It’s almost Halloween! Your costumes are ready, and your patio is decked in skeletons and pumpkins. While you can’t go trick-or-treating yet, you can treat yourself to these Halloween-themed TV episodes. Do you want fun, scary, spooky, or dramatic? We’ve brought five of the best Halloween episodes on TV to you.
Friends: The One With The Halloween Party
This Halloween-themed episode of “Friends” is in the eighth season of the hit series. While Monica and Chandler are planning their costume party and picking out hilarious outfits, Chandler ends up in a pink bunny costume, and the other characters fight their separate battles.
Phoebe is on a quest to reveal the truth about Úrsula to Eric, while Rachel tries and fails to be good with children before she gives birth to hers. The episode is spooky but reminiscent of the signature “Friends” humor.
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V
Of the 30 “Treehouse of Horror” episodes, the Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror V” may have the greatest chokehold on its fans. This episode of the sixth season holds some of the most popularly referenced parts of the season to date.
From Homer’s shindig with a time-traveling toaster where he accidentally rewrites history (Time and Punishment) to school officials’ creative methods of clearing out detention halls (Nightmare Cafeteria), the episode is sure to keep you spellbound throughout its 30-minute run.
The Office: Halloween
This episode in the second season of “The Office” is filled with all the horror movie techniques but somehow still manages to keep you in your seat. It captures Michael’s anxiety as he tries and continually fails to fire someone.
The episode features the fragility of a relationship due to a prank, the chill of possible unemployment in the air, and too many cat ears to be considered anything but Halloween. It is a charming episode with bursts of feelings.
Stranger Things: Trick or Treat, Freak
Every episode of “Stranger Things” can be considered spooky, but this episode of the second season has even more scary spice. It is one of the most relatable episodes on the show.
It features Will’s struggle, both with his unnatural connection to the upside-down and the uncertainty of whether it is cool or age-appropriate for him to go trick or treating. Beware, it may cause you to think deeply about societal standards.
Black-ish: Jacked O’Lantern
The sight of Michael Strahan dressed up as 50 Cent would usually be enough to keep most people glued to this episode of the second season of “Black-ish”. It features the disappointment of Dre and his kids’ at the arrival of their relatives.
From the unique family costumes to give you fashion inspiration to the unforgettable scenes, the usual Jackson family shenanigans, and the hilarious jokes that will have your ribs cracking, this episode is worth your time on Halloween night.
