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biggest plot-hole of all

posted 7 years ago by jriley555 (8333)
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anyone with any sense of self-preservation would be terrified of doing anything to alter the past.

if these people are, say, even a couple of hundred years into the future, they are 8 or so generations removed with the present they are disrupting. many marriages, and the circumstances of conception if you calculated the odds are staggeringly low.

we are all lottery winners.

that said, its a fun show. trevor is my favorite character. will's wife irritates me, the girl with the damaged brain has impossibly long eye-lashes and nice lips, the rest are pretty cool.

best joke so far: about the hospital food, early in season 2.

[–] chilone (18018) 5 years ago

It's not a plot hole. Some may consider it a very risky thing to do but that doesn't constitute a plot hole.

The team knew very well the personal risks they were taking. They discussed the possibility that they could possibly wipe out their own existences when they deflected the asteroid.

[–] Tricklebrook (314) 5 years ago

My understanding was that the future was pretty much screwed up and this was a desperate attempt to save humanity. They didn't leave a comfortable, happy future. They left a mess they were hoping to fix.

[–] Ldlamb (649) 5 years ago

And additionally, at least at first, they trusted that the machine giving them directions had this all figured out.

[–] SteveRes (514) a month ago

The biggest plot hole was in the parachuting loop episode. The first time that mission failed meant automatically that the Director never existed so it was game over for the travelers.