Going back and watching Critical Role, I broke up the story into arcs. Here’s my favorite:
Arc 6: A Cycle of Vengeance (16 episodes)
- 57: Duskmeadow
- 58: A Cycle of Vengeance
- 59: The Feywild
- 60: Heredity and Hats (Live Show)
- Missing Scene (Thanks to Critical Scope)
- 61: Denizens of the Moonbrush
- 62: Uninviting Waters (Live Show)
- 63: The Echo Tree (Corrected Audio) Thanks to @eponymous-rose
- 64: The Frigid Doom
- 65: The Streets of Ank’Harel
- 66: A Traveler’s Gamble
- 67: The Chase to Glintshore
- 68: Cloak and Dagger
- 69: Passed Through Fire
- 70: Trust
- 71: Vorugal
- 72: The Elephant in the Room
The theme is strong in this sequence: the pain of the past. And it has a love story subplot that is closely tied to the themes and mini-arcs. I’m not sure I could ask for a lot more in terms of structure and interplay of meaning.