How come Gary hadn't become a millionaire? Apart from the songs that would presumably have been recorded earlier-they knew Noel Coward, after all-he'd have known things in advance. Like the 1946 Derby being won by a 66-1 outsider!
Oh-how did he explain his exwife Marilyn Monroe?
His principles.
He always said he wouldn't take advantage of the past in that way. I think he only ever did it once and that was in series 5 where he decides to go to the bookies but it doesn't work out because he's corrupt.
Whenever Phoebe encouraged him to become famous, he refused or deliberately ruined his chances of getting a foot in the door. Like singing Morrissey to Noel Coward knowing he wouldn't like it.
He should have taken advantage of it but it fits the character's behaviour in the previous series'.
As regards Marilyn Monroe, he either just says it's not the same woman he went with or it is and she's become famous. No need for suspicions there.
In 4 years time he could make a killing with a bet on Geoff Hurst scoring a hat trick in the world cup final.
shareRemember in the original whenever he tried to take advantage financially of his ability by interfering with time and using his knowledge of the future, fate conspired to prevent it. It wasn't much of an excuse, but it was covered.
shareI think one reason he didn't was because he was afraid of changing history.Now he was stuck in it,so to speak,it wouldn't matter so much.
shareIt was a similar thing to 11.22.63; time seemed to fight back when Gary tried to profit from it financially - the only way he could get around it is by physically taking things from past to present. And we know the one time he inadvertently changed things, the whole future got messed up - so he has a reason not to. It doesn't seem to have stopped him pinching songs though lol.
shareIf it did get messed up-so what,from his new viewpoint? and I remember him and Ron investing in a small company that later became big but they had the wrong half; wouldn't he have changed that?
shareMay I.add that I would try to change history in his shoes? Looking at it since 1945 ..