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10 Best TV Shows of 2008: Ken Tucker's Picks

EW's critic ranks ''Mad Men,'' ''Fringe,'' and a trio of late-night shows among the year's best. Plus: His picks for the five worst shows of the past 12 months

By Ken Tucker | Dec 19, 2008
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10. IN TREATMENT (HBO)

Therapist Gabriel Byrne invited all manner of troubled folks to spill their guts on his sofa, and if some drove you up the wall (Melissa George's overly biting nympho), others could pierce your heart with their tender help­lessness; for me and many other fans, it was Mia Wasikowska's emotionally tortured teen. And this showcase for superb acting was never better than during Byrne's own sessions with his former mentor, a grandly haughty Dianne Wiest.

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