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* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': The first season [[Recap/WinxClubS1E1AnUnexpectedEvent opens]] with Bloom, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, discovering she's a fairy. The following episodes then slowly build up her mysterious past; first revealing she's the bearer of the Dragon's Flame and then, in the [[Recap/WinxClubS1E13AGreatSecretRevealed thirteenth episode]], that she's adopted. The [[Recap/WinxClubS1E18TheFontOfDragonFire eighteenth episode]] shifts the tides by kickstarting the events that will lead to the climax. Bloom gets ambushed by the [[TerribleTrio Trix]], who disclose that she's Domino's sole survivor and steal the Flame from her. Finally, the twenty-sixth episode closes the season with the Winx defeating the Trix after an epic confrontation.
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Some series only have the first 13 episodes of the first season commissioned, [[Front13Back9 with the promise of more if it is successful]]. For this reason, the writers will work out a 13-episode arc plot so that if the series is not renewed, it will still have a satisfying ending. If it ''is'' renewed then they need only rewrite the [[SeriesFauxnale final script]] or so to introduce another threat or more plot threads. Alternatively, an important MidSeasonTwist happens.
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Some series only have the first 13 episodes of the first season commissioned, [[Front13Back9 with the promise of more if it is successful]]. For this reason, the writers will work out a 13-episode arc plot so that if the series is not renewed, it will still have a satisfying ending. If it ''is'' renewed then they need only rewrite the [[SeriesFauxnale final script]] or so to introduce another threat or more plot threads. Alternatively, an important MidSeasonTwist happens.
happens on episode 7 (of 13) in television, or at the 1/4, 1/3, or 1/2 point of other serials.
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Some series only have the first 13 episodes of the first season commissioned, [[Front13Back9 with the promise of more if it is successful]]. For this reason, the writers will work out a 13-episode arc plot so that if the series is not renewed, it will still have a satisfying ending. If it ''is'' renewed then they need only rewrite the [[SeriesFauxnale final script]] or so to introduce another threat or more plot threads.
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* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaQuarantine'': {{Subverted}}. The canonical season layout gets disrupted by the outbreak of a global pandemic.
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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': The first four seasons were pretty formulaic thanks to following both an American high school year and the Show Choir TournamentArc. The premiers are the first day back at school where the characters learn about any new obstacles at school, the mid-season finale is the Sectionals performance, sweeps week sees various relationships shaken up and is sometimes paired another tournament performance, and the finale arc sees the culmination of any relationship drama and a final tournament showing. There are some exceptions, though:
** The first season had a thirteen-episode lead-up to Sectionals, the longest front half of any season, so the back half only went to Regionals and ended there.
** The second and third seasons both had Regionals air during Sweeps Week and went to Nationals for the finale, though season three had Nationals as the penultimate episode before the seniors graduated in the finale.
** The fourth season had Will and Emma's wedding ceremony during Sweeps, pushing the Regionals performance all the way to the finale.
** The fifth season starts in the middle of the previous school year and has no mid-season finale or any tournament showing until Nationals two-thirds in. The last seven episodes are a ReTool set in New York, and the finale is actually about Rachel pursuing a career in TV.
** The sixth and final season is only thirteen episodes, and as such follows a similar track as the first season, including a Sectionals performance near the end.
** The first season had a thirteen-episode lead-up to Sectionals, the longest front half of any season, so the back half only went to Regionals and ended there.
** The second and third seasons both had Regionals air during Sweeps Week and went to Nationals for the finale, though season three had Nationals as the penultimate episode before the seniors graduated in the finale.
** The fourth season had Will and Emma's wedding ceremony during Sweeps, pushing the Regionals performance all the way to the finale.
** The fifth season starts in the middle of the previous school year and has no mid-season finale or any tournament showing until Nationals two-thirds in. The last seven episodes are a ReTool set in New York, and the finale is actually about Rachel pursuing a career in TV.
** The sixth and final season is only thirteen episodes, and as such follows a similar track as the first season, including a Sectionals performance near the end.
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** [Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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** [Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
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* ''Anime/MyHime'': The Searrs arc ends in episode 15 (in a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment), and episode 16 introduces a new and unexpected plot twist.
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* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman "The Freshman"]] opens the fourth season with Buffy and the gang starting college; which is a game changer in terms of setting and, to a lesser extent, of cast.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': ''Series/TwentyFour'': The nuclear explosion in season two is an example of the episode-15 shift.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example of a mid-season shift.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman "The Freshman"]] opens the fourth season with Buffy and the gang starting college; which is a game changer in terms of setting and, to a lesser extent, ofcast.cast.
** As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
*** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
*** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example of a mid-season shift.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman "The Freshman"]] opens the fourth season with Buffy and the gang starting college; which is a game changer in terms of setting and, to a lesser extent, of
** As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
*** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
*** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" ends with [[TheNthDoctor the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor]] into the Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness being left behind on the space station for reasons the Doctor wouldn't explain until the Series 3 finale.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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* ''Anime/MyHime'': The Searrs arc ends in episode 15 (in a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment), and episode 16 introduces a new and unexpected plot twist.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': The nuclear explosion in season two.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The 16th episode of any season is usually pretty dramatic, and often a season game-changer.
** Season 1's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E16Shadow Shadow]]" has Meg being revealed as a villain and the brothers finally reuniting with John, albeit briefly.
** Season 3's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked No Rest for the Wicked]]" was the season finale due to the writers strike, and includes Dean [[spoiler:being dragged into hell.]]
** Season 4's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E16OnTheHeadOfAPin On the Head of a Pin]]" has the first big sign that Castiel is good, the revelation that Dean broke the first seal, and the revelation that Uriel [[spoiler:is actively trying to help Lucifer rise; he is then killed.]]
** Season 5's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E16DarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]" has Dean and Sam in Heaven, and the revelation that [[spoiler:Castiel's plan to search for God really is fruitless.]]
** Season 6's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS06E16AndThenThereWasNone ...And Then There Were None]]" kills off no less than ''three'' recurring hunter characters.
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[[AC:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" ends with [[TheNthDoctor the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor]] into the Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness being left behind on the space station for reasons the Doctor wouldn't explain until the Series 3 finale.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/MyHime'': The Searrs arc ends in episode 15 (in a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment), and episode 16 introduces a new and unexpected plot twist.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TwentyFour'': The nuclear explosion in season two.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The 16th episode of any season is usually pretty dramatic, and often a season game-changer.
** Season 1's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E16Shadow Shadow]]" has Meg being revealed as a villain and the brothers finally reuniting with John, albeit briefly.
** Season 3's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked No Rest for the Wicked]]" was the season finale due to the writers strike, and includes Dean [[spoiler:being dragged into hell.]]
** Season 4's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E16OnTheHeadOfAPin On the Head of a Pin]]" has the first big sign that Castiel is good, the revelation that Dean broke the first seal, and the revelation that Uriel [[spoiler:is actively trying to help Lucifer rise; he is then killed.]]
** Season 5's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E16DarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]" has Dean and Sam in Heaven, and the revelation that [[spoiler:Castiel's plan to search for God really is fruitless.]]
** Season 6's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS06E16AndThenThereWasNone ...And Then There Were None]]" kills off no less than ''three'' recurring hunter characters.
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[[AC:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" ends with [[TheNthDoctor the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor]] into the Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness being left behind on the space station for reasons the Doctor wouldn't explain until the Series 3 finale.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** [Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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[[folder:The Ep-15 Shift]]
[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/MyHime'': The Searrs arc ends in episode 15 (in a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment), and episode 16 introduces a new and unexpected plot twist.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TwentyFour'': The nuclear explosion in season two.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':The 16th episode of any season is usually pretty dramatic, and often a season game-changer.
** *** Season 1's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E16Shadow Shadow]]" has Meg being revealed as a villain and the brothers finally reuniting with John, albeit briefly.
** *** Season 3's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked No Rest for the Wicked]]" was the season finale due to the writers strike, and includes Dean [[spoiler:being dragged into hell.]]
** *** Season 4's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E16OnTheHeadOfAPin On the Head of a Pin]]" has the first big sign that Castiel is good, the revelation that Dean broke the first seal, and the revelation that Uriel [[spoiler:is actively trying to help Lucifer rise; he is then killed.]]
** *** Season 5's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E16DarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]" has Dean and Sam in Heaven, and the revelation that [[spoiler:Castiel's plan to search for God really is fruitless.]]
** *** Season 6's "[[Recap/SupernaturalS06E16AndThenThereWasNone ...And Then There Were None]]" kills off no less than ''three'' recurring hunter characters.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Season Finale (Ep-20 to Ep-26)]]
[[AC:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" ends with [[TheNthDoctor the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor]] into the Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness being left behind on the space station for reasons the Doctor wouldn't explain until the Series 3 finale.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.characters.
** [Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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* ''Anime/MyHime'': The Searrs arc ends in episode 15 (in a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment), and episode 16 introduces a new and unexpected plot twist.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': The nuclear explosion in season two.
* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': "Phase One" is a textbook example.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love You"]]. The following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Each of its three full seasons[[note]]It was a MidSeasonReplacement, so its first season is shorter[[/note]] has a major two-parter with a big guest star representing a federal agency right about this time. They were:
** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..."]] & [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
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* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The two-parter "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf Bad Wolf]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays The Parting of the Ways]]" ends with [[TheNthDoctor the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor]] into the Tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness being left behind on the space station for reasons the Doctor wouldn't explain until the Series 3 finale.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': [[Recap/HouseS6E01Broken "Broken"]] opens the sixth season with [[spoiler: House's stay in the mental hospital. It mentions that he will be seeing his doctor for outpatient therapy after being discharged.]] This is not referenced again until a couple of episodes before the finale.
* ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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* ''Series/TheHouseOfElliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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* ''Series/TheHouseOfElliott'': ''Series/TheHouseOfEliott'': A three-season PeriodDrama with ten episodes per series and no finite plot, more similar to an American series than the typical British literary adaptation or original period miniseries, ended on a cliffhanger with one of the sisters threatening to walk out on the eponymous fashion house. However, Creator/TheBBC then decided not to commission another series, so the series was left dangling.
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* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
* ''Fanfic/TheReturnToGravityFalls'': Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc.
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Related to StoryArc (the sequences told in a story). SuperTrope of Front13Back9 (the lucky 13th episode). Compare StrictlyFormula, when the main plotline of every episode is basically the same; this trope is similar, but on a season-wide scale.
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Expect abundant use of SeriesFauxnale (an installment that served as a GrandFinale prior to getting {{uncanceled}}) in the mid-season game-changers. Related to StoryArc (the sequences told in a story). SuperTrope of Front13Back9 (the lucky 13th episode). Compare StrictlyFormula, when the main plotline of every episode is basically the same; this trope is similar, similar but on a season-wide scale.
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Related to StoryArc (the sequences told in a story). SuperTrope of Front13Back9 (the lucky 13th episode).
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Related to StoryArc (the sequences told in a story). SuperTrope of Front13Back9 (the lucky 13th episode). Compare StrictlyFormula, when the main plotline of every episode is basically the same; this trope is similar, but on a season-wide scale.
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* ''Series/CSIMiami'': Horatio Caine's trip to Brazil is the Season 5 opener.
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* ''Series/CSIMiami'': Horatio Caine's trip to Brazil is in [[Recap/CSIMiamiS05E01 "Rio"]] opens the Season 5 opener.5th season with a game-changing blast.
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** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]]" & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
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** In the second season, the two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]]" "Surprise"]] & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
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** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise Surprise]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence Innocence]]" on the second season.
** Season 5 drops the double whammy of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" at this point.
** Season 5 drops the double whammy of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I Was Made To Love You]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody The Body]]" at this point.
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** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise Surprise]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence Innocence]]" on In the second season.
** Season 5 dropsseason, the double whammy of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou I two-parter [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise "Surprise"]]" & [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E14Innocence "Innocence"]], Angel's soul is destroyed after sharing a tender moment with Buffy.
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To LoveYou]]" and "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody You"]]. The Body]]" at this point.following episode, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E16TheBody "The Body"]] confirms that she died from a brain aneurysm.
** Season 5 drops
** In the fifth season, Buffy's ill mother, Joyce, suddenly collapses in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E15IWasMadeToLoveYou "I Was Made To Love
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy and the gang start college in the Season 4 opener.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman "The Freshman"]] opens the fourth season with Buffy and the gang start college starting college; which is a game changer in the Season 4 opener.terms of setting and, to a lesser extent, of cast.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': As per the formula, the 15th episodes have a tendency to pull a mid-season shift of major proportions.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows The Coming of Shadows]]", a second season episode, did this well enough to win a UsefulNotes/HugoAward. (It was actually episode 9, not 15.)
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows The Although it's the ninth episode instead of the fifteenth, [[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E09TheComingOfShadows "The Coming of Shadows]]", a second season episode, did this well enough Shadows"]] elevates the classical mid-season shift to win the point that it won a UsefulNotes/HugoAward. (It was actually episode 9, not 15.)UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
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** Season 2's "Tick, Tick, Tick..." & "Boom!", guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's "Setup" & "Countdown", guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's "Pandora" & "Linchpin", guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
** Season 3's "Setup" & "Countdown", guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's "Pandora" & "Linchpin", guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
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** Season 2's [[Recap/CastleS2E17TickTickTick "Tick, Tick, Tick..." "]] & "Boom!", [[Recap/CastleS2E18Boom "Boom!"]], guest starring Dana Delaney, playing a specialist from the FBI.
** Season 3's"Setup" [[Recap/CastleS3E16Setup "Setup"]] & "Countdown", [[Recap/CastleS3E17Countdown "Countdown"]], guest starring Adrian Pasdar, playing a member of the Department of Homeland Security.
** Season 4's"Pandora" [[Recap/CastleS4E15Pandora "Pandora"]] & "Linchpin", [[Recap/CastleS4E16Linchpin "Linchpin"]], guest starring Jennifer Beals, playing a member of the CIA [[spoiler:& Soviet operative]].
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** Season 4's
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The first episode of Season 2 shows pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The first episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E01InMyTimeOfDying "In My Time of Season 2 shows Dying"]] opens the second season with pretty much everything going wrong. Sam and Dean's father dies to save Dean's life and the Colt, which can be used to avenge their mother, disappears with him. This prompts Sam and Dean to gather what clues they have to finish what their father had been working on for over twenty years.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Episode 16 is usually pretty dramatic, and often a season game-changer:
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Episode 16 The 16th episode of any season is usually pretty dramatic, and often a season game-changer:game-changer.
