I've been updating Chuck Timeline before starting a canon-compatible fanfic in the next month or two ("Chuck vs the In Between"). That story will take a few years to write, so seasons 3-5 of the timeline may not be completed until I get to those points of the story (unless someone else steps up to fill those in).
Nov 16, 2023 Status
Summary: episodes - 91 | done - 62 | some events and air dates - 29
Before the show: Checked and marked with 44 footnotes. Some may or may not be correct because the origin of the date is unknown. 7 footnotes say "Unknown reference" because they are unverified. There are 4 ranges for 2-3 years because the exact year cannot be determined.
(Expand post to see table.)
| Timeline | Episodes | Done | Some Events + Air Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 - S1 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Early 2008 - S1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Late 2008 - S2 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Early 2009 - S2 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Early 2010 - S3 | 19 | 1 (3x15) | 18 (3x01-3x14, 3x16-3x19) |
| Late 2010 - S4 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Early 2011 - S4 | 14 | 3 (4x-14-4x16) | 11 (4x11-4x13, 4x17-4x24) |
| Late 2011-2012 - S5 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Early 2012 - S5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Notes
- In the 2008-2012 lists around the tables, S1-S2 are done and S3-S5 are not.
- Series timeline and details tables have 93 footnotes.
- 23 things are marked "time compressed" because there too much in canon to have happened in one day.
- Possible canon issues are marked with footnotes. Bigger issues are also described below.
Major issues
- Chuck Versus the Suburbs was originally supposed to air after Chuck Versus the Best Friend, but was changed to afterwards because of a preemption from a Presidential address and trying to keep Suburbs closer to Valentine's Day. Chuck Versus the Beefcake was delayed to make up broadcast delay. The episode mix-up with Best Friend, Suburbs and Beefcake led to a surveillance photo having a date from a different month.
- Time frames of 4x01-4x02 are not possible, as noted in the footnotes of those dates.
- Time frames of 4x06-4x10 are skewed a lot from air dates because of 31 days of testing in Chuck Versus the Fear of Death. Also, Halloween decorations were taken down early in October or were not seen in Chuck Versus the First Fight, as noted in footnotes.
- Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible said Roan and Beckman agreed to mean 20 years after the Berlin Wall went down. (November 1989->November 2009). 4x14 in early 2011.
- Chuck Versus the CAT Squad (4x15) was set over "Carnival" in Rio, but Chuck Versus the Masquerade (4x16). which was after because Morgan moved out, started Valentine's Day. The assertion about "Carnival" had to be wrong.
- In Chuck Versus the Masquerade, Ellie said Clara had been sleep outside of her nursery for 3 months, but it was 19 days.
- Sarah's birth month from Verbanski dossier, in Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit, doesn't have a date. It would never be that way on a dossier and doesn't correspond to Cougars.
- Based on when Chuck Versus the Kept Man (5x09) started, the beach scene at the end of the finale was most likely in February, not the traditionally used air date of 1/27 . This is similar to Chuck's birthday. He downloaded the Intersect on his birthday, several days before the first episode aired. His birthday is backed by a flash on his Stanford record. However, there is no evidence nailing down the date of the last scene,