[Loved Trope] The one random episode that doesn't follow the main characters

[u/BagOfSmallerBags]

Heated Rivalry Episode 3 "Hunter": The show stops following Hollander and Rozanov's love story to follow another hockey player, Scott Hunter, and his romance with a smoothie store employee.

The Last of Us S1E3 "Long Long Time": Joel and Ellie need a car. So to explain why there's a car waiting around for them to use, they show us an incredibly heartbreaking love story lasting 20 years between two men Joel knows. They have a car.

Doctor Who S3E10 "Blink": With no explanation given, this episode begins with a character we've never met, one Sally Sparrow, poking around an abandoned building. Our lead character, The Doctor, is glimpsed seemingly randomly on TVs. What is going on? Did that statue just move!?

MythicQuest S1E5 "A Dark Quiet Death": Rather than continuing to follow our lead characters as they develop an MMORPG, we flash back many years to witness the history of a couple who start a videogame company, and how over the years the pressure to drive sales causes them to give up on their artistic integrity.

[u/MyluSaurus]

Andor Season 2 Episode 11.

It is the only episode where Cassian Andor doesn't appear, it instead focuses on Luthen and Kleya, their relationship and their past.

https://giphy.com/gifs/qvqDYwqbWhIbAqfxix

[u/buckleycork → u/MyluSaurus]

Genuinely the perfect television show, I don't think there's a single second in Andor that I dislike

[u/althius1 → u/buckleycork]

I personally think it's one of the best TV shows ever made.

Having said that, episodes 1 and 2 are slllloooow and things really don't get moving until 3.

[u/throwawayeffedperson → u/MyluSaurus]

That's because they have friends everywhere 

[u/mokrieydela → u/MyluSaurus]

Theres a few episodes or The Clone Wars that do this too. I think you can argue Anakin, Obi Wan and Ahsoka are the 'main' characters, or that the clones especially Rex, fives etc are also 'main' characters so maybe this doesn't fit, or even that the show is an ensemble rather than core protagonists but I feel loke it applies

[u/Jocker_333 → u/MyluSaurus]

umm actually… It’s S2 E10 ☝️🤓

[u/RedcoatTrooper → u/MyluSaurus]

An Amazing episode but we as an ensemble show with Luthen as one of the 3 main leads I dont think it fits.