08-09-2022, 09:52 PM
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gunsmok...ion-series
This source says the show was set in "the 1890s"... but it's totally not. Every date referenced on the TV show so far has been ~1876...
https://www.sectual.com/thread-18541-pos...#pid153918
https://www.sectual.com/thread-18541-pos...#pid155804
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Gunsmoke
This source states that the timeframe is never really settled on... it seems to go back and forth.
I've concluded that some episodes seem to suspend the passing of time in the Gunsmoke universe in order to tell a certain kind of story.
This source says the show was set in "the 1890s"... but it's totally not. Every date referenced on the TV show so far has been ~1876...
https://www.sectual.com/thread-18541-pos...#pid153918
https://www.sectual.com/thread-18541-pos...#pid155804
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Gunsmoke
This source states that the timeframe is never really settled on... it seems to go back and forth.
I've concluded that some episodes seem to suspend the passing of time in the Gunsmoke universe in order to tell a certain kind of story.