bottle episode
n.— «Even though they are moving, for large stretches “Spiral” is a bottle episode.…They are in the Winnebago, or the gas station, and it is a contained story.» —by Roz Kaveney Reading the Vampire Slayer Mar. 18, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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