Reference Category: Timelines

Episode Dates

In order to keep myself consistent while writing Legends Lost, I wound up developing a formal timeline. Since I was developing my own time line, I decided to go ahead and correct some noticeable inconsistencies with the episode order.

I tried to stay as close to the air dates as I could, and I also considered shooting order and U.S. holidays. Here are the episode dates and order being used in this universe.

Notes: Several episodes clearly take place across multiple days. These are the dates I’m using as the start of each episode. Links are to Iwsod’s excellent recaps.

Season One · Season Two · Season Three · Season Four

📺 Season One
Episode Title Episode # Original Air Date Corrected Date
The First Time 1 3-Oct-1983 3-Oct-1983
There Goes the Neighborhood 2 10-Oct-1983 10-Oct-1983
Magic Bus 4 24-Oct-1983 17-Oct-1983
The ACM Kid 5 31-Oct-1983 24-Oct-1983
Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth 6 7-Nov-1983 31-Oct-1983
If Thoughts Could Kill 3 17-Oct-1983 7-Nov-1983
Service Above and Beyond 7 14-Nov-1983 14-Nov-1983
Sudden Death 9 5-Dec-1983 21-Nov-1983
Saved by the Bells 8 28-Nov-1983 5-Dec-1983
The Long Christmas Eve 10 19-Dec-1983 19-Dec-1983
Lost and Found 12 16-Jan-1984 16-Jan-1984
Remembrance of Things Past 11 9-Jan-1984 23-Jan-1984
I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been…a Spy 13 30-Jan-1984 30-Jan-1984
Dead Ringer 14 6-Feb-1984 6-Feb-1984
The Mole 15 13-Feb-1984 13-Feb-1984
Savior 16 27-Feb-1984 27-Feb-1984
The Artful Dodger 17 5-Mar-1984 5-Mar-1984
Filming Raul 18 19-Mar-1984 19-Mar-1984
Weekend 20 23-Apr-1984 20-Apr-1984
Fearless Dotty 19 26-Mar-1984 30-Apr-1984
Waiting for Godorsky 21 7-May-1984 7-May-1984

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📺 Season Two
Episode Title Episode # Original Air Date Corrected Date
To Catch a Mongoose 22 1-Oct-1984 17-Sep-1984
Charity Begins at Home 26 29-Oct-1984 24-Sep-1984
The Times They Are a-Changin 23 8-Oct-1984 8-Oct-1984
The Legend of Das Geisterschloss 25 22-Oct-1984 15-Oct-1984
Double Agent 24 15-Oct-1984 22-Oct-1984
Brunettes are In 27 12-Nov-1984 5-Nov-1984
Our Man in Tegernsee 28 19-Nov-1984 12-Nov-1984
Affair at Bromfield Hall 29 26-Nov-1984 16-Nov-1984
A Class Act 30 3-Dec-1984 18-Nov-1984
Playing Possum 31 10-Dec-1984 3-Dec-1984
The Three Faces of Emily 32 31-Dec-1984 10-Dec-1984
Ship of Spies 33 7-Jan-1985 17-Dec-1984
Spiderweb 34 14-Jan-1984 7-Jan-1985
A Little Sex, A Little Scandal 35 4-Feb-1985 14-Jan-1985
A Relative Situation 36 11-Feb-1985 28-Jan-1985
Life of the Party 37 18-Feb-1985 11-Feb-1985
Odds on a Dead Pigeon 38 25-Feb-2985 25-Feb-1985
Car Wars 39 11-Mar-1985 11-Mar-1985
DOA: Delirious on Arrival 40 18-Mar-1985 25-Mar-1985
You Only Die Twice 41 1-Apr-1985 8-Apr-1985
Burn Out 42 8-Apr-1985 22-Apr-1985
Murder Between Friends 43 6-May-1985 6-May-1985
Vigilante Mothers 44 13-May 1985 13-May-1985

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📺 Season Three
Episode Title Episode # Original Air Date Corrected Date
Over the Limit 47 7-Oct-1985 23-Sep-1985
Welcome to America, Mr. Brand 49 21-Oct-1985 30-Sep-1985
Tail of the Dancing Weasel 48 14-Oct-1985 7-Oct-1985
A Lovely Little Affair 45 23-Sep-1985 14-Oct-1985
We’re Off to See the Wizard 46 30-Sep-1985 21-Oct-1985
Sour Grapes 50 28-Oct-1985 28-Oct-1985
Utopia Now 51 4-Nov-1985 4-Nov-1985
Reach for the Sky 52 11-Nov-1985 11-Nov-1985
J. Edgar’s Ghost 53 18-Nov-1985 18-Nov-1985
Flight to Freedom 54 25-Nov-1985 2-Dec-1985
The Wrong Way Home 55 2-Dec-1985 16-Dec-1985
Wrong Number 62 3-Mar-1986 30-Dec-1985
Fast Food for Thought 56 16-Dec-1985 6-Jan-1986
One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn’t 57 6-Jan-1986 20-Jan-1986
Playing for Keeps 58 13-Jan-1986 3-Feb-1986
The Pharoah’s Engineer 59 20-Jan-1986 17-Feb-1986
The Triumvirate 60 10-Feb-1986 3-Mar-1986
The Eyes Have It 61 17-Feb-1986 17-Mar-1986
The Boy Who Could Be King 63 10-Mar-1986 31-Mar-1986
Dead Men Leave No Trails 64 31-Mar-1986 14-Apr-1986
Three Little Spies 65 7-Apr-1986 28-Apr-1986
All the World’s a Stage 66 12-May-1986 12-May-1986

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📺 Season Four
Episode Title Episode # Original Air Date Corrected Date
Unfinished Business 69 3-Oct-1986 31-Jul-1986
Stemwinder, Part 1 67 19-Sep-1986 19-Sep-1986
Stemwinder, Part 2 68 26-Sep-1986 26-Sep-1986
No Thanks for the Memory 70 10-Oct-1986 10-Oct-1986
It’s In the Water 71 17-Oct-1986 17-Oct-1986
Photo Finish 74 14-Nov-1986 24-Oct-1986
Night Crawler 72 31-Oct-1986 31-Oct-1986
Billy’s Lost Weekend 73 7-Nov-1986 14-Nov-1986
Any Number Can Play 78 2-Jan-1987 5-Dec-1986
Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag 77 19-Dec-1986 19-Dec-1986
The Man Who Died Twice 75 21-Nov-1986 2-Jan-1987
Need to Know 76 5-Dec-1986 9-Jan-1987
Promises to Keep 79 9-Jan-1987 16-Jan-1987
Rumors of My Death 80 23-Jan-1987 23-Jan-1987
Bad Timing 81 6-Feb-1987 30-Jan-1987
Do You Take This Spy? 82 13-Feb-1987 9-Feb-1987
Mission of Gold 83 20-Feb-1987 15-Feb-1987
Suitable for Framing 86 14-May-1987 29-Mar-1987
All That Glitters 85 7-May-1987 17-Apr-1987
A Matter of Choice 87 21-May-1987 1-May-1987
One Flew East 84 27-Feb-1987 15-May-1987
The Khrushchev List 88 28-May-1987 26-May-1987

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Legends Lost Series Timeline

⚠️ Warning: Potential Spoilers Ahead!

The timelines below are complete through July 6, 1988, and include events from both the canonical series and Legends Lost stories. As the series continues, events from later dates will be added. Because events are presented chronologically, this page may reveal major plot developments.

More detailed timelines can be found on individual reference entries.

1900-1949 · 1950-1969 · 1970-1983 · 1983-1987 · 1987-1999

🕒 1900-1949
Date Event Location
12-Sep-1921 Dodie Schalk born Drayton, Norwich, England
19-Jan-1923 Emily Murray born Santa Barbara, CA, USA
17-Oct-1926 Dotty Fessenden born Stowe, VT, USA
31-Dec-1927 Austin Smyth born Camden, NJ, USA
10-May-1928 Lawrence Keaton born Worthing, Sussex, England
19-Sep-1929 Billy Melrose born Baltimore, MD, USA
4-Jan-1931 Eleanor Samada born Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, USA
16-May-1934 Maddy Prudhomme born Battersea, London, England
1-Sep-1939 Germany invades Poland, triggering World War II Westerplatte, Free City of Danzig, Poland; Wieluń, Łódź, Poland
3-Sep-1939 Britain declares war on Germany, entering World War II Westminster, London, England
30-Jan-1940 Ted Renno born Marlboro, VT, USA
7-Sep-1940 London Blitz begins London, England
18-Apr-1941 Deirdre Hamilton born Ealing, London, England
16-May-1941 London Blitz ends London, England
7-Dec-1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, declares war on US/UK Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, USA
8-Dec-1941 US/UK declare war on Japan; US enters World War II Washington, DC, USA
11-Dec-1941 US declares war on Germany Washington, DC, USA
8-May-1945 V-E Day: World War II fighting ends in Europe Karlshorst, Berlin, Germany
6-Aug-1945
9-Aug-1945		 US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan; Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan
15-Aug-1945 V-J Day: fighting ends in Pacific Theater Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
20-Aug-1945 Joe King born Columbia, MD, USA
2-Sep-1945 Japan signs Instrument of Surrender; World War II ends Tokyo Bay, Honshu, Japan
24-May-1947 Carl West and Dotty Fessenden married Manhattan, KS, USA
22-Jun-1947 Zeke Ortega born Brownsville, TX, USA
4-Jun-1948 Jonathan Stone born Alexandria, VA, USA
26-Jun-1948 Corbin Radford born Shepherd’s Bush, London, England

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🕒 1950-1969
Date Event Location
17-Jun-1950 Lee Stetson born Washington, DC, USA
25-Jun-1950 North Korea invades South Korea; Korean War begins Ongjin, South Hwanghae, Korea
29-Oct-1950 Amanda West born RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, England
9-Jul-1951 Stalemate begins in Korean War Kansas Line, Korea
23-Sep-1951 Whitaker Hale and Eleanor Samada married Taegu, North Gyeonsang, South Korea
24-Apr-1952 Douglas Trent born Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
10-Oct-1952 Whitaker Hale killed in combat Cheorwon, Gangwon, South Korea
27-Jul-1953 Armistice signed, ending fighting in Korea Panmumjom, Gyeonggi, Korea
16-Oct-1953 Francine Desmond born Seattle, WA, USA
18-Sep-1955 Lee Stetson’s parents murdered via car crash Washington, DC, USA
1-Nov-1955 Vietnam War begins Saigon, Republic of Vietnam
30-Sep-1957 Carrie Benoit born Coral Gables, FL, USA
2-Oct-1959 Scotty Parker born Richmond, VA, USA
7-Jun-1961 Rhys Davenport born Chester, Cheshire, England
13-Aug-1961 East Germany closes the internal Berlin border and begins building the Berlin Wall Berlin, East Germany
25-Feb-1962 Nancy Zusterakos born Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
15-Oct-1962 Cuban Missile Crisis begins San Cristóbal, Pinar del Río, Cuba
28-Oct-1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ends Washington, DC, USA; Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
30-Jul-1963 Clare Staunton born Islington, London, England
8-Mar-1965 First U.S. ground troops arrive in Vietnam Da Nang, Quảng Nam, South Vietnam
20-Apr-1969 U.S. troop presence in Vietnam peaks at over 500,000 South Vietnam

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🕒 1970-1983
Date Event Location
31-Jan-1971 Eleanor Hale retires from the US Army Arlington, VA, USA
3-Jun-1972 Joe King and Amanda West married Washington, DC, USA
28-Mar-1973 Phillip King born Washington, DC, USA
29-Mar-1973 Last U.S. troops withdrawn from Vietnam South Vietnam
25-Jun-1973 Lee Stetson begins working at the Agency Washington, DC, USA
10-Nov-1974 Jamie King born Arlington, VA, USA
30-Apr-1975 Saigon falls; Vietnam War ends Saigon, South Vietnam
2-Aug-1976 Marla Radford born Westminster, London, England
6-Sep-1977 Joe King deployed overseas by the Emergency Aid Organization Djolani, Djolani State, Estoccia
1-Apr-1981 Billy Melrose promoted to Director of Field Section with the Agency Washington, DC, USA
14-Jul-1981 Carl West dies McLean, VA, USA
1-Aug-1981 Carrie Benoit deployed overseas by the Peace Corps Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone
29-Sep-1982 Joe and Amanda King divorce finalized Arlington, VA, USA
1-Sep-1983 Korean Air Lines 007 strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by the Soviet Union Sea of Japan near Moneron Island, Russian SFSR, USSR

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🕒 1983-1987 · Canonical Series » See Episode Dates
Date Event Location
3-Oct-1983 Lee Stetson recruits Amanda King to the Agency Washington, DC, USA
25-Oct-1983 Operation Urgent Fury: United States invades Grenada St. George’s, Grenada
11-Mar-1985 Mikhail Gorbachev elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
18-May-1985 Carrie Benoit returns to the United States Hyattsville, MD, USA
20-May-1985 John Walker is arrested, exposing the Walker Spy Ring Montgomery County, MD, USA
17-Aug-1985 Rhys Davenport and Clare Staunton married Islington, Greater London, England
21-Nov-1985 Jonathan Pollard arrested for spying for Israel Washington, DC, USA
16-Dec-1985 Joe King returns to the United States following the apparent assassination of the Estoccian Prime Minister Washington, DC, USA
26-Apr-1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor #4 explodes Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
3-Nov-1986 Iran-Contra Affair exposed by Ash-Shiraa magazine Beirut, Lebanon
13-Feb-1987 Lee Stetson and Amanda King married Marion, VA, USA

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🕒 1987-1999
Date Event Location
20-Jun-1987 Joe King and Carrie Benoit married Hyattsville, MD, USA
1-Oct-1987 Dotty West and Phillip King murdered via car crash Arlington, VA, USA
11-Jan-1988 Douglas Trent begins exchange assignment (later extended) with the Agency Washington, DC, USA
2-Feb-1988 Lee Stetson suffers a disabling injury during a case Takoma Park, MD, USA
2-Feb-1988 Jonathan Stone murdered Chantilly, VA, USA
18-Jun-1988 Lee and Amanda Stetson deployed overseas London, England
3-Jul-1988 Iran Air 655 is shot down by the USS Vincennes, which mistook it for an Iranian F-14 Strait of Hormuz outside Bandar Abbas, Iran
6-Jul-1988 Joe and Carrie King deployed overseas, traveling via London to drop off Jamie King Algiers, Algeria

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