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In the pilot episode of "The Americans" Elizabeth has a flashback to something that happened twenty years earlier. Seeing her reflection triggers the flashback, but a reflection seems to have no e...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:54:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/45225 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Bob516
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2019-12-08T11:54:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
In the pilot episode of "The Americans" Elizabeth has a flashback to something that happened twenty years earlier. Seeing her reflection triggers the flashback, but a reflection seems to have no earlier reference in the plot line. The flashback makes sense once the scene is over, but that is after the fact. Is it an accepted technique for the protagonist to have an internally logical flashback, even if the audience doesn't know the reason for the flashback?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-17T12:47:12Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 5