One constant debate concerns the difference in quality between old and new episodes.

The phone number is inconsistent between episodes, though always starting with 555.

Functioning between episodes was on average good - more or less normal.

Several of the show's filming sets were changed between episodes.

And we can count the dead between episodes of our favorite sitcoms.

However, there is some common ground between certain episodes of the two shows.

Quiescent periods between episodes last for hours, days, or even years.

Stories had to take place 'between' episodes, usually in the first half of a given season.

There is more continuity between episodes and less focus on nature.

Often months will pass between episodes of the same series being shown.