Top 5 Halloween Specials 2011: Justice Productions Edition

This year I saw a bunch of Halloween specials for most of the top and new shows on TV.

Here are my Top 5:

5) "The Office"

Andy puts Erin in charge of the Halloween Party, until he finds out Robert California is looking forward to the party. One of the best things about this episode is that every character has something to add to the episode.

  

4) "Last Man Standing"

A great show for the family. Mike is looking forward to taking his youngest daughter Trick'or'treating only to find she feels too old to go. Against his eldest daughter's wishes he takes his grandson out, and comes back with the wrong kid. Some funny gags about raising children and being manly, you know Tim Allen humor.

3) "Happy Endings"

Another Halloween Party, see party episodes are great. Alex and Dave try to see who can get a date fastest at the party, Max and Penny go in a couples costume till they feel the need to separate, meanwhile Brad and Jane deal with the horrors of handing out candy while house-sitting. Lots of funny relationship jokes and mistaken identity in costumes.

2) "Castle"
Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a ghost hunter. This show is always filled with witty banter and fun pop culture references. Add in the theme that Castle things a ghost has murdered the ghost hunter and you have classic X-Files.

1) "Big Bang Theory"
Even though this episode didn't have Halloween in every scene, and very little in the way of characters dressed up for Halloween, it had the spirit. The gang scares Sheldon in the beginning of the episode and he tries to get payback throughout. Also a great moral problem for Lenard regarding the hot girl at the comicbook store and his long distance girlfriend. Lots of funny in this one.

Honorable Mentions:

• "Parks and Recreation" - Another Halloween Party, this one with a fight!
• "The Middle" - Another good one for the Family. Kids with social problems, a daughter who wants to interest men, dealing with rude people and teenage boys who want to be superheroes.
• "The Simpsons" - A must see every year, Diving-bell and the Butterfly, Dexter and Avatar spoofs this year.
• "Beavis and Butthead" - They are back, filled with Twilight jokes and werewolves.
• "Community" - One of the best shows on TV, filled with horror stories.

Great shows that started just in time for Halloween:

• "Walking Dead" Back for season two and still Zombie-riffic
• "Grimm" A detective that hunts real life fairy tales, could be the new Kolchak
• "Once Upon a Time" The Fairy Tales have been turned into real people and don't remember who they are, a darker take on Enchanted
• "American Horror Story" The weirdest thing on TV since Twin Peaks. What is going on with this house? I highly recommend this new show!