Comments | hells_half_acre: Timelining S5: A week and a half or 3 months?

hells_half_acre

Timelining S5: A week and a half or 3 months?

Oct 14, 2009 17:33

Ok, so I'm doing things differently this year and I've decided to timeline the show as we go, rather than waiting on the DVDs. So, I've come to my first conundrum! How long was the Winchester Schism of 2009?

( TO THE EVIDENCE! )

questions, timeline

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jillsjourney October 15 2009, 00:56:22 UTC

i think that they probably forget to change the dates/times on the laptops.

hells_half_acre October 15 2009, 01:02:37 UTC

Ok, so that's a vote for the June dates then.

It wouldn't be the first time that happened. John died on July 19th, because that was the day they were filming the episode...ironically (or purposefully) it fits in with timeline information we get later on about John's death. So, this might be another case where I may have to just wait and see if there are times in the next few episodes.

claudiapriscus October 15 2009, 01:41:07 UTC

They've been very vague, but I'm leaning towards the three month gap. It makes more sense in regards to the larger story. Though who knows, really. Maybe something in the next few episodes will help settle it.

hells_half_acre October 15 2009, 02:00:56 UTC

Yeah...the three month gap makes more sense in terms of character development, which I think it the main appeal of using it.

mymuseandi October 15 2009, 05:49:52 UTC

I'm thinking more of the 3 months gap. It makes more sense to the whole story, and also explains the 'rusty' comment that Dean mentioned to Sam, since i don't think that Sam would get rusty so soon.

Also, i'm thinking that whatever happened to Sam in the story, meeting the other hunters, having those dreams with Jessica (who's actually Lucifer), they are all drawn out, and didn't happen within days of each other. IMHO. :)

hells_half_acre October 15 2009, 06:15:35 UTC

Yes, a lot of excellent points. I also like the idea that we didn't see the stories simultaneously either...because it just doesn't make sense for Dean to be in Kansas City when Sam calls him about Lucifer - because I REALLY think Sam would have called him RIGHT AWAY.

And yeah, Sam wouldn't get rusty in a week and a half...that's even too ridiculous for Dean to use as a joke.

I guess I'll just eagerly await the next mention of a date...

partly October 15 2009, 13:05:00 UTC

I vote for the three month break.

Thematically, a week isn't long enough for the boys to realize what life is like without the other. Nor does a week seem like enough time for Lucifer to find Sam or for Zachariah to turn to radicals to track down Dean. As for Cass not contacting Dean for three months... I think it's believable because Cass was off looking for God. Knowing that Cass's sense of the passage of time is a bit off, I can see it being three months before he contacts Dean.

A week could work, but three months *feels* better.

hells_half_acre October 15 2009, 17:26:43 UTC

Good point about Cas's concept of time...I just assumed, given that Dean is the only ally he has in the world, that he would be in closer contact...Still, even with the 3 month gap, if we assume that the stories weren't happening simultaneously, then Cas could have visited Dean and done the whole archangel thing in July, and then disappeared for another month and arrived again at the end of August in time to save him from Zach...meanwhile, Sam's roaming the countryside getting regular jobs until Lucifer tracks him down near the end of August....

But I agree, the three months *feel* better...especially if we want to believe that the time apart gave them some perspective.