Writer:	Peter Mehlman, David Mandel
Director:	Andy Ackerman
Star:	Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer),  Jason Alexander (George Louis Costanza),  Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine Marie Benes (not in pilot)),  Jerry Seinfeld (Himself)
Recurring Role:	Wayne Knight (Newman),  Brenda Strong (Sue Ellen Mischke),  Heidi Swedberg (Susan Ross)
Guest Star:	Bill Lee Brown (Partygoer),  Shelley Malil (Usher),  Brian Kaiser (Postman),  Jocelyne Kelly (Model),  Noor Shic (Usha),  Shaun Toub (Pinter),  Bart Braverman (Zubin),  Justine Miceli (Nina),  Michael McShane (FDR (Franklin Delano Romanosky))

For the first and only time, Heidi Swedberg receives the "And" credit. (edit) Wayne Knight receives the "With" credit. (edit) As the episode continues backward in time, Heidi Swedberg returns as George's girlfriend/fiancée, Susan, even though the character died in the Season 7 finale, "The Invitations". (edit) The continuity staff had fun with this one -- in the scenes where Kramer goes back and forth between FDR's and Jerry's apartments, he has a lollipop that starts as a tiny chewed nugget and gradually expands to the giant all-day sucker. (edit) The original airing of this episode was done without the time cards. In syndication they were added to lessen confusion. (edit)

George: So, how come nothing ever happened between you and Nina? (suspicious) Is there a problem with her? Is she a man?
Jerry: Are you? (edit) Elaine: The wedding is in one week. I got this (Holds up invitation) today.
Jerry: So you think it's a "non-vite"?
Elaine: It's an "un-vitation"! (edit) Jerry: Well, everybody's a little cranky on their birthday.
George: Oh, it's a bad day. You got everyone in your house, you're thinkin', "These are my friends?!"
Jerry: (Sarcastic) Every day is my birthday. (edit) Kramer: Franklin Delano Romanowski: I go to his birthday party, and just before he blew out his candles, he gives me this look.
George: Stink eye?
Jerry: Crook eye?
Kramer: Evil eye.
(edit) Elaine: I'll put it in the vault.
Jerry: No good. Too many people know the combination.
Elaine: What combination?
Jerry: *mimes drinking schnapps*
(edit)

All the producers were credited during the ending credits. (edit) Elaine tells Elaine that "Jugdish" is how to say Jerry in "Indian". However, there is no language called Indian. Furthermore, most languages do not have direct translations of English names. (edit) When Sue Ellen is pleased to see Elaine, Elaine cites the reasons why they "hate each other", namely that Sue Ellen doesn't wear a bra and is tall. Sue Ellen's previous appearances were in Season 7's "The Caddy" and "The Bottle Deposit (1)", and in Season 8's "The Abstinence". Although "The Caddy" deals with Sue Ellen's habit of not wearing a bra and how this infuriates Elaine, neither in that episode, nor in either of the other two, is there any references to Sue Ellen's height being a source of annoyance for Elaine. (edit) At the end of the episode, upon just moving into his apartment, Jerry, having read his name on the mailbox, calls Kramer, "Kessler". This is a reference to the fact that Kramer's name was originally going to be Kessler, and that Jerry even calls him by that name in the pilot. (edit) On the plane, George says that he and Jerry have been friends since the fourth grade; however, in "The Outing," they explain that they met in high school gym class. (edit)

This episode's backward theme is not unique or original. It is actually based on a Harold Pinter play called "Betrayal." Sue-Ellen Mishkie's fiancée is named Pinter in homage to this playwright. (edit)