Eerie Timeline

[eerieslash.livejournal.com]

This is in response to yarol_2075 's post The Weirdness of Time.

Wow. I noticed so many new things rewatching it this time around, I guess cus I was actually looking out for any details that might give me clues about the timeline. The cat looking through the window (or just perched on it?) outside the dog pound, for example. Maybe I'm getting a bit overzealous here but I paused where Marshall was writing in his journal in 'ATM with a Heart of Gold' (at 22:30) and could make out these words (if anyone can make out the other words please let me know!)

      ...This place is nothing like NJ. ... This place is so backwards (?) no ..., homeless people, no ___ or museums on every corner. The ____ shop has pretty good root beer floats though. I've gotta start school tomorrow. Oh boy here I go. I'll check(?) back later.

I rewatched the first few eps and remembered reading that the last episode was actually meant to have been shown earlier on..so I checked wikipedia, and listed them according to when they were produced (as opposed to when they were aired). I also added if they were in school during the episode to give us any idea of a linear timeline.

1.    Foreverware (aired as “ep. 1”)
2.    The Retainer (“ep. 2”)
3.    The ATM with the Heart of Gold (“ep. 3”) DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS
4.    The Losers (“ep. 4”) "EERIE INDIANA, DAY 94"
5.    The Broken Record (“ep. 19”) SCHOOL (SYNDI)
6.    America’s Scariest Home Video (“ep. 5”) HALLOWEEN
7.    Heart on a Chain (7) SCHOOL
8.    Just Say No to Fun (6) SCHOOL
9.    The Dead Letter (8) SCHOOL (SIMON'S HOMEWORK)
10.    The Lost Hour (10) (CLOCKS GO BACK OCT 27, 1991; AIRED DEC. 1991.)
11.    Who’s Who (9)
12.    Marshall’s Theory of Believability (11)
13.    Tornado Days (12) (FALL LEAVES)
14.    The Hold in the Head Gang (13) (DASH HAS BEEN IN EERIE 3 MONTHS)
15.    Mr. Chaney (14) (1992; AIRED MARCH 1992)
16.    No Brain, No Pain (15)
17.    The Loyal Order of Corn (16)
18.    Zombies in P.J.s (17)
19.    Reality takes a holiday (18)

There's certainly a lot of episodes that take place in the fall. The harvest king festival '92, airing in March '92? Hmm:)

Comments

[ftrbestseller.livejournal.com]

Thinking about it, I guess it's possible that the Harvest King festival could've actually taken place in the spring. If the purpose was to produce a good harvest, they could have the festival before growing season (I haven't watched it in a while, so I don't remember if they make any specific fall references). And it would kind of make sense with the whole "low taxes" thing too- tax returns here have to be filed by April 15, so it kind of lines up.

Tornado Days I'm not sure about. Yes, there's fall leaves, but tornado season is typically late March-June or so (in the Midwest, anyway). Then again, this is Eerie, where the weather doesn't make sense either.

(I'm really loving all the discussion lately!)

[oddmonster.livejournal.com]

While not sure whether what's up is up, I LOVE THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION LIKE BURNING.

[froodle]

Over here, we have abharvest festival at the end.of.september/startbofnoctober - its kind of.a "thank you.for.our.awesomebharvest, help.us.not.die.in tje.long.winter months to come" holdover from ye.olden days. so i kind of.assumed the harvest king ep.is.pre-scariest.home.movies, but.probably only by a couple.of.weeks.

when is.tornado.season in indiana?

[katetherobot.livejournal.com]

Wow, I love your dedication. I never thought to freeze on his journal!

I wonder if there is enough info hidden in the background of EI for us to ever unravel the mythology of Eerie, or if we're doomed to never knowning.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

If there's anything that still doesn't match up, blame it on Eerie being Eerie. Possibly time travel was involved.