Thread:BEJT/@comment-27496405-20170125202448/@comment-26838855-20170216040342

Timeline thoughts from The Man Behind the Shield.
 * Set 28th or 29th April
 * Mack talks about "This year would have been a lot easier", seemingly confirming that the whole season has been set in 2017
 * I think the flashbacks are late 2005, as May has just met Garner - she marries him about 2 years later. Bahrain is about 2½ years after.
 * It took Coulson about 2 years to progress from Level 7 to Level 8 - approx. mid-2011 to mid-2013. Working back from this, Coulson would have reached Level 4 about 6 years before mid-2011, so approx. mid-2005 (mid-2007 Level 5, mid-2009 Level 6). This fits as well with the flashbacks being late 2005