The 20 most common/laziest TV episode titles

Including "Lost and Found," "The Reunion" and "Secrets"

The last episode of The Office US was titled The Finale

Sometimes, TV showrunners aren’t the most imaginative of people especially when - after spending months putting together a series - they have to name each episode.

Often, the result is numerous episodes being named common clichés - such as “Lights, Camera, [insert witty word here]” and “Till Death Do Us Part” - or basic single words - “Alibi,” “Legacy,” etc.

Over at TV Tropes, they’ve calculated the most common/laziest episode titles, not including “Pilot,” itself used 1715 times. Episode titles that have been spread over multiple episodes have not been counted.

So, what’s the most common Stock Episode Title? To little surprise, there are 255 episodes called “Finale” / “The Finale” (every series has to end, right?).

In at number two is with 217 uses is "Reunion" / "The Reunion” followed by "Wedding" / "The Wedding” with 164 uses and "Homecoming" / "The Homecoming”. The fifth most used episode title, meanwhile, is "Lost and Found”, which include the LOST episode “…And Found”. Get it?

Here are the top 20 most common episode titles

1. "Finale" / "The Finale" - 255    

2. "Reunion" / "The Reunion” - 217    

3. "Homecoming" / "The Homecoming" - 146

4. "Lost and Found" - 138

5. "Lights, Camera, _____!" - 126

6. "Runaway" / "The Runaway" / "Runaways" / "The Runaways" - 122

7. “Alibi” / “The Alibi” - 118

8. "Double Trouble" - 111

9. "_____ to the Rescue" - 104

10. "Halloween" - 104

11. "Legacy" / "The Legacy" - 103

12. "Second Chance" / "Second Chances" - 100

13. "Party" / "The Party" - 96

14. "Witness" / "The Witness" - 90

15. "The Gift" - 91

16. "Hero" / "The Hero" - 84

17. "Secrets" - 78

18. "Trapped" - 75

19. "Great Expectations" - 74

20. "Family Affair" / "A Family Affair" - 73

Many have become clichés due to being biblical or other literature references, such as “Great Expectations”. Come on, showrunners, you can do better.