"Episodic nature" refers to something that is made up of separate and distinct parts or episodes, rather than being continuous or connected. Full definition
Before it completely peters out, however, the film generally comes off as a perfectly watchable endeavor that benefits substantially from O'Kelley's engaging turn as the likeable protagonist - with the palpable chemistry between the actress and her onscreen love interest compensating for the overly episodic nature of the movie's midsection. (reelfilm.com)
Two alternative hypotheses, however, can account for the discrete and episodic nature of hominin evolutionary events. (journals.plos.org)
It increases the velocity of science in Antarctica if they are able to send data from all kinds of different experiments in real time, versus the episodic nature they have now.» (sciencemag.org)