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Recent Examples of subplot
Characters get stuck on ski lift for a whole episode
Which would not be a bottle episode, just a bottle … subplot?
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Question for the group: Did ANYONE need all of that highly misogynistic, gratuitously violent Lindy subplot to figure out that Whitfield was a bad man?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
And several other subplots, like the ones involving Belinda and Gaitok, have barely gotten going at all.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Tackling tough medical crises comes first, but the writers have skillfully set a dozen subplots bubbling on the stovetop and tended to them throughout the season.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Question for the group: Did ANYONE need all of that highly misogynistic, gratuitously violent Lindy subplot to figure out that Whitfield was a bad man?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
And several other subplots, like the ones involving Belinda and Gaitok, have barely gotten going at all.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Tackling tough medical crises comes first, but the writers have skillfully set a dozen subplots bubbling on the stovetop and tended to them throughout the season.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
Noun
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The more than 2 million people who attended Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach on May 3, 2025, had no idea of a plot that, if successful, would have turned the event into a tragedy fueled by hate.—
Arthur Coelho Bezerra,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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As Variety previously reported, the plot of Season 5 remains under wraps, but it is known that Season 5 picks up days after Season 4 ends, as Emily settles into her beautiful apartment in Rome to run Agence Grateau’s Italian office.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
14 May 2025
Noun
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McQuarrie is so good at parsing out action sequences, dramatic scenes and character moments, and one key scene – where Ethan is quietly investigating a wrecked sub and being tossed and turned like a washing machine – is even oddly calming.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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In the series, Mitchell averaged 34.2 points per game, 5.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.2 steals while shooting 42.4 percent from the field and 24.5 percent from three in 33.0 minutes of action.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Despite the fallout, Owens remains firm in her belief that Ye’s story has been misrepresented and his mental health unfairly weaponized.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
5 May 2025
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This story contains details from the season 2 opener of The Walking Dead: Dead City on AMC.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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