Complex sentence: "Episode 2" has been well-received since its initial broadcast, with critics finding it to be a ground-breaking episode of television, and has since come to be influential to, and parodied by, several subsequent television series.
Split into simpler sentences: Episode 2 has been well-received since its initial broadcast, regarded as a ground-breaking television episode by critics. It has since come to be influential to, and parodied by, several subsequent television series.