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Time Passes

Aug 13 2008 01:52 am #1Guest

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One thing I never understood when watching the show was how much time passed between episodes, and sometimes even what season it was. What I know is that Buffy is dead for 147 days and Dawn is attending school at the time of her return, though apparently it is early enough for Parent/Teacher Day. What I am trying to figure out is the date Buffy comes back, at least the month, and which month she dies. Another thing I'm having trouble with is how much time passes between Joyce's death and Buffy jumping off the tower. Again, a date would be nice, but knowing if it's been months or a bare few weeks would be good. If no one knows for sure, I'll take a few good guesses!

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Aug 13 2008 05:20 am #2goddess_hecate

I always got the feeling that in Buffy, as with most plot driven shows, the episodes takes place on the date or within a week of the date that it airs. (Sometimes they'll play around with the date a little bit so that they can hit days like Valentine's day even if the show doesn't air on 2/13 or things like that.) That means that roughly a week passes between eppies. (Of course this theory gets thrown off with crap like TBCs) If that's the case then Buffy would have died on May 22nd and be ressurected on Oct 2nd. That being said, i just did the math and if she died on the 22nd, 147 days later would put her resurection on Oct 17th... Maybe my math is wrong? Ok, you did say a few good guesses would be ok, right?

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Aug 13 2008 06:10 am #3Eowyn315

I think, in general, you're right about most episodes taking place around the time they air. However, the last four episodes of season 5 all take place one right after another, in the span of one or two days. "Tough Love" aired on May 1st, so I'd say that Buffy's death occurred in early May, putting her resurrection in late September/early October, right around when "Bargaining" aired.

ETA: just noticed you asked about Joyce's death, as well. "The Body" aired on Feb. 27th, but "Forever," which shouldn't be more than a week later in Buffyverse time, didn't air until April 17th. I guess it's up to you, but it seems like a significant amount of time passed between "Forever" and "Intervention" (considering that they're pretty well-adjusted to things by "Intervention" ), so I'd put Joyce's death closer to late February than mid-April, making it about two months between Joyce's death and Buffy's death.

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Aug 13 2008 06:28 am #4Niamh

Just to further add confusion to the mix -- the first two episodes of season 6 were delayed, mainly because of the September 11th attacks and the aftermath, when nearly all new television shows and season premieres were pushed back.

In Buffy's case it was particularly raw, because of the theme of the two episodes -- a hero -- who had died to save the world -- being brought back from the dead.

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Aug 13 2008 02:46 pm #5maryperk

And there was always a hiatus around Christmas time where Joss gauged popularity before he continued to write. That's how I decide for my stories when the holidays fall. I think that's how Spike survived the church to be truthful. He was hurt on the show just before Christmas and he proved too popular to actually kill.