Ellison has been playing the stooge all season, we knew something like this would happen sooner or later.
Interesting that they are finally starting to talk about the changing futures, and showing that the time line is getting seriously screwed up. Maybe it does make the story kind of contrived, but I actually like it, if things such as time travel were possible, this is the sort of thing you could expect to happen. I like that the current time line remains static, unlike Back to the Future where people disappear from photographs or headlines in newpapers magically fade away as the time line is altered, the events of Derek's past remain the same, even though the young Derek will experience them differently. This way they cannot do stupid things like bring Kyle back by somehow preventing him from dying, even tought they may be able to alter the events of someone elses time line and save Kyle in that one, but not their own. They could also use this to keep T3 canon, just having been another branch off the time line. Screwed up and confusing yes, but that is the fate of all time travel tales I am afraid.
Since the very beginning I have loved Derek's jacket. Man, I wish I new the exact brand and make, and where to buy one if they are still on the market, or what to ebay if they are discontinued. It is very clearly designed after the military m-65 jacket, but it is much more stylish with a better fit to it. More casual looking, without looking like the jacket of a homeless 'Nam vet. Is there someplace where they list what clothing on TV shows are? Seems like the company that makes them would want to brag, "Hey, that is one of our jackets! Buy yours today". I have been searching on the net but coming up empty. Found a few other brands with jackets designed off of the m65, but none of them look half as good as this one.