Thread:TomasDerksen/@comment-26838855-20170916110423/@comment-35312075-20180415073825

BEJT wrote: TomasDerksen wrote: I think it should stay after the show. It makes the most sence. Sorry to bring this up again but I'm very uncomfortable with the current placement, and I don't see how it makes any sense. Things that do make sense about it being set in March 1946:
 * If the one-shot is after the show, why does Peggy recall it in Season 1, Episode 1? She recalls her adventures, and exact footage is shown of the one-shot. It may be a montage of her kicking ass, but that doesn't change the fact that she is recalling it, and it would be as weird as Tony recalling the Battle of New York in Iron Man 2.
 * If the one-shot is after the show, where is Sousa? Why is there no reference to him?
 * If the one-shot is after the show, then why is she still mourning Steve, when the arc of Season 1 culminates in her moving on from her mourning?
 * If the one-shot is a couple of years after Season 1, then why did Markus and McFeely say it is at the same time as Season 1?
 * If the one-shot is later than summer 1947, then why does it specifically show, on-screen, that it is "one year later" after March 1945?
 * If the one-shot is later than summer 1947, then why does it specifically show that it is the day after "03:14:1946"?
 * Peggy recalls the one-shot's events it in Season 1, Episode 1.
 * Sousa is not around.
 * Peggy is still mourning Steve in the one-shot in March 1946, then the arc of Season 1 culminates in her moving on from her mourning in May 1946.
 * Markus and McFeely say it is at the same time as Season 1, both in spring 1946.
 * The one-shot shows, on-screen, that it is "one year later" after March 1945 - matching perfectly with it being March 1946.
 * The one-shot shows specifically that it is the day after "03:14:1946", matching perfectly with it being a year after March 1945.
 * You may feel that it doesn't make sense that S.H.I.E.L.D. is seemingly founded in the one-shot, but isn't yet founded in the show, but the premiere's dialogue matches perfectly to explain it - quite possibly intentionally.
 * 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." This holiday in the one-shot 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. There is no mention of Phillips being involved at this point either. Peggy has to return to the S.S.R.
 * March 18, 1946 - 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 - Peggy recalls the events of a month ago, when she fought the 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.
 * May 9, 1946 - Peggy decides to move on from Steve.

You’re absolutely correct BEJT! It only makes sense if the One-Shot of Agent Carter is set before Season 1 of the series Agent Carter, based purely on the dates alone.

We know Captain America crashed into the ice around Febuary 1945, “one year later” as stated by the One-Shot would bring that moment to Feb/Mar 1946. In the short, she says to Agent Flynn its been three months here and I still haven’t been on my “first” mission.

In the first scene of Agent Carter (S1:E1) we see Peggy making Tea and reading a newspaper dated April 21, 1946. After her clear return to the SSR after Howard Stark becomes a target of conspiracy and SHIELD is put on a slight hiatus, she is in a boardroom with her colleagues that are still treating her like a pitiful woman that doesn’t know anything. In the next scene, however, we can see Peggy is now reading a newspaper at the diner where Angie works which is dated June 24, 1946. The events of season 1 take place over a period of one to two months shortly after that we know Sousa moves out to LA, six months later Peggy arrives in LA and now brings it to approximately Mar/April 1947.

On another note Stark was clearly in Europe in the One-Shot as he mentioned that on the show (again S1:E1) but a bigger give away is Dum Dum’s appearance in the One-Shot because he never left Europe after the war; he complained about the lack of Bourbon in Europe and was the main reason he was so happy to see Peggy implying that it’s been years since he was able to get one.

That’s my theory but no other allocation of the timeline would make sense.