In an episode that tells its events in reverse, Jerry, George and Elaine are invited to a wedding in India by an old frenemy of Elaine's; during which, George finds out that his girlfriend Nina cheated on him with Jerry. Meanwhile, superstitious Kramer tries to convince an acquaintance of his to cancel out a wish of spite he laid on him.
Tropes:
- Back to Front: The episode runs in reverse order, starting with the last scene and ending with the first.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Nina has no romantic want for either George or Jerry. She went with them all for a free trip to India.
- Cannot Keep a Secret: Elaine is this whenever she gets drunk as she spilled the beans to George about Jerry and Nina's affair and later tells Jerry about why George is so crossed with him.
- Continuity Nod: When Kramer first introduces himself to Jerry in the final scene, Jerry calls him "Kessler" based on reading his name off the resident list and Kramer corrects him. Kramer was referred to as Kessler in the pilot episode due to Kenny Kramer, the man he was based on, not initially allowing them to use his name for the character.
- Disposable Fiancé: Pinter, though it was mostly due to circumstances beyond his control than him alone as to why Sue Ellen dumps him.
- Flashback: The ending scene features the first time Jerry met Kramer, with Jerry inviting Kramer over anytime, which explains a lot.
- Here We Go Again!: In a
Deleted Scene, Kramer accidentally knocks over a present at a kid's birthday at Monk's while going to the bathroom. Three guesses to what the kid wished for while blowing out his candles. - How We Got Here: Due to the Back to Front structure of the episode, the audience is given the ending first, and the events that led up to it play out in reverse order.
- Never My Fault: Elaine blames George for Sue Ellen calling off the wedding, despite the fact that she informed George about her past with Pinter.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
- Elaine should have not put George in the know about her past relationship with Pinter. Otherwise, the wedding would have gone off without a hitch.
- The final scene reveals that Jerry innocently telling Kramer "What's mine is yours" when they first met each other is what led to Kramer's habits of mooching off Jerry's food and amenities.
- Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: Upon finding out that Elaine had past relations with Pintar, Sue Ellen breaks off her friendship with her.
- Rejected Apology: Played for Laughs. Whenever Jerry tries to apologize to George for sleeping with Nina, George angrily responds with "You can stuff you sorries in a sack, mister!" This just annoys Jerry, who is confused at the phrase.
- Whole-Plot Reference: To the Harold Pinter play Betrayal; along with borrowing its Back to Front plot structure and referencing it in the title, one of the characters is named Pinter, after the author.
