Episode

For other uses, see Episode (disambiguation).


An episode is a coherent narrative unit within a larger dramatic work such as a film or television series. An episode is to a sequence as a chapter is to a book.

The word derives from the ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisodion), meaning the material contained between two songs or odes in a Greek tragedy.[1]

See also

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References

  1. Online Etymology Dictionary, entry "Episode", accessed 4 November 2014.