bottle episode
Meanings
noun
- An episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive and restricted in its use of sets, effects, cast members, etc.
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Etymology
Said to be from the term “ship-in-a-bottle episode”, the nickname given by the cast and crew of the television series Star Trek (originally broadcast 1966–1969) to an episode set entirely on board the starship USS Enterprise.
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