In order to keep myself consistent while writing Legends Lost, I wound up developing a formal timeline. Since I was developing my own time line, I decided to go ahead and correct some noticeable inconsistencies with the episode order.
I tried to stay as close to the air dates as I could, and I also considered shooting order and U.S. holidays. Here are the episode dates and order being used in this universe.
Notes: Several episodes clearly take place across multiple days. These are the dates I’m using as the start of each episode. Links are to Iwsod’s excellent recaps.
Season One · Season Two · Season Three · Season Four
| Episode Title | Episode # | Original Air Date | Corrected Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The First Time | 1 | 3-Oct-1983 | 3-Oct-1983 |
| There Goes the Neighborhood | 2 | 10-Oct-1983 | 10-Oct-1983 |
| Magic Bus | 4 | 24-Oct-1983 | 17-Oct-1983 |
| The ACM Kid | 5 | 31-Oct-1983 | 24-Oct-1983 |
| Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth | 6 | 7-Nov-1983 | 31-Oct-1983 |
| If Thoughts Could Kill | 3 | 17-Oct-1983 | 7-Nov-1983 |
| Service Above and Beyond | 7 | 14-Nov-1983 | 14-Nov-1983 |
| Sudden Death | 9 | 5-Dec-1983 | 21-Nov-1983 |
| Saved by the Bells | 8 | 28-Nov-1983 | 5-Dec-1983 |
| The Long Christmas Eve | 10 | 19-Dec-1983 | 19-Dec-1983 |
| Lost and Found | 12 | 16-Jan-1984 | 16-Jan-1984 |
| Remembrance of Things Past | 11 | 9-Jan-1984 | 23-Jan-1984 |
| I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been…a Spy | 13 | 30-Jan-1984 | 30-Jan-1984 |
| Dead Ringer | 14 | 6-Feb-1984 | 6-Feb-1984 |
| The Mole | 15 | 13-Feb-1984 | 13-Feb-1984 |
| Savior | 16 | 27-Feb-1984 | 27-Feb-1984 |
| The Artful Dodger | 17 | 5-Mar-1984 | 5-Mar-1984 |
| Filming Raul | 18 | 19-Mar-1984 | 19-Mar-1984 |
| Weekend | 20 | 23-Apr-1984 | 20-Apr-1984 |
| Fearless Dotty | 19 | 26-Mar-1984 | 30-Apr-1984 |
| Waiting for Godorsky | 21 | 7-May-1984 | 7-May-1984 |
| Episode Title | Episode # | Original Air Date | Corrected Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| To Catch a Mongoose | 22 | 1-Oct-1984 | 17-Sep-1984 |
| Charity Begins at Home | 26 | 29-Oct-1984 | 24-Sep-1984 |
| The Times They Are a-Changin | 23 | 8-Oct-1984 | 8-Oct-1984 |
| The Legend of Das Geisterschloss | 25 | 22-Oct-1984 | 15-Oct-1984 |
| Double Agent | 24 | 15-Oct-1984 | 22-Oct-1984 |
| Brunettes are In | 27 | 12-Nov-1984 | 5-Nov-1984 |
| Our Man in Tegernsee | 28 | 19-Nov-1984 | 12-Nov-1984 |
| Affair at Bromfield Hall | 29 | 26-Nov-1984 | 16-Nov-1984 |
| A Class Act | 30 | 3-Dec-1984 | 18-Nov-1984 |
| Playing Possum | 31 | 10-Dec-1984 | 3-Dec-1984 |
| The Three Faces of Emily | 32 | 31-Dec-1984 | 10-Dec-1984 |
| Ship of Spies | 33 | 7-Jan-1985 | 17-Dec-1984 |
| Spiderweb | 34 | 14-Jan-1984 | 7-Jan-1985 |
| A Little Sex, A Little Scandal | 35 | 4-Feb-1985 | 14-Jan-1985 |
| A Relative Situation | 36 | 11-Feb-1985 | 28-Jan-1985 |
| Life of the Party | 37 | 18-Feb-1985 | 11-Feb-1985 |
| Odds on a Dead Pigeon | 38 | 25-Feb-2985 | 25-Feb-1985 |
| Car Wars | 39 | 11-Mar-1985 | 11-Mar-1985 |
| DOA: Delirious on Arrival | 40 | 18-Mar-1985 | 25-Mar-1985 |
| You Only Die Twice | 41 | 1-Apr-1985 | 8-Apr-1985 |
| Burn Out | 42 | 8-Apr-1985 | 22-Apr-1985 |
| Murder Between Friends | 43 | 6-May-1985 | 6-May-1985 |
| Vigilante Mothers | 44 | 13-May 1985 | 13-May-1985 |
| Episode Title | Episode # | Original Air Date | Corrected Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over the Limit | 47 | 7-Oct-1985 | 23-Sep-1985 |
| Welcome to America, Mr. Brand | 49 | 21-Oct-1985 | 30-Sep-1985 |
| Tail of the Dancing Weasel | 48 | 14-Oct-1985 | 7-Oct-1985 |
| A Lovely Little Affair | 45 | 23-Sep-1985 | 14-Oct-1985 |
| We’re Off to See the Wizard | 46 | 30-Sep-1985 | 21-Oct-1985 |
| Sour Grapes | 50 | 28-Oct-1985 | 28-Oct-1985 |
| Utopia Now | 51 | 4-Nov-1985 | 4-Nov-1985 |
| Reach for the Sky | 52 | 11-Nov-1985 | 11-Nov-1985 |
| J. Edgar’s Ghost | 53 | 18-Nov-1985 | 18-Nov-1985 |
| Flight to Freedom | 54 | 25-Nov-1985 | 2-Dec-1985 |
| The Wrong Way Home | 55 | 2-Dec-1985 | 16-Dec-1985 |
| Wrong Number | 62 | 3-Mar-1986 | 30-Dec-1985 |
| Fast Food for Thought | 56 | 16-Dec-1985 | 6-Jan-1986 |
| One Bear Dances, One Bear Doesn’t | 57 | 6-Jan-1986 | 20-Jan-1986 |
| Playing for Keeps | 58 | 13-Jan-1986 | 3-Feb-1986 |
| The Pharoah’s Engineer | 59 | 20-Jan-1986 | 17-Feb-1986 |
| The Triumvirate | 60 | 10-Feb-1986 | 3-Mar-1986 |
| The Eyes Have It | 61 | 17-Feb-1986 | 17-Mar-1986 |
| The Boy Who Could Be King | 63 | 10-Mar-1986 | 31-Mar-1986 |
| Dead Men Leave No Trails | 64 | 31-Mar-1986 | 14-Apr-1986 |
| Three Little Spies | 65 | 7-Apr-1986 | 28-Apr-1986 |
| All the World’s a Stage | 66 | 12-May-1986 | 12-May-1986 |
| Episode Title | Episode # | Original Air Date | Corrected Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinished Business | 69 | 3-Oct-1986 | 31-Jul-1986 |
| Stemwinder, Part 1 | 67 | 19-Sep-1986 | 19-Sep-1986 |
| Stemwinder, Part 2 | 68 | 26-Sep-1986 | 26-Sep-1986 |
| No Thanks for the Memory | 70 | 10-Oct-1986 | 10-Oct-1986 |
| It’s In the Water | 71 | 17-Oct-1986 | 17-Oct-1986 |
| Photo Finish | 74 | 14-Nov-1986 | 24-Oct-1986 |
| Night Crawler | 72 | 31-Oct-1986 | 31-Oct-1986 |
| Billy’s Lost Weekend | 73 | 7-Nov-1986 | 14-Nov-1986 |
| Any Number Can Play | 78 | 2-Jan-1987 | 5-Dec-1986 |
| Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag | 77 | 19-Dec-1986 | 19-Dec-1986 |
| The Man Who Died Twice | 75 | 21-Nov-1986 | 2-Jan-1987 |
| Need to Know | 76 | 5-Dec-1986 | 9-Jan-1987 |
| Promises to Keep | 79 | 9-Jan-1987 | 16-Jan-1987 |
| Rumors of My Death | 80 | 23-Jan-1987 | 23-Jan-1987 |
| Bad Timing | 81 | 6-Feb-1987 | 30-Jan-1987 |
| Do You Take This Spy? | 82 | 13-Feb-1987 | 9-Feb-1987 |
| Mission of Gold | 83 | 20-Feb-1987 | 15-Feb-1987 |
| Suitable for Framing | 86 | 14-May-1987 | 29-Mar-1987 |
| All That Glitters | 85 | 7-May-1987 | 17-Apr-1987 |
| A Matter of Choice | 87 | 21-May-1987 | 1-May-1987 |
| One Flew East | 84 | 27-Feb-1987 | 15-May-1987 |
| The Khrushchev List | 88 | 28-May-1987 | 26-May-1987 |