The collection tag is only available for movies and entire TV shows, but not for TV episodes. It should also be made possible to make a collection of episodes.
With some shows, the ordering by season or premiere date is less relevant, and it can be very useful to manually group episodes by another property. The collection tag would be the perfect tool for this.
Examples of usecases:
- Collection of cartoons grouped by main character in the episode (e.g. Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny)
- Collection of holiday episodes (e.g. Halloween specials, Christmas specials)
- Collection of episodes grouped by DVD instead of seasons (e.g. ‘best of’ dvds)
- Collection of cooking show episodes by theme or technique (e.g. Chinese food, grilling)
- Collection of kids show episodes teaching a certain concept (e.g. counting, sharing)
- Collection of travel shows by destination (e.g. Europe, Japan)
- Collection of nature shows featuring a specific animal (e.g. Planet Earth / Animal Planet eps featuring elephants)
- Collection of documentary episodes with a certain topic (e.g. global warming, mental health)
I am aware that it is also possible to make playlists of episodes, but playlists do not allow you to add poster art, the layout once you select the playlist is always a list, the episodes are in a specific order, and they are user-specific (whereas collections are server-wide).
