Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-71.141.99.140-20130613055136/@comment-5355525-20130618113306

108.49.79.202 wrote: OK no I'm pretty sure we see Henry celebrate his birthday and it's been confirmed that all the events up to that point from the day Emma arrives in SB take place over four months.

And Emma's birthday was the day she arrives in SB.

They don't have the same birthday...

How you doin "SPY"?.WOW!...... ;)

Actually we see Gold dream about Henry's birthday,...that's it! It was a dream. That's as far as you want to go with that whole scene. NOTHING in that dream is reliable,... as it was a dream.

As for the four month duration? I have no idea who would be foolish enough to confirm that. But it certainly wasn't the writers!....

The pilot occurred on Sunday Oct., 23, 2011, as was confirmed in the episode "Welcome to Storybrooke". That's 8 days away from Halloween. "Skin Deep", the 12th episode of the season aired on Feb.,12, 2012. Valentine's day in our world and in Storybrooke's timeline, if you remember, Gold and Mo French fight over his van a day before Valentine's day?

That right there, alone, encompasses four months of storyline, and we still have 10 more episodes of this season and a whole 2nd season of storyline to go!....

By October 23, 2013,.... Emma will have been in Storybrooke for exactly 2 whole years and will be celebrating her 30th birthday on that day. Henry will be celebrating his 12th birthday on that same day.

In the Pilot episode, Henry arrives in Boston on his 10th birthday, which is also Emma's 28th birthday. (how do you know that it's Henry's Bday!??) Simply listen to the dialogue. Henry asks Emma, "Ten years ago,...did you give up a baby for adoption?"  Shouldn't that be enough right there?.....

Ok,.... I'll continue. Emma states that she was 18 when she had Henry. In order for Henry to be 10 when he arrives in Boston, ON Emma's 28th birthday, she would have to have given birth to Henry ON her 18th birthday. One day later and Henry is still 9 on her 28th bday,...One day sooner, and Emma is giving birth as a 17 yr old. Neither of which stand true with the facts of the show. So the only way for Henry to be 10 on Emma's 28th Bday is if she gave birth to him on her 18th birthday, thus they share the same birthday. October 23rd. This is not a theory,...it's right out of the dialogue!...

In the "Cricket Game" (2x10), which aired 1/06/2013 Emma reveals Henry is already 11 years old. Which, as I suspected, took place just before "The Doctor" which aired 10/28/2012. "The Doctor" clearly shows Granny's in Halloween decor. Henry's 11th birthday took place the week before.

Paley Fest 2013.... Adam Horowitz confirms, quote: "The time period of EACH season roughly encompasses a year. Jared is free to age."

This is because of the time structure they painstakingly set up in the Pilot episode.