TV buffs will tell you the concept of a “bottle episode” was coined by producer Leslie Stevens on the sci-fi series The Outer Limits. The 1964 episode “Controlled Experiment” is among the earliest to depict the idea, which typically confines a story to a single setting while limiting cast and effects – all in an effort to save production cost (and time). But its restrictiveness did more than aid the bottom line. It added intrigue. Confining the …
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