Which Seinfeld episode is famously told in reverse chronological order?

“Which Seinfeld episode is famously told in reverse chronological order?” — “The Betrayal” is the answer.

The Season 9 episode deliberately begins near the end of its story and moves backward through earlier events. That structure makes it famous as Seinfeld’s “backwards episode,” with scenes revealing how the characters arrived at the situations shown previously.

The format is an homage to Harold Pinter’s play Betrayal, which also uses reverse chronology. The episode’s title points to that influence, while its story involves an Indian wedding, Kramer’s increasingly strange schemes, and George’s relationship with Susan.

A common mix-up is confusing the episode’s unusual structure with a simple flashback. “The Betrayal” is not merely framed by flashbacks: most of the narrative itself proceeds backward in time.