Mr. Knazko said he saw the federal Parliament's vote last week against separation as a mere "episode" that will not delay the breakup.

Part of the success of the show can be attributable to the fact that it ran for a mere twelve episodes, so never ran out of steam.

The drama of the individual life is a mere episode, beneficial or abandoned, in this continuing adventure of the species.

The season had a mere 9 episodes.

Hill appeared in a mere five episodes in two serials before her on-screen death.

Six, a mere six episodes on the telly and it is the most imaginative and brilliant sci-fi but not sci-fi series ever written.

However, this version did worse than any of the ones before it, running for a mere five episodes until the experiment ended on June 24.

The show was a mere 8 episodes, but is remembered as being the original DIY home improvement show.

Dorothy Dix sums the whole thing up like this: "Compared with marriage," she says, "being born is a mere episode in our careers, and dying a trivial incident.

Taurus Rising proved to be an expensive failure after it failed to win an audience and was cancelled after a mere 21 episodes.