Thread:Nightlily/@comment-2153169-20170817100718/@comment-91424-20170817113211

Let's see...

Emma comes to Storybrooke on her birthday, Saturday October 22. "The Price of Gold" also takes place on a Saturday (as stated by Regina). "The Thing You..." takes place two days after Emma arrived, on Monday October 24. (Regina mistakenly says it's a Thursday, but that's a goof, pure and simple). Three weeks pass between "Pilot" and "True North" (in the latter, Emma states that Henry showed up on her doorstep three weeks ago), meaning that "True North" should take place between circa Saturday November 11. and circa Wednesday November 15 (because three weeks is not necessarily meant to be taken literally - it can also mean three and a half weeks). 104 takes place on a Saturday during those three weeks.


 * It can't be Saturday November 11. We know this because there are at least ten days between "The Price of Gold" and True North" (read my notes carefully for an explanation), and there are less than ten days between Saturday November 11. and (circa) Wednesday November 15. So November 11. is not an option.
 * Then we have Saturday November 5. (Yeah, I'm using an online calendar.) This allows for ten days between her (potential) birthday and circa Wednesday November 15. Saturday November 5. is an option.
 * Then we have Saturday October 29., which is also an option.
 * Ergo, she was either born on October 29. or November 5., depending on when "True North" takes place (November 5. is not an option if "True North" takes place on Saturday November 11, because 11-5=only 6 days, not 10...). Phew!