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In 1986, they were the best of friends. Twenty years later, on the night of their high school reunion, one of them has been murdered. This is the story of six friends told over twenty years. Each chapter is a new year, each year brings us one step closer to the truth.
TIMELINE FOR "REUNION" SEASON ONE
NO SPOILERS! This is strictly discussion and speculation. Thank you!
1986 [1.01 - September 8 2005]- Aaron, Carla, Craig, Jenna, Samantha, and Will graduate from High School. Aaron is going to MIT (Boston), Carla is staying home, Jenna is going 'to be a star', Sam is going to Brown with Craig instead of on a scholarship to London. In the end though, Sam goes to London after all, and Carla goes with her.
- Craig (driving drunk) and Will get in a car accident. Will takes the fall and would have gotten off easy but then the driver dies. Will was charged and sentenced to 12 months in County Corrections.
- Sam discovers she is pregnant, from Will and not boyfriend Craig. She almost aborts but then decides not to go through with it. Instead she's off to London, and she'll decide what to do then. Only Carla knows the whole truth.
- Jenna entertains a fling with (English Teacher?) Eric McManus, but doesn't sleep with him after all. Aaron tells her he loves her, they kiss... Carla witnesses this as she was about to confess feelings of her own for Aaron.
- Background info: Carla met the group at approximately age 12 or 13 (after her mother died (age 11)).
1987 [1.02 - September 22 2005]- March 1987
- Bedford. Will returns home from prison, three months early for good behavior.
- London. Sam gives birth to a baby girl, with Carla at her side. She then gives her up for adoption. Sam returns to Bedford a few weeks later. Carla stayed a while longer (?).
- Bedford. Will is offered a job by Mr. Brewster, to work at the Brewster Group. He declines.
- Craig and Sam have broken up in the time since she left for London. Craig wants to win her back. Both Will and Sam want to tell Craig about them, but they never get around to it. Sam also doesn't tell either guys about the baby.
- New York City. Carla visits Jenna, finds Aaron is also there. Jenna has been doing music videos (Whitesnake). Aaron and Jenna aren't together, but Aaron still sort of thinks they are.
- Carla is still wearing the necklace.
- Bedford. Sam experiences strong stomach pains. Craig takes her to the hospital. Sam, who is studying pre-med, has a condition following the birth that will likely mean she can have no more children. This is a month after the birth.
- Sam tries to get the baby back. Later she is told the parents have disappeared, with the baby, and no one knows where they are. Sam tries to push Will away. Later he says he's not giving up.
- Carter forces Will at gunpoint to break into Craig's home with him. Craig catches them, there is a small fight and Craig gets the gun. He shoots Carter in the shoulder, then lets him go because if they call the police Will returns to prison. Craig hides Carter's gun in his safe.
- New York City. Aaron and Jenna have a big argument about their relationship. Basically Jenna tells him that she loves him but she's not in love with him.
- Aaron has dropped out of college. He doesn't know what he wants. He says that he's going back to Boston, but then gets on a bus to Seattle. Carla moves in with Jenna.
- Aaron says that if he and Carla are still single at 30, they'll get married.
- Bedford. Will takes the job at Brewster Group.
1988 [1.03 - September 29 2005]- Bedford Will tells Carla he's going to get Sam back. New York City - Ditto with Craig telling Jenna.
- Sam and Will's child is now Amy Elizabeth Phillips. She was born in London March 20 1987. They had moved to Hong Kong, but now live in New York City. Sam found this information thanks to a PI. Sam tries to get her back, going to talk to the parents, but it doesn't work
- Will is doing great at the Brewster Group. Craig was in South America doing charity work. Carla is a photographer. Jenna's movie "Sunset Summer" is premiering and her mother will be attending.
- Sam goes back to Bedford. Craig is staying with Jenna and Carla in New York City. Aaron is in Seattle.
- For the case to have some chance, she needs to have Will with her, so she needs to tell him.
- Will was supposed to get a bonus for his work with the Brewster Group. He then promised to give it to Sam (still not knowing what for). When it fell through, he made a deal with the man, a bribe. Mr. Brewster found out about it. Will gets the bonus minus the amount of the bribe. He gives it to Sam, but she gives it back.
- Will has a tattoo of a cross on the inside of his right arm (found religion in jail?).
- Carla interviews to be Amy's nanny and gets the job.
- Will sees Craig and Sam dancing. He's giving up on her. She almost tells him about Amy.
- Aaron's working to start a company. He asks out the waitress at the place he's at most of the time (in Seattle).
- Jenna and her mother have a fallout, likely not the first or last, when Jenna catches her with someone she cared about.
- Will's bribe is caught by the FBI. Brewster is going down if Will helps, and in return his record will be expunged.
1989 [1.04 - November 3 2005]- NYC - Sam is getting married to Craig.
- Carla is still Amy's nanny. The rest of the group has seen her (including Sam and Will) frequently, though only Sam and Carla know who she really is.
- Seattle - As Aaron and girlfriend Heather (the waitress) are supposed to leave for the wedding, she pulls him aside to talk to him. We later find out she broke up with him.
- Bedford - The FBI is investigating the Brewster Group. Will is helping them, wearing a wire, under threat he'll end up back in jail for years otherwise.
- NYC - Carla may be the photographer for a shoot Jenna is doing. But then her (agent?) says they will be using another photographer (Julian Martin). Jenna doesn't show him Carla's pictures.
- Megan Phillips (Amy's adopted mother) is having problems. She's packing. Later Carla discovers Megan has left.
- Bedford - Craig will soon be working at the Brewster Group with Will.
- After Russell Brewster shows signs of suspecting Will as a mole, he's 'out' from the FBI.
- In the middle of a rainy night, Sam goes to Will. She's kind of distraught, kisses him, then leaves in a hurry, apologizing.
- At the rehearsal dinner, Carla finds out that Jenna didn't show her portfolio. She confronts her.
- Will goes to talk to Sam, tries to figure things out. She's unresponsive and he pushes her away again.
- Aaron tells Carla about his breakup. They leave the party and go back home. Aaron is going to Prague. They kiss.
- At the party, as Will is giving a toast, the FBI comes and arrests Brewster. Will is outted as the mole, kicked out. Sam is "the only one (Craig) can trust."
- Next morning, wedding day. Aaron and Carla have slept together. Aaron wants Carla to go to Prague with him. She doesn't want to, doesn't want to ruin things. She tells him about her crush.
- Will appears to be leaving town. He goes to the church though, hesitating then going inside. Aaron is now Craig's best man. Craig finds Will in the church, figures out Sam was Will's girl who got him through jail.
- Will manages to get in the room with Sam, locking the door. As Craig loudly bangs on the door (for all to hear), Will asks Sam to run away with him (We don't find out her answer yet).
1990 [1.05 - November 10 2005]- Hollywood. Jenna is working on a movie. Her mom calls and asks for her to return to Bedford, claiming she's dying.
- Bedford. Craig worked to keep his father's company running.
- New York City - Sam married Craig. Carla is seeing someone but she doesn't tell Sam - it's Paul Phillips, Amy's adoptive father.
- Will is in the army. He will be shipping out to Koweit. Sam finds out about this from Jenna when she picks her up. In fact, all knew about Will except Craig and Sam. Sam wants to go say goodbye to Will, but Craig doesn't want to.
- Prague. Aaron meets a woman named Pascale in a train station as he's heading for Brussels. His visa is expiring, so he's moving on rather than going home. They almost kiss, then they find out the train won't be until morning. They end up sleeping together. Aaron finds out she's engaged. She's leaving her fiance because her heart is elsewhere. The next morning, Pascale's gone but she's left a note - "Go get her".
- Carla thinks Paul is getting suspicious about her reasons for being there. Amy calls Carla 'mommy', allowing Sam to figure out who Carla's mystery boyfriend is. She walks away.
- Paul is getting calls where the caller hangs up rather than speaking. Carla catches one of the calls, says a name (Sam). Paul asks if she's hiding something. She says no.
- Bedford - Jenna finds out her mother has AIDS.
- NYC - Carla is in the park with Amy - she disappears for a second, then she's with Megan. It was her on the phone. She makes indirect claims of abuse from Paul. Carla tells Paul about Megan, the calls. He thinks Carla's been talking to Megan a lot. Paul tells Carla Amy's adopted. She makes a faux-pas as she says she knows, then covers with saying Megan told her. Paul blows up at her a bit.
- Bedford - Craig is passing the company off. He calls Sam and tells her he's visiting a friend out of state. He goes to see Will before he ships out. They say goodbye, and their friendship seems to be on the mend.
- Jenna asks her mother about her father, about wanting her. She says she did the best she could before she crashes. Jenna watches helplessly as she dies. Afterward, talking with Sam, she's able to make peace with her mother.
- NYC - Carla goes to Megan in the park. Paul is spying on them.
- Craig tells Sam about going to Will, being bankrupt, and not wanting to lose her. Sam tells him she's pregnant, despite beliefs that she could no longer have children.
- Soon after, Aaron returns. Craig and Sam tell him the news. Aaron also finds out about Carla and Paul's relationship. He tells Craig and Sam about celling cell phones in Prague, and how he's starting an internet company.
- NYC - Carla and Amy return to the Phillips home. Paul says he saw her with Megan. He loses it and tries to attack her. She manages to lock herself in a room, in tears. According to Sam (on the 2005 reunion tape), this was the beginning of something bad for Carla.
1991 [1.06 - November 17 2005]
TBA after airing
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2005 [The Clues]- (1.01) Carla is now Mrs. Holland (Hollum?).
- (1.01) Carla was the last to see the deceased alive. Her necklace was found on the body. She hasn't had the necklace for a while.
- (Intro) The murder occurs on the night of the reunion.
- (1.02) Now in a NYC police station, Marjorino continues to interrogate Carla. The bullet that killed the victim came from a gun used in a liquor store robbery in '84. Upon her departure from the station, Carla calls someone and says she thinks she said too much.
- (1.02) Carla refers to Marjorino as 'a new detective on the case'. Was there another before?
- (1.02) The gun used to kill the victim belonged to Will's cellmate from prison, Carter Finn (confirm?), but he claims he hasn't seen it since 1987.
- (1.02) There is possibly a bigger plan to this. More than one person knows in the group. Later, Carla has retrieved the gun from its hiding place and she throws it in the water (river? ocean?)
- (1.02) Marjorino visits a priest, to question him - Father Will Malloy.
- (1.03) Marjorino believed Will was the killer.
- (1.03) The murder (and the reunion) occured two weeks prior to this present state of the investigation. They were all there, in a loft, and supposedly an intruder was startled.
- (1.03) There was a second blood type on the scene.
- (1.03) The accident was expunged from Will's record. Marjorino really cares about the accident. It is revealed that the victim, Edward Lawrence, was his stepfather.
- (1.03) Aaron's company is still running, as Will and Carla go there to visit... Aaron.
- (1.04) Will was the first at the scene. The blood found there isn't a match to Will. There were no prints, no witnesses, no forced entry.
- (1.04) Marjorino goes to a big house with a pool, in which he finds Congressman Craig swimming. Craig tells Marjorino that he was the one driving in the '86 accident. He's also in a wheelchair.
- (1.04) Aaron (Lewis) receives a letter at his office. It says "I know who killed her."
- (1.05) Marjorino is off to talk to the last of the living friends - she was hard to find.
- (1.05) Carla visits Craig to tell him Marjorino 'got to her', that she'll tell everything.
- (1.05) On video, Sam discusses the past. This leads to believe that Jenna is the victim. Sam claims that 1990 was when they started to pull apart. However, in the end this video is revealed to be something recorded at the reunion, NOT the police interrogation. It is being viewed by Jenna, as Marjorino arrives to talk to her.
- (1.05) The victim is Sam.
Will be updated as season goes. |
And if anyone sees something that should be added or edited, let me know! 
At the same time we can discuss the mystery and the 20-year arc as a whole 
Allison Mack Clark/Chloe "Clark, I know you can run fasting than a speeding bullet. Take me along for the ride." ~Chloe
, reason being that she probably gets all the male attention and eventually it happens one time too often. So the other girls over-react and intentionally or maybe even unintenionally kill her 
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I suck at being a detective and figuring things out though. 
