10 Unique TV Episodes That You Must See
6. The Simpsons - 22 Short Films About Springfield
An episode with 22 inter-connecting stories.
Springfield is one of the most detailed and expansive fictional landscapes of the modern world - more detailed that most gaming franchises.
It was only a matter of time before an episode like 22 Short Films About Springfield was produced - one that used the landscape as a character in it's own right. Pulling from their huge array of characters, this episode crams over 20 short stories into just-over 20 minutes - each story interconnected with one another. It's Pulp Fiction on the small screen and was understandably immensely popular among fans.
The real beauty of 22 Short Films was how smoothly it transitioned from character to character. The episode flies by with each snippet small, satisfying and still hilarious, and it allows the show to give the spotlight to some of the more obscure minor characters, such as eccentric dentist Dr. Nick or even a sequence dedicated to Principle Skinner and his "steamed hams".
All in all, the Simpsons unique format allowed it to focus on over thirty different named characters in such a short time, now imagine how many fictional television worlds would benefit from a similar format.