# 7 days question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313 "2005-04-27T03:40:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313/1 "2005-04-27T03:40:08Z")

</div>

Alright I know it’s only a show but I think my question is legitimate.

In the show shouldn’t it technicaly be that only Frank Parker remembers all the backsteps. Where as all the other characters would (or should) only remember the last one he did? (and not all of them.)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313/2 "2005-04-27T03:46:47Z")

</div>

> [@SHAKES](#):
>
> Alright I know it’s only a show but I think my question is legitimate.
> 
> In the show shouldn’t it technicaly be that only Frank Parker remembers all the backsteps. Where as all the other characters would (or should) only remember the last one he did? (and not all of them.)

This should be in Cafe.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313/3 "2005-04-27T03:53:11Z")

</div>

I’m just using the show as a guidline. The question itself has a factual answer.

As per my op: To be more specific. The outside observers would remember all his arrivals but only remember sending him off once. Right? or am I missing somehting?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-days-question/301313/4 "2005-04-27T05:11:37Z")

</div>

The whole premise of the show is iffy. If he fixes the problem that caused him to go back in time, we are faced with a paradox. One reasonable explanation is that his arrival in the past is an independent event, not necessarily linked to his departure, but then where’s his copy from the past?

To answer your question, yes he would be the only one to remember them.