The Shield timeline specifies how many days have passed by in each episode and how much time transitions into the next episode, the whole fictional timespan for the show is marked down in Family Meeting when Ronnie Gardocki gets arrested and Dutch Wagenbach gives the preliminary for his reaction For what Ronnie says and Dutch says The last three years ! . This timeline is theoretical and not to be taken as an official confirmation but will show how accurate the statement and analysis might be.
Season 1[]
Pilot[]
Finding Jenny Reborg takes place the first 2 days, Dutch staying in the interrogation for the whole night gives that transition away. Strike Team preparing for Two-Time raid transitions into day 3 of Our Gang because it takes place during the late night. Current assessment 3 days.
Our Gang[]
Pilot ending transitions into early morning DAY 3, when everybody is waiting for Terry Crowley's condition announcement from Assitant Chief Ben Gilroy and Captain David Aceveda. No days pass during this episode, the same night when Julien gets a blowjob in the back yard of the bar doesn't confirm the day transitioning into the next, it just might confirm the next day beginning in the next episode. Current assessment 3 DAYS in the span of 2 episodes being aired.
The Spread[]
There is no confirmation how much time passed by in between Our Gang and this episode. Strike Team taking in the basketball player Derrick Tripp for holding and Dutch,Claudette investigating and interrogating William Greeley with Danny Sofer and Julien Lowe making big gun bust takes place for 1 day. Current assessment 4 DAYS in the span of 3 episodes being aired.
Dawg Days[]
There is no confirmation how much time passed by in between The Spread and this episode. After the shake club shooting between T-Bonz and Rondell Robinson's crew, Vic asks why Rondell shot up the club last night referring to a day transition, 2 days. When Danny gets threatned on gun pointed to her head and to forget being a witness to the club shooting, Sofer is revealing that with the line she says to Vic.
"He sent guys after me.They put a gun to my head and told me to forget what I saw"
, another day going by. When Vic puts Kern Little and T-Bonz inside of a shipping container to spend the night that is another day transitioning. Current assessment 8 DAYS in the span of 4 episodes being aired.
Blowback[]
There is no confirmation how much time passed by in between Dawg Days and this episode. Begins with Ronnie planting the bug under sheet metal to record the armenians, assuming it is late night and when Bing signs Strike Team's legal warrant everybody seems to be wearing the same clothes but the conflicting issue is the daylight coming into the station when Tomas visits Julien in the lobby. When the Strike Team raids Margos and his crew of armenians it seems to be early morning because an old man smoking a cigarette near the door with pijamas. Shane storing the drugs they stole inside of his work truck Navigator ment the day was transitioning, because when the car goes missing he mentions that to Vic with a line.
"I kind of lost the truck last night. You know, the one with the stuff inside."
meaning the transition to DAY 2 of this episode. Current assessment 10 DAYS in the span of 5 episodes being aired.
Cherrypoppers[]
There is no confirmation how much time passed by in between Blowback and this episode. Dutch pinpoints the timeline for this episode when him and Claudette start mapping the crime scene timeline. Wagenbach stating his line.
"Body found at midnight"
when they were on the crime scene of Sally Struthers. When Tom Ross pulls a prank and Vic puts him in the cage, Dutch looks pissed and says
" I just wasted seven hours."
which confirms the 1 DAY time in the episode. Current assessment 11 DAYS in the span of 6 episodes being aired.