Thread:BEJT/@comment-27496405-20170830154244/@comment-26838855-20170911223814

I had another go at solving the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D./Agent Carter problem, and I think I've found a pretty definitive answer. In the first episode of Agent Carter: Season 1, during the That Man flashback montage, it includes the scene from the One-Shot where the guards say to Peggy that she mustn't be from around here, and she says she's from Brooklyn, before fighting them.

The timeline evidence from the One-Shot places it in March 1946, before Season 1, but it has been assumed that the fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. is founded at the end of the one-shot meant it was just retroactively pushed to after the show. But the fact that the one-shot appears in flashback in the first episode puts it before, and that lines up with everything else.

Currently, we're having to ignore the "one year later", the "03:14:1946", the fact that there is no Daniel Sousa, the fact she is still grieving Steve when she moves on in the finale of Season 1, and the fact that the one-shot appears in flashback in Episode 1. If it is moved to March 1946, this solves all of these, except for the fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. is being founded. But there's a simple solution, which involves a lot less jumping through hoops than the current one. Stark was put on trial by April 11, 1946, and clearly that would have put his S.H.I.E.L.D. plans on hold. He resumed after Season 2. I have also fitted together some of the things Howard said.

So, here we have it: men in the One-Shot. Howard and Peggy reunite. Peggy hasn't seen him in a while and wants to know what happened last month. I will work out the other related dates to do with when Zola was recruited and the Winter Soldier created and that kind of thing soon.
 * March 1945 - Steve goes into the ice.
 * December 1945 - "3 months" before the One-Shot, Peggy begins working under Flynn.
 * March 15-16, 1946 - The events of the One-Shot. "One year later" after March 1945 and shows "03:14:1946" as yesterday. Peggy is still grieving Steve. Howard is shown on holiday. In April 1946, in Episode 1, Howard says, "At least, I could until last month... I was in Monaco with a lovely tax advisor. When I got back, I found a hole under my vault, all the way to the sewer. Somebody cleaned me out. A couple of weeks later, my bad babies They start turning up on the black market." It can be assumed that this holiday is the Monaco holiday he is referring to, and then he gets back to team up with Peggy to form S.H.I.E.L.D., but discovers he has been cleaned out, and that puts the plans on hold. Peggy has to return to the S.S.R.
 * March 18, 1946 - So yeah, Howard gets back and discovers he has been cleaned out. Cancels plans with Peggy without leaving a reason. Peggy has to return to the S.S.R.
 * Late March 1946 - Peggy begins working for Dooley, and meets Daniel Sousa, who would become a big part of her life.
 * April 3, 1946 - Howard's things start showing up on the black market.
 * April 11, 1946 - Howard begins his trial.
 * April 14, 1946 - Flashback included to a month ago, when she fought the
 * May 9, 1946 - Peggy decides to move on from Steve.
 * July 1947 - Peggy and Sousa get together.
 * Some time later - Howard recommences his plans to found S.H.I.E.L.D. It's possible this is 1949 from Peggy's S.H.I.E.L.D. file, but that file says "Strategic Scientific Reserve" to 1949, followed by "SSR" not "S.H.I.E.L.D."

Also, while this is the quote the wiki uses for it being after the show, the quote, "If you think of the short as sort of the end of the series, the series would be leading up to that moment where she gets assigned to S.H.I.E.L.D.," is a little vague and was before any plans for Season 2, plus this had Markus and McFeely saying the One-Shot and Season 1 are set at about the same time. Fazekas' comment should be overruled by the fact that a flashback to the One-Shot appears in Episode 1.

I feel this works and makes sense, and might have solved that big difficulty.