It was a damn good year for TV, especially genre TV. We feasted all year on quality Star Wars , freaky horror , endearing and exciting sci-fi , thrilling fantasy, gloriously weird storytelling, and top-tier anime and animation . We’ll have io9’s list of 2025’s top sci-fi, fantasy, and horror series coming very soon, but first: here are 42 standout moments that stuck with us long after the credits rolled.

Andor – Mon’s crashout dance

More than just a club classic, more than just a long night of many more to come for Mon Mothma, the climax of Andor season two’s first act broke Mon down perfectly, so she could steel herself for the battles to come later in the season. An ecstatic, almost delirium sequence, watching Mon give herself to the thrumming beats of “Niamos!” knowing

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