Mashmellow  +  414536 Wed, 05 Sep 07 02:57 PM It's nice when you have a bit  that not only works on itself  but kind of sums up the central conflict in the show, right   This is 210 episodes in the making.   210 episodes to say this very thing.     what is the meaning of "this is 210 episodes in the making"? thank you!   Mashmellow Joined on Wed, Mar 15 2006 melbourne Full Member 136 hope for the best, prepare for the worst

	Grammar Geek  +  414544 Wed, 05 Sep 07 03:14 PM The best I can understand, something happened in a television show that had already had 210 episodes, and whatever it was was a capstone (see the second definition) in the series, so that if it had been aired sooner, it would not have made sense. "X amount of time in the making" means it took that long to produce something. The Great Pyarmid at Giza was 20 years in the making. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!