Heres the show timeline (season1)  sept2009-feb2010, (season2) feb2010-may2010, (season3)august2010-october2010,(season4)october 2010-june2011.

I think perhaps there could be a much larger time jump between the first and second episode of season 4 than we think, in our timeline we say its been a week, perhaps it could of been at least 3 weeks, maybe more time passes after Elena burnt her house down, to like 1-2 weeks. Not that it will make the timeline any less better.

You could be right, twice! There could be more time between these episodes, and this still does not fix the timeline!

Actually I was just thinking perhaps we could go back and look at season 3, so perhaps we could make changes, so maybe season 4 events start much later than they do, still doesn't solve the issue of xmas and new year, but perhaps this way, we can slighly alter after school special to happening later than early Janaury.

I agree it doesn't solve the issues. Graduation in June is really what stuffs things up, since season 2 ends well before the school year ends.

Maybe we should ignore the character's comments about things happening "yesterday" and just put the halloween episode in (or close to) 31 October, Chistmas close to 24 Dec and so forth. 

The timeline will only "work" if each episode is on a different month. I haven't calculated it, but it's my gut feeling that for this season this will be the better fit.

Ok, that is an exageration. Maybe one episode per week, if we pin Christmas in December, would bring graduation to the end of May or early June (when IS graduation in the US???)

What do you think?

I agree with this, but yes true its hard to work out.

I think Graduation is in June, but I did research and Virgina schools end between June 10-20, so I say go with the earliest date. Maybe Friday June 10, 2011.

I thought about editing season 3 aswell, and looked up on google that Homecoming occurs in USA end of September and October. So I decided to alter season 3's timeline to adjust dates; heres what I did so far:

September 6, 2010 - ("Smells Like Teen Spirit") school year starts

September 7, 2010 - ("Ghost World")

September 15, 2010 - ("Ordinary People") time could have passed so I decided to say it did, lets say Stefan was locked up for a week more.

September 17, 2010 - .("Homecoming") Homecoming occurs

September 25

No time stamp. Weeks could have passed.

• Bonnie dreams about entering the old witch house and towards four coffins in the basement of the witch house. She then opens the fourth coffin only to find Klaus's dead body.("The New Deal")

September 26

• On Sunday Morning, Elena while having a normal time jogging, discovers that a mysterious man is following her. Then her and Bonnie meet up at the Mystic Grill and share their eerie early morning encounters. Elena says that she is getting paranoid due the horrific recent events. Turns out her instincts are good, and she IS being followed by one of Klaus' hybrids.
• Damon and Elena kiss.("The New Deal")

October 15Edit

• Caroline's 18th birthday occurs. Her friends tried to give her a birthday party, but she refuses. Elena then proposes that, since she is dead, what she needs is a funeral.[1]Caroline's funeral
• .("Our Town")

October 16Edit

• Jeremy leaves to Denver. Bonnie does not approve the fact that Elena had him compelled, but still shows up to say good-bye.
•  ("Our Town")

October 19Edit

• Bonnie walks through the cemetery toward a coffin above ground. She tries to open it. Klaus appears behind her and asks if she can open it, then he rushes her and bites her. She wakes up, but her situation has not improved. She's trapped in a coffin, with only the light of her cell phone. She tries a spell, but it does nothing. She hears someone outside and pounds furiously. It opens and she sees a woman looking over her. She wakes up again.("The Ties That Bind")

October 20Edit

• Damon undaggers Elijah.("The Ties That Bind")

October 21Edit

• Esther, the Original witch and mother to the Original Brothers was in the coffin that the Bennett witches opened. She shows up at Klaus' mansion and say she forgives him, and just wants to bring the family together.("Bringing Out The Dead")
• Rebekah confronts Elena at night after leaving the hospital after she drops Alaric there to stay the night. She is saved by Elijah.("Dangerous Liaisons")

October 22Edit

• Both Stefan and Elena tell Damon that he "cares too much", although both regret this later, it is too late. He switches off his "caring" and goes a little crazy - this includes some Original sex.("Dangerous Liaisons")

October 23Edit

The morning after Damon and Rebekah spent the night together. It's the full moon. The full moon on October 23, 2010, 03:36 am [2]Rebekah and Damon *("All My Children")

October 24Edit

Probably the next day after Alaric was shot.

• ("1912")

October 27Edit

 It could of been days since Caroline and Bonnie helped Abby adjust so lets say time passed.

•  ("Break On Through")

October 28Edit

Damon wakes Alaric up the following morning, so its the following morning. 'Elena asks if there were no issues "last night" - so its the same day from the end of the previous episode as well. Caroline is in Abby's garden in the morning at the end of the previous episode.

("The Murder of One")

November 1Edit

Alaric has been kept in a dungeon for at least two days. Maybe three.

•  ("Heart of Darkness")

November' 5'Edit

The 20's Decade Dance occurs on a Friday night.

• ("Do Not Go Gentle")

November 6Edit

Early morning next day after the dance, Alaric holed out at the school.

• ("Before Sunset")

Night between November 6 and 7Edit

NOTE: It's the same night from Elena passing out, Meredith says that Jeremy took Elena to the Hospital "earlier tonight." After the council meeting with Alaric outing Caroline and Tyler, Sheriff Forbes and Carol Lockwood waited for Caroline and Tyler to come home.

• The third season ends.("The Departed")

November 7Edit

NOTE: It's the morning after the accident. Elena mentions the accident happened "last night".

•   ("Growing Pains")

November 13Edit

Damon mentions Elena hasn’t been able to keep blood down for days, so some time has passed since the previous episode. Memorial Service would off occur on the weekend at Church.  ("Memorial")

November 22Edit

Since the memorial service occurred on the weekend, and Elena is a vampire for twoweek, Elena took a few week off school to adjust and returns fresh on a Monday.

• ("The Rager")

November 23Edit

Elena tells Stefan that "last night" she almost killed Matt feeding on him.

•  ("The Five")

November 24Edit

Damon thinks Elena told Stefan about their bloody dance at the Murder House, last night.

•  ("The Killer")

November 25 Edit

Elena is mad with Stefan for what happened "last night".

• ("We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes")

November 26Edit

• Damon saves her in the nick of time, just before sunrise.
• Stefan and Elena break up.
• Matt gives Damon startling new information about Professor Shane.("We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes")

December 4Edit

It's Saturday. Caroline is making arrangements for Miss Mystic Falls Pageant that will happen next day. Some time has passed aswell since last episode.

• .("My Brother’s Keeper")

December 5Edit

It's Sunday, the day of the Pageant.

• ("My Brother’s Keeper")

December 6Edit

It's Monday, a school day. Damon and Elena wake up together, and so do Stefan and Caroline.

• [3](We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street)

December 7Edit

[4]It's the following morning. Elena is cleaning the mess from the girl's night.

•  (We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street)

December 14

• A Winter Wonderland-themed party fills the streets of Mystic Falls. ("O Come, All Ye Faithful")

time jump to January.

January 9, 2011

[5]A few weeks has passed since Carol died and got buried, New year has already occurred and everyone is back at school after the holiday break.

•  A memorial for Carol Lockwood is held, with Elizabeth Forbes, Elena, Bonnie and Caroline attending to support Tyler.

January 16, 2011Edit

The memorial occurred on a Sunday, and everyone is at school again, so it's a new day now, and some time has passed perhaps within the episode itself from the memorial to the events occuring later.

• Elena declares her love to Damon. ("After School Special")
• To accelerate the revelation of Jeremy's Hunter's Mark Klaus turns everybody in a bar into Vampires for Jeremy to stake - but Jer refuses as this would put Matt in risk.
• Klaus' new vampires attack Matt and Jeremy, Elena arrives in the woods and saves Matt's life, and the three of them retreat to the lakehouse for safety.
• Elena is naturally upset with Damon, but she agrees to let him stay with Jeremy and go hunting while she took Matt home with her for protection. ("Catch Me If You Can")

I havent worked out the rest of season 4 yet in detail, but if the full moon spell Bonnie put Klaus, lets say it occurs in February 18 February 2011, 09:35:42 am according to research. Also after they get Jeremy's tattoo lets say they dont just jump on a plane to the island, they must study it and stuff, so maybe theres a few weeks passed between the end of a view to kill and into the wild, since Caroline and Tyler also are back in the loop on everything after being MIA for 2 episodes, so makes sense.

February, 2011 can close with Jeremy's death, and a time jump to bring it on in March with Elena. Elena kills the waitress at the end of March, then theres a time jump to Prom, so lets make it end of April. Then push all the events of the rest of season 4 in May and early June.

Kudos to you, I guess it works!

You might have fixed the mess the writers have done with this season!

Unfortunately I have not been able to work as much this year as I did last year. Real life is interfeering with my virtual life!

Thanks :)

I have managed to fix the mess they created this season, I think graduation occuring in June is what really stuffed things up, since season 1/2 could end nicely during April. I guess we can expect season 5 and 6 to be about the first year of college, but tbh I would like the show to do more time jumps, but I dont think they really are good at figuring that out. Would be nice if season 6 or 7 has a 2-3 year time jump so the show can return to real life.

Thats okay I understand.

Yes, it would be really nice if they accelerated a bit, but I don't think they would manage to bring it all the way to current date - unless they jump a year or two during the break it won't happen. And with The Originals roling during the break, I guess it wont happen!

Thanks for understanding!

Thats true

thats ok :)