# Television series with themed episode titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120 "2010-04-06T06:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/41 "2010-04-06T19:13:06Z")
Farscape tried to have fun with the titles, usually goofing on movie titles. A few creative ones were: \*\*Back and Back and Back to the Future I, E.T. Rhapsody in Blue - creative if you know it’s about Zhaan Bone to be Wild The Way We Weren’t The Maltese Crichton A Clockwork Nebari Lava’s a Many Splendored Thing A Prefect Murder Fetal Attraction Hot to Katratzi \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/42 "2010-04-06T19:23:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I think all \*Seinfeld \*episodes are “The \_\_\_\_\_\_” Yeah all of _Seinfeld_ episodes except one started with “THE” The exception was “Male Unbonding” it was the 4th episode of season 1. It’s the one where Jerry’s childhood friend Joel makes him sick and he wants to end the friendship. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/43 "2010-04-06T19:23:59Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > It seems that Gossip Girl takes movie titles and twists them: > > “The Wild Brunch” (The Wild Bunch) > “Poison Ivy” (?) > “Bad News Blair” (Bad News Bears) > “Dare Devil” (DareDevil?) > “The Handmaiden’s Tale” (Handmaid’s Tale) I don’t know why it amused me so, but it did. Last night’s episode title was “Inglorious Bassterds”. Maybe because anyone with the name Bass on that show is a total “terd”! 😃 Anyway, the Drew Carey Show early on had a lot of chemistry themed titles, but they found it too hard to think them up so they stopped. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/44 "2010-04-06T19:42:55Z")
_Degrassi: the Next Generation_ has, for the past seven seasons, mostly used only ‘80s song titles for its episodes. _Pass the Dutchie_, _Careless Whisper_, _Wanna Be Startin’ Something_, _West End Girls_, _I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For_, and so on. Presumably a nod to the original series’ '80s origins. _Slings and Arrows_, a show about a theater company focusing mostly on Shakespeare, primarily used quotes or references from Shakespeare in its titles … and in particular, since each season focused on the troupe’s production of a specific play, each season’s titles related to whatever play was in production during that season. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/45 "2010-04-06T19:54:43Z")
\*\*Frasier \*\*did a lot of movie-based titles: A Tsar is Born An Affair To Forget Crane vs. Crane Death Becomes Him Desperately Seeking Closure Dial M For Martin Frasier Crane’s Day Off Guess Who’s Coming To Breakfast High Crane Drifter How To Bury a Millionaire Morning Becomes Entertainment My Coffee with Niles My Fair Frasier Roe To Perdition Semi-Decent Proposal Something About Dr. Mary The Apparent Trap The Dog That Rocks the Cradle The First Temptation of Daphne The Great Crane Robbery The Last Time I Saw Maris The Unnatural The Wizard and Roz Three Days of the Condo To Kill a Talking Bird War of the Words ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/46 "2010-04-06T22:13:37Z")
“Supernatural” seems to be doing something ([as you can see from this list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Supernatural_episodes)), but I’m not sure exactly what. Classic song titles plus take-offs of book titles? I have to say, I love, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.” (And its companion, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester.”) 😃 We’re going through the old “Star Trek” original series on dvr, editing them and titling them, and I have noticed that they had some of the most awesome episode titles in the history of television - The Naked Time; The Enemy Within; Dagger of the Mind; This Side of Paradise; The City on the Edge of Forever; A Private Little War; etc. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/47 "2010-04-06T22:28:52Z")
Showtime’s excellent series “Brotherhood” had a different them each season.1st season was bible verses, 2nd season was Bob Dylan lyrics, and the last season used Shakespeare quotes. Grey’s Anatomy uses song titles for each episode. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/48 "2010-04-06T22:35:20Z")
Something they did for **Breaking Bad** , which I thought was quite awesome, was that every episode title from Season 2 in which the episode began with a pink teddy bear floating in a pool, spelled out what that scene was about, and what happened in the finale: Episode 1: 737, Episode 4: Down, Episode 10: Over, Episode 13: ABQ. “737 down over ABQ” ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/49 "2010-04-06T22:55:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Supernatural” seems to be doing something ([as you can see from this list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Supernatural_episodes)), but I’m not sure exactly what. Classic song titles plus take-offs of book titles? I have to say, I love, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.” (And its companion, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester.”) 😃 > > We’re going through the old “Star Trek” original series on dvr, editing them and titling them, and I have noticed that they had some of the most awesome episode titles in the history of television - The Naked Time; The Enemy Within; Dagger of the Mind; This Side of Paradise; The City on the Edge of Forever; A Private Little War; etc. Let’s not forget one of my very favorite titles for anything, ever: For the World Is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/50 "2010-04-06T23:13:16Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Supernatural” seems to be doing something ([as you can see from this list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Supernatural_episodes)), but I’m not sure exactly what. Classic song titles plus take-offs of book titles? I have to say, I love, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester.” (And its companion, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester.”) 😃 They even had one called “My Bloody Valentine”, a bomb of a movie that Jensen Ackles, star of Supernatural, was in. They also have the **single best episode title of any episode** in any show: [**Chriss Angel Is A Douchebag**](http://supernaturalfanwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Criss+Angel+Is+a+Douche+Bag) ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/51 "2010-04-06T23:23:02Z")
I can’t believe that I know these, but: **iCarly** episodes all begin with a lower-case “i”: “iScream on Halloween”, “iSpy a Mean Teacher”, etc. **Hannah Montana** episodes are all parodies of well-known pop song names: “I Will Always Loathe You”, “Don’t Go Breaking My Tooth”, etc. I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/52 "2010-04-06T23:56:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > T\ > > [**Chriss Angel Is A Douchebag**](http://supernaturalfanwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Criss+Angel+Is+a+Douche+Bag) Ah, yes, that was lovely. It goes right along with their ongoing meme of “Angels are dicks.” 😃 Oooh, that’s a good one too, **Maggie**. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/53 "2010-04-07T01:25:29Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **The Adventures of Ellery Queen** from 1975 had episode titles starting with "The Adventure of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. OOOOH!!! I know this one. Ellery Queen! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/54 "2010-04-07T01:43:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They even had one called “My Bloody Valentine”, a bomb of a movie that Jensen Ackles, star of Supernatural, was in. > > They also have the **single best episode title of any episode** in any show: > > [**Chriss Angel Is A Douchebag**](http://supernaturalfanwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Criss+Angel+Is+a+Douche+Bag) 1. _My Bloody Valentine_ had the single most disgusting scene I have ever seen on a TV show, ever. 2. _Criss Angel is a Douchebag_ does not actually refer to the magician Criss Angel at all. It’s about a guy that’s obviously supposed to be an imitation of him, but the episode never mentions the name ‘Criss Angel’ even once. The title is just a pointless putdown. Sometimes I think that the fine people at the CW are not paying very much attention to what they get up to on Supernatural at _all_. They’re too busy with their silly teen shows and _America’s Next Top Model_ to realize they have a show that calls god a dick, mocks people with their episode titles, and shows people _eating each other alive_. (I think I have a pretty high grossout threshold, but they really went over it with that scene. I had to watch through spread fingers.) ---
**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:** [April 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/55 "2010-04-07T03:21:50Z")
_Castle_, the Nathan Fillion show about a mystery writer, has episode titles that either are real, or sound like, cheesy mystery novel titles. “Home Is Where the Heart Stops” “Deep in Death” “Love Me Dead” “The Fifth Bullet” My favourites are the recent two parter: “Tick, Tick, Tick…” “Boom!” ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/56 "2010-04-07T04:21:37Z")
A lot of Star Trek episodes from the various series reference titles of episodes from previous Star Trek series. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/57 "2010-04-07T04:40:14Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > 1. _My Bloody Valentine_ had the single most disgusting scene I have ever seen on a TV show, ever. > > 2. _Criss Angel is a Douchebag_ does not actually refer to the magician Criss Angel at all. It’s about a guy that’s obviously supposed to be an imitation of him, but the episode never mentions the name ‘Criss Angel’ even once. The title is just a pointless putdown. How can it be pointless when I enjoyed it soooo much? 🙂 > [@](#): > > Sometimes I think that the fine people at the CW are not paying very much attention to what they get up to on Supernatural at _all_. They’re too busy with their silly teen shows and _America’s Next Top Model_ to realize they have a show that calls god a dick, mocks people with their episode titles, and shows people _eating each other alive_.\ And I **like** it that way! ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/58 "2010-04-07T04:45:31Z")
In Community, all of the episode titles except for the pilot are structured like a college class title. For example, there’s “Spanish 101,” “Advanced Criminal Law,” “Introduction to Statistics,” and “Debate 109.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/59 "2010-04-07T04:59:39Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > And I **like** it that way! …I bet they’d notice fraternal incest, though. Much to the chagrin of the filthy-minded fangirls. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120/60 "2010-04-07T05:25:01Z")
Who you calling a filthy-minded fangirl? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-series-with-themed-episode-titles/535120.md?page=4)