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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I forgot that Saber did a clip show. I've never been a fan of these, but after watching Ultraman Trigger I have a lot more patience for how literally every other tokusatsu ever made has handled the concept better.

(For those who haven't seen Trigger, it had about five clip episodes, including two in a row that aired just a month into the show's run)

While I'm not one to defend those clip episodes... most of those did not actually count towards the actual episode count so I don't mind them too heavily. Though I will agree that the two in a row that aired like right after Episode 4 or so? Yeah that killed momentum to watch it pretty hard.

Granted... and this is why I'm even making this post. These clipshows likely have to do with outside factors such as trying to make sure viewership is stable. So if something is happening that weekend the episode airs that will likely cause a drop in viewers, they'll do the safe thing and put out a clipshow. They aren't there because they thought "this is the best place in a story to do a recap", they're there because they need to be.

Also if I recall the back to back clip episodes that aired during Trigger was around the same time that the Olympics were in full swing, which I think is also around the time there was a short break from SHT for a week too.