I mean not that long, but lost had some real long finales

The Third Day has a 12 hour episode.

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Filmed live IIRC..

Sense8 finale was two hours and a half long.

The MASH finale was 2 hours which was notable for a 30 minute sitcom.

Edit: And the Sense8 finale was 2.5 hours.

Not that long, but Sons of Anarchy started doing this midway through its run with 90 minute episodes pretty much every week. It's pretty much why I stopped watching.

The Lost finales were always two hour time slots, but occasionally the episode before the finale was technically part 1 of the finale, those being Exodus and There's No Place Like Home (which both are split into three parts). Making them a little over two hours without commercial

The rest were just the normal two hour finale that would be a little under 90 minutes without commercials (these ones are sometimes edited as one episode or sometimes split into two parts, there is no consistency on streaming services).

The first and last episode of the old miniseries Centennial was just as long... even longer, actually when you add in commercials.

Every Sherlock episode was about 90 minutes long

the last episode of game of thrones crams what should be like 8 months into 50 minutes

was gonna ask if that show was any good like real drama or more gimmick

closer to The Shield/ Sopranos or more cheesy

Was it any good? And is it on HBO max? Might be worth checking out.

Starts out and you think it'll be like The Shield where it's incredible and each season goes into the next so easily, but it slowly but surely morphs into a soap opera.

The last 2 episodes of the season are actually (probably a coincidence) about the length of an 80s miniseries. Most had the typical 4 hour (with commercials) slot but some would have a 2 hour premiere and a 3 hour finale.

It's not and that's kinda annoying. I don't remember exactly, but the vast majority was waiting for crew to set up off-camera.

Sense 8 S2 E1&12

Pretty much before streaming, ALL (American) tv had to fit into some concept of a time slot. This was done for a variety of reasons, most importantly for syndication purposes.

But to get around it, TV shows would do mulitipart episodes. A lot of To Be Continueds.

Twin Peaks was not immune to this. It’s long eps were 90 minutes each which, conveniently, divides up to 45 minutes per half for broadcast purposes.

Anyway, once you open that box, all bets are off. Star Trek DS9 ended its run with a literal 10-parter.

Yeah seasons 1 and 2 had a good hook and clear development of characters, then it devolves into characters following the same arc every season. Later seasons honestly feel close to a cw show in quality imo

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Lost season 1 and 4 finales were were 129 and 127 minutes respectively.

I remember this WW2 miniserie from the early eighties that had incredibly long episodes, like I would fall asleep on the carpet under the table for two hours (was a lad at the time) and wake up with dad and mum still watching it. Winds of War is the name, I believe

They became a slog. A lot of the episodes had a 3-4 minute intro with only music playing and nobody saying anything. Plus the storylines were trash and some characters were killed off too late (or not at all).

I enjoyed the show but the 12 hour episode is not worth it. There are highlights of it on YouTube.

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