Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20150201203847/@comment-24674051-20150202152433

Let me throw a thought out there.

Last season, the Season finale was, for all practical purposes, a 2 hour episode that was split across 2 episodes (and in this case had different episode titles and different production codes). I'm not sure when the final decision was made to show the finale with both eps on one night, but the episodes could easily have been aired over a 2 week span as normal episodes.

In rewatching STM, the setup is actually very similar to SD/TNPLH, in that there is a definite split between the first and second half. The second half did start with a title card. and the episode could have been aired over 2 weeks. Also, the place to rewatch episodes on ABC actually did split Smash the Mirror into 2 episodes. (although they do confuse the issue by referring to them as 408 and 409, then adjusting by one the remainder of eps, so the H&V is 412.)

I think that no matter what course we choose, there are going to be some people that are not going to be happy about how it is done. And we all have to accept that.

Since what we are trying to achieve is consistency, then the most consistent approach (imo), based on the information at hand, is to have 2 pages for STM (408A and 408B). In the "Trivia" section for the episodes, we could include the information that the episodes aired back to back on the same night. Also, having it as 408A & B presents the split as it should be, which is an inserted storyline, which is exactly what happened.

As a side comment, I don't think I would want to see the condensed version of that episode, I don't even know where they would begin to cut out stuff to get that script down to a 1 hour timeslot.