Boom. Another streaming platform blunder. This time, Apple TV+ “accidentally” listed a nonexistent Episode 8 for 1923 Season 2—and fans aren't buying the corporate shrug.
Paramount+'s gritty Yellowstone prequel wrapped with a two-hour finale (Episode 7) in April 2025. But Apple TV+—which streams the show internationally—briefly teased an 54-minute Episode 8 titled 208. Click it? Surprise! You're dumped into the finale. Reddit sleuths called it out: “This isn't a glitch—it's a budget cut masquerading as a ‘creative choice'” (u/DuttonDrama2025).
Hollywood's done this dance before. Remember HBO Max's Raised by Wolves Season 2 “missing” episode that turned out to be a scrapped tax write-off? Or Netflix's Warrior Nun finale split into a nonexistent Season 3 cliffhanger? Studios routinely chop episodes to save cash—then gaslight fans with PR spin about “artistic vision.”
But here's the twist: 1923's finale wasn't split. Instead, Paramount+ crammed two episodes into one supersized movie—likely to dodge union pay bumps for an eighth episode. As one insider anonymously griped: “If you think this is about ‘storytelling,' you've never met a spreadsheet.”
So, was Episode 8 ever real? Probably. But like a mirage in the streaming desert, it vanished—leaving fans to wonder: Are we paying premium prices for platforms that can't even update their episode titles?
