Backwards
A Red Dwarf crew adventure in a backwards-ticking universe, where survival, identity, and time itself get scrambled.
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Plot structure labels used: episodic, set pieces, improbable twists, nonlinear jumps, loosely connected episodes, series arc, interlinked installments
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A young man’s life unravels across timelines as a tech company, a TV obsession, and a buried trauma collide.
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