I’ve always been a sucker for the concept of time-traveling, more so now that I’m a dad, too, because waiting for things to change feels like watching the minute-hand of a clock. Tonight, however, I found myself focused less on the cautionary tale of 孝, however, and more on the mechanics of the “elastic band” (the analogy the product, it seems, of all those years of study) which conveniently bounces Sisko far back enough to allow the second chance. Never mind the profound effect upon father seeing his son’s life flash by like that, but why even bother with the groupie in the pointed bra? Granted three seasons later the result might be the same, but Jake had to know there’d be repercussions to their future. Couldn’t his writing have suffered? Is talent inevitable?
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