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There are officially 12 episodes of Terra Nova. The first episode was 2 hours. The final two episodes aired on the same date back to back but were separate episodes. Amazon.com, itunes, the Library of Congress lists them this way. Other articles on Wikipedia shows with double-length episodes list hour long episodes as one episode (i.e., Seinfeld). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.154.161 ( talk) 23:28, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Fox, who knows more about their own show than the Futon Critic does, says that the pilot was 1 episode in 2 parts and that "Instinct" was episode 2. [1]. Someone else can fix this article or I can. Niteshift36 ( talk) 03:11, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Genesis" | Alex Graves | Story by: Kelly Marcel & Craig Silverstein (Part 1) Teleplay by: Craig Silverstein & Kelly Marcel and Brannon Braga & David Fury (Part 1) Brannon Braga & David Fury (Part 2) | September 26, 2011 | 1ASW01/1ASW02 | 9.22 |
In 2149, policeman Jim Shannon is sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting another officer after Jim and his wife, Elisabeth, were discovered to have a third child in a society where families are restricted to two children. Two years into his sentence, Elisabeth, a doctor, is recruited to travel 85 million years back in time with the Tenth Pilgrimage to Terra Nova, a prehistoric colony that is attempting to reinvent the past for a better future, albeit with the necessity to co-exist with dinosaurs. With only teenagers Josh and Maddy, allowed to go with her, Elisabeth helps Jim escape prison so that he and their five-year-old daughter, Zoe, can accompany the family back in time. Once in Terra Nova, Jim meets Commander Nathaniel Taylor, who displeased by Jim's arrival, assigns him to the agriculture group. Meanwhile Josh meets a group of rebellious teenagers, including a girl named Skye, while Elizabeth starts treating patients. The enemy group called the Sixers is introduced. The Sixers were among the earlier colonists, but for reasons unknown, they oppose Terra Nova's existence, and broke away to establish a rival colony. When a captured Sixer escapes and attempts to assassinate Commander Taylor, Jim subdues the assailant, resulting in Taylor reassigning Jim to his security team. Skye and her friends persuade Josh to sneak away with them from the Terra Nova compound into the forest. At a waterfall, Skye shows Josh what looks like unusual mathematical equations carved into the rocks. As night falls, they prepare to return to the compound, only to discover Sixers have stolen their vehicle's power cells. A pack of Slashers (a common name for the fictional Acceraptors) attack, and the Terra Nova security team has to rescue the teens. |
It looks to me that even though it debuted as a two-hour premiere, it has been structured so that the pilot can be edited into two individual episodes for later reruns and also for syndication, if the show lasts long enough. Each half basically stands alone, and there are even two different writers credited for each segment. I prefer keeping these separate, and listing them as "part a" and "part b" seems reasonable. PNW Raven ( talk) 13:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
The fact that Fox ordered 13 episodes should be enough to prove the pilot is two episodes, given if you continue using this episode count, the finale will be episode 12, and not 13. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 14:36, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
you know it's wrong. There are 13 episodes in the first season. The next one is the 11th - "Within", after that it's the two-hour finale which will be two episodes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.80.66.226 ( talk) 06:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
The page is still contradicting itself. Saying there's 12 episodes, yet using a source clearly stating there's 13 episodes. There's a reason the last episode has a production code of TN-113 (press release) or 1ASW13 (actual production code), because it's the 13th episode produced. Production codes signify a single episode, which is why the first two episodes are labeled 1ASW01 and 1ASW02. It's also worth noting in the press release for "Occupation/Resistance", it states, "...in the all-new "Occupation/Resistance" episode of TERRA NOVA..." That was your reasoning for saying "Genesis" is one episode, because it had "episode" not "episodes" in its press release. So, are you going to now say that is one episode as well? I don't even watch this show, but I just want to point out all the logical reasons there are indeed 13 episodes. Thank you. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 15:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
(Have not been following this discussion at all, only saw that my numbering didn't corresponded with the one here anymore) The article as to is now makes no sense, source states 13 episodes, with the second half of he finale being 12? Genesis Part 1 and 2 are two episodes, production codes confirm it, press releases confirm it, … In any case, AussieLegend is to neutral and causing a self contradiction; one the one hand keeping 1a/1b with the finale being 12, one the other hand keeping the ref which states 13 episodes. In any case, I have found in the past that going by broadcast numbers/order etc. is a setup for problems and going by production, which is in pretty much every case I've seen the one on the DVD's, which are far more permanent than a (single) broadcast network. Xeworlebi ( talk) 19:27, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Ever heard that people make mistakes, like admitting something is wrong, when it is actually right? Ever heard of people then realising their mistake and correcting it, and then justifying the correction? I have not acted like I never made that mistake, I just see no reason to continually say I made that mistake, especially when I have corrected it. Have I ever denied I made that mistake? I am using the correct phrase, the phrase you gave me is wrong, you even admitted that on my talk page: 'a more appropriate term for what you are (so far unsuccessfully) trying to describe would be "cultural bias". You'd be wrong, but at least it would be an appropriate term.'( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Black.jeff&diff=prev&oldid=468825795). Unless I misunderstood the meaning of that, and what you were trying to say is that what I am describing is not racism, nor is it cultural bias, yet someone cultural bias is an appropriate term, which doesn't really make sense to me. If calling it cultural bias is wrong, how would that be an appropriate term, yet racism isn't? Wouldn't it be no different to me calling it an orange? What I think shows a complete lack of civility and good faith is someone not bothering with people's justifications and explanations and instead basically saying "No, this is how it is". Seriously? You want to say that official documents of the United Nations are poorly written? Finally stop saying that I am lacking common sense/are uneducated and so on, so I don't know what racism is (I have common sense, although it isn't too common, and I am educated, including knowing what racism is, and regardless, that constitutes a personal attack) and the variety of other personal attacks you have directed towards me. Black.jeff ( talk) 07:10, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
As for Fox, firstly, who really cares what Fox Broadcasting Company does? They do not own the show, they do not make the show. They just broadcast it. Secondly, it can also simply be an artifact of the software used that numbers them as such Black.jeff ( talk) 22:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
|OriginalAirDate=
" and not just "|AirDate=
". --
AussieLegend (
talk)
13:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
it was fox idea to combine ep 1/2 together and 12/13 and we do not look at that so we just label them 1a 1b 11a 11b like crazy people who forgot the fact fox ordered 13 ep not 11 not 12 <13> eps so just get it right -- Wjmdem ( talk) 21:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
This is quite ridiculous. FOX habitually merges episodes any time they show consecutive new episodes of any show. That just means they asked the production company to supply them with the two episodes texted for a single broadcast. Its really easy when it is a fellow NewsCorp subsidiary making the show but it also happened when Warner Bros supplied them with a merged Alcatraz premiere. Of course they will call it a 'special' (single) episode because that is the spin. Two years ago FOX took four episodes of Human Target and called them two special episodes even though on the dark side of the moon in Canada they were shown as four separate episodes. FOX is promoting the episodes of Bones on in four days as a single episode though they have nothing specifically tying them together other than night of broadcast. FOX is calling the series finale of Fringe a two-hour special episode (which makes for 99 total) and in the very same press release promotes it as hitting the 100 episode threshold. It is the spin. If you can't recognise the spin in reliable sources then you really shouldn't be here.
https://www.foxfast.com/FoxFast/aspxfiles/TitleDetailsHome.aspx?TitleId=B172162B-F49D-48AD-9863-D8CAE05896E4&Type=SN&TtlSrchMode=&TtlSrchTxt=
http://www.foxinflight.com/tv/82/
The website that offers info on FOX productions says 13. The website that lists movies and series available for air travel viewings says 13. Would you really say the sites which cater to sales of the shows are less reliable than the sites which cater to broadcast viewers? This is the only episode list i can think of which here on WP is written up like this.
As for the question, why break them apart, well they are individual episodes. That is why you have "part 1" and "part 2" credits. If it were one episode there wouldn't be parts (aka how it would have appeared had FOX not shown them merged). The director is the same but the writers are different. With shows filmed in the US and Canada it is fairly easy for a director to do 3 or 5 episodes scattered throughout a 22 episode season but when one has to travel to Australia it just makes sense to do at least 2 episodes before going back home to Malibu.
Lastly, there isn't a pilot for Terra Nova; if there were its production code would 1ASW79. When 20th Century Fox Television has a show go straight to series its production code for episode 1 is "1(Letter)(Letter)(Letter)01". That also is used if the pilot is totally rejected but the series isn't, such as with Dollhouse.
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As in sports, when two contestants share the first place or ranking, the next place is not second, but third. I do not care if the first two parts are one episode or two episodes, but the one after them should be episode 3. This is, of course, my personal opinion, but it would clear out the numbering problem of later episodes.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.22.77.59 ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
no point in this fox order 13 ep it written in the books look for your self and renumber it or i will remake the whole page and delete this one i will give this a year from today and hopefully i will not have to -- Wjmdem ( talk) 03:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
That wikipedia could change the info a bit more often and the fact that is completly wrong. It's 13 episodes and there is 2 1 and a half hour episodes. correct me if i am wrong but really am i ?. I think it's good that some networks do 1 and a half hour episodes of the pilot, so we understand more of the show and the last episode to. I will correct this page!, to the least details. Lucky13Fepplan ( talk) 00:40, 25 February 2012 (GMT+1)
and there alot more more then foxs 11 this is wikipedia not foxipedia so unless you got something that is not fox related yours do not count -- Wjmdem ( talk) 23:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
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I know this was discussed in part before, but I would like to have another discussion on splitting apart of the premier and the finale. If it is really just one episode, then why split it? Additionally, how do you know where one will end, and the other starts? I know one of them has been re-shown as 2 separate episodes, but that should not effect the article, which is now just talking about how they originally aired. They did not air as 1a followed by 1b, and 11a followed by 11b, but as 1 and 11. So why should they not be given a single entry in the table, just like they have a single entry on Fox Broadcasting Company's website? Black.jeff ( talk) 23:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
The series obviously has 13 episodes and not 11. The conventinal number of episodes for a season order is 13, then 22 then 24. You jus't don't get season orders for 11 episodes. 13 episodes were produced, that's why there are 13 different production codes. Just because the season premiere and finale were aired back to back, it does not mean that they count as on episode. It it counted and one episodes, why would it be genisis (part 1) and (Part 2)? It would just be Genesis. And why would the season finalle be called Occupation/Resistance? It would only have one name if it as one episode. But seen as they both have two names, it means they are seperate episodes. If it were a list of Terra Nova stories, then there would be 11 stories. Just because 2 episodes comprise a 2-part story, it does not make them the same episode! There are 13 episodes, and not 11. What network in their right mind would order 11 episodes of a season? They would order 13, meaning their is 13 episodes. Frogkermit ( talk) 18:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
OriginalAirDate
. Just like that parameter, we handle episode numbering based on how episodes originally aired, which was as 11 episodes, not 13. This was thrashed out in a discussion
above. --
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22:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)which was wrong lol looks like after a year it will be listed as 13....if you still think you are right go around reedit other articles this is not the first time 2 episodes aired as one and are listed as 2-- Wjmdem ( talk) 23:10, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
A discussion at Talk:Terra Nova (TV series)#13 Episodes that was never publicised here resulted in reorganisation of this list. This is now the subject of an RfC that is now in progress at Talk:Terra Nova (TV series)#RfC: Should this article and the episode list article comply with MOS:TV. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 07:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
The plot length for the finale episode(s) is too long, and poorly written. I haven't read the rest of the episodes, as there is not a discussion on them, but if they were like the finale then they probably need some copy editing. As far as length goes, WP:MOSTV indicates 100-200 words, unless complex and this show is not complex...I watched it when it was one. The plots for the finale are at least 272 words each. Example of writing clean up: As Josh is restrained and beaten until bleeding from every inch of his body and severely disoriented, with Lucas planning to kill Josh, Jim (upon being tipped off by Skye) arrives on the scene to protect his son, and despite being held back, he saves Josh's life. - Not only is it a run-on sentence, but it goes into unnecessary detail about the beating, and uses unverifiable claims and subjective observations ("every inch of his body and severely disoriented"). It needs some copy-editing. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 13:01, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
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There are officially 12 episodes of Terra Nova. The first episode was 2 hours. The final two episodes aired on the same date back to back but were separate episodes. Amazon.com, itunes, the Library of Congress lists them this way. Other articles on Wikipedia shows with double-length episodes list hour long episodes as one episode (i.e., Seinfeld). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.154.161 ( talk) 23:28, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Fox, who knows more about their own show than the Futon Critic does, says that the pilot was 1 episode in 2 parts and that "Instinct" was episode 2. [1]. Someone else can fix this article or I can. Niteshift36 ( talk) 03:11, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Genesis" | Alex Graves | Story by: Kelly Marcel & Craig Silverstein (Part 1) Teleplay by: Craig Silverstein & Kelly Marcel and Brannon Braga & David Fury (Part 1) Brannon Braga & David Fury (Part 2) | September 26, 2011 | 1ASW01/1ASW02 | 9.22 |
In 2149, policeman Jim Shannon is sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting another officer after Jim and his wife, Elisabeth, were discovered to have a third child in a society where families are restricted to two children. Two years into his sentence, Elisabeth, a doctor, is recruited to travel 85 million years back in time with the Tenth Pilgrimage to Terra Nova, a prehistoric colony that is attempting to reinvent the past for a better future, albeit with the necessity to co-exist with dinosaurs. With only teenagers Josh and Maddy, allowed to go with her, Elisabeth helps Jim escape prison so that he and their five-year-old daughter, Zoe, can accompany the family back in time. Once in Terra Nova, Jim meets Commander Nathaniel Taylor, who displeased by Jim's arrival, assigns him to the agriculture group. Meanwhile Josh meets a group of rebellious teenagers, including a girl named Skye, while Elizabeth starts treating patients. The enemy group called the Sixers is introduced. The Sixers were among the earlier colonists, but for reasons unknown, they oppose Terra Nova's existence, and broke away to establish a rival colony. When a captured Sixer escapes and attempts to assassinate Commander Taylor, Jim subdues the assailant, resulting in Taylor reassigning Jim to his security team. Skye and her friends persuade Josh to sneak away with them from the Terra Nova compound into the forest. At a waterfall, Skye shows Josh what looks like unusual mathematical equations carved into the rocks. As night falls, they prepare to return to the compound, only to discover Sixers have stolen their vehicle's power cells. A pack of Slashers (a common name for the fictional Acceraptors) attack, and the Terra Nova security team has to rescue the teens. |
It looks to me that even though it debuted as a two-hour premiere, it has been structured so that the pilot can be edited into two individual episodes for later reruns and also for syndication, if the show lasts long enough. Each half basically stands alone, and there are even two different writers credited for each segment. I prefer keeping these separate, and listing them as "part a" and "part b" seems reasonable. PNW Raven ( talk) 13:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
The fact that Fox ordered 13 episodes should be enough to prove the pilot is two episodes, given if you continue using this episode count, the finale will be episode 12, and not 13. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 14:36, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
you know it's wrong. There are 13 episodes in the first season. The next one is the 11th - "Within", after that it's the two-hour finale which will be two episodes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.80.66.226 ( talk) 06:53, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
The page is still contradicting itself. Saying there's 12 episodes, yet using a source clearly stating there's 13 episodes. There's a reason the last episode has a production code of TN-113 (press release) or 1ASW13 (actual production code), because it's the 13th episode produced. Production codes signify a single episode, which is why the first two episodes are labeled 1ASW01 and 1ASW02. It's also worth noting in the press release for "Occupation/Resistance", it states, "...in the all-new "Occupation/Resistance" episode of TERRA NOVA..." That was your reasoning for saying "Genesis" is one episode, because it had "episode" not "episodes" in its press release. So, are you going to now say that is one episode as well? I don't even watch this show, but I just want to point out all the logical reasons there are indeed 13 episodes. Thank you. Drovethrughosts ( talk) 15:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
(Have not been following this discussion at all, only saw that my numbering didn't corresponded with the one here anymore) The article as to is now makes no sense, source states 13 episodes, with the second half of he finale being 12? Genesis Part 1 and 2 are two episodes, production codes confirm it, press releases confirm it, … In any case, AussieLegend is to neutral and causing a self contradiction; one the one hand keeping 1a/1b with the finale being 12, one the other hand keeping the ref which states 13 episodes. In any case, I have found in the past that going by broadcast numbers/order etc. is a setup for problems and going by production, which is in pretty much every case I've seen the one on the DVD's, which are far more permanent than a (single) broadcast network. Xeworlebi ( talk) 19:27, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Ever heard that people make mistakes, like admitting something is wrong, when it is actually right? Ever heard of people then realising their mistake and correcting it, and then justifying the correction? I have not acted like I never made that mistake, I just see no reason to continually say I made that mistake, especially when I have corrected it. Have I ever denied I made that mistake? I am using the correct phrase, the phrase you gave me is wrong, you even admitted that on my talk page: 'a more appropriate term for what you are (so far unsuccessfully) trying to describe would be "cultural bias". You'd be wrong, but at least it would be an appropriate term.'( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Black.jeff&diff=prev&oldid=468825795). Unless I misunderstood the meaning of that, and what you were trying to say is that what I am describing is not racism, nor is it cultural bias, yet someone cultural bias is an appropriate term, which doesn't really make sense to me. If calling it cultural bias is wrong, how would that be an appropriate term, yet racism isn't? Wouldn't it be no different to me calling it an orange? What I think shows a complete lack of civility and good faith is someone not bothering with people's justifications and explanations and instead basically saying "No, this is how it is". Seriously? You want to say that official documents of the United Nations are poorly written? Finally stop saying that I am lacking common sense/are uneducated and so on, so I don't know what racism is (I have common sense, although it isn't too common, and I am educated, including knowing what racism is, and regardless, that constitutes a personal attack) and the variety of other personal attacks you have directed towards me. Black.jeff ( talk) 07:10, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
As for Fox, firstly, who really cares what Fox Broadcasting Company does? They do not own the show, they do not make the show. They just broadcast it. Secondly, it can also simply be an artifact of the software used that numbers them as such Black.jeff ( talk) 22:04, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
|OriginalAirDate=
" and not just "|AirDate=
". --
AussieLegend (
talk)
13:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
it was fox idea to combine ep 1/2 together and 12/13 and we do not look at that so we just label them 1a 1b 11a 11b like crazy people who forgot the fact fox ordered 13 ep not 11 not 12 <13> eps so just get it right -- Wjmdem ( talk) 21:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
This is quite ridiculous. FOX habitually merges episodes any time they show consecutive new episodes of any show. That just means they asked the production company to supply them with the two episodes texted for a single broadcast. Its really easy when it is a fellow NewsCorp subsidiary making the show but it also happened when Warner Bros supplied them with a merged Alcatraz premiere. Of course they will call it a 'special' (single) episode because that is the spin. Two years ago FOX took four episodes of Human Target and called them two special episodes even though on the dark side of the moon in Canada they were shown as four separate episodes. FOX is promoting the episodes of Bones on in four days as a single episode though they have nothing specifically tying them together other than night of broadcast. FOX is calling the series finale of Fringe a two-hour special episode (which makes for 99 total) and in the very same press release promotes it as hitting the 100 episode threshold. It is the spin. If you can't recognise the spin in reliable sources then you really shouldn't be here.
https://www.foxfast.com/FoxFast/aspxfiles/TitleDetailsHome.aspx?TitleId=B172162B-F49D-48AD-9863-D8CAE05896E4&Type=SN&TtlSrchMode=&TtlSrchTxt=
http://www.foxinflight.com/tv/82/
The website that offers info on FOX productions says 13. The website that lists movies and series available for air travel viewings says 13. Would you really say the sites which cater to sales of the shows are less reliable than the sites which cater to broadcast viewers? This is the only episode list i can think of which here on WP is written up like this.
As for the question, why break them apart, well they are individual episodes. That is why you have "part 1" and "part 2" credits. If it were one episode there wouldn't be parts (aka how it would have appeared had FOX not shown them merged). The director is the same but the writers are different. With shows filmed in the US and Canada it is fairly easy for a director to do 3 or 5 episodes scattered throughout a 22 episode season but when one has to travel to Australia it just makes sense to do at least 2 episodes before going back home to Malibu.
Lastly, there isn't a pilot for Terra Nova; if there were its production code would 1ASW79. When 20th Century Fox Television has a show go straight to series its production code for episode 1 is "1(Letter)(Letter)(Letter)01". That also is used if the pilot is totally rejected but the series isn't, such as with Dollhouse.
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lost ☯
~hugs~
22:48, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
As in sports, when two contestants share the first place or ranking, the next place is not second, but third. I do not care if the first two parts are one episode or two episodes, but the one after them should be episode 3. This is, of course, my personal opinion, but it would clear out the numbering problem of later episodes.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.22.77.59 ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
no point in this fox order 13 ep it written in the books look for your self and renumber it or i will remake the whole page and delete this one i will give this a year from today and hopefully i will not have to -- Wjmdem ( talk) 03:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
That wikipedia could change the info a bit more often and the fact that is completly wrong. It's 13 episodes and there is 2 1 and a half hour episodes. correct me if i am wrong but really am i ?. I think it's good that some networks do 1 and a half hour episodes of the pilot, so we understand more of the show and the last episode to. I will correct this page!, to the least details. Lucky13Fepplan ( talk) 00:40, 25 February 2012 (GMT+1)
and there alot more more then foxs 11 this is wikipedia not foxipedia so unless you got something that is not fox related yours do not count -- Wjmdem ( talk) 23:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC))
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I know this was discussed in part before, but I would like to have another discussion on splitting apart of the premier and the finale. If it is really just one episode, then why split it? Additionally, how do you know where one will end, and the other starts? I know one of them has been re-shown as 2 separate episodes, but that should not effect the article, which is now just talking about how they originally aired. They did not air as 1a followed by 1b, and 11a followed by 11b, but as 1 and 11. So why should they not be given a single entry in the table, just like they have a single entry on Fox Broadcasting Company's website? Black.jeff ( talk) 23:03, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
The series obviously has 13 episodes and not 11. The conventinal number of episodes for a season order is 13, then 22 then 24. You jus't don't get season orders for 11 episodes. 13 episodes were produced, that's why there are 13 different production codes. Just because the season premiere and finale were aired back to back, it does not mean that they count as on episode. It it counted and one episodes, why would it be genisis (part 1) and (Part 2)? It would just be Genesis. And why would the season finalle be called Occupation/Resistance? It would only have one name if it as one episode. But seen as they both have two names, it means they are seperate episodes. If it were a list of Terra Nova stories, then there would be 11 stories. Just because 2 episodes comprise a 2-part story, it does not make them the same episode! There are 13 episodes, and not 11. What network in their right mind would order 11 episodes of a season? They would order 13, meaning their is 13 episodes. Frogkermit ( talk) 18:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
OriginalAirDate
. Just like that parameter, we handle episode numbering based on how episodes originally aired, which was as 11 episodes, not 13. This was thrashed out in a discussion
above. --
AussieLegend (
✉)
22:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)which was wrong lol looks like after a year it will be listed as 13....if you still think you are right go around reedit other articles this is not the first time 2 episodes aired as one and are listed as 2-- Wjmdem ( talk) 23:10, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
A discussion at Talk:Terra Nova (TV series)#13 Episodes that was never publicised here resulted in reorganisation of this list. This is now the subject of an RfC that is now in progress at Talk:Terra Nova (TV series)#RfC: Should this article and the episode list article comply with MOS:TV. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 07:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
The plot length for the finale episode(s) is too long, and poorly written. I haven't read the rest of the episodes, as there is not a discussion on them, but if they were like the finale then they probably need some copy editing. As far as length goes, WP:MOSTV indicates 100-200 words, unless complex and this show is not complex...I watched it when it was one. The plots for the finale are at least 272 words each. Example of writing clean up: As Josh is restrained and beaten until bleeding from every inch of his body and severely disoriented, with Lucas planning to kill Josh, Jim (upon being tipped off by Skye) arrives on the scene to protect his son, and despite being held back, he saves Josh's life. - Not only is it a run-on sentence, but it goes into unnecessary detail about the beating, and uses unverifiable claims and subjective observations ("every inch of his body and severely disoriented"). It needs some copy-editing. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 13:01, 28 May 2013 (UTC)