CREATE TABLE table_204_981 (id NUMBER, "ep#" NUMBER, "title" CLOB, "broadcast date" CLOB, "written by" CLOB, "directed by" CLOB)

which episode aired first -- birth of a legend or skeletons in the closest ?
SELECT "title" FROM table_204_981 WHERE "title" IN ('"birth of a legend"', '"skeletons in the closet"') ORDER BY "broadcast date" LIMIT 1
SELECT "title" FROM "table_204_981" WHERE "title" IN ('"birth of a legend"', '"skeletons in the closet"') ORDER BY "broadcast date" FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY