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An Oral History of ‘The Betrayal’: ‘Seinfeld’s Famous Backwards Episode

After more than eight seasons and 150 episodes, Seinfeld’s audience grew accustomed to the traditional end credits freeze frame, followed by the Castle Rock logo to close out the show. Then came the Season Nine episode “The Betrayal.” Viewers were thrown for a loop, as the first thing greeting their eyes was the Castle Rock logo, followed by the end credits and the “conclusion” of a story.

This continued, as they saw Jerry, George and Elaine dragging themselves into the coffee shop after a 23-hour plane ride, Jerry and George snapping at each other the whole time. Then Kramer running in, like the audience, eager to find out what’s going on.

10 Female Comedians More Successful Than Amy Schumer

Just when Amy Schumer makes a mess of things, she returns to social media and makes it even messier. She was already poking the hornet’s nest with her vocal outrage around the situation in Israel and Gaza. Then she decided to fire back at her critics with a message on Instagram.

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