Timeline

#### Undated

* A young Franklin visits a Black Panthers community center in Oakland. ("Cracking")
* Cissy begins working in real estate for Arnold Tulfowitz.
* Alton's cousin Jack is outed as an FBI informant. Alton kills him to prevent him from being tortured by other Black Panther members. ("Confessions")
* Undated: Alton pulls his son Franklin from a school and suggests going to 'a better school'. ("Fight or Flight")

### 1972

* July: Avi Drexler plants a bomb in the book of PFLP spokesman Abu Sharif. The subsequent fallout forces Avi to leave the Mossad. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")

### 1978

* Teddy McDonald is photographed in Tel Aviv, using the alias "James Smith." ("Confessions")

### 1979

* February: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is overthrown in Iran.
* July: Nicaraguan president General Anastasio Somoza Debayle is overthrown by the communist Sandinistas.
* Undated: Alejandro Usteves fights in the Nicaraguan Civil War.

### 1980

* Teddy works for the CIA in Tehran, using the alias "Thomas Parker." ("Confessions")
* Undated; Teddy goes horseback riding for his first date with Julia. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* Undated: Teddy marries, then gets divorced from, Julia. They have a son, Paul, together.

### 1982

* June: Franklin Saint is elected prom king.
* Undated: Franklin drops out of college.

### First season

#### Undated

* Franklin begins working at Cho's store.

#### June

* 14: Franklin, Leon and Lucia watch Oso lose a wrestling match. Franklin gets Oso's autograph afterwards. ("Pilot")
* 14: CIA agent Logan Miller dies from a cocaine overdose at Alejandro's apartment. ("Pilot")
* 15: Alejandro asks Teddy to help him deal with the aftermath of Logan's death. ("Pilot")
* 16: Teddy helps cover up evidence of Logan's death. ("Pilot")
* 17: Franklin first meets Avi Drexler while trying to buy cocaine for his high school friend Rob Volpe. He is given 24 hours to sell a kilogram of Avi's cocaine in his neighborhood. Franklin sells it to Claudia, with his Aunt Louie's help. ("Pilot")
* 17: Oso robs Ramiro Nava's house, father of Pedro. He accidentally kills one of Ramiro's henchmen, Max, in the process.
* 18: Teddy meets Avi for the first time. Avi is suspicious of Teddy, ordering him to strip. ("Make Them Birds Fly")
* 18: Franklin gains Avi's respect by saving one of his henchmen. He is given another kilogram of cocaine to sell. ("Make Them Birds Fly")
* 18: Teddy meets Lucia and Oso for the first time, selling them cocaine. ("Make Them Birds Fly")
* 18: Ramiro threatens to investigate his entire crew if he fails to find out the truth about who robbed his house. ("Make Them Birds Fly")
* 18: Franklin is attacked and has his drug money stolen by Lenny and Ray-Ray, under Claudia's orders. Ray-Ray tells Lenny to spare Franklin's life, "Don't waste no bullets on that bitch-ass n\*gga." ("Make Them Birds Fly")
* 19: Teddy and Alejandro buy guns to provide to the Contras. Teddy demands the serial numbers be rubbed out to prevent the weapons from being traced back to the US. ("Slow Hand")
* 19: Franklin and Leon asks Karvel to help them track down Lenny and Ray-Ray. Karvel beats Lenny with a bat, then rapes him. He proceeds to steal the money for himself. ("Slow Hand")
* 19 :Teddy meets with his ex-wife Julia and his son Paul. She expresses concern about his involvement in the drug trade. ("Slow Hand")
* 19: Pedro, Lucia and Oso decide to kill Enrique, one of Ramiro's security guards, framing him for the robbery. ("Slow Hand")
* 19: Franklin asks Jerome for a gun. ("Slow Hand")
* 20: Teddy tracks Alejandro down at a Contra camp in Nicaragua's forests. Teddy wonders whether it woundn't be better to synthesize the cocaine directly in Colombia, rather than Nicaragua. ("Trauma")
* 20: Franklin and Leon track down Karvel. They stuff him in a trunk and bring him to Avi's, explaining the situation. Franklin and Leon kill Karvel in the Mojave, upon Avi's request. ("Trauma")
* 20: Franklin tells Avi he no longer wants to sell drugs. ("Trauma")
* 24-27: Kristin Grelli, Jess Avon and Andrea Davis go "missing." They are all killed by Alejandro, having witnessed Logan's death. ("Seven-Four")

#### July

* 3: Teddy and Alejandro find themselves stranded in the Mexican desert with 75 kilos of Peruvian cocaine. ("Seven-Four")
* 3: Franklin reminisces about his dad while talking to his mom. ("Seven-Four")
* 4: The Navas hold a Fourth of July party. Ramiro offers Oso a job with the family. ("Seven-Four")
* 4: Jerome holds a Fourth of July party. Alton shows up and is scolded by Cissy. Franklin gets in a confrontation with the police and is held in a chokehold. Franklin tells Leon and Kevin he wants to sell drugs again. ("Seven-Four")
* 4: Alejandro wakes up and pilots the plane out of the desert. ("Seven-Four")
* 5: Victoria Grelli puts up Missing Persons posters up for her sister Kristin. Unbeknownst to her, Alejandro killed Kristin because she witnessed Logan's death. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 5: Franklin sells 2 kilograms of Avi's cocaine to Claudia. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 5: Oso visits his foster care friend Hernan at the hospital, asking him to help him find a new buyer. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 5: Teddy promises Julia he will take a less direct role in his operation, managing it from D.C. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 6: Oso and Lucia meet with Eduardo "Stomper" Castillo - from the Los Monarcas gang - for the first time to sell him their cocaine. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 6: Oso rescues Franklin after he is beat up trying to sell cocaine in Mexican territory. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 6: Alejandro and Teddy notice the Missing Persons poster for Kristin Grelli. Alejandro tells Teddy he killed her. ("A Long Time Coming")
* 6: Lucia and Oso have sex. ("Cracking")
* 7: Alejandro and Teddy follow Victoria. ("Cracking")
* 7: Franklin, Teddy and Leon visit Oakland and learn about a new drug: crack cocaine. ("Cracking")
* 8: Pedro betrays Lucia and Oso, telling Ramiro the truth about the robbery. ("Cracking")
* Franklin, Leon and Kevin begin spreading crack in the neighborhood. ("Baby Teeth")
* Ramiro confronts Lucia. ("Baby Teeth")
* Lenny shoots Leon. ("Baby Teeth")
* Alejandro proposes switching to cocaine suppliers out of Cali, Colombia, after the destruction of his Contra camp. ("Story of a Scar")
* Oso offers to help Stomper against the Villaneuva family. ("Story of a Scar")
* Mauricio Villanueva passed away. ("Story of a Srubiccar")

#### August

* Alejandro kills Victoria. Teddy kills Alejandro when he finds out. ("The Rubicon")
* Franklin forces Ray-Ray to kill Lenny, as revenge for Leon’s shooting. ("The Rubicon")
* Lucia helps Oso and Los Monarcas kill her uncle. ("The Rubicon")

#### September-November

* Franklin continues selling crack in his neighborhood
* Alton goes back to living on the streets.
* Pedro becomes an informant for the DEA's Dallas office.
* Leon begins dating Wanda Bell.
* Jesse Jackson declares his candidacy for the 1984 election. Claudia later comments, "This n\*gga love pussy too much to be president." ("The World is Yours")

### Second season

#### December

* 6: Franklin celebrates his 20th birthday. ("Sightlines")
* 6: Teddy learns that the Reagan administration is no longer able to secure funding to support Nicaragua's Contras. His operations will now be done without any official CIA support. ("Sightlines")
* 7: Leon and Avi get arrested. Franklin spends the day "running around Encino with 42 Gs in a duffel bag", fleeing the cops. ("Sightlines")
* 8: Franklin speaks to Tyrone and Biscuit, agreeing to pay $50,000 to bail Leon out of jail. ("Sightlines")
* 8: Lucia and Oso speak to Vuelvas and Chumacho, agreeing to a new partnership to sell crack. ("Sightlines")
* 8: Teddy goes to Kansas City to ask his older brother Matt to join his operation as a pilot for "two months, tops." ("Sightlines")
* 9: Leon is released from jail on bail. ("Sightlines")
* 9: Miguel reports to Lucia on his investigation into Pedro - he is still nowhere to be seen. ("Sightlines")
* 9: Scarface released. Kevin and Jerome watch it. ("Sightlines")
* 9: Jerome kills Biscuit and Biscuit's older brother Jamal as they're breaking into his home. Jerome and Peaches bury the bodies. ("Sightlines")
* 10: Mel gives Franklin a birthday card. ("Sightlines")
* 10: Lucia and Oso meet with Gabriella - leader of La Fuerza - for the first time, agreeing to get in the crack business together. ("Sightlines")
* 10: Pedro returns to see Lucia and Oso, claiming he is only there for his inheritance and has become a changed man after meeting a certain "Soledad." ("Sightlines")
* 10: Teddy kidnaps an unconscious Franklin after ramming his car into his. ("Sightlines")
* 11: Franklin's men, Delroy and Vic, sell crack to Lucia in Pico-Union, Los Monarcas territory. ("The Day")
* 11: Franklin wakes up cuffed in a basement, near Leon. He meets Teddy for the first time and they agree to get in business together. Teddy subsequently lets Franklin and Leon go free. ("The Day")
* 11: Lucia meets "Soledad" for the first time. ("The Day")
* 11: Franklin is introduced to Matt and flies with him. ("The Day")
* 11: Delroy and Vic are killed by Stomper's man Conejo. ("The Day")
* 12: Teddy and Matt fly to Colombia, where they are held at gunpoint by Danilo and Diego's men. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 12: Lucia has Miguel run a background check on Soledad. He claims she's being honest. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 12: Kevin informs Jerome of Delroy and Vic's murder. Franklin prevents them from getting revenge. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 12: Franklin meets with Lucia in a park near Gower to discuss Delroy and Vic's murder. Kevin pulls a gun on Franklin for his failure to learn the murderers' names. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 13: Franklin buys another 10 kilograms of cocaine from Teddy, after successfully selling 10 kilograms the previous week. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 13: Andre asks Franklin why Biscuit's car is parked nearby. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 13: LAPD use brutal methods to clear the streets of homeless people. Alton is injured and hospitalized in the ensuing struggle. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 19: Cissy picks up Alton from the hospital. ("Prometheus Rising")
* 19: Franklin meets with Teddy again. Teddy provides him with a fake ID. ("Jingle Bell Rock")
* 20: Teddy helps Franklin open a bank account and set up an offshore company in Jersey. ("Jingle Bell Rock")
* 24: Franklin buys guns from Don to provide to his sellers. ("Jingle Bell Rock")
* 24: INS agents raid Lucia's building searching for illegal migrants. "Soledad" gets in a confrontation with the agents and is punched. ("Jingle Bell Rock")
* 25: Teddy fears that construction for the Olympics may uncover bodies in Chino. He asks Matt to help him dig out and move the corpses of Alejandro and Victoria. ("Jingle Bell Rock")
* 25: "Soledad" meets with fellow officer Tony Marino. She is addressed by her real name: Lorena. ("Jingle Bell Rock")

### 1984

#### January:

* 25: Avi visits Franklin, demanding they resume business. ("Serpiente")
* 25: Matt first meets Lucia, visiting her to drop off the cocaine shipment. ("Serpiente")
* 25: Teddy asks Matt to help him deliver guns to Honduras. ("Serpiente")
* 25: Lucia and Oso get into a confrontation with Stomper during a cocaine deal. Oso stabs Stomper; Lorena shoots him dead. Lucia begins suspecting Lorena is a cop. ("Serpiente")
* 25: Teddy and Franklin meet with Avi. Teddy offers to sell Avi's weapons in Honduras - through Panama - in exchange for reconciliation with Franklin. ("Serpiente")
* 26: Lorena asks Marino for 48 hours to take down Teddy and Matt. ("The Offer")
* 26: Teddy, Matt and Avi meet with Panamanian officials to discuss their weapons deal. ("The Offer")
* 26: Gabriella confronts Lucia about Stomper's death. Lucia offers the recipe to crack in return for her life. Franklin refuses to provide her with the recipe. ("The Offer")
* 26: Lucia and Oso ask Kevin to betray Franklin and provide them with the recipe for crack. They offer him a chance to get revenge for Delroy and Vic's murderers in return. ("The Offer")
* 27: Teddy finds out the DEA is investigating him. He anonymously warns Marino to take Lorena off the case. ("The World Is Yours")
* 27: Franklin gets in an argument with Wanda over stealing from his supply. ("The World Is Yours")
* 27: Aunt Louie accidentally knocks Claudia unconscious after an argument. ("The World Is Yours")
* 28: Kevin provides Lucia and Oso with the crack recipe. ("The World Is Yours")
* 28: Teddy and Matt return to Colombia. Matt is taken hostage by Danilo and Diego while Teddy tries to get the operation running again. ("The World Is Yours")
* 28: Lucia kills Pedro, revealing she knows he's an informant. ("The World Is Yours")
* 28: Oso is arrested by DEA officers. ("The World Is Yours")
* 29: Lucia shows Gabriella how to cook crack, then turns herself in to the DEA. ("The World Is Yours")
* 29: Wanda steals from Franklin's supplies again. Leon cuffs her in an attempt to forcibly wean her off crack. ("Surrender")
* 29: Teddy learns that his CIA superior, James Ballard, lost his security clearance. Teddy offers the names of two Cali cartel members in return or the DEA dropping its investigation on him. ("Surrender")
* 29: Franklin kills Kevin to prevent him from killing Conejo (which would trigger a war with the Mexicans). ("Surrender")
* 29: Detective Aviles and Detective Stern ask Cissy about Franklin, informing her about Kevin's murder. ("Aftermath")
* 29: Lorena and Marino are asked to shut down their operation by the DEA's Washington office. Lucia and Oso are let free. ("Aftermath")
* 29: Teddy rescues Matt from Danilo and Diego. ("Aftermath")
* 30: Conejo attacks Lucia. Oso is stabbed while fighting off Conejo. ("Aftermath")
* 30: Lorena confronts Teddy about shutting down her operation. Teddy tells her the truth about the CIA's operation. ("Aftermath")
* 30: Franklin is arrested while visiting his mom. ("Aftermath")
* 31: DEA task force moves against Danilo and Diego. ("Aftermath")

#### February

* 1: Franklin is arraigned. His trial date is set, but bail is denied. He is transferred to the Pitchard Detention Facility during his custody period. ("Education")
* 1: Ray-Ray spots Franklin at Pitchard. His group beats him up that night. ("Education")
* 2: Jerome and Leon visit Franklin at Pitchard. ("Education")
* 3: Cissy and Alton visit Franklin at Pitchard. Franklin is put in solitary confinement after starting a fight. ("Education")
* Aunt Louie meets with Teddy and convinces him to help get Franklin out of jail. Teddy gets Lorena to recant her statement against Franklin, allowing him to go free. ("Education")
* Franklin gives Avi $80,000 in "reparation payments" to resume business together. ("Education")
* Franklin investigates Teddy's ties to the Contras. He tells Aunt Louie, "I don't think our 'Mr Reed Thompson' is just some drug dealer. I think he works for the government." ("Education")

#### March

* 10: The DEA raids Pablo Escobar’s ‘Tranquilla’ lab in Colombia.

#### May

* 8: The USSR announces its intentions to boycott the Los Angeles Summer Olympics .
* 30: La Penca bombing in Nicaragua kills seven people, targeting Edén Pastora, a leader of the Contras. Julia cites this as proof that the "Sandinistas are getting the upper hand." ("The More You Make")

#### July

* 17: The *Washington Times* breaks a story on Sandinista’s alleged drug trafficking.

### Third season

#### July

* 24: Teddy, Lorena and Matt meet with Rigo Vasco in Mexico. Rigo demands Teddy help him open a nightclub next to the Roxy on Sunset Strip. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 24: Lorena worries that the Medellín Cartel has a mole in the DEA. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 24: Jerome opens his "Jammin' Jerome" record store. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 24: Manboy's men, brothers Levon and Dejon, are killed trying to rob one of Franklin's trucks. Wanda vows to help Manboy against Franklin's crew. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 25: Franklin meets with Teddy and has a tense conversation about Teddy's possible connections. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 25: Teddy and Matt visit their father Colonel in Kansas City. Teddy decides to leave Matt with his father. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 25: Manboy offers a truce to Franklin: he'll forget about Levon and Dejon's death if Franklin becomes his new cocaine supplier. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 26: Claudia's men rob Jerome's store. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 26: Andre warns Franklin that they are now "at war." ("Protect and Swerve")
* 26: Leon and Fatback kill Tyrell. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 26: Teddy meets with Oso, asking for help to use Lucia's drug routes for his cocaine. ("Protect and Swerve")
* 27: Aunt Louie visits Claudia and watches her OD on cocaine in the tub.
* 27: Andre investigates Claudia's death and learns that Aunt Louie may be tied to it. He has brought her in for questioning. ("The More You Make")
* 27: Teddy and Oso visit the Villanueva ranch and ask Mariela about her routes. ("The More You Make")
* 28: The Los Angeles Summer Olympics begin.
* 28: Lorena meets with Marino and warns him about a Medellin cartel mole at the DEA. ("The More You Make")
* 28: Jules meets with Teddy and informs him that US weapons airdrops meant for the Contras have been shot down by Sandinistas. She suggest they look into Costa Rica as a new entry point to transport weapons to Honduras. ("The More You Make")
* 29: Andre warns his captain about the threat posed by crack, especially during the Olympics. ("The More You Make")
* 29: Franklin sells more cocaine to Manboy. Leon warns Franklin that he doesn't trust him. ("The More You Make")
* 30: Teddy and Julia visit Costa Rica together, where they meet with "Bobbob" Kim. ("Cash and Carry")
* 30: Oso travels with Mariela and learns about the Villanueva drug routes. ("Cash and Carry")
* 30: Leon refuses to provide Manboy with cocaine after an argument over Wanda's affair with Bootsy. ("Cash and Carry")
* 30: Franklin and Avi visit Panama City. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: Teddy and Julia get high together after drinking a traditional beverage in Costa Rica. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: Franklin confronts Avi and learns that Avi planned to secretly "borrow" money from Franklin's Panama account to pay his arms dealers. Franklin offers to lend him $1 million at 6% a week. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: Aunt Louie demands Manboy to stop working with Wanda if thay want to continue business. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: Manboy and Bootsy throw Wanda out of their drug lab and cut ties with her. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: Oso learns that Lorena is now working with them. Oso kills Lorena by shooting her. Teddy helps dispose of the body. ("Cash and Carry")
* 31: The LAPD raids one of Franklin's cookhouses, taking over 20 kilograms of cocaine and arresting 14 of his crew, including Jerome. ("The Game That Moves As You Play")

#### August:

* 1: Franklin confronts his men about the raid, having Leon execute one of them. ("The Game That Moves As You Play")
* 1: Oso asks Hernan to join him in the cocaine business. ("The Game That Moves As You Play")
* 1: Jerome returns from the hospital. Alton warns Franklin against killing cops as retaliation. ("The Game That Moves As You Play")
* 1: Franklin has a fight with Mel over her dad's behavior. ("The Game That Moves As You Play")
* 6: Aunt Louie's sister, Sheila, charms Andre and steals his gun. ("The Bottoms")
* 7: Franklin considers expanding into Inglewood, but is told he will have to go through Skully first. Fatback informs Franklin that Skully is in a relationship with Manboy's sister, Khadijah. ("The Bottoms")
* 7: Franklin and Cissy meet with Tulfowitz, Cissy's former boss, to buy a property he outbid them on in South Avalon. ("The Bottoms")
* 7: Manboy and Leon meet with Skully, offering to sell him cocaine. They quickly find out he's holding a hostage. Skully claims he can sell 20 kilograms of cocaine a week. ("The Bottoms")
* 8: Tulfowitz discovers two bloodied men on his property and decides to pull out of his South Avalon bid. ("The Bottoms")
* 8: Teddy learns Rigo refuses to supply cocaine until he gets his nightclub. ("The Bottoms")
* 8: Andre gets suspended from the LAPD. He asks his colleague, Nix, to help bring Franklin down. ("The Bottoms")
* 8: Mel gets in a fight with Shon-Shon over her dad's actions. ("The Bottoms")
* 9: Alton warns Franklin not to trust Teddy, implying the CIA may kill him after he outlives his usefulness. ("Confessions")
* 9: Miguel helps Oso buy properties to build a tunnel underneath the US-Mexico border. ("Confessions")
* 9: Teddy and Julia buy the Helena nightclub for Rigo. ("Confessions")
* 9: Franklin confronts Avi at gunpoint about missing shipments. He gives Avi 48 hours to find as much information on "Reed Thompson" as possible. ("Confessions")
* 10: Franklin visits the Mosleys' library to learn more about the FBI and the CIA. ("Confessions")
* 10: Julia meets with Marino to talk about Lorena's "disappearance." ("Confessions")
* 11: Avi tells Franklin that Teddy works for the CIA and Matt is his brother. ("Confessions")
* 11: Mel smokes crack for the first time at a party. ("Confessions")
* 12: The Los Angeles Summer Olympics end.
* 12: Mel bumps into Wanda and decides to smoke crack with her. After a confrontation with Wanda, she decides to buy more. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* 12: Andre discovers his car has been stolen and Mel is missing. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* 12: Franklin finds Mel in a crackhouse and takes her back home. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* 12: Oso kills Ivan, the abusive ex-husband of Hernan's wife. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* 12: Julia asks Teddy to run away with him, claiming he's already "done enough" for the Contra cause. ("Pocket Full of Rocks")
* 12-21: Mel continues smoking crack. ("Hedgehogs")
* 21: Franklin hires Top Notch to track Teddy's movements. ("Hedgehogs")
* 21: Julia visits Andre, using the alias 'Kate Miller', offering to help bring down Franklin. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Leon gets in a fight with Bootsy and is knocked unconscious. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Andre breaks into Franklin's home to look for his gun and finds a photo of Franklin with Teddy. He learns that the CIA is selling drugs to finance the Contras. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Rigo meets with Teddy to inform him that his DEA mole, "Mr Eddie", has told him to flee. Tony Marino has re-opened the "Villanueva investigation." Teddy informs Rigo he works for the CIA. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Teddy calls Franklin, Oso and Avi, warning them that they've been compromised. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Teddy learns that Julia betrayed him and sabotaged his operation. He vows to get revenge and make her life miserable. ("Hedgehogs")
* 22: Franklin kills Andre, making it appear as a suicide. ("Hedgehogs")
* 23: Mel gets home and finds her father's corpse. ("Blackout")
* 23: Nix and his fellow officers discuss what happened to Andre. ("Blackout")
* 23: Teddy hosts a meeting between Rigo and his CIA boss Stephen Havemeyer. Teddy demands Havemeyer salvage their operation, at the risk of ruining his reputation. ("Blackout")
* 24: Mel is kicked out of Eva's house after she is caught smoking crack. ("Blackout")
* 24: Manboy demands Franklin lower his prices if he wishes to avoid retaliation for Leon's fight with Bootsy. Franklin refuses. ("Blackout")
* 24: Franklin gets in an argument with Leon, "I built this shit. Me. Brick by brick. And I'll be damned if I let you tear it down." ("Blackout")
* 24: Mel tells Nix that Franklin killed Andre. ("Blackout")
* 24: Nix pulls Franklin over and puts a gun to his head, offering to let him live and turn a blind eye on the murder in exchange for regular payments. ("Blackout")
* 25: Nix informs Mel that her dad's death was ruled a suicide, but Mel refuses to accept the answer. ("Blackout")
* 25: Teddy meets with Oso in Tijuana. He's informed of the tunnel being built, to connect with San Ysidro in the US. ("Blackout")
* 25: A eulogy for Andre Wright is held at the Saint's residence. ("Blackout")
* 25: Mel shoots Franklin. ("Blackout")

#### September

* 7: Senator Paula Hawkins claims Nicaragua's Sandinistas are financed by tleonhe drug trade.

#### October

* 12: Congress bans military aid to the Contras.
* 12: Reagan signs a Crime Act, creating tougher penalties for drug possession.

#### December

* 3; DEA Detective Marcellus Ward is killed in Baltimore while working undercover.
* 21: Infamous drug smuggler Barry Seal is arrested by the DEA in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

### Fourth season

#### December

* 31: Franklin, Teddy and Oso celebrate New Year's Eve at Louie's Nightclub. Franklin gets in an argument with Leon about his continued work with Oso. ("Re-Entry")

### 1985

#### January

* 1: Irene asks Mel about her father's murder and the attempted murder of Franklin. ( "Re-Entry")
* 1: Manboy and Franklin lead a failed hit against Skully in San Pedro. ("Weight")
* 2: Franklin offers Nix a chance to catch those involved in the San Pedro shoot-out. ("Weight")
* 3: LAPD officers decide not to investigate the San Pedro shoot-out. ("Weight")
* 3: Nix demands Franklin double his weekly payments. Franklin refuses, telling him, "Take what you're getting, do your job and please, shut the f\*ck up." ("Weight", "All the Way Down")
* 3: Cissy suggests Franklin form ties with Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. ("Weight")
* 3: Fuentes' men kill Hernan and Nuvia, demanding Teddy and Oso pay him $100,000. ("Weight")
* 4: Teddy reveals to Oso that he works for the CIA. They speak with Mexican intelligence and learn who murdered Hernan and his wife. Oso tracks a murderer and dirty cop, Nestor Gutierrez, down that night, killing him. ("All the Way Down")
* 4: Irene speaks to Detective Stern and learns about the murders of Claudia and Kevin. ("All the Way Down")
* 4: Manboy tells Jerome and Aunt Louie that Franklin's return has made things "shaky." ("All the Way Down")
* 4: Cissy meets with Paul Davis, a real estate magnate and politician with close ties to Mayor Tom Bradley, offering to buy out his properties in South Central's Leimert Park area. ("All the Way Down")
* 4: Nix arrests Cissy and takes her to Andre's grave. ("All the Way Down")
* 5: Franklin pressures the Mosleys to sell their library. In return, he is given a 10% buy-in of Paul Davis' multimillion dollar business complex. ("All the Way Down")
* 5: Nix is removed from his position at the LAPD after pressure from Paul Davis' team. ("All the Way Down")
* 5: Teddy and Oso kill Fuentes and his men in Tijuana. ("All the Way Down")
* 5: Irene speaks to Detective Stern again and learns about Lorena's "disappearance." ("All the Way Down")
* Skully leads a failed hit on Leon, shooting Wanda in the process. ("Expansion")
* Franklin rekindles the flame with Tanosse. ("Expansion")
* Franklin visits Leon at the hospital and offers to help retaliate against Skully. Leon mocks the offer and decides to hire a private investigator, Reggie D. Hudson, to track Skully instead. ("Expansion")
* Avi informs Teddy that $15 million worth of weapon shipments are stuck in Beirut because of Hezbollah. ("Expansion")
* Franklin and Cissy have lunch with Paul Davis. They reassure him that Franklin's money cannot be traced back to the drug trade. Paul accepts a loan at 6% to fund a small church. ("Expansion")
* Havemeyer confronts Teddy about the Tijuana shoot-out. Teddy tells him to deal with the fall-out and investigate Avi's bank account, reminding him, "unless you got somebody else who's moving $8 million a month into the jungle, I suppose you probably want me free and clear to do what it is I do." ("Expansion")
* Reggie tracks Skully down, having lunch at Sam's Tacos on Rogers Avenue. ("Expansion")
* Cissy reminds Franklin that her ultimate goal is to get him "off the streets" and "into legitimate business deals." ("Expansion")
* Oso tells Nuvia's sister, Xiamara, that he got revenge against Nuvia and Hernan's killers. ("Expansion")
* Franklin speaks to Teddy about the conflict in Nicaragua, asking how much longer it'll last. ("Expansion")
* Franklin tells Jerome and Lurp about his intention to expand beyond Los Angeles, noting that New York, D.C. and Chicago would be difficult targets. Aunt Louie suggests starting in Little Rock. ("Expansion")
* Aunt Louie hires Tanosse to work in her club. ("Expansion")
* Irene visits Alton again, claiming she wants to write a profile on hialm. Alton rebuffs her. ("Expansion")
* Lurp resigns as Franklin's security henchman, telling him, "I wasn't prepared for all the bloodshed." ("Expansion")
* Marino breaks into Irene's house and tells her the "real story" is the CIA spreading the cocaine trade in the US, "Now all you need to do is prove it." ("Expansion")
* Leon and his crew participate in a shoot-out against Skully's men, accidentally killing Skully's 5-year-old daughter Tianna. ("Expansion")
* Skully and Manboy visit Khadijah at the hospital. ("The Get Back")
* Leon flees to his mother's house, but discovers she spent his emergency money. He's forced to spend the night on the streets. ("The Get Back")
* Manboy demands Franklin give up Leon for Tianna's murder. Aunt Louie tells Franklin they have to comply or face a war. ("The Get Back")
* Oso is arrested after Xiamara mistakes him for a robber. ("The Get Back")
* Irene's editor is fired and replaced by Walter Brooks. Irene pitches her discovery about the CIA, but is asked to find a second source. ("The Get Back")
* Franklin finds Leon at Alton's shelter and helps him hide at a motel. ("The Get Back")
* Teddy bails Oso out. Oso promises to clean up his act in return for extra money and help tracking down Lucia. ("The Get Back")
* Irene interviews Danilo and Diego, offering to bring down Teddy in return for their cooperation. ("The Get Back")
* Franklin and Jerome help Leon escape a planned shoot-out. Franklin tells Manboy he refuses to give him up. ("The Get Back")
* Colonel calls Teddy to tell him Matt died two weeks ago. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* 20: Ronald Reagan gives his second inaugural address. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Stern, investigating the death of Tianna, questions Franklin about Leon's whereabouts. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Franklin speaks with Leon, suggesting they let Fatback take the fall for Tianna's death. They meet with Fatback and he agrees to it. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Franklin sleeps with Tanosse. He asks her how her brother is handling a prison transfer; she asks him about Teddy. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Aunt Louie and Jerome visit her sister Candy in Little Rock, offering to provide them with crack. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Khadijah captures Fatback and interrogates him about Leon's whereabouts. She stabs him to death after he claims not to know. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Aunt Louie tells Jerome the truth about Teddy's identity, informing him about the CIA's cocaine operation. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Havemeyer visits Teddy to inform him that Contra forces are losing ground in Nicaragua. Teddy decides it's time for him to visit Panama and Nicaragua again. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Franklin finds Fatback's body. A furious Leon tells Franklin, "This shit is your fucking fault!" ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Wanda seeks refuge in Alton's shelter, following Leon's advice. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Irene visits Alton, telling him she knows he's funded by drug money. She offers to help him take down the CIA operation. ("Say a Little Prayer")
* Alton celebrates his 'Sobriety Birthday'. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Teddy boards a plane to Panama with Avi and learns that he used to work with the Mossad. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Alton finds John Baxter dead with a crack pipe in his hand. He tells Cissy they need to stop Franklin, but she reminds him they promised him "two years". ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Franklin and Peaches realize they're being followed. Franklin suspects it's another gang trying to find out who his plug is. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Leon returns to his neighborhood and offers to "make things right" with Fatback's cousin Big Deon. Deon mocks him and tries to start a fight. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Black Diamond and Dallas bring Manboy a corpse, demanding the $5,000 pay-out for Leon's murder. Manboy refuses to pay after he realizes they killed the wrong person. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Manboy confronts Khadijah about putting a bounty out on Leon. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* Alton meets with Irene for an interview about the CIA cocaine operation. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")

#### February

* 7: Josef Mengele's trial is held. Avi claims this has given him "a lot more freedom in pursuing him". ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 9: DEA officer Kiki Camarena is killed by Felix Gallardo's men in Mexico. The murder sends shockwaves in the US government.
* 17: Jerome meets with Big Deon to smooth things over, offering to double his pay in return for some of his "soldiers". ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Cissy talks with Paul and manages to secure a deal for two commercial towers on Wilshire in return for forgiving a $250,000 church loan. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Teddy confronts his Panama bank about his missing $15 million. He is told that an "employee" stole the money, making it appear as if it were diverted to Lebanon. He demands to know the name of the employee, but is told it's not possible. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Leon learns there's a $5000 bounty on his head after a girl tries to kill him. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Teddy tortures bank employee "Gabriel Jaen" about his stolen money, believing him to be responsible for the theft. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Cissy and Franklin learn about Alton's interview with Irene. Alton defends his actions, claiming they can flee to Cuba. Franklin punches Alton, and kicks him out of his house. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Oso receives a fax addressed to Teddy about Lucia. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Irene writes her story about a "CIA officer working deep cover as a drug trafficker". ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 17: Franklin seeks comfort from Tanosse. ("Through a Glass, Darkly")
* 18: Teddy discovers a massacre at the Contra Camp in Nicaragua and is captured by a survivor. ("Betrayal")
* 18: Franklin meets Irene face to face for the first time. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Teddy is released and returns to LA to learn of a damning article. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Khadijah initiates a drive-by at Fatback's funeral in order to kill Leon, only to hit other folks, including Aunt Louie. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Aunt Louie survives the surgery but is now in a comatose state. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Teddy and Gustavo drug Irene in her home. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Franklin and Peaches out Tanosse as a snitch for Manboy and hold her at gunpoint. ("Betrayal")
* 19: Franklin prevents Jerome from walking into a Crips trap. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 20: Irene goes on air to report her story on the corruption in the CIA ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 20: Manboy and his crew show up at Tanosse's apartment complex, get ambushed, and are killed by Franklin and his crew. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 20: Aunt Louie is awake but still recovering. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 21: Teddy approaches Irene at a bar and does an interview. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 21: Khadijah is set up and killed by Jerome. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 22: Irene is drugged at the wheel, hits a vehicle, and is asphyxiated by Teddy, fixing her death to look like drunk driving. ("Sleeping Dogs")
* 22: Alton returns back on air on Jamal's radio talk show and speaks about exposing CIA agent Reed Thompson. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Franklin shuts down Edgewood Shelter until Alton is found. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Franklin finds Alton at his mothers house. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Skully breaks into the Saint's home where he is wounded in a firefight and flees, but wounds Alton in the process. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Teddy McDonald and Alton Williams agree to meet at the rendezvous spot Teddy normally meets Franklin. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Skully goes after Louie and Jerome at the hospital, but is taken down and succumbs to the gunshot wound. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Alton and Cissy leave LA for Cuba. ("Fight or Flight")
* 22: Havemeyer hands El Oso a dossier and photos of where he can track down Lucia. ("Fight or Flight")
* Undated: Jerome and Louie part ways with Franklin, but agree to be customers, which doesn't sit well with Frank. ("Fight or Flight")
* Undated: Teddy tracks down Alton in Cuba and has a gun trained on him. Alton's fate is currently unknown. ("Fight or Flight")
* Undated: Franklin tracks down Melody to a church in Odessa, Texas and confronts her about Irene's death. Melody demands the truth about her father's death and is given the silent treatment. ("Fight or Flight")

#### March

* 11: Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstatin Chernenko as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

#### April

* 6: Sudanese dictator Jaafar Muhammad Nimeiry is ousted in a coup.
* 9: Tom Bradley is re-elected Mayor of Los Angeles.

#### May

* 29: Violent crowd eruption at Heysel Stadium in Brussels caused walls in the stadium to collapse, causing death to over 3 dozen football fans.

#### June

* 14: TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by terrorists.

### Fifth season

#### July

* Undated: Teddy meets with Havemeyer in Washington D.C. and asks to join the CIA's Iran operation. ("Commitment")

#### August

* 6: Ronald Reagan approves arms sales to Iran.
* 20: The US begins selling arms to Iran, with Israel as the middleman.

#### December

* 4: US military aide Oliver North devises the Iran-Contra plan: the US would directly sell arms to Iran and use a portion of the proceeds to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
* Undated: Teddy meets with Avi in Friedrichshafen, Germany who is interrogating a suspected Nazi war criminal. Avi claims he bribed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, but they're "still screwing us". Teddy asks for information about the hostages, but Hezbollah "keeps changing the terms". ("Commitment")

### 1986

#### January

* 28: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing 7 crew members.
* Undated: Teddy meets with Havemeyer, demanding his return to the drug operation, pointing out the dire situation in Nicaragua. ("Commitment")
* Undated: Franklin helps a recovering Wanda move into a new home. ("Comets")

#### February

* 28: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated.

#### April

* 26: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster occurs, causing a nuclear meltdown that killed over 4,000 people and made the area inhabitable.

#### June

* 1: Grady Williamson moves into his new home, now working as a replacement for Teddy at the CIA. ("Comets")
* 19: NBA Draft Pick Len Bias dies from cardiac arrhythmia as a result to the usage of cocaine. His death brought the crack epidemic to the front pages. ("Comets")
* 19: Thad Brenner kills Josh Hendricks over a line of coke at Rob Volpe's house party. ("Comets")
* 19: Franklin takes private flight lessons. ("Comets")
* 19: Franklin visits Grady Williamson to increase his buy to 300 kilos of cocaine per week, at a lower price ($9,000 per kilo). ("Comets")
* 20: Franklin reads about Len Bias' death. ("Comets")
* 20: Teddy poses undercover as an LADWP worker "Justin Caraway" to examine Grady's house. ("Comets")
* 20: Officer Beau Buckley follows faulty information from Romeo about a crack house and raids the wrong home. ("Comets")
* 20: Franklin meets with Rob to ask about Thad's location. ("Comets")
* 20: Franklin meets with Louie, Jerome and Leon about the Thad situation. ("Comets")
* 20: Louie tells Franklin she needs a price cut on her cocaine or else Inglewood may consider 'going straight to the Colombians'. ("Comets")
* 20: Wanda works as a phone sex operator. ("Comets")
* 20: Peaches asks Wanda to take care of Rob. ("Comets")
* 20: Beau visits Louie's bar and informs her that his officers don't know about Rob. He demands she give him a name if she wants their relation to continue. ("Comets")
* 21: Franklin, Peaches, and Rob track Thad down to Palm Springs. Rob kills Thad, but not before revealing his knowledge of Franklin having the CIA plug. ("Comets")
* 21: Franklin and Peaches bury Thad in Death Valley. ("Comets")
* 21: Franklin kills Rob. ("Comets")
* 22: Franklin speaks with Veronique about their future child. Franklin vows to end his life as a drug dealer. ("Comets")
* 22: Franklin and Veronique spot a new real estate location. Franklin demands "loyalty" from Veronique. ("Comets")
* 23: Grady agrees to cut the price of his cocaine supplies. ("Commitment")
* 23: Teddy convinces Havemeyer to let him back in the drug operation, replacing Grady. ("Commitment")
* 24: Franklin and Veronique try to convince Louie and Jerome to invest $10 million in their real estate project. ("Commitment")
* 24: Oso takes Xiamara's kids to school and is spotted by Teddy. Teddy informs him that he's going to replace Grady. ("Commitment")
* 24: Avi sells weapons to Louie and Jerome. ("Commitment")
* 24: Franklin calls his mother, who's in Cuba. He informs her about Veronique's pregnancy. ("Commitment")
* 25: Franklin visits Leon, who's now paying for students' field trips to El Segundo. Franklin informs Leon about Veronique's pregnancy. ("Commitment")
* 25: Teddy confronts Grady about replacing him, but Grady mocks him. Teddy kills Grady. ("Commitment")
* 26: Wanda asks Leon to let her back in his drug business. ("Commitment")
* 26: Teddy visits Franklin and informs him that he's replacing Grady. He refuses to commit to the price cut that Grady had agreed to. ("Commitment")

#### October

* 27: President Ronald Reagan signs the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 into law.

#### January

* 9: Planned birth date of Franklin and Veronique's child. ("Commitment")