This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
The following was chopped out of the main entry, due to use of first-person voice, and an unattributed episode reference. — Janitor
//Ungvichian: Maybe we should have a separate entry for when the story starts at the end, but then flashes back to the beginning and tells the story leading up to this point, forwards. Example: The Weekenders, "The Most Awful Weekend", opens on Sunday with the gang sitting on a bench with lots of stains and things, and the story explains how they got them over the weekend.
// Gus Well, this sounds little like a flashback to me. Not quite, though. You do see that structure a good bit, where the end (or a point near the end) of the story is shown, then we go back for an explanation. Firefly fans will recognize this from Trash, where the first shot is of Captain Mal sitting naked on a rock in the middle of a desert, then we go back to see how it happened.
//Ungvichian Might call it "How We Got Here".
// Devil's Advocate I think that's a special case of a Flash Back. Different only in that it lasts quite a bit longer (most of the episode) than most flashbacks. I like "How We Got Here" for the name, though.
//Ungvichian: And it's now an entry: How We Got Here
//Moocow1452: I kind of thought the reverse entry was interesting...
