Marvel Cinematic Universe - Timeline

[DIrishB]

I'm excited to see what you find. I think you'll notice that a lot more time passes than you initially thought. I look forward to comparing your notes to mine. I'm currently on Season 3 myself. Just remember that Dark World date, buddy.

Definitely post your AoS notes, would love to see them. Will be helpful pinning stuff down.

Yeah, beyond the dates on ID badges in Pilot episode haven't noticed anything yet to place the episodes specifically.

That said, episode 1x10 "The Bridge" has them traveling to Cleveland, and the weather outdoors is still warm, fully green trees, etc. That indicates its not yet Winter, and likely not far into Fall. Either that, or there is a large time jump somewhere between Episode 2 and Episode 10 placing latter portion in at least Spring, 2014. Also in that episode Ward and Coulson track one of the Centipede soldier's sister to a college in Cleveland, meaning it likely is sometime during Fall or Spring semester. While the trees are full and flowers in bloom, the characters are wearing light warm clothing (light jackets, jeans), likely signaling early to mid Fall weather/temperatures. That said, dialogue in later episodes means this likely has to occur in December, 2013.

That said, its also obvious some time has passed between 1x01 and 1x10 given Mike Peterson's training with SHIELD. Presumably at least a few months have passed, which also lines up with Simmons comment in 1x14.

In AoS 1x12 "Seeds", Fitz mentions Donnie Gill has only been attending the academy for a "few months" (its Donnie's freshman year), indicating, if SHIELD Academy follows normal school/college schedule (and no reason to think otherwise), the school year would've started in late August/early September, and few months would put 1x12 around late November, 2013 (which lines up well with the date from Thor - The Dark World, and the crossover episode in 1x08, if we assume 1x08-1x12 all occur within month of November, which is entirely possible since 1x10-1x11 follow one right after the other and cover a span of only 3 days max--most of the Season 1 episodes so far cover a span of only 1-3 days, usually 1-2 days).

In AoS 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I." (which follows immediately after previous episode 1x13 "T.R.A.C.K.S.") Tripp asks Simmons how long she's known/worked with Skye, and Simmons replies "a few months". That'd likely be 3-4 months maximum from Pilot, which is set in September, 2013, which would place 1x13 & 1x14 around December, 2013...? We'll see, gonna keep rewatching and see how it works out.

The end of AoS 1x15 "Yes Men" (this episode follows immediately after 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I.") has May calling Fury, mentioning its "update log 93" and later "update log 95". This could indicate its the 93rd to 95th day since the Bus was given to Coulson and team in Pilot, with May giving daily reports to Fury. This would also line up well with Simmons "few months" comment in previous episode (93 days being a tad over 3 months).

If that's the case, it'd be around mid-December, 2013, not January yet.

In beginning of AoS 1x16 "End of the Beginning", Tripp mentions Garrett and he had been hunting the Clairvoyant for "last few weeks", since 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I.". That means Captain America - The Winter Soldier would have to occur around January, 2014 based on AoS Season 1's timeline. That doesn't line up with Winter Soldier's weather at all.

In AoS 1x20 "Nothing Personal", at the 11:47 mark, as Ward is opening door to diner for Skye, there is a flyer in background for "Community Public Service Day 2014".

 

[Lebnyx]

This page lists all onscreen dates in the MCU up to Ant-Man, so it might help: http://eatingcroutons.tumblr.com/mcu-timeline

 

[DE23111]

Definitely post your AoS notes, would love to see them. Will be helpful pinning stuff down.

Yeah, beyond the dates on ID badges in Pilot episode haven't noticed anything yet to place the episodes specifically.

That said, episode 1x10 "The Bridge" has them traveling to Cleveland, and the weather outdoors is still warm, fully green trees, etc. That indicates its not yet Winter, and likely not far into Fall. Either that, or there is a large time jump somewhere between Episode 2 and Episode 10 placing latter portion in at least Spring, 2014. Also in that episode Ward and Coulson track one of the Centipede soldier's sister to a college in Cleveland, meaning it likely is sometime during Fall or Spring semester. While the trees are full and flowers in bloom, the characters are wearing light warm clothing (light jackets, jeans), likely signaling early to mid Fall weather/temperatures. That said, dialogue in later episodes means this likely has to occur in December, 2013.

That said, its also obvious some time has passed between 1x01 and 1x10 given Mike Peterson's training with SHIELD. Presumably at least a few months have passed, which also lines up with Simmons comment in 1x14.

In AoS 1x12 "Seeds", Fitz mentions Donnie Gill has only been attending the academy for a "few months" (its Donnie's freshman year), indicating, if SHIELD Academy follows normal school/college schedule (and no reason to think otherwise), the school year would've started in late August/early September, and few months would put 1x12 around late November, 2013 (which lines up well with the date from Thor - The Dark World, and the crossover episode in 1x08, if we assume 1x08-1x12 all occur within month of November, which is entirely possible since 1x10-1x11 follow one right after the other and cover a span of only 3 days max--most of the Season 1 episodes so far cover a span of only 1-3 days, usually 1-2 days).

In AoS 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I." (which follows immediately after previous episode 1x13 "T.R.A.C.K.S.") Tripp asks Simmons how long she's known/worked with Skye, and Simmons replies "a few months". That'd likely be 3-4 months maximum from Pilot, which is set in September, 2013, which would place 1x13 & 1x14 around December, 2013...? We'll see, gonna keep rewatching and see how it works out.

The end of AoS 1x15 "Yes Men" (this episode follows immediately after 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I.") has May calling Fury, mentioning its "update log 93". This could indicate its the 93rd day since the Bus was given to Coulson and team in Pilot, with May giving daily reports to Fury. This would also line up well with Simmons "few months" comment in previous episode (93 days being a tad over 3 months).

If that's the case, it'd be around mid-December, 2013, not January yet.

In beginning of AoS 1x16 "End of the Beginning", Tripp mentions Garrett and he had been hunting the Clairvoyant for "last few weeks", since 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I.". That means Captain America - The Winter Soldier would have to occur around January, 2014 based on AoS Season 1's timeline. That doesn't line up with Winter Soldier's weather at all.

I'll post what I have in the next few days, most of this seems pretty solid though. I do know that "Yes Men" occurs in 2014. During the Sif episode of that season Coulson mentions their last run in as happening "last year". I have ton of notes though, so I'll send them through over the next few days.

 

[DIrishB]

This page lists all onscreen dates in the MCU up to Ant-Man, so it might help: http://eatingcroutons.tumblr.com/mcu-timeline

I'll post what I have in the next few days, most of this seems pretty solid though. I do know that "Yes Men" occurs in 2014. During the Sif episode of that season Coulson mentions their last run in as happening "last year". I have ton of notes though, so I'll send them through over the next few days.

The link 64SuperNintendo posted kind of disputes idea AoS Season 1 runs into 2014, though admittedly there are issues with some of the placements on that page, mainly due to them placing Iron Man 3 after Thor - TDW and CA-TWS. While the prop dates indicate that, the ongoing overarching SHIELD plot of the MCU and Extremis plot hint otherwise (toward IM3 occurring first, then Thor-TDW and CA-TWS). With Fury's faked death (in CA-TWS) having to occur before his 62nd birthday on Dec 21, 2013, the evidence keeps mounting.

When they mention "last year", again, it doesn't necessarily mean exactly a year. In Thor-TDW, Darcy mentions Thor disappeared for 2 years, but based on timeline it's been over 2 years (2 years and 4-5 months or so if TDW is placed in November, 2013). People often tend to round up or down some in general conversation regarding dates/larger spans of time like that. It can easily be a little over a year, with 1x15 occurring in late 2013, and 2x12 "Who You Really Are" occurring around a year later (maybe between 10-14 months), placing it in late 2014 or early 2015 (the latter is more likely to account for the "all winter" comment in 2x01).

 

[DE23111]

The link 64SuperNintendo posted kind of disputes idea AoS Season 1 runs into 2014, though admittedly there are issues with some of the placements on that page, mainly due to them placing Iron Man 3 after Thor - TDW and CA-TWS. While the prop dates indicate that, the ongoing overarching SHIELD plot of the MCU and Extremis plot hint otherwise (toward IM3 occurring first, then Thor-TDW and CA-TWS). With Fury's faked death (in CA-TWS) having to occur before his 62nd birthday on Dec 21, 2013, the evidence keeps mounting.

When they mention "last year", again, it doesn't necessarily mean exactly a year. In Thor-TDW, Darcy mentions Thor disappeared for 2 years, but based on timeline it's been over 2 years (2 years and 4-5 months or so if TDW is placed in November, 2013). People often tend to round up or down some in general conversation regarding dates/larger spans of time like that. It can easily be a little over a year, with 1x15 occurring in late 2013, and 2x12 "Who You Really Are" occurring around a year later (maybe between 10-14 months), placing it in late 2014 or early 2015 (the latter is more likely to account for the "all winter" comment in 2x01).

Where does Fury's birthday get mentioned in Canon? Because, and I could be wrong, but it showed up in the Winter Soldier theatrical release, but was later reconned on the home media release with them blacking out the file. If I missed it though, let me know and I'll check it out.

And yeah, but I figured he didn't mean it happened exactly 365 days ago, I just figured when he said it happened last year he meant, "Hey, it's 2015 you told me this in 2014" like even if it was just five months ago, for example, it still happened last calender year.

I like that placement of Iron Man 3 after Dark World. But that's personal preference hahah.

Also, after checking out Winter Soldier, everyone seems to be wearing winter clothes, there's just a lot of jackets and sweaters and long sleeves on the extras, so Winter Soldier happening January or February, or at least March where the weather is so up and down it's insane, isn't that absurd I guess, I do think it absolutely happens in 2014 though, just based on SHIELD's timeline. The "entire winter" line could reference that once the Winter Soldier stuff ends and Coulson goes underground, he spends the remainder of the Winter searching before ultimately giving up, because I believe when he is assaulted at Providence that is the last time we see him, as he does seem as though he hasn't seen Coulson in a long time when they encounter in the season 2 premiere, and then right after he sees him again, he IMMEADIATELY starts his pursuit again. Indicating to me at least that he gave up due to lack of progress that earlier winter.

This is just without my notes in front of me though.

 

[Lebnyx]

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, at 39:23, the doctors say the time of Fury's (apparent) death is 1:03 a.m., technically making it the very first hours of the next day.

That would mean that said scene where they're in the hospital in chapter 6, starting at around 37:50, would be on October 12, 2013.

 

[DIrishB]

Updated for AoS Season 1. Moved some stuff around so its less condensed than before. Have to ignore the security cam date in CA-WS to make it work, but by stretching AoS Season 1 from September to December, 2013, it allows for the "few months" comment by Simmons (in 1x14 about how long she's known Skye). By ending it in mid or late December, it also helps make sense of the line from 2x01 about Talbot chasing them all winter (or close to all winter, shy of a couple weeks).

The real challenge will be AoS Season 2, namely in stretching out the entire season to cover an entire year (based on the "One Year Ago" flashback in 2x20 "Scars" thats set just before 2x01 opens). If we assume Age of Ultron occurs April-May, 2015, that means AoS Season 2 has to stretch from April, 2014 to April, 2015 for the Age of Ultron crossover episodes. Only problem is there don't seem to be any places to place a large break (which will be required since so many of the episodes pick up immediately following previous one).

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, at 39:23, the doctors say the time of Fury's (apparent) death is 1:03 a.m., technically making it the very first hours of the next day.

That would mean that said scene where they're in the hospital in chapter 6, starting at around 37:50, would be on October 12, 2013.

I've chosen to ignore the security cam date in CA-WS due to conflicting dates in Thor-TDW and time passage/dialogue in AoS Season 1.

 

[DE23111]

Updated for AoS Season 1. Moved some stuff around so its less condensed than before. Have to ignore the security cam date in CA-WS to make it work, but by stretching AoS Season 1 from September to December, 2013, it allows for the "few months" comment by Simmons (in 1x14 about how long she's known Skye). By ending it in mid or late December, it also helps make sense of the line from 2x01 about Talbot chasing them all winter (or close to all winter, shy of a couple weeks).

The real challenge will be AoS Season 2, namely in stretching out the entire season to cover an entire year (based on the "One Year Ago" flashback in 2x20 "Scars" thats set just before 2x01 opens). If we assume Age of Ultron occurs April-May, 2015, that means AoS Season 2 has to stretch from April, 2014 to April, 2015 for the Age of Ultron crossover episodes. Only problem is there don't seem to be any places to place a large break (which will be required since so many of the episodes pick up immediately following previous one).




I've chosen to ignore the security cam date in CA-WS due to conflicting dates in Thor-TDW and time passage/dialogue in AoS Season 1.

Alright, these notes are starting a "Yes Men" as I don't know where the season notes are before that. I'm only posting things about season 1 and things in season 2 that would help the placement of 1 and the break between. LET'S DO THIS!

Yes Men: Yes Men does not start immeadiately after TAHITI, it starts immeadiately after the stinger which is days later (Skye: "He's been taking personal time for a couple days straight")

The End of the Beggining: Nothing much here just the ("We've been tracking Peterson for a few weeks") so after TAHITI, which is the last time we saw them.

Turn, Turn, Turn: Fitz drops a line about submitting his bluprints for the laser cutter a year ago/ They also drop a line that Coulson was tourtured for "Three days"/ and Hand drops the "Captain America has defeated the Hellicarriers at the Triskellion" line, insinuating that it all happens simoultaniously

Providence: Two lines "A lot has changed in the past few days" and "It has been a rough couple of days" show that not too much time has passed here. Also, Ward is given 24 hours to get the hard drive

The Only Light in the Darkness: The only thing I have here is that the scene with Skye and Ward, and Coulson and team should be switched around due to the time of day in both shots

Nothing Personal: Simmons autopsy of Keoning indicated that he died "approximately 10 hours ago", there is a shot of a car with a VA license plate that expires in 2015

Ragtag: There is a lot of stuff here, but I'm just worrrying about placement. (Garrett: We're on the verge of completing something I've been chasing for 25 years") I'm assuming he's talking about a way to destroy SHIELD or get better, in any case, a file in this episode indicates that his DEATHLOK surgery happened in 1990, which would indicate this episode takes place in 2015, we know that isn't true, but we do know that Garrett sustained critical life threatning injuries because of SHIELD before that, so maybe that happened in '89.

Season 2

Shadows: May: "It's been a few weeks" to Coulson. Coulson: "Our plane has been gathering dust for months". He mentions that he may have found allies in London and that he's "heading back out later tonight to focus on recruitment." There is a close-up of a plate that expires "Nov. 16" meaning that it was renewed either Nov. 2014 or Nov. 2015. Another close-up licence plate expires Oct 16 meaning the same thing. Talbot: "Last time we saw each other you assaulted me" "You managed to evade us an entire winter". Coulson about Fitz: " In the months since [Simmons left] he's become isolated, talking to himself"

Heavy is the Head: Talbot gives Talbot "48 hours to bring in Coulson. The stinger of the episode should happen between the funeral scene and the carving scene. In the funeral scene Coulson tells Hunter to "sell him out" to Talbot, and the stinger has him do just that, and then that night he carves

Making Friends and Influencing People: Donnie Gill's file days he is 18 years old.

Face my Enemy: Skye: "May just said more words than I've heard her say in a year". Newspaper: "Last month a fire badly damaged the church" "it was discovered the symbols were of recent origin, less than a decade old" "earlier this week...after the fire the painting was loaned....the painting disappeared from Soto's home. Whitehall: "Bring me the Obelisk, 24 hours"

Hen in the Wolf House: the wedding scene may happen before the previous episode's Raina Whitehall scene, as he is wearing the same tie in this episode. That talk happens during the day, and the wedding happens at night, so wedding, talk with Raina, where he is in this episode

A Fractured House: Simmons referring to watching Ward: Every day before I left, and everyday since I've been back." Christian: "What I should have done months ago. Put SHIELD in the ground". Coulson: "Months rebuilding, and this is SHIELD". Coulson: "Especially in an election year". Ward: "Trial should wrap up right around mid terms"

Writings on the Wall: Coulson: "I know it seems like the past few months it seems like I've been leading you on some fools errand, chasing after strange carvings and artifacts"

The Things we Bury: 1945 Reinhart is taken into custody and the a title card that says 44 years later (1989) shoes him being released and then finding Jaiying to experiment on. Later, a title card saying 25 years ago shows Cal finding Jaiying's body. Cal: I could have saved you weeks of work but you were pawing at it". Hunter: "Red Skull has been dead for over 70 years". Ward: "I was a member of Coulson's team, lived with them for months.

Ye Who Enter Here: Nothing here to really indicate season 1 or 2 placement.

I can post more later, tired of typing if I'm being honest

 

[DIrishB]

Yeah I noticed all the Season 1 stuff so far (I'm on 2x21 "Ragtag" now). Seems best to place AoS Season 1 running from September, 2013 to early January, 2014. It allows for the "few months" (between 1x01 and 1x14), and takes into account all the other dialogue. This creates a bit of a problem in a couple scenes where it should show noticeably colder weather (like in the scene in Ontario, Canada where May's mother picks her up--think its at end of 1x19 if I recall correctly, it should be snowing most likely, not green on trees). Ultimately this is due to the shooting schedule occurring several months before airing, so they were filming episodes in September/October that wouldn't air until December/January. Just the reality of shooting schedules (something also distinctly noticeable in the Netflix MCU shows). Guess we just have to take it as is.

We can assume the "all winter" line was a bit of an exaggeration, since he didn't chase them the entire winter, but for most of January and February.

But Season 2, due to the flashback at beginning of 2x20, has to cover a year. The mentions in the early episodes of Season 2 you listed all indicate at least several months have passed since 1x22, and since we know 2x22 occurs around a year later, seems best to put 2x01 in April or May, 2014, and find way to logically stretch it out from April, 2014 to April, 2015 when Age of Ultron occurs. That's the only difficulty with Season 2 placements currently. Will begin tackling Season 2 tomorrow so hopefully will find a way over next week or so.

Looks like there is a possible spot to add a span of a few months (or at least a month) between 2x02 and 2x03. Hunter mentions he's apologized for the 470th time. He's probably exaggerating, but that indicates at least some notable span of time has passed for Hunter to apologize repeatedly to the other team members he shot with the Icer gun. And since it focuses on Jemma working for Hydra, and nothing in the episode in the scenes focusing on Coulson's dates the other episodes as having occurred recently, this may be a likely spot to add in a month or two break (to help advance the timeline and "catch up" from April, 2014 to April, 2015 over the course of Season 2). Hoping we get a few more such instances over course of Season 2 to make sense of that season covering an entire year.

 

[DIrishB]

Holy crap! GotG Vol. 2 has FOUR mid/post credit scenes. Wow.

Also, the reviews are overwhelmingly positive (unsurprisingly), so that's a plus.

 

[DIrishB]

Holy crap! GotG Vol. 2 has FOUR mid/post credit scenes. Wow.

Also, the reviews are overwhelmingly positive (unsurprisingly), so that's a plus.

Nope. Apparently its FIVE mid credits scenes.

 

[Dallas Kinard]

I'm really curious how long a span of time this film will cover. Think it'll set up IW?

Edit:

I am also wondering about this area in the timeline..

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4x11: "Wake Up" (0:05:43 - 0:41:17)

????
Doctor Strange Chapter 16: "Giving Back" (1:52:39 - 1:54:20)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4x12: "Hot Potato Soup"

Is this saying that the post credits scene of Doctor Strange takes place between those two eps of AOS??

 

[wyokid]

Didn't his roommate move Mjolnir a bit while vaccuming?

No he did not. I had forgotten about the Civil War line.

 

[selfishmisery]

Spider-Man: Homecoming will take place in 2016 (a few months after Civil War)

 

[DIrishB]

So, the Season 2 AoS problem may be solvable. The first episode must occur in April, 2014 (a year before events of Age of Ultron). The second episode of Season 2 follows immediately afterward, also occurring in April. There is an indeterminate time jump between 2x02 and 2x03 (due to Hunter mentioning he's apologized hundreds of times for shooting his teammates in 2x02), but likely is at least a few weeks, maybe even a few months. Either way, it allows me to push 2x03 later into 2014. Depending on how many episodes follow immediately after previous ones, I may be able to make that work to push Season 2 up to April, 2015 for Age of Ultron crossover.

I'm really curious how long a span of time this film will cover. Think it'll set up IW?

It probably won't cover too much time. Its presumably a couple months after first film, which is firmly set in 2014. From what I've heard GotG 2 is very self contained, almost a bottle episode if you will. That said, I'm sure it'll set up a few things for Infinity War, most notably probably in the numerous mid credits scenes (FIVE!!!). While I'm sure a few of those will be just comedy/light-hearted stuff like dancing baby Groot in first film, I would be very surprised if at least a couple aren't used to set up/promote Infinity War. Guess we can assume it took Thanos a good few years (2014-2018) after getting Gauntlet to track down all the stones (to set up events of IW).

Looks like Marvel are taking a more widespread approach to their MCU timeline now, not sticking only to keeping films set in their release years (as evidenced by GotG Vol 2 occurring in 2014, and Spider-Man - Homecoming occurring in 2016).

Edit:

I am also wondering about this area in the timeline..

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4x11: "Wake Up" (0:05:43 - 0:41:17)

????
Doctor Strange Chapter 16: "Giving Back" (1:52:39 - 1:54:20)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 4x12: "Hot Potato Soup"

Is this saying that the post credits scene of Doctor Strange takes place between those two eps of AOS??

Not necessarily. I'm rewatching entirety of AoS now and making adjustments as I go, so will get Season 4 figured out soon. I have to go back and rewatch to remember which episodes follow immediately after the previous. Its tough keeping track of the plotlines week to week, so I'm remedying that by watching the entire seasons to account for episodes following immediately or recently after previous ones, looking for possible time jumps and clues to the show's "modern day" setting, etc.

Spider-Man: Homecoming will take place in 2016 (a few months after Civil War)

Interesting. I'll adjust that on the timeline.

 

[Lebnyx]

If we decide to read the 2013-10-12 date from The Winter Soldier as December 10 2013 (so as to line up with the new placement of the movie in December 2013), rather than October 12 2013, then how does that line up with the November 14th date from Thor: The Dark World, and Agents of SHIELD? Does it still cause potential continuity issues?

 

[DIrishB]

If we decide to read the 2013-10-12 date from The Winter Soldier as December 10 2013 (so as to line up with the new placement of the movie in December 2013), rather than October 12 2013, then how does that line up with the November 14th date from Thor: The Dark World, and Agents of SHIELD? Does it still cause potential continuity issues?

Not really. That could work (except for the weather not reflecting that, but that was case with placing it in January too). Well, that and it being odd a US government agency is using European time approach, but it can work.

Course there is that flier showing 2014 in (think it was) 1x20 or 1x21, going from memory--but it could be presumed the sign ups for volunteers was starting a couple weeks before 2014 begins (in Dec 2013), which is logical.

 

[DIrishB]

Continuing my notes on AoS:

In 2x08, Calvin mentions Whitehall has been "pawing at the obelisk for weeks", in reference to when Calvin brought the obelisk to Whitehall at end of 2x05. Coulson also mentions it took Bakshi 8 hours to start talking in his interrogation with Bobbi, indicating 2x08 picks up not long after 2x07. This is confirmed by Mack mentioning Coulson going into the memory machine "last week" (which occurred in 2x07). Ward also mentions he was a member of Coulson's team for "months" (1x01-1x16).

2x09-2x11 occur one after the other, over course of a few days max across those three episodes.

In 2x12, May mentions events of them finding Kree city (in 2x10 & 2x11) occurred "last week".

2x13 "One of Us" doesn't feature any specific references to passage of time since previous episode, but Coulson does ask Bobbi about why Hunter hasn't reported in for duty so it must be soon after, maybe a few days to allow for Coulson and Bobbi's injuries (their facial lacerations/bruises from events of previous few episodes) have fully healed. This does cause a problem in terms of weather patterns portrayed, as scenes set in Ohio and Wisconsin in this episode should likely show cold weather or snow (due to it being middle of winter) but show the weather looking more like spring time (green trees and grass). There is also a high school football practice and cheerleading practice going on, which indicates its sometime during Fall (Wisconsin's high school football season runs from August/September to October, but can run into November if team makes it to playoffs/state finals). I may push that back to November and hope there is a suitable place to add another break between episodes somewhere between 2x14-2x19. If that isn't possible we'll just have to chalk it up to a continuity screw up. Unfortunately due to the fact latter half of season's episodes follows one after the other, without any large breaks in time, its impossible to place this episode in Fall since the latter portion of season has to coincide with Age of Ultron in April, 2015. We can presume the football practice was maybe a potential JV/varsity tryout for following year (even though that usually happens just before school starts in early to late August, not Springtime, but no other way to make it work).

In 2x14, May mentions Mack has been "gone several days babysitting Hunter", implying its only been a few days since end of 2x12.

2x15 picks up within hours of 2x14 due to Bobbi reinfiltrating Coulson's team before Hunter can get to mainland (12 hours after he escapes from Gonzalez's SHIELD aircraft carrier). Bobbi says she only needs 6 hours to do so. Gonzalez tells Coulson "I wish you were the man you were even two years ago" (indicating Coulson's death in Avengers and resurrection thanks to TAHITI program). Two years before would be sometime in 2012, especially if this episode is pushed back to late 2014 (instead of early 2015) to coincide with 2x13 happening during football season.

2x16 picks up 2 days after 2x15 (Skye asks Gordon how long she's been in Afterlife, he replies "two days"). Hunter mentions he was "only gone a week" (so ending of 2x13 to end of 2x15 covers a week). In addition to the two days passed between 2x15 and 2x16, that's only 9 days between ending of 2x13 and 2x16.

2x17 also picks up very soon after 2x16, given SHIELD is still tracking Fitz after he quit and he hasn't met up with Coulson yet (since he's trying to shake the agents tailing him).

2x18 picks up next day after 2x17, as Cal mentions the dinner he had with Skye/Daisy and Ji-Yiang was "last night".

2x19 picks up immediately after 2x18, with Daisy, Cal, and Gordon teleporting into Afterlife.

2x20 picks up about a week after 2x19, meaning events of Age of Ultron cover about a week or so. Coulson mentions "What's transpired over the last week is a lot to take in..." Skye also mentions "Gonzalez sent people to kill me a few weeks ago", meaning a few weeks have passed between 2x15 and 2x20 (one of those weeks apparently covering events of Age of Ultron).

2x21 picks up immediately after 2x20, and continues directly into 2x22.

So, there are literally no real break points in the season after 2x03. Its also forces most of the season (2x04-2x22) into occurring over only a couple months. That said, by it doing so, it does solve the problem of the weather not really showing cold or snow during winter months (since those are skipped over completely between 2x03 and 2x04). It also allows Daredevil Season 2 and Jessica Jones Season 1 to run uninterrupted in terms of chronology, which I think most would agree is a good thing, both chronologically and thematically.

 

[jhed13]

https://youtu.be/E5hrFVQiGyk

Cloak and Dagger trailer!! Probably too early for speculation but one of the scenes had a basketball game. High school basketball runs from around late November to early March. And the weather looked rainy and dreary almost the whole trailer. Which isn't uncommon for New York. So, if I had to guess, this probably takes place in the first couple months of 2018?

 

[DIrishB]

https://youtu.be/E5hrFVQiGyk

Cloak and Dagger trailer!! Probably too early for speculation but one of the scenes had a basketball game. High school basketball runs from around late November to early March. And the weather looked rainy and dreary almost the whole trailer. Which isn't uncommon for New York. So, if I had to guess, this probably takes place in the first couple months of 2018?

Yup, I posted that in the MCU news thread. But your logic is sound. We'll see if the show itself offers any other details in terms of timeline placement.