Systems and methods for providing contextual information

A system comprising:

• control circuitry configured to:
• identify a reference to a subject in a first episode, wherein the first episode is a part of a series of sequentially ordered episodes;
• identify a second episode in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that references the subject, wherein the subject was last referenced in the second episode prior to the first episode;
• calculate a count of episodes in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that are between the first episode and the second episode;
• determine based on the count of episodes in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that are between the first episode and the second episode, whether to provide contextual information about the subject;
• and
• in response to determining to provide the contextual information, cause to be displayed the contextual information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by control circuitry causes the control circuitry to:

• identify a reference to a subject in a first episode, wherein the first episode is a part of a series of sequentially ordered episodes;
• identify a second episode in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that references the subject, wherein the subject was last referenced in the second episode prior to the first episode;
• calculate a count of episodes in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that are between the first episode and the second episode;
• determine based on the count of episodes in the series of sequentially ordered episodes that are between the first episode and the second episode, whether to provide contextual information about the subject;
• and
• in response to determining to provide the contextual information, cause to be displayed the contextual information.