# Skip Recap **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** playback\ **Created:** [April 10, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/skip-recap/787447 "2022-04-10T09:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mike548141](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mike548141/32/114025_2.png) [@mike548141](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mike548141)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/skip-recap/787447/1 "2022-04-10T09:43:16Z")
Some TV episodes have a recap at the start, usually before or after the intro. It would be great if Plex could somehow recognise these and allow us to skip them the same way we can with Intro’s. Cheers, and I love Plex so thanks for all your work MC ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/skip-recap/787447/2 "2022-04-10T11:02:57Z")
With intros you have a recurring theme. The recap / “Previously…” part (and similarly previews) is that they’re different with every episode – which makes it near impossible for Plex to recognize those. There’s an existing suggestion discussing an option to manually set the timeframes of a recap. Personally I’m not sure about the usability of such an option. > [@Skip Intro is great, but... Can it be changed to immediately show skip intro to skip the pre-intro “previously on” stuff?](https://forums.plex.tv/t/skip-intro-is-great-but-can-it-be-changed-to-immediately-show-skip-intro-to-skip-the-pre-intro-previously-on-stuff/593963): > > Ok so some TV series will show like 1-2 minutes of content for the episode you are about to watch that helps set the stage for the episode your about to watch. BUT… other shows, they instead spend 1-2 minutes recapping their last episode with a “previously on”. For example the Amazing Race or Big Brother and lots of other shows they will spend a bunch of time before the intro recapping the prior episode stuff. I think it would be cool to have the “skip intro” Button appear at the VERY beginni… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/skip-recap/787447/3 "2022-04-18T09:24:01Z")
2022 clean-up: duplicate