The Backwards Episode

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Quite a number of television shows have had episodes which were narrated in reverse chronology, due possibly to narrative style, some sort of time travel mechanism, or a character (or society) who perceives time passing in the opposite direction. These are not simply episodes which allow a character to travel back in time, and relive the period forward; rather they are episodes where the period of time is either experienced or recounted from the chronological end to the chronological beginning. Those incorporating a time travel mechanism may or may not allow characters to break out of their destiny. Various backwards episodes include:

• "As Time Goes By" (Sliders)
• "Backwards" (Red Dwarf)
• "Before and After" (Star Trek: Voyager)
• "The Betrayal" (Seinfeld)
• "Redrum" (The X-Files)

[edit] See also

• Memento
• Reverse chronology
• Time loop
• Time travel
• List of television series that include time travel