DIrishB
The Timeline Guy
I think I'll wait until IW to see how those two post-credit's scenes line up - assuming neither are actual scenes ripped from IW...
You really hate breaking up the films, huh, lol?
Yeah I've been combing through as I go (only watched the first 4 so far) and making thorough notes for the wiki. In Episode 4 (there's no time jumps, they refer to things happening 3 days ago etc.), Jessica says it's summer and it's hot and humid they show people using fans and things. So unless it all goes wrong later on (The Punisher was so perfect until that "Lewis Wilson, born May 1991", "age 26" issue that had to be ignored but was frustrating), it's fitting into Summer 2017 at the moment with zero issues. I mean, it doesn't seem like it's too long since Season 1, but that's not really a problem, and Krysten Ritter did say that she thinks it's about a year after Season 1 and a couple of months after The Defenders, but she also makes it clear that she's not sure, so it doesn't really matter. I would guess June, since it's only starting to become hot, it's not clear at all in the first three episodes that it's supposed to be summer.
I'd say its probably better to start Season 2 in March or April, with the first episode showing weather requiring jackets, and shift it into May (maybe with an early heat wave immediately after the final cold spell?). April is probably better. Even early May is probably best to account for the "first Friday of the month" comment and the requirement of jackets in first episode (though its obviously warming up) and lack of leaves on the trees.
In reality, this seems to be another case of the long shooting schedule for the Netflix shows (usually lasting at least six months per season) clashing with the scripted intentions of time passing during the season. Just have to find best compromise, I guess.
It seems like a conscious decision to place it in 2017. We knew from Take a Bloody Number that the car accident was in early 2000, because Jessica's medical bills are shown to be from April 2000, but they've reaffirmed that this season, with a sticker showing Phillip lived from "1990-2000" and the certificates of death saying "Age 10, Born 1990", "Age 46, Born 1954", and "Age 44, Born 1956". With all the references to "17 years" it would be weird if they're not aware it's 2017.
Agreed.
Also, something a little bit reassuring, the artbook for Avengers: Infinity War implies it's only been 5 years since the Battle of New York, not 8+.
NICE! Thats encouraging! Thanks for posting that. Really appreciate your input!
I guess this places Infinity War in 2017, presumably not long after events of Thor - Ragnarok? It also kind of corrects the idea Homecoming implied Battle of NY/Avengers occurring in 2010 instead of 2012. Hopefully this is a sign of them realizing putting first Avengers 8 years before Homecoming causes a lot of problems, and its best to just quietly retcon the mistake.
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