The current format, which was unintentionally popularized by Chris Carter of The X-Files, is toward long story arcs and season long plots with character oriented subplots.

It has three plots, the subplots being in the swift Latin or Italianate style with several disguises.

There are numerous other smaller plots and subplots that take place in Dominaria and on the many planes of the multiverse of Dominia as well as events after the invasion of Dominaria by the Phyrexians.

When, as in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward, about a group of patients at that ward, no one character's story clearly predominates, the plots will not be distinguished into the main plot and subplots.

Most of the chapters, while sequential and technically continuing several main plots and subplots ( or to be more accurate, character development arcs and the central sometimes-background plots involving the mysterious character Sirius and the disappearance of Riri's mother ), are what are also known as " stand alones ", meaning the main plot ( or mystery, in this case ) of each episode is not specifically connected with any of the other episodes, and can be read and understood without having previously read the series.

Other reviewers, such as Michael Faber of The Guardian, and a six-person roundtable discussion of the book conducted by Charles Hatfield of The Comics Journal, while lauding the quality of Thompson's visuals and his use of various Eastern motifs, narrative parallels and intertwining plots and subplots, had negative reactions to the book's length, or the degree of sexual cruelty inflicted upon the main characters.

In the four TNG movies, the flirtation between Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard remains, though it is not as obvious as previous episodes and most certainly not part of the substantial movie plots.

Corrupt county commissioner Boss Jefferson Davis Hogg, who either runs or has fingers in just about everything in Hazzard County ( and whose exact powers, much like the terms of the Duke boys ' probation, often vary between episodes ) is forever angry with the Dukes, in particular Bo and Luke, for eternally foiling his crooked scams and is always looking for ways to get them out of the picture so that his plots have a chance of succeeding.

Six of the episodes were clip shows with mostly minor plots that paved the way for scenes from previous stories.

Santa's Little Helper has since appeared frequently on The Simpsons and the plots of many episodes center around him.

Generally, the dancers were peripheral to the stories ; the plots of the episodes almost never incorporated them.

Mirkin pitched the plots for the episodes " The Last Temptation of Homer ", " Bart's Girlfriend " and " Homer the Great ".

Also seen fairly frequently ( particularly in the later episodes ) were behind-the-scenes plots focusing on life at the station.

In France, Jean de la Fontaine used the plots of some of the bawdier episodes for three of his Contes et Nouvelles en vers ( 1665 – 66 ).

EPW is open to anyone after a free registration to discuss episodes ( in all languages the episodes are available in ), adding episodes and their information in all languages ( episode names, plots, cast, writer, director, air dates, news about the show, notes, music ) and to keep track of " bookmarked " ( favourite ) shows ( upcoming seasons and new shows ) and actors ' and artists ' appearances ( including their songs listed by episode and in music guides ).

He appears disguised at the beginning of each episode with his own theme music to deliver Gadget his mission only to be blown up by the self-destructing message ( a parody of the Mission: Impossible messages ) because of Gadget's obliviousness ; he appears again at the end of most episodes to congratulate Gadget on a job well done, but he never realizes that it is Penny who is truly the one responsible for foiling Doctor Claw's plots.

Perry originally starred alongside Kiel Martin when the series premiered in 1987, but after 13 episodes the format changed: Second Chance became Boys Will Be Boys, Perry was elevated to top-billing status, and the plots re-focused on the adventures of Chazz and his teenage friends.

As the initial episodes began to air and were met with enthusiastic reception, it was felt Prisoner could be developed into an on-going soap opera, and as such, the initial storylines were developed and explanded, and new plots and characters phased in.

Scott Brady appeared in more than a dozen episodes as " Vinnie ," a former cop who, upon retirement, had opened a bar catering to police officers, and who acted as a sort of Greek chorus during the run of the series, commenting on the characters and plots.

A number of early episodes focus solely on the character of Terry in such assignments, with Arthur as a result dropping into background for much of some plots.

However, as the full comedy potential of Cole's dodgy-dealing character emerged, as well as the successful on-screen pairing of Waterman and Cole ( which proved to be one of the series most popular elements ), the emphasis increasingly focused more on Arthur's exploits, and by a few series into the show's life, typical plots revolved more around Arthur's latest shady scam instead of some of the more " gritty " plots of Terry's minding jobs witnessed in early episodes.

The programme frequently comments on other programmes, most often a spoof soap opera called The Bureau, set in a 24-hour bureau de change, incorporating clichéd soap opera-style plots, which apparently produces and airs 2, 000 episodes between the first and third segments of The Day Today and becomes a hit in Italy.

He is prone to short lived obsessions, which often form the plots for episodes, such as attempting to become a blues musician in New Orleans, prospecting for gold, becoming a cowboy, or performer etcetera.

In June 2003, Ren & Stimpy " Adult Party Cartoon " premiered with three episodes, ones which used plots developed for The Ren & Stimpy Show.

2nd GIG, though he asserts he was tasked to supervise and provide the plots for all 26 episodes of the series.

Yet as Stauffer notes, " Ultimately, however, one thinks of Haggard's plots, episodes, and images as the source of his lasting reputation and influence.

In 1945 he launched into a spectacular three-year radio career, plotting more than 100 episodes for The Adventures of Ellery Queen, while also providing plots for the bulk of the Sherlock Holmes radio dramas.

and it is still very far from certain how valid the party's claim is that in `` a growing number of kolkhozes '' the peasants are finding it more profitable, to surrender their private plots to the kolkhoz and to let the latter be turned into something increasingly like a state farm.

The adaptions are notable for changing the plots and characters of the original books ( e. g., incorporating lesbian affairs, changing killer identities, renaming or removing significant characters, and even using stories from other books in which Miss Marple did not originally feature ).

In a common technique of acoustic measurement, acoustic signals are sampled in time, and then presented in more meaningful forms such as octave bands or time frequency plots.

In India, especially in South India, residential plots are measured in cents or decimel, which is one hundredth of an acre, or.

A conspiracy theory explains an event as being the result of an alleged plot by a covert group or organization or, more broadly, the idea that important political, social or economic events are the products of secret plots that are largely unknown to the general public.

Conspiracy theories are based on the notion that complex plots are put into motion by powerful hidden forces.

In the forewords to both 2010 and 2061, Clarke makes it clear that the plots of the movies and books do not necessarily follow a linear arc, and take place in parallel universes, consequently there are apparent inconsistencies in the character of David Bowman throughout the series.

Erosion models are also non-linear, which makes them difficult to work with numerically, and makes it difficult or impossible to scale up to making predictions about large areas from data collected by sampling smaller plots.

In popular culture, formula fiction is literature in which the storylines and plots have been reused to the extent that the narratives are predictable.

A master criminal, Fu Manchu's murderous plots are marked by the extensive use of arcane methods ; he disdains guns or explosives, preferring dacoits, Thuggee, and members of other secret societies as his agents armed with knives, or using " pythons and cobras ... fungi and my tiny allies, the bacilli ... my black spiders " and other peculiar animals or natural chemical weapons.

King Richard, who had left Kyningestun soon after Ivanhoe's departure, arrives at the Templar Preceptory, banishes the Templars and declares that the Malvoisins ' lives are forfeit for having aided in the plots against him.

Their commercial empire directly and indirectly controls events throughout Known Space and beyond, and Puppeteer plots are behind many of the larger events in Known Space.

" The New Yorkers that bought into the idea arrive in Lansing to discover that the plots they had bought are located in a marsh, and are underwater.

As with other action films, martial arts films are dominated by action to varying degrees ; many martial arts films have only a minimal plot and amount of character development and focus almost exclusively on the action, while other martial arts films have more creative and complex plots and characters along with action scenes.

These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung – Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell.

Her observations about the sharing of garden plots amongst the Arapesh, the egalitarian emphasis in child rearing, and her documentation of predominantly peaceful relations among relatives are very different from the " big man " displays of dominance that were documented in more stratified New Guinea cultures — e. g., by Andrew Strathern.

While many films are not as obvious as Disney fairy tales in respect to the employment of myth, the plots of many films are largely based on the rough structure of the myth.

Pokey comics are drawn crudely and minimalistically, and they consist largely of a string of non sequiturs and absurd journeys, with a token effort towards more traditional plots and continuity ( such as the conflict with the Italians over arctic-circle candy ) that tend to be established through oblique references to off-screen characters and non-events.

The characters are as innumerable as the plots are inscrutable.

Robert B. Lloyd makes the point that “ albeit the two prologues introduce plays whose plots are of essentially different types, they are almost identical in form …” He goes on to address the specific style of Plautus that differs so greatly from Menander.