Anything that goes on this long with the same set of characters either has to build it into the story ("James Bond" is an inherited codename) or just accept existence on a floating timeline with no fixed continuity, like The Simpsons.

oh yes, what a victory

Remember when the Lib Dems were like "we won a 5p plastic bag tax in exchange for tightening benefit sanctions"? The Dems haven't even won the plastic bag tax.

A bit uncomfortable as well that the most lustful, hungry look that has ever been captured on film is probably the one Marty's mum gives him in the car.

By this metric, anything done in public that could potentially be candidly snapped by a stranger is performative. I am performatively struggling to open the packaging on this supermarket sandwich, or performatively waiting for this bus.