Marvel Cinematic Universe - Timeline

selfishmisery said:
I know a while back Mike Colter mentioned something about "Luke Cage" taking place a few months after Jessica Jones (Season 1). So would that put it in May 2015? (Two months after Jessica Jones; one month before Daredevil Season 2). Or can we assume that Claire probably wasn't referring to Luke?
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It's pretty obvious she's referring to Luke, also when she last see Claire in the series they set it up so it makes sense why she would be all the way up in Harlem in the Luke Cage series.
 
Or it could be referring to the Jessica Jones finale where she helped Luke. Also the newspaper referenced Agents of SHIELD. I'm on the finale and that would be two references to AoS, yet no Inhumans. As a side note, I REALLY don't like how isolated the TV shows are from the films. They're starting to get too big and it's awkward when there's no mention of ninjas in New York, a guy mind controlling people, or people with powers showing up all over the world. Civil War would be a great place to mention...well, everything.
 
Is that the "Cybertek Settles" headline on display at the Bulletin? That was visible during the first season too, IIRC.

Someone with more knowledge of Marvel lore than I have should take a close look at the newspapers in the Bulletin archives--there were lots of fun headlines, and some could be Marvel references.

TC
 
SexySnorlax said:
It's pretty obvious she's referring to Luke, also when she last see Claire in the series they set it up so it makes sense why she would be all the way up in Harlem in the Luke Cage series.
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Which episode of Daredevil (Season 2) did that occur in?
 
selfishmisery said:
Which episode of Daredevil (Season 2) did that occur in?
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I don't remember specifically (because they all blend together after a binge watch) but probably around 11 or 12.

But basically what happens is
Claire loses her job at Metro General after the Ninja and zombie children attack. She tells Foggy that she's leaving town and that their mutual friend (Daredevil) will probably never see her again.
I took that to mean she's going up to Harlem because she's set to be a series regular in the Luke Cage series.
 
TalonCard said:
Is that the "Cybertek Settles" headline on display at the Bulletin? That was visible during the first season too, IIRC.

Someone with more knowledge of Marvel lore than I have should take a close look at the newspapers in the Bulletin archives--there were lots of fun headlines, and some could be Marvel references.

TC
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There's nothing else there except for MCU film occurrences like aliens invading. I poured over them. :(
 
So Fisk mentioned (in the scene where Matt visits him in prison in 2x10) that they'd met a few months ago. Also, Foggy is mentioned to be watching a Jets game in the hospital so it must be at least Football pre-season (August or later).

Still trying to find an appropriate place to insert large time jump, but nothing so far...

In final episode, at 15:05 mark a calendar in police station shows September 2015, and then at 15:21 it shows another calendar showing December 2015, which lines up with the Christmas stuff I've seen mentioned so far.

Also, by final episode Foggy is no longer wearing a sling, despite being shot in the shoulder only a few days before.
 
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There just doesn't seem to be one, just an anomaly really...
I would perhaps place the series after Scott Lang is released from prison?
 
crafty100 said:
There just doesn't seem to be one, just an anomaly really...
I would perhaps place the series after Scott Lang is released from prison?
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Yeah I'm most likely going to have to place it in December 2015 and assume the heat wave mentioned in first episode was a weird anomaly in itself. There's literally nowhere to place a break point to jump ahead except a few days gap in between 2x06 and 2x07 (Foggy's mention it "starts next week" combined with Frank's bruising means likely only a few days at most). In fact people heal insanely fast in this show. Frank heals from his extensive injuries in only a day or two, Foggy's arm heals after only a couple days, Matt repeatedly heals within a 24 hour period from various minor/moderate injuries.

I don't understand why they'd adopt the almost one episode equals one day (more or less) approach, but have the season start with a heatwave, and end in December even though only about 20 days pass all season (trust me, I counted).
 
DIrishB said:
Yeah I'm most likely going to have to place it in December 2015 and assume the heat wave mentioned in first episode was a weird anomaly in itself. There's literally nowhere to place a break point to jump ahead except a few days gap in between 2x06 and 2x07 (Foggy's mention it "starts next week" combined with Frank's bruising means likely only a few days at most). In fact people heal insanely fast in this show. Frank heals from his extensive injuries in only a day or two, Foggy's arm heals after only a couple days, Matt repeatedly heals within a 24 hour period from various minor/moderate injuries.

I don't understand why they'd adopt the almost one episode equals one day (more or less) approach, but have the season start with a heatwave, and end in December even though only about 20 days pass all season (trust me, I counted).
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It fits with them filming from July 2015 to December 2015. They probably just assumed that nobody would count the days that actually passed and just set everything around when they were filming.

However, the hottest day of 2015 in New York was Tuesday September 8th, with 97 degrees, so if we start the season off there, we only need to spread the 20 days across 3.5 months instead of 6.
 
Completely updated for Daredevil Season 2.


SexySnorlax said:
It fits with them filming from July 2015 to December 2015. They probably just assumed that nobody would count the days that actually passed and just set everything around when they were filming.

However, the hottest day of 2015 in New York was Tuesday September 8th, with 97 degrees, so if we start the season off there, we only need to spread the 20 days across 3.5 months instead of 6.
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Yeah I'm just going to chalk it up to a strange late November heat wave, lol.

There's just no way to break up the season any. Every episode begins immediately after the previous, or begins at least the next day. The only exception is a break between 2x06 and 2x07 based on Foggy mentioning Frank's trial has been pushed up to begin next week. That gives a maximum of seven days, but the jury selection process must have begun at least a couple days earlier to have gone through 400 potential jurors as mentioned. Literally every other episode until final one is one after the other. One final break likely occurs towards end of final episode, maybe a few days at most, after Elektra's burial and the confirmed Christmas Eve scene with Karen trying to write article, Frank burning down house, etc. The show definitely ends on Christmas Eve, and covers 25 days, give or take a few.

This makes it impossible to reconcile the comments made by Kingpin that he and Matt had met at the art gallery "a few months ago". I considered moving Season 1 of Daredevil to August - September, 2015, which would make sense of the "few months ago" comment, but would create problems with the continuity in regards to Jessica Jones (which we know occurs from winter to spring, 2015) and Claire mentioning events of Daredevil Season 1 in that show.

So, to keep the overall continuity aligned, I'm going to have to assume Fisk severely underestimated how long its been since he and Matt met.

These Marvel Netflix shows have really weird sliding timescales. I'm beginning to think they're messing with me. ;)
 
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Yeesh, this is a tough one. I'm liking the real-world info that the hottest day in New York was September. Is there no way that the Punisher's trial can be spread from September through late November? I mean, real-life high profile trials take longer than that; even assuming the DA was pushing it through quickly (and boy was she) a four month trial period would be pretty impressive. Unless there are specific time references connecting every single episode...as much as all the characters are stated to be running on caffeine and adrenaline, they've gotta sleep sometime. :p And if nothing else, there have to be weekend and holiday breaks that would interrupt some of these court dates and office hours.

TC

TC
 
TalonCard said:
Yeesh, this is a tough one. I'm liking the real-world info that the hottest day in New York was September. Is there no way that the Punisher's trial can be spread from September through late November? I mean, real-life high profile trials take longer than that; even assuming the DA was pushing it through quickly (and boy was she) a four month trial period would be pretty impressive.
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The dialogue by Foggy stating trial starts next week, combined with Frank's still fresh bruises/injuries prevent me from stretching the trial out. Plus, the very obvious day/night cycle and events going on with Matt show its only a few days that pass during trial.

Unless there are specific time references connecting every single episode...as much as all the characters are stated to be running on caffeine and adrenaline, they've gotta sleep sometime. :p And if nothing else, there have to be weekend and holiday breaks that would interrupt some of these court dates and office hours.

TC

TC
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Yup, I kept track of the days of the week based on mention of what day of week it was in later episode, and worked backward to place everything on appropriate day of week. Presumably Matt & Foggy work on weekends too, lol, though with the huge case it makes sense.


MMurdock said:
Daredevil - Season 2 - Episode 2...

We have a date on a death report (7/21/15). :)
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Yup, which confirms they're following a real-time approach regarding filming (filming of DD Season 2 lasted from July to December 2015), despite the scripts following one after the other and most taking place over a day or two, with all of one spot for a break all season and that's constrained by Foggy's comment about trial next week (which we could assume was changed by DA and the jury selection process took awhile... over 400 potential jurors to interview does take awhile), but Frank's bruising (and the Matt storyline) show otherwise.

I'll rewatch and see if I can't force a time jump there. I'm going to have to ignore the July date on report, as there is no way I can stretch the show to 5-6 months. Even 3 months is pushing it, but only way to make sense of heat wave. We'll see. I'm open to suggestions, lol.
 
Could a small jump not go into the end before we see Karen writing the article, the burial time of Elektra and Frank returning to his house? Seems the most reasonable place to put one
 
There may be a time jump when they ask Melvin to make Elektra's suit and the time she wears it since it took him a couple days just to make Daredevil a helmet.
 
So according to the Russian interrogator, it's "the dead of winter".

The second half of Agents of SHIELD Season 3 begins and takes place in January. December's over, and February is too warm.
 
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