: Re: How much episode recap is necessary in a tv-focused podcast? I'm planning for my next podcast to do an episode-by-episode tv show analysis. (Actually two are in development, but they'll be about

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I think you see this all the time in "Previously on XYZ" segments of shows that have long plotlines (i.e. episodes are not self-contained).

The only thing they recap is what you need to know for THIS episode, and then not the whole subplot, just the last thing that happened in that subplot. e.g. The Breakup, not the romance before it. Or the woman seeing her ex with a new woman; and not the The Breakup before it.

As for organizing the elements; I'd go with explaining first what they will see first; i.e. if the first "new thing" or "reveal" in the current episode is we find out Mary is doing some serious spying on Cindy, recap first *why Mary is spying on Cindy.

I think you can presume your listeners watch the show; so all you need to do is remind them of what was the LAST thing that happened in each subplot, you don't have to recap the whole subplot.

As for NEW subplots, I wouldn't recap anything for them, unless some decision is critical to how the new subplot develops, you might want to tease that.

Remember how proud Josh was to get his promotion? I'm just saying, remember that.

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