Futurama loves to play with time travel, even at the expense of making any sense. Tonight Fry and company travelled ever further in time to discover a backwards time machine. It'll make sense if you watch the clip.

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Breaking with Canon Alert!: In a past episode, time itself was said to be a "straight line", and this episode confirms that our universe operates cyclically. So just ponder that one for a while, Stephen Hawking.