Ah, the 1990s. A magical time before streaming algorithms, before "skip intro" buttons, and before you had to wait a whole week to find out if Ross and Rachel were actually on a break.
90s TV offers something different:
In the 90s, episodes were standalone. You could miss a week and not be lost. Problems were solved in 22 minutes (or 44 if it was a sweeps week two-parter). There was a formula: setup, joke, lesson learned, hug, credits. 90s series