Same! I've always considered time travel to be a "plot cheat code" because it allows writers to do whatever they want. This works out ok sometimes but other times it just makes for bizarre stories that defy belief. This would definitely be the latter kind!
I enjoy ST largely because it's believable (in a broad strokes ignore the details kind of way) so far-fetched stories don't do it for me as much. Time travel is firmly in "never gonna happen" territory.
Same reason we got a whole season pulling the old TNG crew back together, I guess
In some contexts this would be called a solution without a problem. I couldn't agree more!
I'm not clicking a link that uses that term
Oh is this why s02e03 was set in Toronto? As a Canadian I'm always surprised when I see shows set here so I figured there must be some reason.
And they can sell it for hundreds more than that on top. There's the real reason.
Please stop insulting Dukat.
Shut up Wesley!
Oh, not that Wesley...
I think that was a comment on perception not permission.
I enjoyed the episode but agree with most of your points, especially the flashbacks. If the events had happened earlier in the episode they might have been understandable but they had just happened! Spock's little joke was pretty out of character as well.
I thought trans people were a good fit for the metaphor, given the body alterations that can be involved.
I have a gaming PC aside from MacBook so keep my Windows muscle memory mostly up-to-date but what I find is I'm constantly in the back of my head going "Why it this like this? Why are you asking me this? Why do I have to do this?" while using it. It just throws up so many stupid barriers and forces you to do things you shouldn't have to do.
That was what drew me to macOS around 15 years ago, that it got out of the way and just let me do whatever I sat down to do. It's still true today.