Penultimatepisode-itis is the term I use to refer to the disease that has been crippling TV shows for as long as I have been a steadfast follower of primetime TV, the one causing penultimate episodes to be treated like fleeting after-thoughts by the writers, with little tender-loving care, as if they solely exist to announce in one for or another, “next week in the season finale…” — Side note: Both the term and the diagnosis are my own, no credible source cited (read: Love it or leave it).
