Complex sentence: Readers of the article deserve to be shown an episode count that well approximates the actual present episode count, given that an episode count that is too old may mislead a reader by creating the impression that a disproportionately lower number of episodes has been produced than actual.
Split into simpler sentences: Readers of the article deserve to be shown an episode count that well approximates the actual present episode count. An episode count that is too old may mislead a reader by creating the impression that a disproportionately lower number of episodes has been produced than actual.