In my humble opinion, episodic television is at its best when each story can be easily summarised with the simple phrase, “the one with…” and immediately let us know which specific episode we’re all talking about. The sitcom Friends capitalised on this to the extreme by choosing “the one with” as the structure for its actual episode titles, but it’s a formula that can be applied to any good series. Thunderbirds has “the one with the Empire State Building”, or “the one with the alligators” and not a soul on the planet who’s seen the series would struggle to remember which episode is being talked about. It emphasises the success of the overall format that each episode can be unique, surprising, and easily distinguished, and it also demonstrates the strength and clarity of individual stories.
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