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• Richard Winters

Richard Davis Winters, was an officer of the United States Army and a decorated war veteran. He is best known for having commanded Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.

Winters was born in New Holland, Pennsylvania, to Richard and Edith Winters on January 21st, 1918. The family soon moved to nearby Ephrata, and then to Lancaster when he was eight years old. He graduated from Lancaster Boys High School in 1937 and attended Franklin and Marshall College. At Franklin and Marshall, Winters was a member of the Upsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and participated in intramural football and basketball. He had to give up wrestling, his favorite sport, and most of his social activities for his studies and the part-time jobs that paid his way through college. He graduated in 1941 with a B.S in Economics. He obtained the highest academic standing in the business college. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army to fulfill a one-year requirement of service, although he later wrote in his memoirs that at the time he "had no desire to get into the war" and that he had volunteered so that he would not be drafted later.

Winters enlisted in the United States Army on August 25th, 1941. In September, he underwent basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. He remained at Camp Croft to help train draftees and other volunteers, while the rest of his battalion was deployed to Panama. In April 1942, four months after the United States entered World War II, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia. There he became friends with Lewis Nixon, with whom he served throughout the war. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry after graduating from OCS on July 2nd, 1942. During his officer training, Winters decided to join the parachute infantry, part of the U.S. Army's new airborne forces. Upon completing training, he returned to Camp Croft to train another class of draftees as there were no positions available in the paratroopers at that time. After five weeks, he received orders to join the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) at Camp Toccoa in Georgia. Winters arrived at Toccoa in mid-August 1942 and was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, which later became better known as "Easy Company" in accordance with the contemporaneous Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. Serving under First Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, Winters was made platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, earning a promotion to first lieutenant in October 1942, and made acting company executive officer, although this was not made official until May 1943. The training at Toccoa was very tough. Of the 500 officers who had volunteered, only 148 completed the course; of 5,000 enlisted volunteers, only 1,800 were ultimately selected for duty as paratroopers.

On June 10th, 1943, after more tactical training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, the 506th PIR was attached to Major General William Lee's 101st "Screaming Eagles" Airborne Division. Later in the year, they embarked on the Samaria, and arrived in Liverpool on September 15th, 1943. They proceeded to Aldbourne, Wiltshire, where they began intense training for the Allied invasion of Europe planned for spring 1944. In November and December 1943, while Easy Company was at Aldbourne, the tension that had been brewing between Winters and Sobel came to a head. For some time, Winters had privately held concerns over Sobel's ability to lead the company in combat. Many of the enlisted men in the company had come to respect Winters for his competence and had also developed their own concerns about Sobel's leadership. Winters later said that he never wanted to compete with Sobel for command of Easy Company; still, Sobel attempted to bring Winters up on trumped-up charges for "failure to carry out a lawful order". Feeling that his punishment was unjust, Winters requested that the charge be reviewed by court-martial. After Winters' punishment was set aside by the battalion commander, Major Robert L. Strayer, Sobel brought Winters up on another charge the following day. During the investigation, Winters was transferred to the Headquarters Company and appointed as the battalion mess officer. Following this, though Winters tried to talk them out of it, a number of the company's non commissioned officers (NCOs) gave the regimental commander, Colonel Sink, an ultimatum: either Sobel be replaced, or they would surrender their stripes. Sink was not impressed and several of the NCOs were subsequently demoted and/or transferred out of the company. Nevertheless, Sink realized that something had to be done and decided to transfer Sobel out of Easy Company, giving him command of a new parachute training school at Chilton Foliat. Winters' court-martial was set aside and he returned to Easy Company as leader of 1st Platoon. Winters later said he felt that despite his differences with Sobel, at least part of Easy Company's success had been due to Sobel's strenuous training and high expectations.

In February 1944, First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan was given command of Easy Company. Meehan remained in command of the company until the invasion of Normandy, when at about 1:15 a.m. on June 6th, 1944, D-Day, the C-47 Skytrain transporting the company Headquarters Section was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire, killing everyone on board. Winters jumped that night and landed safely near Sainte-Mère-Église. Losing his weapon during the drop, he nevertheless oriented himself, assembled several paratroopers, including members of the 82nd Airborne Division, and proceeded toward the unit's objective near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. With Meehan's fate unknown, Winters became the de facto commanding officer (CO) of Easy Company, which he remained for the duration of the Normandy campaign. Later that day, Winters led an attack that destroyed a battery of German 105mm howitzers, which were firing onto the causeways that served as the principal exits from Utah Beach. The Americans estimated that the guns were defended by about a platoon of 50 German troops, while Winters had 13 men. This action south of the village of Le Grand-Chemin, would later be called the Brécourt Manor Assault. winters was successful in destroying the battery, in addition Winters also obtained a map that showed German gun emplacements near Utah Beach. On July 1th, 1944, Winters was told that he had been promoted to captain. The next day, he was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross by General Omar Bradley, then the commander of the U.S. First Army. Shortly after, the 506th Parachute Infantry was withdrawn from France and returned to Aldbourne, England, for reorganization.

In September 1944, the 506th PIR parachuted into the Netherlands, near the village of Son, north of Eindhoven, as part of Operation Market Garden, a combined airborne and armored operation. On October 5th, 1944, a German force attacked the 2nd Battalion's flank and threatened to break through the American lines. At the same time, four men in an Easy Company patrol were wounded. Returning to the headquarters, they reported that they had encountered a large group of Germans at a crossroads about 1,300 yards (1,200 m) to the east of the company command post. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Winters took one squad from 1st Platoon, and moved off toward the crossroads, where they observed a German machine gun firing to the south, toward the battalion headquarters, from a long distance. After surveying the position, Winters led the squad in an assault on the gun crew. Soon after taking the position, the squad took fire from a German position opposite them. Estimating that this position was held by at least a platoon, Winters called for reinforcements from the rest of the 1st Platoon and led them in a successful assault. Later it was discovered there had been at least 300 Germans. On October 9th, Winters became the battalion executive officer (XO), following the death of the battalion's former XO, Major Oliver Horton. Although this position was normally held by a major, Winters filled it as a captain. The 101st Airborne Division was withdrawn to France soon afterward. On December 16th, 1944, German forces launched a counter-offensive against the Western Allies in Belgium, commencing the Battle of the Bulge. The 101st Airborne Division was trucked to the Bastogne area two days later. Still serving as XO of the 2nd Battalion, Winters helped defend the line northeast of Bastogne near the town of Foy. The entire 101st Airborne and elements of the 10th Armored Division battled about 15 German divisions, supported by heavy artillery and armor, for nearly a week before General George Patton's U.S. Third Army broke through the German lines surrounding Bastogne, reopening ground supply lines. After being relieved, the 2nd Battalion attacked Foy on January 9th, 1945. On March 8th, 1945, the 2nd Battalion was moved to Haguenau in Alsace, after which Winters was promoted to major, and Winters took over as acting commander of the 2nd Battalion.

In April, the battalion carried out defensive duties along the Rhine before deploying to Bavaria later in the month. In early May, the 101st Airborne Division received orders to capture Berchtesgaden. The 2nd Battalion set out from the town of Thalem through streams of surrendering German soldiers and reached the alpine retreat at noon on May 5th, 1945. Three days later, the war in Europe ended. After the end of hostilities, Winters remained in Europe as the process of occupation and demobilization began. Even though he had enough points to return to the United States, he was told that he was needed in Germany. Later, he was offered a regular (non-reserve) commission, but declined it. He finally embarked from Marseille aboard the Wooster Victory on November 4th, 1945. Winters was recommended for the Medal of Honor for his leadership at Brécourt Manor, but instead received the U.S. Army's second-highest award for combat valor, the Distinguished Service Cross. After leaving the Army, Winters worked for his close wartime friend Captain Lewis Nixon at Nixon's family business, Nixon Nitration Works of Edison, New Jersey, rising to become general manager in 1950. On May 16th, 1948, Winters married Ethel Estoppey. In June 1951, Winters was recalled to active duty in the Army during the Korean War. He was ordered to join the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, but he was given six months to report and in this time he traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak to General Anthony McAuliffe, in the hope that he could convince the Army not to send him to Korea. Winters unfortunately was desired for his service and then reported to Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he was assigned as a regimental planning and training officer.

While at Fort Dix, Winters became disillusioned with his job, finding that he had little enthusiasm for training officers who lacked discipline and did not attend their scheduled classes. As a result, he volunteered to attend Ranger School, where he passed and became a Ranger. He then received orders to deploy to Korea and traveled to Seattle, where, during pre-deployment administration, he was offered the option of resigning his commission, which he accepted. Winters was discharged from the Army and became a production supervisor at a plastics adhesive business in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1951, he and his wife bought a small farm where later they built a home and raised two children. In 1972, Winters went into business for himself, starting his own company and selling animal feed products to farmers throughout Pennsylvania. He retired in 1997. During the 1990s, Winters was featured in a number of books and television series about his experiences and those of the men in Easy Company. Despite the many accolades he had received, Winters remained humble about his service, most notably due to the popular miniseries Band of Brothers. During the interview segment of the miniseries Band of Brothers, Winters quoted a passage from a letter he received from Sergeant Myron "Mike" Ranney, "I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No...but I served in a company of heroes'." Winters died on January 2nd, 2011, at an assisted living facility in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania, 19 days before his 93rd birthday. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. Winters was buried in a private funeral service, which was held on January 8th, 2011. His wife Ethel died in 2012, at age 89.

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drunklander · 4 years

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Drunj!Der Yells About Outlander

Thoughts on Ep. 504

Let’s make this one quick, because tbh I really dgaf about Alicia and Isiah and I’m almost done with Maas’ new book so if any other’s in the Maaslander squad wanna chat about it, I have feelings.

They’re really dragging this Bonnet thing out, aren’t they. I mean, the books did too, but they could have, ya know, AdApTeD. Le sigh.

Hallo the house is the olde timey version of texting “here” when you get to your buddy’s place.

This episode could really be titled Men Suck.

I mean really. Roger? The Browns? Bonnet? Even fucking Elijah Ford manages to suck and we never even see him!

Jamie doesn’t suck much in this episode. Which is a nice change of pace for him. But he’s been headcanon’ed beyond recognition so whatevs.

Fergus doesn’t suck. Fergus is always the exception who can hang with the ladies because he’s cool enough to be in the good squad.

I just fucking love Fergus ok.

As someone who *hates* shopping, back in the day shopping seems like my exact version of hell.

Also, like, have these fuckers not learned their lessons about not communicating? They don’t need to fucking tell everyone the whole truth, but come the fuck on. They can at least give the Ridge Squad a heads up to not fuck with rando Irishmen who may show up.

I swear, they’re all so dumb it hurts.

Also, Bree, girl. You’re talking to an old Scottish lady. Maybe don’t shit on the Irish in a way that also directly applies to her.

Alicia was Mr. Darcy’s daughter on Ripper Street, right? She looks super familiar.

I’m offended on Fergus’ behalf that they’re wasting so much of his whisky with that leaky stopper, tbh.

Ah, toxic masculinity and patriarchal bullshit. Right up there with rape as my FaVoRiTe way to demonstrate that ye olde times sucked.

It’s like dialed to 11 this episode so obvi I spent the majority of it rolling my eyes.

The Jamie and Claire with the baby stuff was solid though.

And thank fuck they refer to her as Bonnie. Like, Diana is notoriously bad with names, but come the fuck on. Alicia Brown and Alicia Beardsley in like the same few chapters? THERE ARE A LOT OF NAMES IN EXISTENCE, DIANA. IT’S OK TO BRANCH OUT A BIT.

Every time something like this comes up, I remember that there’s another random Randall but like as a first name, I think, in the Gathering Without End. Because of course.

Fergus should really be a fucking diplomat. I mean really.

I am approximately 1000% over sing-alongs with Roger. Can we hang the fucker already so he can’t talk anymore?

Yay freedom! You know what goes well with freedom? An incestuous throuple. You do you, Beardsleys.

“You’re 14.” “Uh, I am clearly in my mid-20s.” “Nope, 14.” “Cool cool. Message received.”

“Congratulations, you work fast milord.” I JUST FUCKING LOVE FERGUS SO MUCH.

Seriously, this show needs more Fergus. Also more Fergus, Bree and Marsali bonding. Like, if we’re gonna have an episode about randos, we clearly could have better used the time to have the Fraser kiddos bonding.

“When in Rome...” STFU, Roger. Cosplaying your way through history like you’re on a fieldtrip isn’t cute. It’s fucking annoying. And you wonder why Jamie doesn’t like you. You are an eminently unlikable person.

Roger would def be the guest the hosts in Westworld want to kill.

The only good part about this side-quest is that there’s so much of Jamie telling Roger he sucks. And really, I’m here for any and all of Roger being told he sucks.

Ok but literalol at how badly Caitriona/Claire knocked over her mug. She like put it down fine and then tipped it over.

Oh hey, I wonder who that rando doctor who gives the weird advice is.

Lucinda is a cinnamon roll.

“Beauchamp, Randall, Fraser, now Rawlings? Ye have another husband I should ken about?” “Well, not yet, but you know your buddy who’s in love with you? Well...”

Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp Randall Fraser Randall Fraser Grey Fraser is a very respectable name.

DON’T MAKE FUN OF THE DRINK OF FERGUS’ PEOPLE, BROWN MAN.

Literally the whole time in Brownsville all I could think was fuck, I really don’t want them to do the ABOSAA bit with them next season but I know they’re gonna and I already don’t want to waste time doing fucking recaps.

I’m bored.

Fuck there’s still half an hour left.

“What sort of man would I be if I allowed a lady to sleep out with the militia on a cold, dark night?” Idk, the kind of man whose people kidnap and rape a lady? *preemptive rage intensifies*

I know I should be freaking out that Bree’s freaking out that Bonnet kidnapped Jemmy, but all I could think of is the old podsa ads for SimpliSafe.

The Ridge needs SimpliSafay.

I fucking hate this storyline with the passion of a thousand fiery suns, but I fucking love Marsali.

Omfg I know it’s Brownsville but them all being Browns is fucking like GoT shit. Like, diversify your gene pool, y’all.

Ok, glad there’s finally a Marsali and Bree scene. But I still wish they could hang and like chat about stuff like pals.

That being said, MARSALI IS A FUCKING SAINT AND I LOVE HER SO MUCH.

And of course, more violence against women. Because we can’t go two seconds without reminding the audience that the past is Bad and Dangerous for women.

Also, is Marsali still preggo? Which baby are we on? What time is it? How much longer is left in this season episode?

Cute of Claire to be like hey, Rog, Jamie’s trusting you with me! His favorite thing! Like Jamie’s not actually trusting Claire with his daughter’s dipshit husband.

Oh hey, remember how Brianna can draw Bonnet fairly accurately? Sure would be nice if there was a way to, idk, show those pics to folks on the Ridge. Just spit-balling here, but like, maybe giving folks a heads up would be a good idea. Kind of like how she fuCKING COULD HAVE DRAWN ROGER LAST YEAR BECAUSE TALKING ABOUT HER BOYFRIEND IS A NORMAL THING TO DO WITH FAMILY AND THEN WE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD ROGERGATE AND OMFG THE DUMB. IT HURTS SO MUCH.

Claire just fucking yeeted that baby lol.

For real though, literalol at Jamie like taking his coat off and being all dramatic as he prepares to... play DDR.

omega psi chi phi upsilon tau sigma rho pi omicron xi nu mu lambda kappa iota theta eta zeta epsilon delta gamma beta alpha

Drunk!Claire is back!

I fucking love drunk!Claire. So does Jamie.

The scene where they talk about raising the baby together is adorable. But also, like, Jamie, you’re grandparents now. All the good parts of parenting with none of the shitty parts! And y’all have been through enough shit in your lives that you deserve all the fluffy grandparenting!

“And Marsali and Fergus... Well, I’m sure they will keep the Ridge sufficiently populated if that’s what you’re worried about.” “ Yeah, that lass is with child every time Fergus lays eyes upon her.” WHERE IS THE LIE THO.

Joking aside though, they’d better keep giving Marsali more stuff to do than spit out babies. *aggressively side-eyes a certain author who DiDn’T lIkE wRiTiNg AbOuT kIdS*

Good on them for tweeting out the suicide prevention hotline. Literally the least they can do.

I’m barely really trying to give a shit about Alicia and Isiah, but alas, idgaf.

Literally the only good thing about this whole story line is Isiah being like “step the fuck off, you raging hypocrites” to Roger and Jamie.

#*#outlander starz #outlander 5x04 #drunj!der yells about outlander

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sinaravex · 4 years

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Charmed (CW) Timeline

SEASON 1 (COMPLETED)

SEASON 2 (INCOMPLETE/WORKING ON)

So I've managed to put together somewhat of a timeline, or at the very least I've managed to list how many days are in each episode via the dialogue and costume changes that take place.

ALSO ON https://archiveofourown.org/works/25059289/chapters/60695233

SEASON 1

EP 1 - Pilot

July 20th, 2018 (Friday)

Mel and Maggie head out, leaving their mom home alone on a Friday night.

Mel texts Niko at exactly 8:23PM, Maggie on the other hand is followed by Brian but leaves him to walk through the woods to the university.

Later that night they are texted by Marisol, and Mel swings by to pick up Maggie from the Kappa party.

22nd October, 2018 (Monday - Exactly 3 months after would be the 20th, but it would be a Saturday)

3 months after the death of Marisol, Macy officially starts work in Hilltowne. Mel is a graduate student and a teaching assistant, perhaps following in her mother’s footsteps.

The detectives chat with Mel and after they leave that evening Mel and Maggie argue only for Macy to arrive to meet them for the first time. Macy was told her mother died when she was 2 and keeps a photo of her mother holding her as a baby.

23rd October, 2018 (Tuesday)

The next day at 9:45am, Maggie is at Kappa and her powers start. Not soon after leaving Harry kidnaps the girls and introduces himself as their whitelighter in their attic.

At 8:42pm Maggie texts Brian and heads out into the woods. Macy is at the lab and Mel is letting Niko in, allowing them to reconcile the relationship.Maggie is attacked by a demon dog during her walk in the woods and gets home before Niko and Mel can even undress.

Not soon after Macy comes over to look over the green goo Maggie had on her from the demon dog. Maggie in the meantime has showered (understandably) and even Mel after saying goodbye to Niko, seems to have changed clothes. After arguing with Mel, Maggie gets kidnapped by some uni boys. Maggie texts them at 9:30pm to let them know she was taken to Phi Delta Upsilon and is hiding in the bathroom.

Later that night after saving Maggie and dealing with their first demon, they watch home videos. Maggie has changed once again, and they all fall asleep in Marisol’s room, everyone except Macy who realises something.

24th October, 2018 (Wednesday)

Macy didn’t go to sleep and instead stayed up all night in the attic. Mel’s already headed off to the protest.

Later that day, after defeating Taydeus that morning, Macy brings over her stuff so she can move in.

EP 2 - Let This Mother Out

24th October, 2018 (same night as the previous episode - Wednesday)

After the ouija board and Harry’s appearance, Maggie talks with Macy as Macy starts unpacking in Marisol’s (soon to be Macy’s) room.

25th October, 2018 (Thursday)

The next morning Macy is repairing the truth serum during breakfast before work.

Maggie goes to the hospital with the Kappa girls and afterwards has Brian come over to help her relax.

Macy comes back after seeing Harry at the hospital, wiping the woman’s memory. She then comes home to see her sisters with the ouija board. Thermostats are swapped unknowingly.

Macy is having tea with Harry and it's nearly 4:30pm. The other two sisters have summoned the trickster demon.

It's gotten dark outside and is now almost 5OR6:50pm, Harry is getting suspicious with Macy. He orbs the two of them but not soon after gets knocked out by Mel. Apparently the woman dragged him downstairs into the living room before setting off on their journey to get the prism.

After the demon is vanquished and Harry leaves, the sisters seem to take a photo together, as seen posted by Maggie in the next episode.

26th October, 2018 (Friday)

Maggie goes and sees Brian while he's working.

Witch training starts at 2pm as it's the day after the imposter demon.

That night Maggie posts a picture of the three of them while helping Mel sort through Marisol’s stuff and helps Macy find space for hers.

Angela Wu seems to have woken up.

EP 3 - Sweet Tooth

29th October, 2018 (Tuesday)

Witch training is a go. Lucy had to move up the pledge meeting and it's going to start in 10 minutes according to a text. It's dark outside.

The Harbinger kills Cam.

Later that night/early morning Mel is up reading the Book of Shadows and Niko (who had obviously been sleeping over) comes up to see what she’s doing in the attic.

31st October, 2018 (Wednesday)

It's officially Halloween. Macy is making breakfast telekinetically, not knowing Niko is there. She plans on baking lots of sugar cookies before work.

Maggie has her shift, it's around lunch time since the man is ordering chicken or whatever and the Kappa ladies are having mimosas. Mel is at work at the university and is handing out the sugar cookies. Macy is also at work in the lab and hasn’t dressed up in a costume.

After her shift Maggie picks up halloween stuff for the party she has planned. Macy is taking the bus to go shopping before heading home. Mel intercepts the possessed Angela (while she watches Macy get on said bus) and takes her back to her dorm. After talking to and having her try a sugar cookie, Mel runs into Niko there before heading home.

Mel and Macy get home around the same time and Harry arrives shortly after. Maggie has used the glamour spell on basically the whole house in the meantime.

The Harbinger kills its next victim while the party is happening at the Vera house. Maggie takes Macy to her room to use the glamour spell on her after seeing her arrive in her costume.

Mel gathers them all together once learning from Niko that there has been another murder. The Harbinger arrives.

Protection spell doesn’t work so they try to lure the demon into the woods.

Party must end in and around 12am to fit into the Cinderella narrative Lucy compliments.

1st November, 2018 (Thursday)

Early hours, Mel is putting her costume away and she tells Niko (who had to leave the party due to the body found) to not bother coming over. All sisters are in their pajamas and they head to where Harry is keeping watch of the Harbinger in the attic.

EP 4 - Exorcise Your Demons

1st to the 4th of November, 2018 (Thursday to Sunday)

The sisters take turns watching the harbinger.

5th of November, 2018 (Monday - Originally had it written as the 2nd of November but Trip’s death date screws that)

That morning Macy is playing around with the dead rat. Harry arrives then leaves once the detectives arrive and then Charity arrives.

The trio head to work/school. Maggie has world literature, a class that she has been failing and is having midterms for. Lucy volunteers Parker to be Maggie’s tutor. Macy is secretly testing the rat while at work.

Mel is back home using a spell on the Harbinger. After a disagreement with Charity she goes and picks Maggie up from the university….with the harbinger in the trunk. Mel and Maggie chain the harbinger to a float in one of the university storage facility things. Harry arrives, Macy is back with Charity at the house but leaves after getting a text to meet them.

It's dark now and Maggie has to go out and distract Parker while the other two have already gone to go get supplies. Not soon after the harbinger breaks free and Harry has Maggie use the compass to call Charity. The other two get back just in time with the gloves and stuff from the labs.

They cast the exorcism spell and after getting it out they discover Trip killed. Charity handles it while Harry takes Angela and the girls back to the house.

Sometime during the night/next day Alistair gets his hands on the paint bucket via Charity.

6th of November, 2018 (Tuesday)

Parker turns up to the house to see Maggie. Mel and Macy are still in their pajamas. Niko comes over and Mel is trying to console her about Trip.

EP 5 - Other Women

7th of November, 2018 (Wednesday)

At least 2 days since Angela Wu was saved and Harry having moved in.

Macy is having a bath in the early hours of the morning, which is when Harry goes to. The commotion awakes the other sisters.

Later that day Mel takes Niko to Trips grave, it says on the tomb that he died on the 5th of November.

Macy is at work and meets Alistair. She sees Galvin with Summer. Meanwhile Mel wants her and Niko to get away that weekend after hearing about her being put on leave.

Maggie is with Lucy having a coffee, probably around lunch.

Mel and Niko are having dinner later.

8th of November, 2018 (Thursday)

Mel is talking to Niko at lunch and accidentally gives Niko a key piece of information. Maggie gets back from shopping at the gap. She’s supposed to have been hunting for whoever Parker cheated on Lucy with. She finds Macy stalking Summer only. Maggie reckons it was only days ago Macy and Galvin were kissing. They go up to Macy’s room to talk about Summer, Harry joins without pants.

Niko finds Trip’s cabin that night and is saved by Mel and taken to the hospital. Meanwhile Maggie and Macy are at the haunt, talking with Summer and Galvin.

Harry and Mel talk while Niko sleeps in the hospital bed. After Hunter attacks them and flees Mel goes home with Niko and changes, Harry however is still in the same clothes. She texts her sisters to come home, who both were at Galvin’s. Mel wants to cast the arcadian smokescreen spell.

Prepping for the spell takes a bit. The other two sisters cast while Mel says goodbye.

9th of November, 2018 (Friday)

Mel is checking Niko’s social media during breakfast, which Harry has cooked. Maggie invites Harry into their little family.

Maggie tells Lucy the truth before classes it seems. Mel and Harry head to work, but Mel doesn’t have a job anymore due to the spell’s consequences.

Macy apologises to Galvin at his place, to get a copy of his glowing mark.

EP 6 - Kappa Spirit

23rd of November, 2018 (Friday - Originally had it written as the 11th because I didn’t think that much time could have passed after the spell with Niko)

Mel’s still in bed moping and mourning her loss of relationship with Niko.

They head to the Haunt with Harry. Their server was Ashley. All up they spend $44 after having ordered a pint of old arrow pale ale, a pint of blind fox hef (hefeweizen) and 7 mojitos. According to the date on the receipt, it's the 24th, which would be a Saturday. Considering the next episode is somehow the 25th, I’m guessing they’re given the receipt sometime after 12am, making it technically the next day. I know nothing about the USA traditions but apparently the 23rd was Black Friday, making Thanksgiving the day before?

Lucy unknowingly summons Brenda.

24th of November, 2018 (Saturday)

It’s initiation week, Maggie would have been a full kappa if she hadn’t screwed things up with Lucy.

Maggie meets Brenda and later discovers she is from 1989 with Mel. Marisol is seen, very much pregnant with Macy.

That night is Galvin’s birthday party at the Renzi room on campus.

Days ago Harry was actually told that the sisters didn't actually need added protection by the elders but he wanted to stay with them regardless.

Later, after saving Lucy and finding out about Macy's inner darkness, the sisters bring Harry into their sisterhood, since he plans on moving back into his condo. Pange Lingua from Churches: Ecclesiastican Zajaczek is being played during the sisterhood ceremony.

Hunter steals Macy’s blood from the lab.

Macy later finds the box with the key hidden in the post on the front verandah/porch. Probably real late at night, if not early hours of morning.

EP 7 - Out of Scythe

25th of November, 2018 (Sunday)

Maggie has Harry’s orb and is awoken that morning by Mel. Macy wears the key after finding it a week ago.

Mel’s thesis proposal was apparently due six weeks ago and I’m guessing it's for the job Harry’s trying to get Mel to go for. She could have potentially been already given an extension or allowed to apply late.

Macy meets Julia once she gets to work.

Lucy gives Parker and Maggie the green light.

Mel meets Jada at the Haunt while she’s working on her thesis. When Mel goes to google duo with Maggie, her phone says it's 1:24pm and that it's Sunday, the 25th of November.

Leon the satyr arrives soon after Maggie ends the call with Mel. And yet it shows that it's gotten dark by the time that the rest of the gang gather to help the unconscious man onto the couch. One would think Maggie wouldn’t just leave some random guy there for a few hours while she waits for her family to get there?

They party with the satyr that night.

26th of November, 2018 (Monday)

Next morning they're hungover. Harry’s watch says it's about 7:45am when he’s making the hair of the dog.

Maggie’s having a date with Parker, probably around lunch time since Macy and Galvin have a coffee together.

Now evening, Maggie goes to apologise to Parker but witnesses him injecting himself with something and leaves.

The gang head to the fertility clinic to stop the shadow demon.

Harry reveals his entomophobia once the bees arrive after they get back from the clinic.

The shadow demon attacks later, and Jada arrives to steal the scythe.

They sit down and discuss what just happened and Mel refuses to be healed.

27th of November, 2018 (Tuesday)

Macy confronts her boss about not firing Galvin. Not really sure when this occurs, kind of screws with my outline for the next episode.

Maggie plans on signing up for next semester as a psych major. Parker stops by to explain things.

EP 8 - Bug a Boo

The charmed ones hunt Jada without Harry’s help for some reason. Jada uses the scythe. Personally, it makes more sense for this scene to be a continuation of the night from the last episode, when Jada first gets the scythe, simply due to the fact that we have no idea how the girls found Jada in the first place. Plus it allows this episode to flow better in my opinion.

27th of November, 2018 (Tuesday - continued from the last episode despite outfit changes?)

That morning Charity is there.

Maggie heads to AptitudeMatch.

Macy stays late at work.

A person goes missing.

28th of November, 2018 (Wednesday)

A crime scene is taped off where the person went missing. Mel, Charity and Harry investigate, unknowingly being watched by Jada.

Macy and Maggie seem to be having breakfast or atleast coffee together in the kitchen. It says it's nearly 8am on the wall clock.

That night as Mel takes out Haunts trash, Jada and her chat. Jada gives Mel back the shards of the scythe.

After work Mel (seemingly having changed out of her work clothes) talks to Charity. Apparently she destroyed the scythe all by her lonesome, which always bothered me, but I guess the writers couldn’t have them using it to bust Harry out in the next episode onwards.

Harry and Charity share a moment. Macy is still at work.

Maggie goes on a date with Parker while Macy is looking over the stuff the demon left behind at the crime scene after getting home from work.

The girl that was next to Maggie and Parker gets taken by the demon, who was her date.

Macy goes out on her date with Wes who has been texting her since she was back home from work.

The last time three people went missing from Hilltowne was December 28th, 2001. Macy is the last victim.

The sisters wait in Macy’s room as she takes a shower after the whole ordeal.

29th of November, 2018 (Thursday)

Mel it at work, probably around midday when Jada turns up to stop a mugging. Mel’s wearing the same outfit as the last time Jada showed up to her work, so maybe it really is her work clothes? Jada is in the same outfit too though....

Mel is in Harry’s office, looking for Charity’s compass to summon her. She’s taken to see the Elders.

That night Macy is at the haunt planning to have a date with Galvin who never makes it. Originally I was going to make it at least a week after the whole Cicada demon ordeal but maybe Macy wasn’t that phased by it.

Mel uses Jada’s spell to reveal the Sarcana in the tattoo parlor and gets knocked out.

EP 9 - Jingle Hell

29th of November, 2018 (same night as previous episode - Thursday)

Mel wakes up from being knocked out and learns about initiation. She goes back to the attic to tell Maggie and Harry, who the latter is getting out the christmas decorations. Apparently decorations are typically put up in late November or early December, usually to coincide with the start of Advent.

24th of December, 2018 (Monday - Disclaimer: I personally don’t celebrate Christmas, so I don’t know if they’d be opening gifts 12am Christmas morning or 12am Boxing day but to me it would make more sense to be the 24th.)

They're setting up the Christmas Tree.

Harry has been feeding his Christmas cake brandy for the last three weeks.

Ray is driving from Minneapolis, having been in Japan and is supposed to be there by 4pm.

Galvin arrives and apparently there's a chance of a blizzard. It's getting closer to 4pm. Broken legs take around eight weeks to heal, I doubt he was in hospital that long and simply hasn’t been at work or around Macy, whose no doubt also been avoiding him because she blames herself for asking him on the date in the first place.

Shit unknowingly starts going sideways and Mel is texted by Jada for initiation. Parker arrives and Maggie let's him know they open presents at midnight.

In the time it takes to make the phone call to Mama Roz and for Macy to be knocked out and replaced, Harry has fallen asleep from the coquito.

It's well after 4pm, as Maggie is getting antsy until her dad finally texts that he's not coming. Maggie and Parker go to her room. Mel sees him remove the necklace and tells the other sister aka Hunter.

It’s now dark outside. Mel wakes up Harry and takes him to the attic to look through the Book of Shadows. Parker goes to tell Maggie about the danger but Galvin needs help with the toilet. Then the shit really hits the fan. The Sarcana crows effectively scare off Hunter.

Maggie is taken by Parker but she walks back to the house where Galvin is asleep in the den and somehow it's midnight.

25th of December, 2018 (Tuesday)

It's past midnight and Harry has a small gift for each of them. Hunter, then Parker, arrive once more and Harry gets sucked into Tartarus with Hunter.

Galvin understandably bounces soon after.

EP 10 - Keep Calm and Harry On

Sometime after the 25th of December, 2018 (Tuesday onwards)

Daylight, they can't find anything in the texts and Charity doesn't have any information either that can help Harry. They still haven't told her about Galvin witnessing what he did. All the Christmas decorations have been taken down so unless they took them down immediately on Christmas day, I assume they at least left them a few days since I don’t think it was their first priority.

3rd? of January, 2019 (Thursday)

Maggie’s apparently been crying for a week and the holidays seem to be over and people are back to work and study. Poor Harry has gotten royally fucked over. Apparently the USA starts back the year usually around January 3rd or after. I don’t know if University would start near the end of a week or not, so don’t take this as a definite start date.

Maggie does a spell before going to university.

4th of January, 2019 (Friday)

Maggie does the spell once more that morning.

That night Macy pulls a heist with Galvin.

Maggie is later dumped into Tartarus because Charity was duped by Alistair.

Macy and Mel get the harbinger to Dante hours later.

Alistair turns up pissed and Maggie in return gets angry and creates a spell with her sisters. Possibly already past 12 and into the next day by now.

5th of January, 2019 (Saturday)

Charity tells a resting Harry she loves him back at the house and that his son is still alive. Mel is meeting Jada in the meantime at the Haunt, to give her the hellflames and then spends the night/morning with her.

Galvin arrives while its still early morning and gives Macy Julia's research. Maggie and Macy share 52% while Maggie and Mel share 23%.

EP 11 - Witch Perfect

7th of January, 2019 (Monday)

Mel and Maggie are delivering Harry breakfast in the attic. Maggie is planning to audition for the Hilltones. Harry is writing what he remembers and putting the pieces together. Macy breaks the news of their parentage not too long after that. Maggie realises Parker had lied about needing a transfusion from her too because of it.

Macy presents the letters to Maggie before her audition for the Hilltones.

That night Galvin comes over and Macy casts a spell for secrets to be revealed. Macy’s father died in April 2016 and his last letter to their mom was March 25th.

8th of January, 2019 (Tuesday)

Maggie is at practice and when she comes home Macy is waiting for her with the letters she found with Galvin.

Mel goes and sees Jada.

Macy and Galvin later find out via more letters that Maggie was conceived on New Years Eve 2000. This information could now be void as of Season 2 as Maggie is turning 20 despite it still apparently being 2019 unless they meant the affair happened while it was still 1999 and I misunderstood the line...which ofcourse is a possiblilty.

9th? of January, 2019 (Wednesday)

Maggie is at another practice and notices the demonic pitch pipe. Apparently it's the last Hilltownes rehearsal before their showcase later that night. It's strange that they’ve barely had a week of practice but somehow ready for a showcase, but I doubt Macy would sit on those letters for too long...I could always be wrong though.

Mel is with Jada at the Haunt.

The Hilltones' performance is happening soon. Macy, Galvin and Harry do the research for the pipe before Macy and Galvin head to help since Harry is weakened.

Later that night Macy and Maggie bond over letters while Harry talks to Charity in the attic and Mel goes on a walk with Jada. Macy discovers she was brought back from the dead probably around midnight as she goes for a run to clear her head soon after.

EP 12 - You're Dead to Me

10th of January, 2019 (Thursday)

While Macy is known to take baths at 3am she only got back after a long run an hour earlier.

Harry was planning to tell the girls at breakfast about him deciding not to be their whitelighter anymore but Mel and Maggie fill him in on the letters.

Later that day Macy has summoned the necromancer, meanwhile Harry is with Mel since she is the first and only one of the sisters to turn up after getting his texts after seeing Niko. Maggie is at university in the meantime but gets home to see Knansie and Macy before getting attacked by Cyd.

Shit goes down at the house and Harry wonky powers take Mel to England where it's night due to where they’re going being 5~ hours ahead of Hilltown’s time. They get a drink at the pub before wandering all night looking for something to spark Harry’s memories.

The sun’s gone down back in Hilltowne as they're chaining up Cyd. Maggie’s gone to her university party.

It's now morning in England, Harry thinks there is something familiar about the Strathcona Church. They sort through the files, which could’ve taken a few hours but by the time they get home it's still dark in Hilltowne.

11th of January, 2019 (Friday)

Mel and Maggie bring Macy a hot drink and check in on her.

Macy talks to Julia at work. Mel and Harry are looking in on at Niko at the coffee shop, probably before Harry has work and Maggie is at the university already.

EP 13 - Manic Pixie Nightmare

5th of March, 2019 (Tuesday - originally had this occur back as January but it doesn’t make sense later on.)

Parker invites the sisters to his friend Judd’s wake since he suspects something supernatural is happening. Macy is at work in the meantime and Mel is leaving Jada’s after sleeping over.

They attend Judd’s wake, seemingly later that night. Another death happens and they head back to the house to research what could have done it.

6th of March, 2019 (Wednesday)

Next morning Galvin arrives before work and Macy and him go to see Mama Roz.

At lunch Macy tells her sisters and Harry about what happened when she and Galvin saw Mama Roz.

They spend the entire afternoon setting up the pixie trap and it's dark when they finish.

Later that night they head off to save Harry and the pixie. Mel uses the hex that she and Jada used a few weeks ago while Harry is unconscious.

7th of March, 2019 (Thursday)

Mel and Jada are attacked by witch hunters.

Macy and Maggie eat pasta together that night in the kitchen. Macy then loses her virginity to Galvin some time after.

EP 14 - Touched by a Demon

8th of March, 2019 (Friday)

Maggie blows Parker away accidentally prior to planned sex.

That evening Macy is still stress baking.

Harry talks to her in the attic and they both say goodnight. Portal opens and the characters come out.

Maggie is trying to seduce Parker again. Mel is with Jada and Niko, dealing with the witch hunters.

After being saved by Maggie and Mel, Macy spends the rest of the night/early hours of the morning watching Heavens vice with them.

9th of March, 2019 (Saturday)

Mel leaves that morning after Macy makes the decision to call Charity.

Maggie sees Parker and they sleep together for the first time before discovering the vortex viribus

Fiona wakes up as the vortex viribus is activated.

EP 15 - Switches & Stones

9th of March, 2019 (same day as episode prior - Saturday)

Maggie informs Harry and they get Charity and Macy, who were seeing the Elders.

Mel is in the isle of Hy-Breasal Ireland, which is around 5 hours ahead of Hilltowne, with Jada looking for the Sirona stone.

10th of March, 2019 (Sunday)

Next day Maggie is with Parker at college, signing up for spring rush. I have no idea when spring rush is and said sign up. There is so much conflicting information out on the wild, wild web since different universities have different times and don’t all follow the same schedule....

Maggie has Chinese food for dinner. Mel gets back with Jada that night.

11th of March, 2019 (Monday)

Macy goes for a run early that morning after a nightmare.

Mel and Maggie woke up in the other’s body.

Kappa rush brunch.

Maggie (Mel) gets kidnapped for Greek shit that night. Macy is with Charity and Priyanka in the attic. And Mel (Maggie) goes to see Jada instead of covering her shift.

They band together later that night for Medusa.

Macy helps pick out Maggie’s outfit for the next day.

Macy sees Priyanka later that night/early morning hours in the attic. Charity kills her Priyanka.

EP 16 - Memento Mori

12th of March, 2019 (Tuesday)

That morning Macy has no memory of the incident. Charity is there, hovering.

Apparently Macy helped pick out Maggie's outfit the night before but she has no recollection of that either.

Harry says it’s Tuesday.

Maggie's borrowed rose gold earrings from Macy three times.

The sisters have lunch together.

Harry and Charity sleep together. It's also the ten year anniversary of Fiona's supposed death.

13th of March, 2019 (Wednesday)

Next morning Macy stares at her bruises and checks the attic and Charity appears, wipes her memory again

The gang gather around and Charity acts up a storm before dismissing most of them. She plants the seed about Macy going after Priyanka on her own.

Maggie's out for lunch with Parker.

Harry checks Priyanka's apartment. It seems to be night so probably after he goes to work for the day.

That night Macy is tossing and turning, she finds Priyanka stuffed in a chest in the attic.

14th of March, 2019 (Thursday)

That morning Macy talks to her sisters and they go to talk to Julia.

Macy goes to the attic once more and starts working things out.

It's snowing. Charity kidnaps Macy.

Its getting dark out and Mel and Maggie get home. With Harry they go to the vortex and deal with Charity.

The sisters relive their mother's death while Harry watches the prisoner and Fiona arrives to talk to Charity before she is taken away by the guards.

15th of March, 2019 (Friday)

Charity is saved by Alistair.

Maggie is with Parker that morning after hearing about his fall.

EP 17 - Surrender

15th of March, 2019 (same day as the episode prior - Friday)

Only twelve elders remain.

Harry is stripped of his powers.

20th of March, 2019 (Wednesday)

Harry has been missing for a few days. Macy makes breakfast for the sisters. Macy’s phone says 10:06am.

Maggie is seeing Julia during the morning while Mel is with Niko.

Macy texts them both to get home asap. It’s probably around lunchtime or just after. Harry's back and old, he's allowed to stay to give advice until a new Whitelighter is found. Harry is wearing his lapel pin, something he apparently once told Maggie he wanted to be buried with.

That evening Mel goes to see Jada for help. She refuses, the Sarcana are preparing the keeper to take on her new powers as they don't want the elders controlling magic anymore. Fiona agrees that Jada was right to refuse Mel in helping Harry as anyone whose cozy with her sister isn't worth saving. Mel and her sisters force the elders' hands not soon after but are seemingly ignored when it comes to Harry’s reinstatement as their whitelighter.

21st of March, 2019 (Thursday)

It seems to be early morning when they're sent back. Mel has only been in the Sarcana for a few months.

Once Mel gets back from Niko’s, the sisters do research. It's March, and is spring according to Mel. The Vernal equinox is that day which according to google said event seems to last from the 19th to the 21st usually.

Harry kept the surveillance compass and its receiver ring from Charity.

Maggie meets Viralis and her greatest desire is a love that never leaves. Harry apparently was stalking them. He gives them a simple repair spell. Fiona is stalking him.

They arrive at the barn place and Niko greets them before shit goes down. Fiona fails to get the map from Harry.

Maggie delivers the demon blood Macy collected from Viralis to Julia that afternoon.

22nd of March, 2019 (Friday)

Maggie checks with Julia on how Parker is going that morning, Julia plans on giving another dose tonight.

They're having tea with an even older Harry, potentially morning tea. Fiona arrives, then Jada, who is told about the two Sarcana under Fiona's bed. Fiona takes Harry.

EP 18 - The Replacement

22nd of March, 2019 (same day as episode prior - Friday)

That night they meet Tessa. Harry is believed to have died.

23rd of March, 2019 (Saturday)

The girls sleep in that morning. A bursar contacts Maggie and wants $30,000 for tuition.

Galvin is supposed to land back at 8pm that night.

Mel is at work. Her Sarcana tattoo has disappeared.

Galvin arrived on time, his flight was 7 hours in coach.

24th of March, 2019 (Sunday)

Next morning two of the sisters take the Yoruba artifacts to Mama Roz while Maggie babysits the body.

Macy is going for a walk with Galvin and the sun seems to be setting. For the demon curing it has the be the next night as it's a full moon. That night they’re having a slumber party with the dead guy and discussing Galvin etc.

Mama Roz is killed.

25th of March, 2019 (Monday)

Maggie is at the black student union meeting.

Mel is working Niko and Greta's bachelorette party that night but leaves with Maggie to Mama Roz’s

Macy is with Galvin, who is possessed. Spring has finally sprung and the Abiku wants Macy because she was a stillborn.

Macy uses her dark side to stop Galvin’s heart and then restart it.

Later Galvin and Macy break up. For some reason Tessa didn’t heal Galvin’s finger wounds, then again she’s probably just being petty since she didn’t get to wipe his memories and all that.

26th of March, 2019 (Tuesday)

Macy didn't really sleep at all and is still wide awake that morning. Niko calls Mel, the tattoo parlor has been ransacked and the Sarcana massacred. Mel also revealed she’s a witch to Niko.

Mel tells her sisters the news.

EP 19 - Source Material

26th of March, 2019 (same day as episode prior - Tuesday)

That night Macy uses her sight via Harry’s lapel pin, to watch the Sarcana massacre with Mel and Maggie. They then summon Tessa, tell her about Harry being alive and put a tracker on her before she leaves.

The massacre could have happened any of the days but probably on the Friday as Mel only noticed her tattoo gone on the Saturday and the Sarcana weren’t prepared for Fiona’s return.

Alistair used Charity to break Hunter out of Tartarus during one of the days prior to Tuesday as well.

27th of March, 2019 (Wednesday)

Galvin is ignoring Macy at work.

Maggie is trying to fuck Parker as its been weeks since they've been together but he qants to wait until the final dose which is the next night

28th of March, 2019 (Thursday)

Mel takes the first shift of tracking Tessa while Macy goes to work.

Apparently the elders magically cleaned up the bodies of the Sarcana.

Parker is getting his final dose that night and thinks he kills Julia, his mother was he does.

29th of March, 2019 (Friday)

Macy comes into work early and later finds Julia’s body with Galvin. Probably had to pretend everything was good at work the whole day despite their boss not showing up.

Later that day Mel has her shift at the haunt. Maggie is strutting her way to get laid but can’t find Parker. Maggie and Macy swap stories. Meanwhile Mel is tagging along with Tessa via a spell, leaving behind Niko and finding Fiona and a tired Harry.

Macy is using the needle to see Julia's death. Hunter pretends to be Maggie to drive away Parker.

The girls join together at the mausoleum. Charity watches it all via scrying.

They head back home after scaring off Fiona and say a few words for Tessa.

Harry handles Julia's body that night while the girls sleep.

30th of March, 2019 (Saturday)

Next morning Harry makes breakfast. Macy then heads to work.

Mel’s at the Haunt with Niko. Parker turns up to see his dad.

That evening Maggie gets a letter from Parker who is getting the origin dagger thrust into him.

EP 20 - Ambush

31st of March, 2019 (Sunday)

Elder Silver turns up since more elders are dying. Apparently Alistair is the immortal protector of the Source, just like Fiona is the keeper of the Flame.

5th of May, 2019 (Sunday - originally had it as the 1st of April)

Macy goes dark at breakfast. Lucy arrives wanting Maggie’s margarita recipe for her Cinco de Mayo party that night. Which should mean it's actually May 5th and not the 1st of April that I originally had it written as. Since I’m going to use May as being the canon month, perhaps Fiona has simply been hunting the Elders all month?

Macy is with Harry in his office before they head back home with Galvin’s artifacts. Meanwhile Mel and Maggie look for Lucy whose being doing Alistair’s dirty work unknowingly.

Macy becomes the voodoo doll. Alistair and Fiona join forces. Mel and Maggie get back just after Harry puts Macy in bed, which she reluctantly went. Niko arrives just after and once she leaves Elder Silver arrives and they lay the trap with elders, who subsequently get murdered by Hunter.

They are warding the house to protect Elder Silver until it starts getting dark. Macy hurts Mel and they find the secret room after Macy breaks Elder Bari’s needle. The secret room is axed for Season 2 onwards, as are the items in said room. Hunter gives them 20 minutes to get to the Haunt with the last elder.

After defeating Hunter they go back to the house for drinks. A drink Harry picked up in San Miguel De Allende back in 2003.

Fiona meets with Charity to kill her but Charity gets away.

6th of May, 2019 (Monday)

Niko arrives with stuff for tracking Parker and Mel tells her about erasing her memories a few months ago. It seems to be starting to get light outside and the party at the haunt has long since stopped and is in the process of being cleaned up as well.

EP 21 - Red Rain

6th of May, 2019 (same day as episode prior - Monday)

They've changed clothes, probably got some sleep too. Maggie hears Parker and informs the others.

Kappas and Phi Deltas are all at the hospital. Macy runs off to the lab to test the blood, Galvin arrives there to help.

Mel, Harry and Maggie go to the place Niko helped them find.

After getting her findings Macy meets the gang back at the attic and Galvin goes back to the hospital before texting her updates.

Macy and Mel go to the hospital while Maggie and Harry try to reach Parker. Mel sees Niko is infected due to Greta taking off the ring.

Mel, Macy and Galvin see the dark storm clouds rolling in, signifying they're running out of time. Galvin and Macy head to the roof while Mel gets back to the house to get the Book of Shadows.

Maggie and Harry find Charity in the gardens of Latebra, bringing Mel and unluckily leading Parker right to Charity. Fiona listens to Parker's fight. Mel and Maggie somehow get back home. Harry probably orbed them home after dumping Fiona in the Vortex Viribus and then getting back to her.

Meanwhile Macy and Galvin set up the ritual and Fiona finds and kills her Charity. Harry goes and tells Mel and Maggie, probably took Charity’s body somewhere. Then again maybe he just left her dead ass back in that place.

Maggie is taken by Alistair and Galvin is finishing the sacrifice, Harry arriving there. He takes a grieving Macy back to the house where Mel has just finished calling the hospital. It's raining blood and they head to the eye of the storm.

Fiona ignites the flame with her death and Parker arrives. Macy takes the dagger and puts it in her before stepping into the flames.

Source Macy brings them home after killing Alistair and goes to resurrect Galvin.

EP 22 - The Source Awakens

7th of May, 2019 (Tuesday)

Galvin wakes up in Macy’s room, said owner having not slept at all.

Macy listens in on her family’s morning conversation. Said family avoids her. Mel claims to have work but is really going to catch up with Galvin before he starts work. Maggie says she has pilates but is really going to see Parker.

Harry visits Macy in her room and she reads his thoughts. He’s texted by the sisters to meet at his office.

It seems to be getting dark outside when Macy arrives to thwart them.

ALTERNATIVE HISTORY ETC

On Macy’s first attempt at rewriting history, she goes to introduce herself to Marisol at the house, forgetting about the curse. Marisol dies and her sisters, not knowing who she is, attacks her. Macy then goes to see Knansie at the Handy Dandy Snacks and Harry seems to recognise her.

Macy rewrites everything again, this time Mel is the sacrifice. Mel is a driver for the Hitch Hail app and is taking Harry to a women's studies conference in Seattle despite him still being Maggie and Macy’s whitelighter. They later get Maggie and then the prism but Macy turns up and Marisol still dies despite everything.

Macy rewrites history again. It's May 19th. Macy doesn't exist in this world. They go back in time and to the original timeline. I’m not sure if all this means Macy becomes the Source on the 19th too, instead of the 6th? Or if in that timeline they were just days ahead.

6th of May, 2019 (the day of Macy becoming the Source - Monday)

Macy relocates them in New York but Harry brings them back and they convince her to do the spell to remove the Source. Pieces of her necklace are in three separate corners of the world, so nobody, not even them, can find them as Harry wipes their memories. I’m hoping he wiped his own too, or else that’s gonna be a problem in the future.

7th? of May, 2019 (Tuesday)

They visit Marisol's grave.

Afterwards Mel goes and sees Niko. Maggie says goodbye to Parker.

8th? of May, 2019 (Wednesday)

They’ve been to Galvin’s funeral and then once they get back to the house a welcoming party is there to greet them.

NOTES

I'm from Australia so trying to track American stuff can be confusing for me sometimes since the whole different hemisphere thing is a factor. 😜 Not to mention I've never been to university myself so I'm not in the loop there either.

Also, I’m super sorry for any mix-ups with present and past tense. I was working on this at different times and didn't really think too much about which one I was using each time I outlined an episode.

I’m rewatching Season 2. A part of me feels I should wait until they finish filming and then releasing the remaining episodes of that season...so after next January I’ll be able to review. Feel free to send me a message if you believe certain dates would be better changed etc.

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SOMA: After the Launch Chapter Five “The Mountain of Omega”

Chapter Five “The Mountain of Omega”

Simon looked up at the gigantic barrel of the Omega Space Gun. To think someone actually climbed it to the top. Must have been some climber, or someone couldn’t turn back. He went with the more positive thought. He still held the Phi Storage Bag with some tools Ross managed to fix up despite the lack of legs.

He’d spent some time watching the WAU, talking to it and asking questions. Philosophical debates with one unspoken voice simply watching, answering in silence that spoke with thunder. Maybe the WAU would give him legs again, who knows. It got Simon this far and brought him back from the dead at Upsilon. Why? He didn’t ask. He didn’t want to know. He believed he was lucky to get a second chance. Knowing would break his happy lie. Is that better?

The creaking metal brought Simon back to the present.

“Ok, ok, ok, ok,” he muttered to himself. The only thing he even did close to this back in Toronto was the hill Jesse wanted to topple at four in the morning. He slowly eased himself over the railing to the barrel of the gun. The helmet-light sparked up after he messed around with his back. Thus the long journey began.

Ahead of him he could see only the barrel besides that was nothing. The Abyss illuminated nothing save for the dread of what lies in it. The Leviathan was far off near the WAU acting as the last defense. Did it have a personal connection with it? He didn’t want to know that either. All the faces gave him nightmares that they were actually people trapped forever in the same body, all wondering what’s going on with the only bit of agreement that was there was the need for Structure Gel. It was the only thing that kept some of these creatures alive. Like those drones up at Upsilon when he first found out he wasn’t...human. Who were they? What happened to them?

Along the way he found caps to oxygen tanks left behind, still floating up in the deep sea they were trapped in. The climb itself was not hard or confusing, the only challenge was his mentality about the walk. He’s walked the ground of the Abyss itself, the emptiness of it didn’t bother him since the path was clear with him knowing where he would be not long into it. Glasser’s hut, the Light Drone Station, the tunnels near Tau, Site Tau, Alpha, Phi, he could find him. He was guided by Ross and Catherine at the time. That was then.

Now he was guiding himself, the path ahead was sightless and unknowable. Was he really going? It’s been hours and yet here he still was on the barrel separating him from death. The thought of taking the dive etched at him. Scratched, scratched, scratched, scratched, scratching at his walls of resolve.

Maybe if he took the plunge…

“Stay focused,” he could hear Catherine say. “Keep going. Don’t lose hope. Stick to the bright side. Don’t stop.”

Simon pushed onward.

Another hour passed. He saw the roof of the sky and the yellow sun up where it should be. Dark clouds filled where blue should be; Simon wondered if the nights were just as beautiful from before, he hoped so. He reached out and felt his fingers break the barrier, the warmth spread as the rest of him emerged, he got through.

He was finally out. He was out.

Site Omega wasn’t much in comparison to the others though there were some living areas, offices, and a kitchen. The perfect place to live out the rest of your days with the best view of a dead world. Out on the deck, when he glanced around the corner, was a body. It wasn’t alone, it sat in a chair with books at their side, a bottle of alcohol, and a Power Suit up on a hook.

Simon recognized the Power Suit’s markings, they were from Phi or Tau, he could never remember which one was which. But someone actually did it. Some regular old joe climbed the barrel all the way here, living out their last moments reliving what they could of their old life, of the old world. A man’s flannel and jeans with the best alcohol there could be around, whiskey from Toronto, nice touch. Blood stained around their mouth and nose, their eyes closed with satisfaction, and the body relaxed one last time. Even when the world ended, someone still managed to fulfill a dream. He wished he could have had the same resolve as her.

There was one book still open resting atop their legs. It was poems by Keats, a good read for your last moments on Earth. The sun hung low in the sky, vibrant ever so still, yet it now shone light to a dead world, somewhere out there it was still on fire.Everything was either ash or on fire. Do the cities still stand? Does the world still have the memories of Humanity outside Pathos-II? He wondered if Toronto was still there, if his apartment still existed.

“Simon? Are you there?” Ross’s voice sparked through the radio nearby. “Simon, there’s a problem. Something’s blowing up an old system alarm. The screen’s cracked, I can’t read what it says, is there something wrong? Can you confirm?”

He hobbled on over to the closest terminal:

DESCENT DETECTED.

BRACE.

SITE THETA: BLACKOUT POSSIBLE

SITE DELTA: BLIMP IN IMPACT PATHWAY

SITE OMEGA: INFORM SITE STAFF

BRACE

Simon looked out the old glass window to see a streak in the sky. Another comet? Another world ending asteroid, comet, meteor, whatever?! Was it the ARK? No, no, it was too small to be a comet or the like. Too fast to be an asteroid or a meteor. What the hell was it? It got closer and closer, larger and larger, debris broke away and landed in the ocean. It flew past him, too close for comfort, smashing all the windows with the wind and threw Simon back against the terminal.

“Simon! What was it? Si--bzzzzzzzzzz”

He rushed out to the deck to look at the floating debris passing by. A metal plate marked with the words: PATHOS-II KAPPA SATELLITE

The ground shook, the barrel wobbled a little bit, Simon lost his footing and fell back. He grabbed the foot of the Power Suit to hold on. The entire thing broke off the hook and came crashing into him. They both fell off the deck, colliding into the barrel and sliding down. He tried to grab the suit and a ledge to hold on only for him to slip. Falling into the deep sea with a large splash, slowly finding his way back down, away from the sky of Heaven, back down to the depths of Hell.

There is no greater darkness than the very thoughts and the depths they originate from when our minds are alone to think. On top of the mountain or in the depths of despair. That’s what he thought as he and the suit sank back down. The view of Site Omega fading into nothing.

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Three students at Yale University laid the groundwork yesterday (Feb. 12) for what could become a historic reckoning on campus. In a class-action lawsuit, they sued the school and nine of its all-male fraternities for discrimination based on gender, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

The lawsuit, brought by students Ky Walker, Anna McNeil, and Eliana Singer, seeks to ban fraternities from considering gender when selecting members, and to require that fraternities not only invite women and non-binary students into their associations, but grant them access to leadership positions and their alumni networks.

The students’ lawyers say that this is the first lawsuit seeking “gender integration” within the Greek system. A handful of co-ed fraternities exist, but they’re rare. At Yale, where the fraternity system has recruited future presidents, governors, and Supreme Court Justices since 1836, only one, Fence Club, is co-ed.

As the New York Times observed, colleges across the country want fraternities to clean up their culture, currently associated with unruly parties, sexual assaults, and abusive, occasionally lethal, hazing rituals. But these plaintiffs’ critique specifically takes issue with the gender-segregation system, which some argue is a relic of past eras. “It’s not only breeding a very toxic sexual culture but also is giving undue economic and professional benefits to the male fraternity members,” Walker, 20, a junior at Yale studying astrophysics and African-American studies, tells the AP.

The power of who you know

Little side note: The three young ladies responsible for this lawsuit are part of the biggest gang in the land and it starts with a "Fem" ands with an "ist" but that's none of my business.

Walker, McNeil, and Singer are members of Engender, a registered student group that, according to its website, “advocates for equity and inclusion within the Yale community.” Several prominent law professors sit on its senior advisory board, including Anita Hill, an icon of the women’s rights movement, who is a graduate of Yale Law School and professor at Brandeis University.

Some of Engender’s female and gender non-binary members have tested the waters at Yale’s male fraternities over the last two years by applying to get in. “All but one fraternity refused to let our members rush, and the one that did ultimately denied our members’ requests for admission,” the trio behind today’s suit explained in an op-ed published by Yale Daily News last fall. Under Yale’s regulations, they say, all student organizations must comply with the school’s anti-discrimination policy. Fraternities have been exempt from this rule, they suggest.

“When Ms. McNeil, Ms. Singer, and Ms. Walker arrived on campus as first-year students, they encountered a thriving all-male fraternity scene,” the complaint, which was filed in federal court in Connecticut, says. “Yale had a drastic shortage of University-run social spaces, and the fraternities were the de facto social environment for many students. Male students routinely controlled the admission, alcohol, lighting, and music for many Yale social gatherings. This dynamic created dangerous environments in which sexual misconduct thrived.”

All three plaintiffs, who are second- and third-year students, say they’ve been groped at fraternity events, and assert that many students have become resigned to the idea that attending a frat-organized event means accepting the danger of harassment or assault. The lawsuit vividly describes male fraternity members evaluating and admitting women to gatherings at frat houses based on their appearance, and groping and grinding against female students without their consent. “Yale is a microcosm of the ongoing epidemic of sexual harassment and assault at all-male fraternities,” the lawsuit says.

This kind of violence and harassment on campus can negatively affect a woman’s professional prospects later in life. But so too can the simple fact of not belonging to a male fraternity. One of the well-researched benefits of being a frat brother is better connections, and a stronger social network, as the plaintiffs note, echoing other critiques of Greek system culture.

“In addition to controlling many of Yale’s social gatherings, fraternity brothers have access to a vast, nationwide alumni network, which often results in coveted job opportunities,” the lawsuit states. “Indeed, Yale’s fraternity alumni include powerful business and political leaders, such as former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and current Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh—all alumni of Yale’s chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon.”

Thanks to their “brothers,” fraternity members have connections to call on at banks and consulting businesses, the plaintiffs find, and they’re offered jobs and summer internships by fraternity alumni. “One member of the Yale chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon told Plaintiff Walker that brothers receive regular emails from recruiters or alumni professional resources,” according to the complaint.

Sororities do not cancel out the fraternities’ undue influence, either, the case argues, because women-only groups are not as old and entrenched as the fraternities, and their venues at Yale cannot host social events. What’s more, the binary nature of the Greek system excludes non-binary students, the lawsuit adds.

An “ever-replenishing” source of donations

The case accuses the fraternities and Yale of jointly or independently violating various laws, including the state’s fair housing act as well as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which protects students from discrimination on campus on the basis of sex.

A representative of Yale University declined to comment on the lawsuit, but shared a message from Yale College dean Marvin Chun. That message summarized Yale’s plans to create alternative social spaces on campus, reminded students that Yale is not involved in the fraternities’ operations, and linked to a review of allegations about sexual misconduct at Yale fraternities, and at Delta Kappa Epsilon particularly.

A lawyer representing the fraternities—the local and national chapters of Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Leo fraternity, Sigma Chi Theta Upsilon, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Zeta Psi are all named as defendants—told the AP that the lawsuit was “baseless.”

In their op-ed, the Engender students say that Harvard University took decisive action to support gender equality when it banned fraternities and sororities or any other single-sex organization several years ago and “barred members from campus leadership positions unless their organizations committed to integration.” Harvard, however, is now facing a backlash from fraternities that have sued the school claiming its regulations break discrimination laws.

That they’re up against a formidable force is abundantly clear to the Yale plaintiffs. They write that universities like Yale depend on fraternities to provide housing, social outlets, and “an ever replenishing source of alumni donors.”

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You mean to tell me a fraternity in current year refuses to invite female students?

OH I'M SO SHOCKED.

Personally I would rather dismantled the entire thing them invite them in.

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There is a group of FGCU students that consistently earns above-average GPAs, performs more service hours than required, has raised more than $1 million for philanthropy and boasts members involved in every leadership position on campus. It consists of the 1,381 members of the 28 FGCU fraternities and sororities. While representing 12 percent of the student body, the group accounts for many individual and group accomplishments since Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) was established at FGCU in 2003.

#Florida Gulf Coast University #FGCU #Fort Myers #Florida #Alpha Phi Alpha #Upsilon Sigma Chapter #Fraternity #greek life #sorority #Alpha Chi Omega #AXO #Beta Theta Pi

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General Charles Quinton Brown Jr. (born March 2, 1962) is a USAF four-star general who currently serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African-American to be appointed as chief of staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces. He assumed office from Gen. David L. Goldfein who served as chief of staff since 2016 in a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews on 6 August 2020. He served as commander of the Pacific Air Forces, air component commander for the US Indo-Pacific Command, and executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff. He served as the deputy commander of US Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Before serving as the deputy commander of CENTCOM, he was the Commander of Air Forces Central. As the air component commander for CENTCOM, he was responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting air operations in a 20-nation area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia. He took over Pacific Air Forces from acting commander Jerry Martínez on July 26, 2018. On June 9, 2020, he was confirmed as the first African American Chief of Staff of the USAF. He was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps with a BS in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University. He is a brother of the Eta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. In 1994, he earned an MS in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSS-4Orgvc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Book Of Genesis - From The Latin Vulgate - Chapter 15

INTRODUCTION.

The Hebrews now entitle all the Five Books of Moses, from the initial words, which originally were written like one continued word or verse; but the Sept. have preferred to give the titles the most memorable occurrences of each work. On this occasion, the Creation of all things out of nothing, strikes us with peculiar force. We find a refutation of all the heathenish mythology, and of the world’s eternity, which Aristotle endeavoured to establish. We behold the short reign of innocence, and the origin of sin and misery, the dispersion of nations, and the providence of God watching over his chosen people, till the death of Joseph, about the year 2369 (Usher) 2399 (Sal. and Tirin) B.C. 1631. We shall witness the same care in the other Books of Scripture, and adore his wisdom and goodness in preserving to himself faithful witnesses, and a true Holy Catholic Church, in all ages, even when the greatest corruption seemed to overspread the land. H.

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This Book is so called from its treating of the Generation, that is, of the Creation and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it Bereshith, from the word with which it begins. It contains not only the History of the Creation of the World, but also an account of its progress during the space of 2369 years, that is, until the death of Joseph.

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Verses are in English and Latin. HAYDOCK CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY

This Catholic commentary on the Old Testament, following the Douay-Rheims Bible text, was originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). This transcription is based on Haydock’s notes as they appear in the 1859 edition of Haydock’s Catholic Family Bible and Commentary printed by Edward Dunigan and Brother, New York, New York.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Changes made to the original text for this transcription include the following:

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Footnotes. The original text indicates footnotes with special characters, including the astrisk (*) and printers’ marks, such as the dagger mark, the double dagger mark, the section mark, the parallels mark, and the paragraph mark. In this transcription all these special characters have been replaced by numbers in square brackets, such as [1], [2], [3], etc.

Accent marks. The original text contains some English letters represented with accent marks. In this transcription, those letters have been rendered in this transcription without their accent marks.

Other special characters.

Solid horizontal lines of various lengths that appear in the original text have been represented as a series of consecutive hyphens of approximately the same length, such as .

Ligatures, single characters containing two letters united, in the original text in some Latin expressions have been represented in this transcription as separate letters. The ligature formed by uniting A and E is represented as Ae, that of a and e as ae, that of O and E as Oe, and that of o and e as oe.

Monetary sums in the original text represented with a preceding British pound sterling symbol (a stylized L, transected by a short horizontal line) are represented in this transcription with a following pound symbol, l.

The half symbol (½) and three-quarters symbol (¾) in the original text have been represented in this transcription with their decimal equivalent, (.5) and (.75) respectively.

Unreadable text. Places where the transcriber’s copy of the original text is unreadable have been indicated in this transcription by an empty set of square brackets, [].

Chapter 15

God promiseth seed to Abram. His faith, sacrifice and vision.

[1] Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great. His itaque transactis, factus est sermo Domini ad Abram per visionem dicens : Noli timere, Abram : ego protector tuus sum, et merces tua magna nimis.

[2] And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer. Dixitque Abram : Domine Deus, quid dabis mihi? ego vadam absque liberis, et filius procuratoris domus meae iste Damascus Eliezer.

[3] And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir. Addiditque Abram : Mihi autem non dedisti semen, et ecce vernaculus meus, haeres meus erit.

[4] And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir. Statimque sermo Domini factus est ad eum, dicens : Non erit hic haeres tuus, sed qui egredietur de utero tuo, ipsum habebis haeredem.

[5] And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be. Eduxitque eum foras, et ait illi : Suscipe caelum, et numera stellas, si potes. Et dixit ei : Sic erit semen tuum.

[6] Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. Credidit Abram Deo, et reputatum est illi ad justitiam.

[7] And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it. Dixitque ad eum : Ego Dominus qui eduxi te de Ur Chaldaeorum ut darem tibi terram istam, et possideres eam.

[8] But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? At ille ait : Domine Deus, unde scire possum quod possessurus sim eam?

[9] And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon. Et respondens Dominus : Sume, inquit, mihi vaccam trienem, et capram trimam, et arietem annorum trium, turturem quoque et columbam.

[10] And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not. Qui tollens universa haec, divisit ea per medium, et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit; aves autem non divisit.

[11] And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. Descenderuntque volucres super cadavera, et abigebat eas Abram.

[12] And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him. Cumque sol occumberet, sopor irruit super Abram, et horror magnus et tenebrosus invasit eum.

[13] And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years. Dictumque est ad eum : Scito praenoscens quod peregrinum futurum sit semen tuum in terra non sua, et subjicient eos servituti, et affligent quadringentis annis.

[14] But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance. Verumtamen gentem, cui servituri sunt, ego judicabo : et post haec egredientur cum magna substantia.

[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age. Tu autem ibis ad patres tuos in pace, sepultus in senectute bona.

[16] But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time. Generatione autem quarta revertentur huc : necdum enim completae sunt iniquitates Amorrhaeorum usque ad praesens tempus.

[17] And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions. Cum ergo occubuisset sol, facta est caligo tenebrosa, et apparuit clibanus fumans, et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas.

[18] That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates. In illo die pepigit Dominus foedus cum Abram, dicens : Semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Aegypti usque ad fluvium magnum Euphraten,

[19] The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites, Cinaeos, et Cenezaeos, Cedmonaeos,

[20] And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also, et Hethaeos, et Pherezaeos, Raphaim quoque,

[21] And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. et Amorrhaeos, et Chananaeos, et Gergesaeos, et Jebusaeos.

Commentary:

Ver. 1. Fear not. He might naturally be under some apprehensions, lest the four kings should attempt to be revenged upon him. --- Reward, since thou hast so generously despised earthly riches. H. --- Abram was not asleep, but saw a vision of exterior objects. v. 5.

Ver. 2. I shall go. To what purpose should I heap up riches, since I have no son to inherit them? Abram knew that God had promised him a numerous posterity; but he was not apprized how this was to be verified, and whether he was to adopt some other for his son and heir. Therefore, he asks modestly, how he out to understand the promise. --- And the son, &c. Heb. is differently rendered, "and the steward of my house, this Eliezer of Damascus." We know not whether Eliezer or Damascus be the proper name. The Sept. have "the son of Mesech, my handmaid, this Eliezer of Damascus." Most people suppose, that Damascus was the son of Eliezer, the steward. The sentence is left unfinished, and must be supplied from the following verse, shall be my heir. The son of the steward, filius procurationis, may mean the steward himself, as the son of perdition denotes the person lost. C.

Ver. 6. Reputed by God, who cannot judge wrong; so that Abram increased in justice by this act of faith, believing that his wife, now advanced in years, would have a child; from whom others should spring, more numerous than the stars of heaven. H. --- This faith was accompanied and followed by many other acts of virtue. S. Jam. ii. 22. W.

Ver. 8. Whereby, &c. Thus the blessed Virgin asked, how shall this be done? Lu. i. 34. without the smallest degree of unbelief. Abram wished to know, by what signs he should be declared the lawful owner of the land. H.

Ver. 9. Three years, when these animals have obtained a perfect age.

Ver. 12. A deep sleep, or ecstasy, like that of Adam. G. ii. 21, wherein God revealed to him the oppression of his posterity in Egypt, which filled him with such horror (M.) as we experience when something frightful comes upon us suddenly in the dark. This darkness represents the dismal situation of Joseph, confined in a dungeon; and of the Hebrews condemned to hard labour, in making bricks, and obliged to hide their male children, for fear of their being discovered, and slain. Before these unhappy days commenced, the posterity of Abram were exposed to great oppression among the Chanaanites, nor could they in any sense be said to possess the land of promise, for above 400 years after this prophetic sleep. H.

Ver. 13. Strangers, and under bondage, &c. This prediction may be dated from the persecution of Isaac by Ismael, A. 2112, till the Jews left Egypt, 2513. In Exodus xii. and S. Paul, 430 years are mentioned; but they probably began when Abram went first into Egypt, 2084. Nicholas Abram and Tournemine say, the Hebrews remained in Egypt full 430 years. from the captivity of Joseph; and reject the addition of the Sept. which adds, "they and their fathers dwelt in Egypt, and in Chanaan." On these points, we may expect to find chronologists at variance.

Ver. 14. Judge and punish the Egyptians, overwhelming them in the Red sea, &c. H.

Ver. 16. Fourth, &c. after the 400 years are finished; during which period of time, God was pleased to bear with those wicked nations; whose iniquity chiefly consisted in idolatry, oppression of the poor and strangers, forbidden marriages of kindred, and abominable lusts. Levit. xviii. Deut. vi. and xii. M.

Ver. 17. A lamp, or symbol of the Divinity, passing, as Abram also did, between the divided beasts, to ratify the covenant. See Jer. xxxiv. 18.

Ver. 18. Of Egypt, a branch of the Nile, not far from Pelusium. This was to be the southern limit, and the Euphrates the northern; the two other boundaries are given, Num. xxxiv. --- Perhaps Solomon's empire extended so far. At least, the Jews would have enjoyed these territories, if they had been faithful. M.

Ver. 19. Cineans, in Arabia, of which nation was Jethro. They were permitted to dwell in the tribe of Juda, and served the Hebrews. --- Cenezites, who probably inhabited the mountains of Juda. --- Cedmonites, or eastern people, as their name shews. Cadmus was of this nation, of the race of the Heveans, dwelling in the environs of mount Hermon, whence his wife was called Hermione. He was, perhaps, one of those who fled at the approach of Josue; and was said to have sowed dragons' teeth, to people his city of Thebes in Beotia, from an allusion to the name of the Hevites, which signifies serpents. C. --- The eleven nations here mentioned were not all subdued; on account of the sins of the Hebrews. M.

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