The epic is back:
Game of Thrones. House of Cards. Breaking Bad. Downton Abbey. Harry Potter. The Hunger Games. Twilight.
Modern storytelling is reverting, all the way back to the Canterbury Tales and Beowulf. Episodic long form is taking back the ground it lost to the three-act play.
Your flat screen is fast becoming the new village square, Netflix and HBO the new traveling bards. This is a big deal.