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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44640
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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44640
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

I'm **planning** for my next podcast to do an episode-by-episode tv show analysis. (Actually two are in development, but they'll be about different shows.)

I'll be the main researcher/outline-assembler for these, and I'll have a co-host to bring in their background info.

One show is mega-popular and perennial -- but often people think they remember more about the show than they do -- they have a bit of a "Flanderized" image of some characters, especially. The other show has a smaller but more devoted fanbase, and is extremely serialized.

I can get lost in research, especially since the internet as a whole has a ton about Popular Show, and I personally have a ton on Devoted Fanbase show (including scripts).

Obviously the synopsis should be done mostly to jog the audience's memory and to pull out points for discussion, **but how much is enough or too much?**

Also, _besides_ beat-by-beat (or scene-by-scene -- basically the order everything appears in the show) - are there other strong ways to organize the synopsis?

**TLDR: How much episode recap is necessary in a tv-focused podcast? And what other organizing strategies work?**

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I was inspired by this question: [How do I record information when planning to write a recap of events?](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/44630/how-do-i-record-information-when-planning-to-write-a-recap-of-events)

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