Oh, thank you. I'm glad it's not just me. I can't figure out quite why Cooper thought it necessary, but I'm hoping someone has a good answer. It does work as bittersweet... but it seems to me to undermine the validity of the choices made by plain, everyday humans -- and those choices seemed to be at the core of the story -- to have them forget the consequences of their actions, good and bad.

That said, I've started the "rewrite" in my head -- an after-the-fact story that takes place when the children are all adults, and Jane confronts Will about the dreams she's been having that she thinks are real. I don't know that I'll ever actually write it, but I think I will go on believing that Jane, at least, eventually figures out a way to remember.