
Almost every TV series finds the time to showcase all of the major holidays at least once during their run, but over the decades, TV generally shows out for Halloween like no other. The best drama series' use the horror and fear-themed day to bring characters' innate doubts and fears to the surface, while the best sitcoms go balls out with costumed mischief and assorted hijinks in their Halloween episodes.
With the season of tricks and treats upon us, Complex collected the best of both to create a definitive list of the best of the best, specifically those episodes that directly deal with the actual holiday. So if you don't see insert-popular-spooky-drama, it's because, while scary on a weekly basis, it never actually celebrated All Hallow's Eve proper. Grab a bag of candy and settle in for the night to watch The Best Halloween Themed TV Episodes.
25. "Chuck vs. the Aisle of Terror," Chuck

24. "Slutty Pumpkin," How I Met Your Mother

23. "Let's Give the Boy a Hand," Dexter

22. "Halloween; Ellie," Louie

21. "Spooky Endings," Happy Endings

20. "Haunted," The Vampire Diaries

19. "The Purge," black-ish

18. "Halloween," The Office

17. "Halloween," Modern Family

16. "Halloween III," Brooklyn Nine-Nine

15. "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery," South Park

14. "Keaton," New Girl

13. "Trick or Treat," Curb Your Enthusiasm

12. "Tricks and Treats," Freaks and Geeks

11. "Halloween," Frasier

10. "The Haunted Mask," Goosebumps

9. "It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester," Supernatural

8. "Halloween Part 2," American Horror Story

7. "Epidemiology," Community

6. "Haunted," Dead Like Me

5. "One Night in October," Fringe

4. "BOO!" Roseanne

3. "Fear, Itself," Buffy the Vampire Slayer

2. The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, The Simpsons

1. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
