Halloween 2023: Best sitcom episodes to watch during the spooky season

Halloween 2023: American sitcoms have smartly made use of the holiday to integrate in their plots. Here's looking at some of the best sitcom episodes to watch during the spooky season

Updated On: 2023-10-27 05:11 PM IST

Compiled by : Athulya Nambiar

Stills from Modern Family and Brooklyn Nine-Nine

'The One with the Halloween Party' from FRIENDS

The series that began in the 90s is one of the most loved sitcoms of all times. The show knows how to bring a twist to their holiday episodes making them memorable. In this Halloween episode that happpens after Chandler and Monica's wedding, Monica picks out a pink bunny outfit for her husband which he is not happy about. Chandler gets in an arm wrestle battle with Ross who is dressed as... well, a potato, to impress his date

Big Bang Theory (Season 12) 

In the final Halloween episode of the show, the gang decides to dress up for work and host a party later at Leonard and Penny's house. At work, Howard surprises everyone when he dresses up as Sheldon and imitates him. While Sheldon does not get it as first, it later dawns on him when Leonard points it out to him. However Sheldon is left hurt on seening everyone laugh at Howard's impression of him. When Sheldon's girlfriend tells Bernadette to get Howard to apologise she refuses saying it was her idea as well. Later, Amy and Sheldon get back at Howard and Bernadette by dressing up like them and making fun of them

'Halloween Theft' from Superstore

Jonah’s Brexit outfit seems even more relevant now than when the episode aired in 2016. In the season two episode, she schemes to override assistant manager Dina’s insistence that no one can clock out on Halloween until one of them confesses to stealing some misshapen produce

'Keaton' from New Girl 

The episode sees Jess attempting to dissuade a mopey Schmitt from attending her Halloween party. She along with Nick and Winston send mails to Schmitt disguised as Michael Keaton. For most of his life, Schmitt has believed to have been receiving letters from Keaton, which in reality was being written by his mother and later by Nick. However, Schmitt later finds out the truth, or well the half-truth

'Good Grief' from 'The Modern Family'

Claire loves Halloween and is a fact that has been established by this point in the show. However, this episode stands out as Claire and Mitch's mother Dede's passes away. The siblings try to propose their grief in their own manner remembering her while waiting  to find out the reason behind her death

Slutty Pumpkin from How I Met Your Mother 

The central plot of the show is Ted's love life and how he meets his wife. During his youth, he comes across a lady dressed as a slutty pumpkin. However, he is unable to strike a conversation and dresses up as a voting ballet every year hoping to meet her again

The Last Halloween from The Modern Family 

When Claire tells Phil that he can never scare her , he pulls off the ultimate, elaborate prank on her 

'Halloween Surprise' from Parks and Recreation

In this episode, on Halloween, Andy ropes Ron into taking Diane's daughters trick-or-treating. Leslie holds a fundraiser to pay for Jerry's hospital bill after he has a heart attack. Meanwhile, in Washington, Ben is offered a campaign job in Florida

Halloween from The Office 

The corporate office tells Michael Scott he has until the end of the day to fire someone in the office, but true to character, he drags his feet. The hilarity and drama are amped up when Michael tries and fails to terminate several of his employees

Brooklyn Nine Nine (Halloween from season 1)

The show has some of the best Halloween episodes. In the first season, the precinct begins the tradition of the Halloween heist. While it begins as a competition between Detective Jake and Captain Holt, the following seasons see all members try to outwit each other to win the title of 'Amazing Detective/Genius' 

HalloVeen from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

By far the best Halloween episode is the one where Jake smartly mainpualtes the annual heist to surprise Amy with a proposal 

 

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