Editing Recap sequence (section)

{{Short description|Narrative device used on television series}}
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{{Not to be confused with|Narration}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2023}}

A '''recap sequence''' (or '''recap''', often announced as "Previously on...") is a [[narrative]] device used by many [[television series]] to bring the viewer up to date with the current events of the stories' [[Plot (narrative)|plot]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Previously on… |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreviouslyOn |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=TV Tropes}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=What does recap sequence mean? |url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/recap+sequence |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=www.definitions.net}}</ref> It is usually a short (between 20 and 40 seconds) [[Montage sequence|montage]] of important scenes cut directly from previous [[episode]]s, usually short bursts of dialogue, which serve to lay the background for the following episode.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Montages |url=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Montages |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=TV Tropes}}</ref>