 The year 1933 is suggested by a reference to the opening of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago, a brief shot of an automobile registration, and it is divulged in episode 18 that the date is in the spring of 1933.The last episode of season one, "An Easter Story", is set in February–April 1934.The year 1934 takes two seasons to cover, while some successive years are covered over the course of a few months.