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Metz's episodic sequence is an autonomous segment that is a continuous story episode that is narrated in temporal order. Like the ordinary sequence it does skip various events, but unlike the ordinary sequence, where the events elided are regarded as minor or trivial, the events that are not shown in the continuous temporal sequence are interpreted as fundamental to the meaning of the sequence. The example Metz cites, the famous 'breakfast table' sequence from Welles' Citizen Kane is canonical.
Without labouring the point, I suspect nearly any sequence from Joyce's Afternoon: a Story would be illustrative of this.
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