episodes
TV show units
Episodes are individual installments of a serialized work—distinct segments of a television series, podcast, or other ongoing narrative: I've only watched the first three episodes.
More broadly, an episode is any distinct event or period within a larger experience: a brief episode of unemployment, an episode of chest pain.
The word suggests bounded incidents within a continuing story.
Year's four divisions
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- finaleConcluding part of performance
cliffhanger · broadcast · streaming · network · ratings · primetime · cable · syndication
Curved line segment
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- chapterDivision of a book
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
segment · part · sequel · prequel · trilogy · saga · continuation · spinoff
Something that takes place
- eventA notable occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
crisis · emergency · anomaly · altercation · confrontation · scene · affair · happening
seasons
Year's four divisions
finale · cliffhanger · broadcast · streaming · network · ratings · primetime · cable · syndication · showrunner
arc
Curved line segment
installment · segment · part · sequel · prequel · trilogy · saga · continuation · spinoff · crossover
occurrence
Something that takes place
- eventA notable occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- disturbanceDisruption of order
upheaval · crisis · emergency · anomaly · altercation · confrontation · scene · affair · happening · moment
history
Record of past events
- recordsStored data or albums
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
memoirs · diary · journal · account · log · timeline · narrative · recollection · retelling · biography
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
spell · bout · relapse · recurrence · onset · symptoms · convulsion · syncope · vertigo · palpitation
- videosvideos, clip, clips, video clip, films
- broadcast televisionnetworks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox
- daytime TVtalk shows, soap opera, soap operas, talk show, soaps
- downloadsfiles, app, apps, game, music
- kids' radiostorytelling, youth programs, bedtime stories, storytime, story time
- parts of a wholeparts, pieces, chapters, sections, segments
episodeswholes
Complete unified amounts
entireties · totalities · complete series · complete works · series
episodescontinuity
Uninterrupted progression or coherence
continuum · continuities · steady state · permanence · constants
episodesfeature films
Standard-length theatrical movies
novels · anthologies · miniseries · one-shots
- new episode
- next episodeSubsequent TV installment
- pilot episodeFirst episode testing viability
- manic episodesIntense elevated mood periods
- final episodeConcluding installment of series
- weekly episodes