Serial TV dramas (daytime soap operas, prime time drama) have long used the convention of the Major Meet-Up — a party, holiday gathering, public announcement, wedding, funeral, or some other staged event with a set time and place — to bring together multiple characters and multiple story threads for some heightened dramatic encounters.
The Netflix-based Season 4 of the dysfunctional family sitcom Arrested Development, which I have already described as an example of a Multiple Point of View Replay Story makes significant use of this technique with such classic dramatic Meet-Up situations such as Continue reading
Janet H. Murray 