S5E22 'Children of Time' - This is why I can't stand time travel-bs

[XCV330]

Spock says it's like a river...

He was heavily into Alan Parsons Project at the time.

 

[dupersuper]

He was heavily into Alan Parsons Project at the time.

As long as it wasn't Garth Brooks.

 

[HugeLobes]

they are cheap plot devices to concoct whatever story you like without any regard to what has already been established. They never make any sense and work differently in every episode.

This is exactly why they work. Story is more important than ‘making sense’. Not much in Star Trek makes sense.