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Obviously I'm not the only one who noticed the incongruous ages of a number of the flashback characters.

When Lester begins his job, he states in the elevator he was born in 1948. Going by the actor's age (Emory Cohen) of 35, the year would need to be around 1983. Young Lester soon meets baby Mabel age 1-2. Going by Selena Gomez's real birth year, 1992, the year would need to be 1993-1994 and Lester would now be 45, but hasn't seemed to age yet.

Flashing forward to a Christmas gathering, Howard's mother references the upcoming Y2K making the year most likely 1999. Going by Michael C Creighton's current age, 46, in 1999, he would have been 20 years old. Young Lester would be 51, but still looking his his age of 35. Young Mabel is age appropriate around 7 years old. 55 year old Bobby Cannavale, Nicky, meets young Lester between 1999 and seemingly early 2000s, so the current day Nicky should have been nearly 80 in the previous episode in the photo and cleaners. And having been born in 1948, Lester would have been early to late 70s... depending how much time is supposed to have passed between seasons. Lastly, they dyed all the other characters hair or used hair pieces to unconvincingly portray them as 25-35 years younger, but Lester was the one adult character (ok, and his wife, so that's 2 )who needed to be portrayed by a younger actor? Sorry folks, no one else really passed for decades younger.

The timeline around Lester just seems WAY off!!

People who complained about this episode don't have the capacity to analyze, to think about what they are watching. They need heavy handed messages to be placed right in front of their faces for them to understand.

First, this shows that no matter how far we advance technologically, we take with us our stories that are part of our cultures. How many people will still know Genesis, Gaea, or Brahma hundreds of years from now?

Second, it's an insight into the origin of Michael's evolving bravery before the many tragedies in her youth.

If you need everything spoon-fed to you without having to think about it, then the Trek universe is not for you. Try watching Star Wars.

First, there's a LOT of complaining in other reviews over an 8 min Short Trek being too short, but folks, SHORT is in the title. And of course the one who complained this was "woke" advocated for shooting Pike to make him stop talking. That's a political commentary if I ever saw one!!

This episode came out as a segue between Discovery and an anticipated new series about Pike commanding the Enterprise. "Ask Not" was a poignant commentary on Pike. It also seems like a not-so-subtle homage to Wesley Crusher's "psych test." Very clever!