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time travel - How do the timelines from Misfits align?



In episode 6 of the second season, we saw the fulfillment of a number of predictions made earlier in the series.


There are a number of spoilers involved in this question.


Specifically:



We saw the television footage announcing them as the "ASBO Five" being filmed, as well as the interview with Alisha, that we had seen earlier (season 2, episode 3) in Future Simon's apartment as part of the footage and pictures that Future Simon told Alisha was going to occur. Alisha also reveals to Simon the identity of Future Simon, and their (inevitable?) relationship.



However...



At the end of episode 6, Curtis rewinds time, and they visit "The Big Cheese", at which point we see Curtis punch him. They then end their community service, implying that none of the events of the rewound timeline ever occur (except in Curtis' memory).




In the Christmas Special, we see the gang several months later. We find out that:



They are all poor (except, perhaps, Simon, due to the apartment from Future Simon) with mundane jobs. It seems clear that they never became the "ASBO Five". However, Alisha and Simon are now dating, and Simon knows about Future Simon.



How does this reconcile? Does the end of episode 6 create a paradox with the information Alisha sees in episode 3?



Answer



I thought about this for quite a while: the last episode of Misfits Series 3 did cover some loopholes, but really, the producers allowed the viewers to create their own theories.


When Simon went back and purchased the power of immunity, he became immune to EVERYTHING. Curtis' time/reality alterations don't apply to him, it's almost as if the world changes around him.


I don't believe that future!Simon was ever from the Big Cheese reality, because regardless of how you look at it, Simon was determined to create his relationship with Alisha. He only interfered with the Misfits in order for them to survive.


Really, the show is based around one main singular event per episode along with the series' secondary plot progressing underneath it- we know that they visit Las Vegas, does it matter when?



The Nazi episode is a conundrum. But it does work - Curtis still begins his journey with the power after the event. The Nazi storyline begins with him giving his power away, and when the timeline is fixed, it merely jumps from him to the old man to Kelly - it is linearly correct. The only question left for me is whether it is the same Kelly from the main timeline we see?


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