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Which is the natural way to say this?On TV, every night, each episode follows the last one of the night before. Each episode follows each other. Each episode follows on from the last from the previous night.Thanks

Enoon · Accepted Answer

Each new episode follows from the one before.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi

I saw this sentence and I would like to know what you think; what I should do with [on from]?
The show didn't have an overall storyline until the third season. During the first two seasons, each episode was complete in itself. As of season three, the show developed a continuous storyline with each episode following [on from] the previous.

In the link below i found follow on from, What do you think about it? Is this correct in your opinion?

http://www.tv.com/shows/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1987/revenge-of-the-fly-76780/

Evidently, the events of this episode follow on from "Son of Return of the Fly," beginning with Baxter and Z in limbo together, as was the case at the end of "Son of...". But Baxter appeared in between these two episodes, in "Landlord of the Flies." Z was nowhere to be seen, and there was no explanation of how Baxter escaped limbo. He was cast back into limbo at the end of "Landlord," however, so perhaps he had left Z behind, and then met up with him again on his return, setting up this episode.

Thank you

Enoon · Answer

Cambridge calls "follow on from" "mainly UK", and I agree. I am an American.

Anonymous · Answer

Could you tell me where you got that from cambridge please?

In this sentence below, is there anything you would change if you were to write this yourself?

My concerns are the underlined.

The show didn't have an overall storyline until the third season. During the first two seasons, each episode was complete in itself. As of season three, the show developed a continuous storyline with each episode following [on] [from] the previous.

I would like to write this for a review of a tv show, I've written 2 slightly different sentences. Could you tell me what you would change and how you would say it so I know it is correct English?

I don't like tv shows that have no continuity, where each episode is its own entity, at the end of the episode the storyline ends and it doesn't carry on to the next episode.

I don't like tv shows that have no continuity, where each episode doesn't follow on from the last, at the end of the episode the storyline ends and it doesn't carry on to the next episode.

Here are my concerns about the sentences above:

Is continuity correct?
Can an episode have its own entity?
Can a storyline end at the end of an episode and not carry own to the next?
Can you say an episode follows on from the last? This you have already said. Thanks

Thank you!!

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