The Betrayal

This is a hilarious parody of Harold Pinters The Betrayal. For any of those taking offence perhaps you need to elevate your education or try to stop watching TV thru race coloured glasses.

I mean seriously the creativity on this show is out of this world they did the whole episode in reverse I think this episode inspired nasir song rewind krazy.

Amazing content but it felt they did too many "hours earlier" stuff. Full reverse didn't work out for me. It was good to see the folks in set-up India. They could have tried shooting it in actual India.

Nice premise and nifty execution. I know to most tv and film buffs this justifies everything. Reminded me of a lesser comedy like 'Friends'. The characters were far more broader than usual, scenarios more over the top and laughs tad crueler rather than the regular schadenfreude. It's typical season 9. 4 episodes at least dont cut the mustard. Elaine giving up secrets due to alcohol was never mentioned once in 8 series, but suddenly a verbose lush. Maybe I'm judging harshly due to the greatness of Seinfeld.

This episode is based on the movie "Betrayal" by Harold Pinter (winnerof the Nobel Prize for Literature, 2005). The movie starred Jeremy Irons and Ben Kingsley as long-time friends and business associates. As the movie opens, Irons's character meets with Patricia Hodge, the wife of Kingsley's character, to reminisce about an affair they'd broken off about a year earlier. The movie then moves backward in time until the closing scene that occurs just before Irons and Hodge embark on their affair. At every moment, the audience knows more than the characters do, which gives the story a compelling poignancy.

Seinfeld takes this conceit to hysterically funny levels by continually introducing "prior" information that makes what we just saw happen "later" all the funnier. The episode incorporates some inside jokes as well: there are several "love triangles" going on (Elaine, Susan, Pinter form one; Jerry, George, and Nina the other) and of course, the character of Pinter is an homage to Harold Pinter. The fact that they all go to India for the wedding may be a nod to Kingsley's heritage (he's half Indian).

Very creative and very funny, this episode proved that "Seinfeld" could be fresh and innovative even in its 9th season.