Re: My timeline (in progress)

Ok. Season 2 is giving me a serious headache. Thing is, season one, there are places where I can add a week or two easily as needed. Some stuff clearly is “the next day” between episodes but others, there is room for expansion. Season 2 is super-super-super tight for the most part, with diagetic clues EVERYWHERE that say no, Keb, you may NOT add any more time here. For example, when Henry runs off to blow up magic, Neal says it’s his third day as a father…that makes -sense- but only if they were only in Manhattan for the two days we actually see. (Miiiiiiiiiiiiiight be able to squeeze an extra day or two before they find Neal, but Gold seemed to know precisely where to go–why would he wait?)

But the events of 211-212-213 are all within two days, running up against each other with no pause or chance for added time. 214-215-216 seem to be the next two days, again, without pause.

And then there’s the ridiculous beans that apparently grow overnight. They get them in 213 and by 219 they’re almost ready to use. As we see, 213-216 is only about 3 days. There appears to be about a week between 217 and 218; Snow tells David she went to Regina “last week.” One could perhaps squeeze another week in before 219 believably, but that’s two whole weeks that Gold does -nothing- to reconnect with Belle or Bae?

*headache* Oh, on top of that, there’s the matter of Snow’s birthday, which for various reasons I believe to be the third of March. The cumulative events before that just don’t give us enough time to get to winter, let alone March, from the time the curse ended. Like I said, stuff is just too -tight- in S2. Yet Adam’s said that each season takes about a year. I dunno who he’s got doing HIS timelining, but their heads must hurt too.