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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
I think the term is a “bottle episode”. Compared to the first two episodes with multiple sets, dozens of extras, and extensive make up and effects, this had one set, minimal effects, and would have reduced the schedule by filming in parallel with the main cast. Nothing wrong with this approach and HBO obviously didn’t skimp on the set design.
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It doesn’t really fit the conventional definition of a “bottle episode” though, and cost was clearly not part of the intention based on the fact that the two leads were in half the episode, they hired two established actors to star in the one episode, had a character appear that was killed off in the episode before, a zombie, a full town built on a remote set, a gunfight, explosions, etc.
It has some stuff in common with a bottle episode in terms of dramatic beats (dialogue heavy, focused on a couple characters, etc), but it’s very obvious that it isn’t one.