1) Adjective for soap operas 2) Aired in installments 3) Broken up 4) Divided 5) Divided into incidents 6) Intermittent 7) Interrupted 8) Intervallic 9) Like a serial story 10) Like a soap opera 11) Like many TV dramas 12) Like most sitcoms 13) Like sitcoms 14) Like soap operas 15) Like The Perils of Pauline 1) Divided 2) Impermanent 3) Occasional 4) Temporary 5) Unpredictable 
• (a.) Alt. of Episodical
(ep″ĭ-sod´ik) having symptom-free periods that alternate with the presence of symptoms.
Occurring in a long string of short, individual scenes, stories, or sections, rather than focusing o
[adj] - of writing or narration 2. [adj] - occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals 3. [adj] - limited in duration to a single episode
episodic 1. Relating to or resembling an episode. 2. Divided into or composed of closely connected but independent sections. 3. Sporadic or happening at irregular intervals: 'She kept having episodic pain in her lower back.' 4. Of a limited duration: 'There were episodic wind squalls during the storm.'
occasional adjective occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; `episodic in his affections`; `occasional headaches`
pertaining to or of the nature of an episode. · divided into separate or tenuously related parts or sections; loosely connected: an episodic novel. · occurring sporadically or incidentally.