Key word.
It isn't "imagined." It's real.
I give ole Timmy the benefit of the doubt here too....he worked with the writers, he did all the run throughs and read outs , he was behind the scenes. If hes had an epiphany of sorts that "it all makes sense now", I'll take his word for it. But I do think it makes sense looking back on it. Even though I enjoyed the show.