In general, there are two kinds of release patterns for TV and streaming series. The first is the traditional model, with a new episode every week like broadcast TV has been doing for decades. The other is the "bingeable" model [1], mostly for streaming series, where all the episodes drop at once. Hulu [2] is trying something totally different with its new horror series [3] Into The Dark, and it's pretty exciting.

Into The Dark will release its first episode on Friday, Oct. 5, and subsequent episodes will debut once a month on the first Friday of each month. If you're worried that you'll forget what happens or lose track of the plot with such a big gap between episodes, don't worry! The horror [4] series [5] is anthology style [6], so each episode is designed to be a standalone story. The first episode, for instance, will follow a stylish Los Angeles hitman on Halloween [7] night, while the second episode revolves around a creepy Thanksgiving and a woman who can't leave her home.

If you noticed something those two episodes share, then you've found the overarching theme connecting all the episodes! Each episode is connected to a holiday from the month of the episode's release. That's one of the biggest reasons the show is formatted the way it is — so that the holiday connections are clear. Are the episodes connected in any other way? That's still to be determined.