Why Theory

Bottle Episode

May 28, 2023

01:23:56

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Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Debt to King Lear

2min

The Bottle: A Conversation With Todd

3min

The Pervading Sensation of Star Trek

2min

The Emotional Investment in Television

2min

The History of the Bottle Episode

4min

The Art of Bottle Episodes

4min

The Difference Between Synthesis and Contradiction

5min

The Bottle Epsilon

2min

10.

The Bottle Episode

6min

11.

The Bottle Epsodia

3min

12.

Jurassic Park and the Simpsons

4min

13.

The Meme of Community

2min

14.

The Importance of Accepting Our Flaws and Virtues

3min

15.

The Contradiction Between Spock and McCoy

3min

16.

Hegel's Problem With Seriality

3min

17.

The Purity of a Bottle Episode

3min

18.

The Impossibility of Being in Multiple Locations

5min

19.

The Confession of Saul

2min

20.

The Pine Barrens

3min

21.

Christopher and Paulie in the Car

2min

22.

Tony Kills a Guy

2min

23.

The Difference Between Sopranos and Americans

2min

24.

The Importance of Family in Sopranos

2min

25.

The Bottle Episode: A Concrete Form That Forces Characters to Face Their Own Internal Oppositions

3min

26.

The Bottled Conundrum in TV

4min

27.

How to Make a Film That Follows

3min

Ryan and Todd explore the concept of the bottle episode from the production and analysis of television. They discuss a variety of its manifestations along with its theoretical importance as a form. Ryan's article: https://www.academia.edu/82724525/The_Limitation_of_the_Bottle_Episode_Hegel_in_Community_preprint_

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