# Episode titling question (how many series did these things?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549 "2012-03-12T13:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/21 "2012-03-12T23:30:22Z")
For the first two seasons of Two Guys and a Girl (which Nathan Fillion fans should be ashamed of themselves for if they’re unfamilar with,) every title began with “Two Guys, a Girl and\_\_” Every One Tree Hill show’s title borrows from a song’s title. Every Gossip Girl title is a slight parody of a movie title. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/22 "2012-03-12T23:38:26Z")
Every episode of _Remington Steele_ worked “Steele” into its title. ---
**Author:** ![Roadfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/23 "2012-03-12T23:41:56Z")
The Wild Wild West: Every episode was “The Night of . . .” Caroline in the City: Every episode was “Caroline and . . .” The Rat Patrol: Every episode was “The . . . Raid” We should have some fun with these, beyond just listing them. Try to string as many together as you can (and still make some semblance of sense): “Chuck vs. The One About Caroline and the Night of the Case of the Raid Affair Job.” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/24 "2012-03-13T00:15:33Z")
_The Mentalist_ uses a reference to the colour Red in every title, but some of them are pretty tenuous. I’m sure they realised early on they’d painted themselves into a corner with that tradition. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/25 "2012-03-13T00:49:52Z")
The long running NZ show _Outrageous Fortune_ titled all its episodes with Shakesperean quotes. The short-lived US adaptation _Scoundrels_, used lines from nursery rhymes instead. It was also remade in the UK as _Honest_, but I can’t find an episode list. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/26 "2012-03-13T01:10:26Z")
The old Dragnet radio show had titles that were all of the form “The Big \_\_\_” Third Rock from the Sun tended to use the name “Dick” in episode titles “Nightmare on Dick Street,” “Eleven Angry Men and one Dick” etc. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/27 "2012-03-13T02:12:14Z")
**Monk** used the format “Mr.Monk and the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549/28 "2012-03-13T02:12:22Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > It was also remade in the UK as _Honest_, but I can’t find an episode list. The UK tend not to have titles for episodes. It seems to have fallen out of fashion somewhat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-titling-question-how-many-series-did-these-things/615549.md?page=1)