the.com/recap
The art of making last episode sound important enough to justify watching this one.
means A short summary that goes back over the main points of something that already happened.
from Short for 'recapitulation,' from Latin re- ('again') plus capitulum ('little head' or 'chapter heading' — think of the headings that organize a text). To recapitulate was literally to run back through the headings of an argument, point by point, before moving on.
- origin
- short for recapitulation, literally restate the head
- streaming era
- now algorithmically generated to avoid spoilers
- cognitive trick
- exploits memory better than rereading would
- sitcom cousin
- previously on is the same con, smaller font