Warning: Contains SPOILERS for A Quiet Place: Day One!
Summary
One major error inA Quiet Place: Day Onebreaks the franchise timeline. The thirdA Quiet Placemovie is a prequel exploring the first days of the alien invasion. The story revolves around Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) and Eric (Joseph Quinn) as they travel through New York, with Sam wanting a slice of pizza and Eric just wanting to make it away to safety. This builds towardsA Quiet Place: Day One’s ending, where Sam helps Eric get on a boat with Henri (Djimon Hounsou), connecting him to a story mentioned inA Quiet Place Part II.
SinceA Quiet Place: Day Oneis a prequel to the previous two moviesand does not feature many returning characters, the franchise connections are rather limited. This should have meant that the prequel fits smoothly into thecompleteA Quiet Placetimeline. There is already an established and consistent history for this world, including the actual day that the aliens invaded, that the prequel could follow. While it mostly does a great job of fitting into the confirmed canon, there is one element ofA Quiet Place: Day One’s timeline that breaks the franchise.
A Quiet Place Movies In Order
There are three movies in the post-apocalyptic A Quiet Place franchise, but they can be watched in either chronological order or release order.
The Boat In A Quiet Place: Day One’s Ending Leaves On The Wrong Day
Henri & Eric Leave New York On Day 4
The climax ofA Quiet Place: Day Onewhere Henri and Eric are among the passengers aboard the boat from New York to the island inA Quiet Place Part IIis an issue for the timeline. Henri tells the story of his escape to the island during the events of the sequel.He confirmed the boat left New York on Day 3, not Day 4, as shown in the prequel. He also stated that two boats made it away, butDay Oneshows one. That plot hole is one mistake, but the prequel even gets the timing wrong.
The error inA Quiet Place’s franchise timeline is clear when running throughwhat happens on each day inDay One. The first day covers everything from the alien invasion to Reuben’s death. Day 2 is when the seaport evacuation plan is announced and ends with Sam and Eric spending the night in her apartment.Day 3 shows them traveling more before Eric finds Sam’s medicine, and they spend the night at a church.A Quiet Place: Day Onethen shows them getting to Patsy’s and going to the boat on Day 4.
A Quiet Place: Day One’s Timeline Issue Is A Frustrating Mistake
It Could Have Been Avoided
The oversight inA Quiet Place: Day Oneto the franchise timeline is fairly frustrating considering the circumstances. A clear timeline of events was already established inA Quiet Place Part II. It should have been easy for the prequel to follow what was confirmed before and make the film’s events fit into a three-day structure.Events from Days 2 and 3 or 3 and 4 could have been condensedinto a single day. Instead,A Quiet Place: Day Onebreaks the franchise timeline and makes Henri’s statements about when the boat left inA Quiet Place Part IIfalse.
