The concept of episode has a recurring use in our language and is used to refer to various questions.
One-off event that is part of a whole, or a passing incident that is not very relevant
An episode is usually called that specific and separate event that will be part of a whole.
"The very strong discussion that I had with my husband this morning is one more episode of the crisis in which our marriage finds itself."
But on the other hand, it is also common for people to use the term to refer to that incident, a passing and irrelevant event that took place within the framework of a whole.
"The fight that you mention was an unimportant episode, with Maria we are not fought in any way."
In other words, we use this sense of the term very often when we want to dismiss the relevance that is being attributed from one party to an event, usually unfortunate, such as a fight, such is the example we have recently mentioned.
Each of the parts into which a series of TV, novel, book is divided
And the other of the extended uses that the term presents is to refer to each of the chapters into which a television series, a film or even a literary work is divided.
That is to say, in this sense the episode is one of the partial actions or parts that make up the main action that will be narrated in a book, on a tape or in a television program.
"The episode in which Chandler and Monica spend the night together in a London hotel is the one that I liked the most of all those who make up the American series Friends."
The concept of episode is undoubtedly one of the most widely used as a synonym for chapter, which by the way we must say has a more popular use than that of episode.
Divide works or long content to give them greater clarity and order
At the behest of literary works, the episodes have the mission of dividing a large work in order to provide it with greater clarity and order; Let's imagine how uncomfortable it would be to read a book without any type of headline, division, it would be complex when it comes to understanding when everything is together and it would also complicate the fact of stopping reading them because the episodes what they allow is to end with an idea or topic , and then resume another in the next episode and thus make it easier when you decide to resume reading.
The episodes are usually listed from smallest to largest starting with one, followed by two, three, four and so on, and are usually associated with thematic units, and accompanied by a title, in relation to the topic at hand.
This fact also makes it easier to identify the contents that are exposed.
Now, in addition to numbers, which is the most common, divisions such as the introduction, first part, second part, etc. are usually used. And conclusion.
The same methodology is used in television series, in novels, which are precisely broadcast in episodes, in daily format, or once a week, since as they are very long stories, they cannot be broadcast in one go. .
The last episodes of the novels or series are usually the ones that arouse the most attention from their followers since they define the fate of the characters, and for example the audience levels are usually substantial.
Pilot episode
For his part, the pilot episode will be the one that is first shot or filmed in a television series and through which the producers value the success that the series in question could achieve.
On many occasions they are broadcast on television in order to determine specifically the positive or negative response that the audience and the criticisms of the specialized press have about them. Once the ok or approval is obtained, the pilot episode will become the first episode of the first season of the series.
Meanwhile, there is no preset duration for the pilot episode, it will depend on the time required by the story in question to introduce the plot and characters.
