One brilliant way flashbacks can be used is in special episodes. Flashback episodes take place almost entirely in the past and can be used to upend viewer expectations about what they have been ...

Even when done well, the penultimate flashback episode has become such an endemic storytelling strategy in TV dramas that it should be abandoned on principle. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: ...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Last of Us season 2, episode 6. The Last of Us season 2, episode 6 is made up almost entirely of flashbacks across a sprawling timeline. Apart from the final moments, ...

Do you ever get déjà vu when you’re watching a movie? Maybe it’s a scene you know you’ve just seen — sort of like a flashback, but less satisfying? Meet the recap flashback. Traditionally, a flashback ...

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