No worries, I'll explain my logic, because technically, I was a LITTLE wrong above. Once I've explained, you can feel free to choose which version works best for you - what actually makes the difference is whether you are timelining for 2013 or 2015:
Fact #1: Mr. Doomed gets off the phone at 11:40pm on January 23rd. He then goes to bed. He awakes sometime during the night (AM of January 24th - Dean's birthday) and is killed.
Fact #2: Dean and Sam are driving in the dark when Garth calls them with the case. This means that the body has been discovered.
Now, someone could have heard the murder (maybe the lady downstairs) and called the cops right away and Sam and Dean are inexplicably driving before sunrise on the 24th, in which case they would have gone to see the body on the 24th, and then arguably went to the LARPers that same day, in which case the episode only takes place over 2 days (the first day being the case, the second day being the fun!) This actually works REALLY well if you are setting the story in 2015, since the 24th is a Saturday and the 25 is a Sunday (fitting perfectly with the fact that the Battle of the Kingdoms at Moondoor is a WEEKEND event).
Now, the version I used above is slightly different...
Mr. Doomed died. Didn't show up for work. Maybe didn't meet other commitments... and was discovered late in the night on the 24th. Garth saw it, and told Sam and Dean. In this version, the lady downstairs who heard the horses was interviewed after the death was already discovered.
Sam and Dean therefore arrive the morning of the 25th, to find the Sheriff still at the scene, the body not yet removed, but the forensics team having been and gone. They then head to the station and interview the friend, and discover Moondoor. Then, either that day or the next day, they go to Moondoor and the rest of the episode takes place. In this version, the episode takes place over 3-4 days. This is the version you have to use if you want to set it it in 2013 (as the show does), because Dean's birthday is on a Thursday and the Battle of the Kingdoms takes place on a weekend.
So, you can use either one. When I wrote the above timeline for Dean's birthday, I had only timelined for the 2013 version and I hadn't considered 2015 yet. So, you aren't wrong! Technically, I should have written that Dean actually spent his birthday in 2015 playing an FBI agent in the morning and solving a case with Charlie in the evening.
Most of the time, I don't have to timeline separately for different years though, because usually whether something is on the "weekend" isn't such a huge factor. So that's my excuse. But yes, technically, if it's 2015, you're completely right and the bulk of the case takes place on Dean's birthday. :)
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Date: 2013-02-01 11:22 pm (UTC)Fact #1: Mr. Doomed gets off the phone at 11:40pm on January 23rd. He then goes to bed. He awakes sometime during the night (AM of January 24th - Dean's birthday) and is killed.
Fact #2: Dean and Sam are driving in the dark when Garth calls them with the case. This means that the body has been discovered.
Now, someone could have heard the murder (maybe the lady downstairs) and called the cops right away and Sam and Dean are inexplicably driving before sunrise on the 24th, in which case they would have gone to see the body on the 24th, and then arguably went to the LARPers that same day, in which case the episode only takes place over 2 days (the first day being the case, the second day being the fun!) This actually works REALLY well if you are setting the story in 2015, since the 24th is a Saturday and the 25 is a Sunday (fitting perfectly with the fact that the Battle of the Kingdoms at Moondoor is a WEEKEND event).
Now, the version I used above is slightly different...
Mr. Doomed died. Didn't show up for work. Maybe didn't meet other commitments... and was discovered late in the night on the 24th. Garth saw it, and told Sam and Dean. In this version, the lady downstairs who heard the horses was interviewed after the death was already discovered.
Sam and Dean therefore arrive the morning of the 25th, to find the Sheriff still at the scene, the body not yet removed, but the forensics team having been and gone. They then head to the station and interview the friend, and discover Moondoor. Then, either that day or the next day, they go to Moondoor and the rest of the episode takes place. In this version, the episode takes place over 3-4 days. This is the version you have to use if you want to set it it in 2013 (as the show does), because Dean's birthday is on a Thursday and the Battle of the Kingdoms takes place on a weekend.
So, you can use either one. When I wrote the above timeline for Dean's birthday, I had only timelined for the 2013 version and I hadn't considered 2015 yet. So, you aren't wrong! Technically, I should have written that Dean actually spent his birthday in 2015 playing an FBI agent in the morning and solving a case with Charlie in the evening.
Most of the time, I don't have to timeline separately for different years though, because usually whether something is on the "weekend" isn't such a huge factor. So that's my excuse. But yes, technically, if it's 2015, you're completely right and the bulk of the case takes place on Dean's birthday. :)