Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Episode
Ep′i·sode (ĕp′ĭ·sōd), n. [Gr. ἐπείσοδος a coming in besides, ἐπεισόδιον episode; ἐπέ into, besides + εἴσοδος a coming in, εἰς into + ὁδός way, cf. Skr. sad to go: cf. F. épisode.] (Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.