2022 In Review: Biggest Plot Twists

In a crowded TV landscape full of streaming, cable and broadcast shows to choose from, we were pleasantly surprised that some small-screen offerings still found ways to make our hearts race.

From secret identities to steamy hookups and villainous reveals, TV in 2022 often kept our jaws glued to the floor. To that end, in the list below, we're revisiting 40 of the TV plot twists that kept us on the edge of our seats this year.

As is the case with all of TVLine's year-end roundups, be warned: THIS LIST IS A SPOILER MINEFIELD. Therefore, if you aren't fully caught up on any of the following 40 shows, you might want to consider revisiting this once you've gotten your binge on:

9-1-1: Lone Star, American Horror Stories, Andor, The Boys, The Cleaning Lady, Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, Dead to Me, Dynasty, The English, Evil, Fate: The Winx Saga, The Flash, For All Mankind, The Handmaid's Tale, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, And Just Like That..., Killing Eve, The Kings of Napa, La Brea, Legacies, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Manifest, Mayans MC, Monarch, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Only Murders in the Building, Outer Range, Pretty Little Liars, Original Sin, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, South Park, Stargirl, Station 19, Stranger Things, Superman & Lois, Sweet Magnolias, Vampire Academy, Virgin River, Westworld, The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window and Young Sheldon. 

Scroll down to relive the big moments and juicy plot twists that blew our minds this year, then drop a comment or two with your own favorites that are still living rent-free in your brain.

Judd has a son!

"Dollhouse" is a prequel to AHS: Coven!

Kino Loy can't swim! (Read finale recap.)

Soldier Boy is Homelander's father. (Read Season 3, Episode 7 post mortem.)

Nadia and Robert Kamdar were married!

Bo is back from the dead!

It's not Jen who has cancer — it's Judy! (Read our series finale post mortem with creator Liz Feldman.)

Graham is actually Steven in a mask!

Cornelia's late son was the product of rape; Melmont infected Cornelia with syphilis, and Cornelia passed the disease down to her son.

Leland is having Kristen's baby! (Bosses detail the... uh, "good" news.)

Bloom is 1,000 years old!

John Diggle rejects his Green-ish Lantern-y destiny! (Flash boss sheds light on Diggle arc.)

North Korea was first on Mars! (Read our Season 3 finale post mortem.)

Serena is on June's train! (Boss breaks down finale's final shot.)

Ashlyn and Big Red are both bisexual!

Carrie makes out with her podcast producer Franklyn! (Read our finale post mortem.)

Villanelle is shot dead in the final moments of the series! (Read Sandra Oh's reaction to the series finale.)

Disgruntled Groesbeck (who?!?) is the extortionist. (Read our Q&A with the OWN series' creator Janine Sherman Barrois.)

Gavin is from the year 2076! (Read fall finale post mortem.)

Caroline is the Salvatore School's new headmistress!

Halbrand is Sauron! (Read our finale post mortem with Charlie Vickers.)

The Death Date isn't just for the 828 passengers. It's the end of the world. (Manifest boss talks death date twist and final 10 episodes.)

EZ dethrones Alvarez — and snubs Bishop — to become Santo Padre president! (Read Season 4 finale recap.)

Dottie (Susan Sarandon) dies in the first episode! (Read premiere post mortem.)

Obi-Wan Kenobi is actually about Ben protecting young Leia, not Luke! (Read finale recap.)

Cinda Canning's assistant Poppy, who is really Becky Butler, killed Bunny and conspired with Detective Kreps. (Read our Season 2 finale post mortem with actress Adina Verson.)

Autumn is actually Royal's granddaughter Amy... from the future! (Read our Q&A with Imogen Poots.)

This show shares a universe with Riverdale!

The MCU is actually run by an AI named K.E.V.I.N.! (Read finale post mortem.)

Token's real name is Tolkien!

"Resurrected" Starman has been Ultra-Humanite all along!

Not only does grownup foster kid Jack have biological siblings, they were raised by their parents. (Read Season 6 premiere recap.)

Vecna is One is Henry Creel. (Read our Q&A with portrayer Jamie Campbell Bower.)

Clark reveals his secret to Lana! (Read Season 5, Episode 11 recap.)

Bill is Isaac's father!

Andre is alive... and a Strigoi!

Jack isn't the father of Charmaine's twins! (Read Season 4 finale post mortem.)

Caleb is a host! (Read Season 4, Episode 4 recap.)

Emma Coleman, Neil's nine-year-old daughter, is the killer! (Read finale post mortem with Kristen Bell.)

Seventeen-year-old Georgie knocks up 29-year-old former weather girl Mandy McAllister. (Read Season 5, Episode 17 post mortem.)