The long-awaited return of Sam & Max drew one step closer today, as Telltale Games announced that development of the first episode in the upcoming "season" is now complete.

Scheduled for release on the American entertainment network GameTap on October 17th, and as a commercial download on November 1st, the pilot episode entitled Culture Shock is the first of six planned installments featuring the popular comic crimefighting duo.

To help mark the occasion, Telltale has also unveiled a new promotional trailer that can be streamed from its website. The accompanying developer blog indicates that a downloadable version of the trailer will be released on Wednesday.