: In formal logic, a non sequitur is an argument where the conclusion does not follow from the premises. Harry Kim's current life is a "logical leap" that makes no sense based on his actual memories.

: The episode poses a classic sci-fi dilemma: should Kim stay in a comfortable, safe life with the woman he loves, or return to a dangerous, stranded existence for the sake of his "true" identity and duty?

In this episode, wakes up in a reality entirely different from the one he knows. Instead of being stranded in the Delta Quadrant aboard the USS Voyager , he finds himself in 24th-century San Francisco.