Timeline (Season 1)

October 30th - November 2nd, 2005 - 1.01 Pilot

Day Count: 4

Locations: Palo Alto, California; Jericho, California

Dean arrives in Palo Alto - quite late at night. The boys spend 2 days investigating a Woman in White in Jericho, California. Jessica dies. Sam and Dean hit the road.

• Oct 30 (Friday PM) – We’re introduced to Sam now twenty-two and attending Stanford University in Palo Alto, California with his girlfriend Jessica Lee Moore. They attend a Halloween party at a local bar and we learn Sam is getting ready for a law school interview scheduled for Monday November 2, 2005.
• Oct 31 (Saturday AM) – Introduced to Dean, Sam’s older brother who breaks in Sam and Jessica’s apartment. He talks Sam into joining him to search for their missing father, John. Sam leaves with Dean promising Jessica he’ll be back on Monday in time for his law school interview.
• Oct 31(Saturday) – Sam and Dean arrive in Jericho, California in search of their father and following his trail via the job he was working: A Woman in White. Dean ends the day by falling in a river.
• Nov 1 (Sunday AM) – Dean is arrested by local police who believe he is one of at least two serial killers responsible for the disappearances in Jericho. Sam goes to talk to Welch the widower of Constance who they identified as ‘the Woman in White’.
• Nov 1(Sunday PM) - Dean escapes the jail calling Sam to tell him their dad left coordinates to an unknown location in his journal. They later meet up when Sam is threatened by Constance. The final confrontation takes place in her previous home where she is pulled into hell by the spirits of her children she murdered.
• Nov 1 (Around 10:00 PM) – They leave Jericho. Sam identifies coordinates as Blackwater Ridge, Colorado, but insists Dean take him back to Stanford.
• Nov 2 (2:50-3am) – Dean drops off Sam at his apartment where he witnesses Jessica die in the same manner as his mother died exactly twenty-two years to the day. Dean returns in time to drag Sam from the burning apartment. (Time taken from deleted scene available on DVD/BluRay)

November 10th - November 14th, 2005 - 1.02 Wendigo

Day Count: 4

Locations: Grand Junction (Lost Creek/Blackwater Ridge), Colorado

Sam and Dean arrive in Lost Creek, Colorado, and spend 4 days hunting a Wendigo.

• Dean says they spent one week in Palo Alto after Jessica's death.

Dead in the Water

• LOCATIONS: LAKE MANITOC, WISCONSIN

• NOTATIONS: No actually dates appear in this episode. Though from dates given in following episodes an educated guess would be that this episode happens directly after ‘Wendigo’. The episode actually covers four days and figuring in travel time my guess would be somewhere in the vicinity of between November 13-November 19, 2005 give or take a day.

Phantom Traveler

• LOCATIONS: CATASAUQUA, PENNSYLVANIA; NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA; LEHIGH VALLY AIRPORT

• NOTATIONS: No actually dates appear in this episode either which can be quite annoying when trying to piece a timeline together. Jerry the man who calls Sam and Dean in is identified by Dean as living in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Apparently he and their dad did a job for Jerry two years prior. This episode covers three days. Factoring in travel time, lack of dates, and that the Impala must travel at supersonic speeds (LOL) my educated guess on this is going to overlap with the guess on the previous episode somewhere between November 19-November 25, 2005. That’s a tight squeeze even for me. *(Season Two data places this episode as occuring in the week leading up to December 5, 2005)

Bloody Mary

• LOCATIONS: TOLEDO, OHIO; FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

• NOTATIONS: Again we have a lovely episode where nothing appears date wise. Although in the article about the father’s death you get a glimpse of Wed. and the number 31 which could possibly mean that the memorial service is suppose to be on November 31, 2005, but that is simply speculation and doesn’t seem to fit. Now it could also refer to December 31, 2005 that date would fit better, but there is no sign that this episode takes place anywhere near Christmas. Again speculation on my part.

Skin

LOCATIONS: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; BISBEE, ARIZONA (MENTIONED)

• NOTATIONS: The only date that appears in this episode is a date on the top of the e-mail sent to Sam from his friend Rebecca---December 05, 2005. As busy as our boys have been it is quite feasible that Sam hasn’t been able to check his e-mails for a few weeks. Being as we have only the December date and Rebecca’s comment that she was staying at her parents house over the long weekend (Thanksgiving) when her brother Zack was arrested for his girlfriend’s murder, an educated guess as to the time frame of this episode is all that is possible. The episode though does cover a span of nine days. The episode actually tells us that seven days pass between the point where Sam tells Dean they’re going to St. Louis and the time the shape-shifter attacks Rebecca. The following day is the confrontation between Sam, the shape-shifter, and Dean killing the shape-shifter. One day later they leave St. Louis thus the nine day count. I would guess that the events of ‘Skin’ take place within the second or third week of January 2006.

• Now I know some fans might disagree with my placement of this episode due to the fact that in ‘Benders’ when the deputy looks up Sam on the database they list Dean’s ‘death’ as March 7, 2006. Now that could be an error in continuity being as they also list Dean’s height as identical to Sam’s (6’ 4”), but there is another possible explanation. ‘Skin’ and ‘Hookman’ could have been shown out of order. If that is the case then ‘Hookman’ would have taken place in January and ‘Skin’ took place during the first week of March which would fit. So the actual time frame of ‘Skin’ would be March 01, 2006 – March 09, 2006.

Hookman

LOCATIONS: EASTERN IOWA UNIVERSITY

• NOTATIONS: Again, thank you Kripke & Co. we have no dates, but we do have clues as to the time frame of this episode. Purple Paint Guy at the Frat House makes mention of a ‘Big Game’ and in the background we see a poster for the college football team on the door. Thus this episode must take place during football season. I’m not a huge sports fan, but I’d give an educated guess that this episode takes place during the last week of January 2006. The episode takes place over a span of four days.

• see above note on ‘Skin’ for alternate time line of ‘Hookman’

Bugs

LOCATIONS: OASIS PLAINS, OKLAHOMA (fictional town); ATOKA VALLEY; SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA (?)

• NOTATIONS: Thank you Kripke & Co. finally something to work with and they are very specific with this episode. Of course, in the real world, March 20 in 2006 was actually a Monday.

• MARCH 20, 2006 (FRIDAY) – Dustin, the Oklahoma Gas & Power worker dies thanks to some very hungry beetles with a taste for brains. (LOL)

• MARCH 23, 2006 (TUESDAY) – Sam and Dean arrive in Oasis Plains. The third victim is the Real Estate woman they meet at the BBQ thanks to a spider swarm (is that the right word?).

• MARCH 24, 2006 (WEDNESDAY) – With the help of the developer’s son Sam and Dean discover some skulls, and then visit the local university where they’re directed by an anthropology professor to Sapulpa sixty miles from Oasis Plains. They are told the story of how a curse was placed on the land by a Native American chief and finally put the pieces together.

• MARCH 24/25, 2006 (THURSDAY) – With the help of Sam and Dean the developer’s family survive until the curse ends at sunrise.

• MARCH 26, 2006 (FRIDAY) – Both the developer’s family and Sam and Dean prepare to leave Oasis Plains for good.

Home

LOCATIONS: LAWRENCE, KANSAS

• NOTATIONS: Due to dates given in episodes that follow and the lack of specific dates in this episode I would place this episode as happening within a day or two after ‘Bugs’. This episode covers three days and the following dates are the possible time frame: March 27/28, 2006 – March 29/30, 2006.

Asylum

LOCATIONS: ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

• NOTATIONS: No actual dates are given in this episode, but Sam does mention the trip to Lawrence. Due to dates given in episodes that follow and the lack of dates in this specific episode I would place this episode as happening within a day or two of ‘Home’. This episode covers three days and the following dates are the possible time frame: April 01, 2006 – April 08, 2006. We do know though that the following episode ‘Scarecrow’ takes place the second week of April and it is back to back with ‘Asylum’. We know this because the final scene of ‘Asylum’ is the beginning scene of ‘Scarecrow’. So a more refined guess would be April 06, 2006-April 08, 2006.

• Possible discrepency: Sam mentions that they have been looking for John for "six months", which would place the episode in the beginning of May. However, this was said in a moment of anger and could easily be an exaggeration or approximation.

Scarecrow

LOCATIONS: BURKITTSVILLE, INDIANA

• NOTATIONS: This episode takes place during the second week of April so the time frame could be anywhere between April 08, 2006 – April 15, 2006. The episode covers four days sometime within the time frame listed.

Faith

LOCATIONS: UNKNOWN TOWN; SOMEWHERE IN NEBRASKA (NO TOWN NAME GIVEN)

• NOTATIONS: ‘Faith’ takes place over the course of eight days and two towns. Considering that the latest that I’ve ever seen it snow in Missouri, where the next episode ‘Route 666’ takes place, is maybe the first week in May (that was an oddity) I would place ‘Faith’ as taking place the third week in April. Somewhere between April 15, 2006 – April 23, 2006.

Route 666

LOCATIONS: CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI

• NOTATIONS: As I previously mentioned being a life long resident of Missouri the latest I’ve ever seen it snow is the first week in May (again an oddity) a good guess for the time frame of this episode is somewhere between April 25, 2006 – May 05, 2006. I honestly can’t see this episode taking place any later than May 05, 2006 and that’s pushing it considering locale and weather conditions. The episode covers a span of four days.

Nightmare

LOCATIONS: UNKNOWN TOWN TWO HOURS OUTSIDE SAGINAW; SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

• NOTATIONS: As Kripke & Co. often has done they do not give a specific time frame in which this episode takes place. It’s obvious that some time has passed since the events of ‘Route 666’ and I would make an educated guess that the events take place some time in mid-May possible the third week. Speculative dates suggested are somewhere between May 15, 2006 – May 22, 2006.

The Benders

LOCATIONS: HIBBING, MINNESOTA

• NOTATIONS: There are no actual dates given in this episode with the exception of Dean’s ‘death’ in the episode ‘Skin’ (see note on time line of Skin). Although due to the proximity of Minnesota and Michigan I would speculate that ‘Benders’ takes place somewhere between May 23, 2006 – June 10, 2006. As I said though---simply speculation. There is nothing concrete to go by as far as the script goes. The episode does cover a span of three days from the time of Sam’s abduction to their escape from the Bender family.

Shadow

LOCATIONS: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

• NOTATIONS: Note to Kripke & Co. – I love how you never give us dates unless it’s absolutely required---not!! LOL This episode covers the least amount of time at this point and holds the most emotional punch possible in that length of time. From the point Sam and Dean visit Meredith’s apartment until they hightail it out of Chicago in the opposite direction of John two days pass. I’m speculating here, but I would say the timeline is somewhere between June 08, 2006 – June 15, 2006. Our boys must have been exhausted and hurting after this escapade.

Hell House

LOCATIONS: RICHARDSON, TEXAS

• NOTATIONS: I’ve never been to Texas, but I have had friends that have. I’m pretty sure that the weather is not nippy in June (the episode starts with a scene two months before our boys arrive). Although, if I go with the idea that the boys arrive at the end of August then that at least that gives them a full three months to have healed from the wounds they sustained in ‘Shadow’. Yes, I know that’s not much better than instantaneous healing, but it’s closer to a real healing schedule. So I would speculate that ‘Hell House’ takes place somewhere in the vicinity of August 20, 2006 – August 31, 2006. The episode covers a span of four or five days.

Something Wicked

LOCATIONS: FITCHBURG, WISCONSIN; FORT DOUGLAS, WISCONSIN; MENTIONS OF OGDENVILLE, NORTH HAVERBROOK, AND BROCKWAY. You gotta love the fact that either Kripke, his writers, or both are fans of the Simpsons.

• NOTATIONS: It’s established at the beginning of the episode by a question that Sam asks Dean that this episode takes place during the school year. Considering the weather and locale I would suggest that this episode takes place sometime in mid to late September, possibly the second or third week of the month. Breaking it down any further is virtually impossible since yet again---no dates. Of course we are used to that by now, but we still love that little evil bastard Kripke anyway. LOL Dates suggested here: September 10, 2006 – September 24, 2006.

Provenance

LOCATIONS: UPSTATE NEW YORK; NEW PALTZ, NEW YORK; HUDSON VALLEY

• NOTATIONS: This episode covers a span of five days. Figuring in the distance between Wisconsin (Something Wicked) and upstate New York (New Paltz;Hudson Valley) I would speculate this episode takes place somewhere between October 01, 2006 – October 9, 2006. I’m factoring in that we know that the final three episodes of the first season are basically back to back and occur in the vicinity of one year after the Pilot episode which started on October 30, 2005.

Dead Man's Blood

LOCATIONS: MANNING, COLORADO

• NOTATIONS: This episode covers a span of four days. At this point we’re aware that almost a year has passed. I believe it’s mentioned in either ‘Salvation’ or ‘Devil’s Trap’ which are back to back episodes. So my working theory because honest to God I love the evilness of Kripke & Co. and November 2 seems to hold a special meaning in the SPN-verse I decided that more than likely the final scenes of ‘Devil’s Trap’ occurs on November 2. Now I have no proof to back this up, but come on guys---we’re talking about Kripke here. So going on that assumption ‘Dead Man’s Blood’ would begin somewhere in the vicinity of October 25, 2006 and covers a four day span that ends on October 29, 2006.

Salvation

'LOCATIONS: BLUE EARTH, MINNESOTA; MANNING, COLORADO; SALVATION, IOWA; LINCOLN, NEBRASKA; UNKNOW RURAL LOCATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA; JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI; UNKNOWN LOCATION IN RURAL MISSOURI

• NOTATIONS: I decided to do the final two eps together because despite two separate titles they are a single story. ‘Salvation’ picks up on the day following the end of ‘Dead Man’s Blood’ which would if my time line is correct be October 30, 2006. Two days are covered in ‘Salvation’ spanning four separate locations (Blue Earth, Manning, Salvation, and Lincoln). As the episode ends we are, following my speculative timeline, in Salvation, Iowa on October 31, 2006.

Devil's Trap

• 'Devil’s Trap' begins where ‘Salvation’ ends in Salvation, Iowa on October 31, 2006. Three days pass in ‘Devil’s Trap’ spanning four locations (Salvation, unknown rural location in South Dakota, Jefferson City, and an unknown rural location in Missouri). As the season finale ends we are left with an accident on a rural highway somewhere in Missouri on the night of November 02, 2006.

Additional timelines

• See also Season 1-3 timeline based on dates as mentioned in text or shown on screen by Lle Llywela

• Pre-Series and Season 1-8 Timeline - Compiled by hells-half-acre