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30 Years Ago, An Iconic Sci-Fi Show Was Almost Spoiled By Accident

Ryan Britt

created: May 18, 2025, 10 a.m. | updated: May 23, 2025, 2:35 a.m.

What if your favorite prestige TV show aired episodes out of order? Today, the idea of a pivotal TV episode airing before an episode that is supposed to precede it is nearly unthinkable. But 30 years ago, this brief continuity error actually happened on a very pivotal science fiction series. And back then, in syndication, two Season 2 episodes — “Knives” and “In the Shadow of Z'ha'dum” were aired in the wrong order. If you want to party like it’s 1995, you could invert these two episodes and replicate the feeling that confused fans had 30 years ago.

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