Selecting the right title for an episode of TV is more important than you think.
Television has been an episodic medium ever since it was first invented as an excuse to sell commercial time.
Episodes are TVs secret weapon.
Though they exist as a part of a whole, TV episodes are unmistakably their own thing.
Now, however, an insidious new trend has jeopardized TV episodes distinctive status.
Shows feel increasingly emboldened to leave their episodes title-less.
Youve undoubtedly seen them as youve scrolled through your streaming subscriptions.
This is frustrating on several fronts.
For starters, it discounts decades of TV history.
Why even name the episodes then?
Because they deserved it!
Episode names include Currahee, Carentan, Replacements, Crossroads, and Points.
There is no mistaking which episode was the one with Currahee in it because its called Currahee.
And fun is good, regardless of who tries to tell you otherwise.
Against all odds, television has survived as its own distinct medium throughout countless innovations and upheavals.
