The betrayal

S09E08 The BetrayalretroApr 14, 2003, 6:56 AM ET5 years later3 posts by 3 posters

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Viewers discuss whether the reverse chronological structure of this episode was original, learning it was inspired by Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" which used the same narrative technique.

3 posts

Daniel VesmaApr 14, 2003, 6:56 AM ET

Hi,

Was the conept for this show origional? Been done before. Only seen it twice, but it's easily my favourite.

Dave MeyerApr 14, 2003, 8:04 AM ET↩ Daniel Vesma

No the concept was used in a prior play/show/musical/movie by nearly the same name (ie Betrayal, or something close to that).

Dave

Daniel Vesma wrote:

C-BassApr 14, 2003, 9:53 AM ET↩ Daniel Vesma

The concept was based on a play written by playwright Harold Pinter (note the Seinfeld character named Pinter Ranawat). The entire play was in written in backward scenes. The name of the play: "Betrayal".