The Walking Dead, Season 4 Ep. 8, "Too Far Gone"
byThe Walking Dead ended its midseason last Sunday, blowing its established world to smithereens in a way that bodes well for the final eight episodes.
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Praising the Bottle (Episode): Part Two
byPart 2: “She’s not crazy, she just wants to feel everything.”
Another show that recently gave us a bottle episode, “Girls,” will have no such problem – it can do (and has done) standalone and plot-advancing episodes with equal aplomb, without raising questions about its creative well-being.
Praising the Bottle (Episode): Part One
byLike all industries, TV has ass-loads of jargon. One in particular that’s come up often lately, due to the directions certain shows have taken, is the term “bottle episode.” This refers to when a TV show – be it semi-serial like 30 Rock or entirely serial like Breaking Bad – takes a detour from the central narrative and highlights an isolated portion of its world.