e16 Ring a Ding Ding
Don't be too proud to accept help!!
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August 19, 2025 • 47 mins
Sex and the City
1998-2004
94 episodes
Worst episode: s3 e4 Boy Girl Boy Girl
Best episode: s4 e2 The Real Me
When kissing Alanis Morissette makes you biphobic.
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August 12, 2025 • 6 mins
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes
Middlest episode: s6 e6 True Q
There's a new Q in town, and she's a teen.
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August 5, 2025 • 46 mins
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes
Worst episode: s7 e14 Sub Rosa
Best episode: s5 ep 25 The Inner Light
Ghost sex in Space Scotland.
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July 29, 2025 • 5 mins
The Simpsons
1989-
788 episodes
Middlest episode: s24 e13 Hardly Kirking
Eat my shorts again!
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