The art of the great miniseries has been perfected by streaming television, with every app releasing a few every month in a format perfect for binge watching. It’s a great way to make must-see TV: the short-form nature of the miniseries is great for casting the type of A-list talent whose schedule usually only allows for movies, and the structure works for adapting well-known books or expanding the plot of an old movie out to eight to ten episodes.

Sometimes these shows are so well loved they get another season order, transforming from a miniseries into a regular old TV show. ( The White Lotus is probably the most famous example of this.) Usually, though, a miniseries stays a miniseries, content to spin a yarn from beginning to end in a sensible one season’s length of time.

While minis

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