We may only be a third of the way through 2018, but it’s already been an exceptional year of television. ABC’s Roseanne revival is a ratings juggernaut, FX’s critically acclaimed Atlanta has finally returned for its sophomore season, and Netflix continues to produce so many new shows that our weekends are all booked up from now, until June of 2020.

There’s obviously a lot of TV left to watch in this, our year of the reboot, but we here at Team Decider wanted to highlight a few of the early small screen standouts that might get lost in the shuffle when the deluge of “best of” lists start popping up at the end of the year. Why should we wait until December to celebrate the very best that TV has to offer?

Before we get to our rankings, let’s discuss our criteria. Black Panther isn’t eligible because it’s a movie. Step by Step didn’t make the cut because it hasn’t produced an all-new episode since 1998. This list is limited to television episodes that have aired in 2018. Get it? Got it? Good.

From streaming reality favorites to poignant cable dramas, we ranked the ten best TV episodes of 2018.

10 'Corporate' Episode 9: "Weekend" Anyone who’s ever suffered through the monotony of the nine-to-five life will appreciate the twisted charm of Comedy Central’s dark comedy Corporate. While the entire season is worth a binge, the one episode that stands out is the ever-relatable “Weekend.” The penultimate episode of the season, this biting installment cleverly compares and contrasts the exhilarating high of Friday evening and debilitating low of Monday morning. From not RSVPing to a co-worker’s party (“I’m an eternal maybe. I want the option to back out of a party up until the moment I walk through the front door.”) to realistic weekend plans (“Basically I’m trying to cram my entire life into 48-hours, and I won’t enjoy a second of it.”) no show understands the plight of the working man like Corporate. — Josh Sorokach Where to stream Corporate

9 'High Maintenance' Season 2, Episode 1: "Globo" Do you remember “The Day After”? No, not the harrowing 1983 made-for-TV movie about nuclear war (because OF COURSE everyone remembers that). I’m talking about the day after the 2016 election, as the (also harrowing) realization that Donald Trump was going to be the 45th POTUS set in. “Globo,” the first episode of High Maintenance‘s incredible 2nd season, flashes back to that surreal day in its characteristically empathetic way, as people all over the city —a man struggling to stay on his diet, a woman who spends all day in bed having a threesome (there’s a twist!), and of course The Guy— react and process the news. The thing that makes this special, though, is the episode’s ending, in which we join a (probable) immigrant busboy making his long, daily journey through the city’s labyrinthine subway system to reunite with most important person in his world: his daughter. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and most importantly, you’ll confront your own biases and realize that there’s more to life than arguing about politics on the Internet.— Mark Graham Stream "Globo" on HBO Go

8 'The Magicians' Season 3, Episode 5: "A Life In The Day" The third season of SyFy’s snarky dramedy has been a revelation, bringing focus and real growth to the main characters as they search for seven mystical keys that will bring magic back to the world. But wow, were we not ready for “A Life in the Day.” The standout episode finds former magicians Quentin (Jason Ralph) and Eliot (Hale Appleman) on the hunt of a key that will only be revealed when they solve the puzzle in a magic mosaic. So they try. And fail. And try, and fail. Over, and over. For days, then months, then years. They fall in love and out of love. Quentin gets married, has a child, watches his wife die, his child grow up and leave, even holds Eliot in his arms as he dies. And then Quentin solves the puzzle and they are back to being themselves, somehow having to psychologically deal with living an entire lifetime while only a few hours passed in the “real” world. Most shows would have used this as a gimmick, but The Magicians instead let this fundamentally change Quentin and Eliot, and how they approach their choices going forward. This episode fondly recalled the beginning of Up, which is no faint praise – yet made it work, and very much its own thing. Beyond that, the episode still found time to be as raunchy and funny as ever. Magic may be gone from the world of The Magicians, but with episodes like this, Executive Producer Sera Gamble and company are making their own sort of magic every week on SyFy. — Alex Zalben Where to stream The Magicians

7 'Atlanta' Season 2, Episode 2: "Sportin' Waves" Atlanta wasted no time making an impression with its second season (yes, there was an alligator in the first episode). But it was the second episode, “Sportin’ Waves,” that put on display exactly what Atlanta does best: awkward, authentic, cringe comedy. Paper Boi (Brian Tyree Henry) and Earn (Donald Glover) visit a streaming company and the episode doesn’t hesitate for a moment to comment on race, millennials, and the music industry as a whole — without ever really being too overt, of course, but remaining astute the whole time. From a questionable mall trip to the quest to find a new reliable weed dealer, the entire 30 minutes is filled with the sharp yet subtle storytelling we cherish and appreciate this show for perfecting. — Lea Palmieri Where to stream Atlanta

6 'Wild Wild Country' "Part 3" If Wild Wild Country (not to be confused with Wild Wild West) were a scripted series, the plot of “Part 3” might be deemed too unrealistic to be believed. A cult inviting thousands of homeless people to their commune in order to secure enough votes to seize control of a community via local election? That’s almost too diabolical for reality. Then again the last think you want to do is underestimate Ma Anand Sheela. Astonishingly, the battle for land and power between the Rajneesh movement and Wasco County would escalate. As “Part 3” comes to a close, we learn that there is nothing Sheela won’t do to achieve victory, including but not limited to the largest bioterrorism attack in United States history. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more compelling cliffhanger. — Josh Sorokach Stream "Part 3" on Netflix

5 'Crashing' Season 2, Episode 6: "Artie" HBO’s Crashing didn’t just blur the line between fiction and reality with its evocative Season 2 offering “Artie,” it completely obliterated the fourth wall by delivering one of the most painfully honest episodes of 2018. An earnest, emotionally-charged exploration of heroin addiction, the Artie Lange-centered episode centers on the actor’s real-life issues with substance abuse. The conflicting ideologies between Lange and Pete Holmes result in some truly gripping dialogue about spirituality as the episode as a whole succeeds in affecting you on a visceral level. The best art originates from truth and few shows understand that principle and use it to their advantage as effectively and as confidently as Crashing. — Josh Sorokach Stream "Artie" on HBO Go

4 'The Good Place' Season 2, Episode 12: "The Burrito" Honestly, this entire list could just be episodes from NBC’s The Good Place. Season 2 of Michael Schur’s afterlife comedy delivered one of the smartest, most inventive seasons in sitcom history. The series was absolutely fearless in its storytelling as it effortlessly balanced life or death stakes with a cheery blend of friendship and humor. Even by The Good Place’s high standards of quality, “The Burrito” stands out as an exceptional 22-minutes of television. First, Maya Rudolph playing an irreverent, all-knowing judge is literally an out of this world casting coup. Second, the episode not only continues Eleanor’s moral transformation but it also highlights the “live together, die alone” ethos the series champions as Janet and Michael make a daring escape from the Bad Place in an effort to save their friends from that whole pesky “eternity of torture” thing. — Josh Sorokach Stream "The Burrito" on Hulu

3 'Jane The Virgin' Season 4, Episode 14: "Chapter Seventy-Eight" Jane the Virgin has been breaking ground since it first debuted nearly four years ago, but “Chapter Seventy-Eight” took the series’ habit of combining comedy and tragedy to entirely new heights. After serving up a gut-punch with Xiomara’s (Andrea Navedo) breast cancer diagnosis in “Chapter Seventy-Seven”, “Chapter Seventy-Eight” takes us right into the thick of things as she mulls over treatment options and Jane (Gina Rodriguez) and Rogelio (Jaime Camil) struggle to process their own grief. Jane is certainly not the first series to ever tackle cancer, but the way it does sets it apart from pretty much anything else on television. It perfectly captures the messiness of tragedy, the inevitable humor and absurdity that works its way through the cracks of even the most devastating of developments. If the deft blending of humor and heartache wasn’t enough, “Chapter Seventy-Eight” also fearlessly addresses the questions of femininity that come into the mix when deciding how to treat breast cancer. Even while telling a story this significant, the episode still manages to balance Petra’s goofy bumbling around her romantic feelings for J.R., Alba’s inability to deal with her daughter’s illness, and Rogelio’s surprising sensitivity. It’s all enough to make anyone cry, but like most episodes of Jane, “Chapter Seventy-Eight” will alternately have you laughing through your tears. — Jade Budowski Where to stream Jane the Virgin

2 'Queer Eye' Episode 4: "To Gay or Not Too Gay" Netflix’s Queer Eye revival has been one of the best stories of the TV year. Entertaining, inspirational, binge-worthy, the list of compliments are endless. Choosing one episode from the new season is difficult, but if you’re going to watch one, we highly suggest the installment Decider’s Brett White called the “absolutely essential hour of TV that is ‘To Gay or Not Too Gay.”’ “It is rare to watch an episode that addresses every single critique haters might have about the larger show, and ‘To Gay or Not Too Gay’ breaks every argument against the show down to an atomic level and then smashes them.” — Brett White Stream Queer Eye on Netflix