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Bottle Episodes

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    What Is a Bottle Episode?The people on the internet are wrong. Or are they?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    The Bear’s Suitcases“Honeydew” and “Forks” may appear to be bottle episodes, but they’re something else. (Mad Men’s greatest hour provides a clue.)
    By Jen Chaney
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    It’s Time for a Departure From ‘Bottle Episode’Another format-breaking episode, another widespread misapplication of a specific TV term. This must end.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    No, Game of Thrones Didn’t Do a Bottle EpisodeThis is important.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  5. ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Boils Down the Justice System in a Moving Bottle […]Genie in a Bottle is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed to […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  6. close reads
    Girls: How the Patrick Wilson Episode Compares to the Matthew Rhys Episode“One Man’s Trash” and “American Bitch” reveal a lot about Hannah Horvath.
    By Jen Chaney
  7. close reads
    In Praise of the Stand-alone Episode of TVThey jolt us out of complacency.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  8. Tackling Mental Illness, ‘You’re the Worst’ Cuts Deep‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  9. ‘Peep Show’ Is Forced to Get Too Familiar With Itself in its Late Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  10. The Very Strange ‘Duckman’ Got Even Stranger in its Nihilistic Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  11. ‘South Park’s ‘Cat Orgy’ Is a Telling Character Study in the Form of a […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  12. ‘Veep’ Mixes Claustrophobia with the Law in Their Regimented Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  13. In ‘The Girlfriend,’ the ‘Friday Night Dinner’ Crew Traumatize an Outsider‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  14. Hank is Haunted by Ghosts of Girlfriends Present in ‘Californication’s […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  15. Inside ‘Broad City’s Hurricane-Fueled Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  16. ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ Shoots for the Stars with This Season’s Ambitious […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  17. ‘Scrubs’ Meditates on Death in the Somber ‘My Last Words’‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  18. ‘New Girl’ Mixes Emotion With Meth to Make Comedy in Their Real-Time […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  19. ‘Miranda’s Bottle Episode is a Rambling, Neurotic Game of Ping Pong‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  20. ‘Frasier’ Explored What It Means to Be Happy in its Real-Time Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  21. The Quiet Majesty of ‘Inside No. 9’s Silent Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  22. Inside ‘I Dream of Jeannie’s Strange Bottle Episode/Clip Show/Series […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  23. Forcing Proximity and Finding Footing in ‘Sealab 2021’s Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
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    ‘The Secret History of Television’: Why Bottle Episodes Make Great TelevisionA new examination by “Vulture’s Secret History of Television.”
    By Ryan McGee, Margaret Lyons, and Abraham Riesman
  25. How ‘Seinfeld’ Truly Embraced Nothingness in ‘The Chinese Restaurant’‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  26. Looking at the Magic in the Mundane in ‘Bewitched’s First Season Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  27. The Outsider Cynicism of ‘Black Books’ Non-Party Party Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  28. Settling In With ‘Married With Children’s High-Concept, Low-Stakes Bottle […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  29. When ‘Cheers’ Left the Bar for a Wedding Chapel‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  30. The Beauty of Workplace Proximity and True Friendship in ‘Parks and Rec’s […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  31. ‘Frisky Dingo’s Equalizing Bottle Episode Proves That Laughter is the Best […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  32. Unlocking the Hitchcockian Claustrophobia of ‘Psychoville’s Single-Take […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  33. Psychoanalyzing ‘It’s Always Sunny’s Dysfunction Through Its Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  34. How ‘Family Guy’s Counter-Intuitive Bottle Episode Completely Defied […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  35. ‘All In the Family’ Sums Itself Up in a Storeroom‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  36. When ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Got Ambitious with Form‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  37. The Frasier and Niles Relationship Gets Crystalized in a Real-Time Dinner […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  38. ‘Inside No. 9’ Takes the Bottle Episode to Claustrophobic New Heights‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  39. ‘Sealab 2021’s Super Stripped-Down Bottle Episode Is a Masterclass in […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  40. The One Where ‘Friends’ First Attempted a Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  41. How ‘Seinfeld’ Boiled Down the Human Condition to its Essence in a Parking […]‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  42. How ‘Mad About You’ Made One of the Boldest Bottle Episodes Ever‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  43. Inside ‘Community’s Meta Knockout of a Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often designed […]
    By Daniel Kurland
  44. How ‘Archer’ Tackled its Recent Bottle Episode‘Genie in a Bottle’ is a new recurring feature where each week a different bottle episode (an episode set entirely in one location, often […]
    By Daniel Kurland