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HudGard
11/18/22 2:25:55 PM
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Watching ep 5 of The Sandman and its definitely one of those, but really good.

I know the fly in Breaking Bad is divisive but typically touted as an example.
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MICHALECOLE
11/18/22 2:28:01 PM
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That episode of adventure time where Finn marries a pillow

that episode of venture brothers with the ugly dean clone

all of the episodes in Atlanta with the side stories
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inloveanddeath0
11/18/22 2:28:44 PM
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There's a lot of anime filler that's fun but you have to have the patience to not care about advancing the story

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JE19426
11/18/22 2:29:11 PM
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Episode 5 of Sandman? The Netflix show base on Neil Gaiman's comic's? I'd recommend finishing it before talking about whether it's advancing the plot or not, unless I am mistaken which episode that was.
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Questionmarktarius
11/18/22 2:29:22 PM
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Mushroom Samba
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masterpug53
11/18/22 2:30:59 PM
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The Beach and Footloose episodes of Avatar: TLA. I know the Footloose ep (I think it's official name is 'The Headband?') isn't as universally praised, but I still think it's very cute; it's also one of the few instances in the series where Aang actually earns Katara's affections through genuine swag, rather than their romance simply falling back on hero + heroine predestination.

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Zanzenburger
11/18/22 2:34:24 PM
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Generally speaking, I find time loop episodes to be a lot of fun, even though they usually end in a reset and rarely advance the plot (with some exceptions).

Examples include:
Legends of Tomorrow
Stargate SG1
The Librarians
Supernatural (kinda, I guess this does somewhat advance the plot later on)

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Naysaspace
11/18/22 2:38:54 PM
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The Simpsons 138th episode spectacular

The one in Fringe about numbers stations
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KrayzieBonezz
11/18/22 2:40:22 PM
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The first episode of Atlanta season 3, "Three Slaps"

And that baseball episode of Dragon ball super.

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Bigbot84
11/18/22 2:42:23 PM
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Speaking of baseball in anime, the baseball episode of Samurai Champloo.
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deathproof12
11/18/22 3:00:59 PM
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Filler episodes? The Ember Island Players.
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K181
11/18/22 3:02:16 PM
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Most of Cowboy Bebop. That show only has really six or so episodes attached to the core plot.

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theAteam
11/18/22 3:07:04 PM
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Most of The X Files

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Drunk_Cobra
11/18/22 3:09:22 PM
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Pine Barrens from Sopranos is an obvious one

Duet from DS9

Perchance to Dream from BTAS


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TomClark
11/18/22 3:15:36 PM
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That episode of The Killing where the two cops are just driving around looking for the main lady's kid is the best episode of the show by a mile, even though it pretty much sacks off the main story entirely.

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DKBananaSlamma
11/18/22 3:16:26 PM
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Literally every episode of Cowboy Bebop except for the 5ish plot related ones. They're all great

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