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)
- "Blood of the Father, Heart of Steel" (The Venture Bros.)
- "Redrum" (The X-Files)
- "My Cheatin' Heart" (Home Movies)
- "Hindsight" (ER)
- "Shrabster" (Sealab 2021)
- "Remains of the Platypus" (Phineas and Ferb)
- "Yug Ylimaf" (Family Guy)
- "Once Removed" (Inside No. 9)