Timeline

This page contains timelines from Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.

Pre-Show

 * Seattle Grace Hospital was established in 1947.
 * Adele Webber arried Richard Webber at 25.
 * Anna Wilder died at the age of 40 in 2001.
 * Season 1 begins in 2004 or later (mostly likely 2006).

Grey's Anatomy Season 1

 * Seasons 1-3 take up a year.
 * The first season was roughly 2 months.
 * Derek moved to Seattle 6 weeks before the second episode.
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest finished roughly at 6pm.
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest lasts about 2 days.

Grey's Anatomy Season 2

 * Seasons 1-3 take up a year.
 * Season 2 takes place minutes after season 1.
 * Season 2 takes place over December and January.
 * Joe has owned the Emerald City Bar for more than 15 years as of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
 * When Cristina had her surgery for ectopic pregnancy the OR Board said she was 28.
 * It's the End of the World and As We Know It, respectively, are direct continuations of each other.

Grey's Anatomy Season 3

 * Seasons 1-3 take up a year.
 * The time space between Great Expectations and Wishin' and Hopin' is roughly 8 days.
 * Walk on Water, Drowning on Dry Land and Some Kind of Miracle, respectively, are direct continuations of each other.
 * Larry Jennings was admitted to Seattle Grace shortly before May 18, 2007.
 * Addison is 39 in the season 3 finale.
 * Nearing the end of Season 3, it is the year 2007.

Grey's Anatomy Season 4

 * There is a 17 day gap between season 3 and 4.
 * There is a six week gap between Lay Your Hands on Me and Where the Wild Things Are.

Private Practice Season 1

 * Runs in parallel with Grey's Anatomy Season 4

Grey's Anatomy Season 5

 * Season 5 takes place in October.
 * Dream a Little Dream of Me took place from roughly 4:15pm.
 * Dream a Little Dream of Me finished roughly at 2:30am.
 * Life During Wartime takes place a week after There's No 'I' in Team.
 * Lexie is 24 in Season 5.
 * In Wish You Were Here, Izzie celebrated her 30 something birthday.
 * Wish You Were Here, Sympathy for the Devil and Stairway to Heaven, respectively, are direct continuations of each other.
 * The Grey's Anatomy episode Beat Your Heart Out runs in parallel with the Private Practice episode Acceptance.
 * Beat Your Heart Out/Acceptance, Before and After, Ex-Life and An Honest Mistake, respectively, are direct continuations of each other.

Private Practice Season 2

 * Runs in parallel with Grey's Anatomy Season 5
 * The Grey's Anatomy episode Beat Your Heart Out runs in parallel with the Private Practice episode Acceptance.
 * Beat Your Heart Out/Acceptance, Before and After, Ex-Life and An Honest Mistake, respectively, are direct continuations of each other.
 * Finishing takes place over 3 months