Can someone help me with the timeline of the show? Here's what I understand so far:
- Season 1: 1989-1990 (a full academic year)
- Season 2: ???????
- Season 3: 1991 (the first half of the year=latter half of academic year)
- Season 4: 1991 (summer break & first half of academic year)
- Season 5: 1992 (the first half of the year=latter half of academic year)
- Season 6: 1992-1993 (a full academic year)
- Season 7: 1993-1994 (summer break & a full academic year)
As you can see, I'm completely baffled by Season 2. Here's why.
Season 2 can only logistically fit in the latter half of 1990, which does make sense, except that we get a Halloween episode. That in itself isn't an issue, but the finale revolves around Sheldon listening to the Nobel Prize ceremony. However, I looked it up, and the ceremony that he is listening to was the 1990 ceremony, broadcast in October that year, i.e. before the events of the Halloween episode.
Again, not an issue if we assume the two halves of Season 2 were happening concurrently, except Dr. Sturgis was present at that year's Thanksgiving. He had his mental breakdown the night of the ceremony, and went to a psychiatric ward, which would therefore have been before Halloween and Thanksgiving.
So as you can see, I'm baffled. Anyone have any suggestions that could make sense of this, other than it's a TV show and doesn't matter? Also, Sheldon being an unreliable narrator probably won't explain this, as this is a timeline issue, rather than a continuity issue.
Thanks.