Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7526254-20150520160921/@comment-7526254-20151020234452

The last episode might have given us some important information that can help us determine what year (and possibly month) certain past events occured. In 5X04 the past events where Guenevere and Lancelot find the DO's dagger took place 5 years ago. This is not including the time of the curse which lasted 28 years AND 4 MONTHS (which most people don't take into account). Based on the placemet of Lacey, I thought it should be closer to six years, but there are ways to work around it.

In Lacey, Roland was not yet born. The flashbck in 5X04 takes place right before Heroes and Villians. This flashback SUPPOSEDLY takes place right after Lacey.

Let's assume that 5X04 takes place cocurrently to Roland's birth: In 3A Roland is said to be 4. Robin could be rounding up. 4 years earlier in EF time would be around December 1979. It is currently around February 2014, almost exactly 2 years since the curse was broken. Five years ago would be around October 1980. These two events are 10 months apart. If we split the difference we get May 1980. This means the events of 5X04 took place 5 years and 5 months ago and Roland was 3 years and 7 months in 3X03 (They could have rounded up by 5 months. It is the same amount they round up Henry's age in Season 2).

Again, this is only under the assumption that 5X04 takesplace cocurrently to Roland's birth. There are many factors I didn't include. Marian appears to be days away from giving birth in Lacey. We don't know that Heroes and Villans takes place right after. It says so on the EF timeline page, but couldn't that have taken place any time when Belle was living with Rumple? Didn't she live with him for almost a year? Is my estimate of the EF timeline correct?

If anyone has an answer to any of these questions, please share.