Thread:CirUmeUela/@comment-27496405-20180307074410/@comment-2112031-20180630120430

I haven't yet seen Episode 5 of Cloak and Dagger, but from what I've read, it seems that even more inconsistent dates have cropped up.

O'Reilly is seen looking at narcotics arrest files that she describes as being from "about eight years ago", and the files on screen are from 2010-2011, with the last file she looks at being "2-22-2011". Peter Scarborough's Wikipedia page mentions that the rig explosion happened in 2009.

On one hand, the rig exlosion happening in 2009 and the show being set in 2017 would be more consistent with the in-universe music, the dates on Nathan Bowen's word ID and the "2017" date seen in the Roxxon magazine.

But, on the other hand, it contradicts the date seen on the security camera footage as well as Billy's date of birth seen on the newspaper.

Looking back on the dates seen on the milk cartons assuming that April 18 is still correct, Tyrone would indeed have been 8 years on April 18, 2009 if he was born 08/19/00.

Billy's date of birth is a lot more difficult to see and, looking closely at it, it's possible that it actually says 02/13/92, which would make him 17 years and 2 months old (exactly the same age as the actor playing him) at the time of his death.

Also, Tandy mentions that she was 9 at the time of the rig explosion and O'Reilly mentions doing drug busts in Harlem prior to moving to New Orleans, although no time frame is mentioned.