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Re: season one timeline

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure but I don't think it's a long period- a lot of episodes are basically right after another.

I mean, the first two episodes happen in the period of no more than three-five days (Day one firm starts and meet Karen, that night she nearly dies, next night she nearly dies and then within a night or so there's the lead in to the next episode).

I'm fairly sure Matt rips stitches in episode three- which is where you could add time, depending on how long you think the court case took to go to trial. Not sure about four but there's definitely a short period of time between it and five as there's time for the Russian brother to be missed.

Again, five and six happen in a fairly brief period of time and seven is basically recounting the events of one night, timeline wise. I'm not sure about eight???

Nine and ten continue into another- as loads of people have pointed out. And I don't think episode nine covers a long period of time; maybe a few days at most? Eleven, twelve and thirteen are all fairly close to another; with definitely at least a week between twelve and thirteen to give time to organise the funeral.

I'd argue the time between episodes shortens towards the end of the season, unless it's right after the other, so I'd argue for at most, a timeline of six months. If that, because as the other anon mentioned the seasons don't change much either.

...Basically this is me rambling at you because I've been trying to figure this out without having to do a complete rewatch because I do not have time, damn it.

Re: season one timeline

[(Anonymous)]

this is actually super helpful thanks ! (and the other anon too, the seasons thing helps me figure this out)

around 4 months sounds reasonable to me, and thankfully even though the episodes are generally pretty contained/short themselves we can extrapolate time passing.

why did i choose a prompt in which i need to have a solid idea of how time passes in this show??? i made a mistake but i can't back out now ;___;

Re: season one timeline

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad my rambling nonsense helps! I'm a bit flaky on some episodes so I'd advise other sources but yeah, the season doesn't cover a long period of time.

Four months yes. You could argue for three-five, maybe?? And I'd be very surprised if any episode other than episode three covers a period of time longer than a few days to a week (max). The majority of time, if any, passes in the periods between episodes.

Awww, I'm sure you'll figure this out nonie! I hope it all goes well. =)

Re: season one timeline

[(Anonymous)]

I think episode 3 itself takes a while. It starts immediately after 2, but encompasses a murder from commission to mistrial, and Matt's face heals completely in the course of the episode. Realistically, it should be around 6 months (for a bare bones murder trial) but because this is TV, I'd hazard that it was a couple of weeks (for the cut and severe bruising to clear all the way up).

Re: season one timeline

[(Anonymous)]

Rambling anon here.

This was definitely what I was thinking. I'd even go so far as to argue that a lot of the time of the season passed in this episode- all the others are in very very very short time periods. Maybe a few weeks between some of the earlier episodes unless they're right after another but otherwise yeah, most of the season's time passed in this trial in my opinion.