In the Star Trek TNG series finale, "All Good Things", Data is clearly alive and well while Picard is an old man.
But Data is clearly destroyed in Star Trek: Nemesis, while Picard is still relatively young.
How is this possible?
Surely it's not "B4" that we're seeing in the All Good Things future timeline?
Answer
Just remember these lines at the end of "All Good Things" (from the transcript here):
CRUSHER: You know, I was thinking about what the Captain told us about the future. About how we all changed and drifted apart. Why would he want to tell us what's to come?
LAFORGE: Sure goes against everything we've heard about not polluting the time line, doesn't it.
DATA: I believe, however, this situation is unique. Since the anomaly did not occur, there have already been changes in the way this time line is unfolding. The future we experience will undoubtedly be different from the one the Captain encountered.
RIKER: Maybe that's why he told us. Knowing what happens in that future allows us to change things now, so that some things never happen.
(Worf and Riker look at each other)
WORF: Agreed.
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