| Episode | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Stratovarius |
| Cover: | Episode (album) cover.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | October 1995 – February 1996 |
| Studio: | Finnvox Studios, Helsinki |
| Genre: | Power metal[2] neoclassical metal |
| Length: | [3] |
| Label: | Noise |
| Producer: | Timo Tolkki |
| Prev Title: | Fourth Dimension |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Visions |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Episode is the fifth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 22 April 1996 through Noise Records. It is the first Stratovarius album to feature keyboardist Jens Johansson and drummer Jörg Michael, both of whom would form part of the band's most stable line-up for a decade. The album reached No. 21 on the Finnish albums chart and remained on that chart for six weeks.[1]