In fact, here's an example:
Episode 1 ends with Our Hero, John, sitting at a table having just been threatened by no less than sixty percent of the crew. The next one opens with them waking up to an alarm (did his shit get ganked in the night by the little froggy dude? I don't know. It's a plot point that was introduced and forgotten. Or was it?) and discovering that their ship is projecting its location (they like the word "exponentially," don't they?) and they have to muffle the signal.
"Hey!" says Our Hero, "Isn't there Water on the Third Planet Down There?"
How in the hell...
What?
He was clueless and lost a minute ago. Then he slept again (he'd slept on the ship in the previous episode, so don't gimme that "fresh eyes" crap) and now he knows the composition of passing planets? What?
Oh wait. That's episode fucking 7. It's only consecutive on the DVD release of this series that may be fantastic, but has a stupid, stupid rat-creature of a feature on it. Discs 5-11 of the series contain consecutive episodes. All of season 2 contains consecutive episodes. Season 1, discs 1-5: load o' crap.
It's like some Fox exec designed it: "Heh. This'll turn off those new fans. If you don't know the show, this will make it look weak and badly written. Mwahaha!"