I see that. What I found odd was the stamp from the county clerk. Actually, I thought they were odd period! No criminal history based on a search in NY. 

I am putting this here since it has to do with the timeline of the show. 
I had a chance to look at a new timeline on tessas tumblr she did. I like how she took statements made by others and used them to date the show.  
​I don't know if anyone saw it but I think it was interesting.
It plugged a few holes but not all of them.  One was with Tom on the  boat,that he did ask Liz what month it was. It was Nov. and he told her Happy Anniversary.  The other date I found a problem with was when Samar came in to hand Liz the test results in Dr. Creel her paperwork was dated 10.14.14. 
​It was a good way to try to explain the time jump. 

Eastcoast - thank you for keeping the timeline updated, you have done such a wonderful job!

I would have to agree with Tuxie though. I suspect we may learn more about the timeline so I would try to stick with our timeline as it was, mostly, incontrovertible dates and events. I think much of the timeline cannot be pinned down.  Thank you :-)

Hi eastcoast, thanks for keeping this up to date and those are some interesting timeline things.  having said that, here's my two cents worth!  LOL

I think at this point, its best to stick with what we know, ie what has actually been stated as dates/times in the show. I know sometimes that conflicts but its the best we have to go on.   I saw 2 different interview excerpts with JB where he seemed to say 1) that we are in the future and 2) we are now real time.  So which is it?   One could also say that TBL was never exact real time because they have a 4-5 month hiatus every summer.  And only a few months ago they had Red reading newspapers with the "real time" dates of the episodes.

I also think (and this is just my own view) it may be kind of futile to do more than what is stated in the show, because I think some of the dates don't line up for a reason which we have yet to be shown.  So to spend too much time trying to re-work it I'm not sure is worth it.  And there's no way to tell that its right.

So, either the timeline is what it is for a reason, or maybe, the entire thing is a dream, or something.  I think maybe TPTB confused things by choosing to jump over the period of Liz's convalescence from her injuries.  But then again I also agree with them not to spend time on it!  LOL. 

Thank you everyone!  I do not plan to change ours.  I just thought it was interesting to put it together like that and include all the time off the screen.

JB is not very consistent in what he says although he says they have a book of events they use I do mot think they use it enough.  Unless of course we see this is a dream or something else which will explain things much better.

I love coming here and reading up on everything. I'm glad there are others out there who love the show and go nuts trying to figure out the mystery behind everything. I finally decided to join so I could post. This timeline is awesome and is very helpful. The only issue I have with it is that I think we, the fans, are far more invested in the details than the show/writers. For instance, if Dembe was born in 1979, he's not even 40 years old. Yet he has a grown daughter and a grandchild? Raymond supposedly rescued him, provided an education for him and so forth. So when did Dembe find time to become a daddy at such a young age? I've scratched my head for quite a while over the Red/Imposter theories and especially the one where he is really KR, wondering how that fit in with when he rescued Dembe. Your timeline helped a lot with that, as Red rescued him AFTER the fire, right? So if he rescued Dembe in 1993, 2 to 3 years after the fire, it doesn't seem to fit that he would be Katarina already, having undergone a complete gender/identity transformation in that time period. Also, the timeline doesn't state when Kaplan started working for Red; it just states she's in TX in 1993. But it wouldn't have been too long after that when Raymond visited her and she began working for him. Yet wasn't Dembe present at that time and a grown man or am I confused? Thanks for any insight you can provide!

Thank you, Tatiana!

Welcome CindyKC!!  Glad you decided to come aboard. 

​Ditto on Tuxies comment above! lol 

One other thing to add, assuming everything happened at the same time--Red took Masha/Liz to United States, Katarina came for her, there was a fire, Masha was placed with Sam and Raymond disappeared, then wouldn't he have left his family on Christmas Eve 1989 and not 1990?

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CindyKc, I do not think it was Dembe with him. It looked like a man with Black glasses on. 
​I personally do not think it is odd for Dembe to be a grandfather at 39.  His granddaughter was just a baby.  He could have been a dad at 20 and her a mom at 19. 
Many things do not add up on the timeline with the jump. On top of that I was reminded that JB said we were back in regular time but the paper in last nights episode said 2019? 


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I suppose so, though it still doesn't seem very realistic to me, especially since the episode with Dembe's daughter and grandchild was back in season 3, putting him at maybe 37 at the time. And his daughter sure wasn't a teenager. He was 14 when Red rescued him, and then Red made sure he got an excellent education--including college. I know I'm nit-picking, but it's those little details that bug the crud out of me. It's as if they introduced a family for Dembe just to further the Solomon plot line, regardless of whether it made any sense. Now, if Dembe were older (say mid to late 40s), I could buy it. Regardless, I've always loved Dembe. He's one of my favorite characters!