Netflix's Dracula's time jumps are confusing. SPOILERS

I count four time jumps, with a major over-lap that doesn't make sense unless it's the twist.

In episode one we see a solid event that occurs about the same time as the original Dracula story. We have original characters Mina and her fiance, which puts the event occurring around mid 1800s.

Episode Two begins with what you think is the next sequence of events, but really isn't. Over a game of chess, Dracula tells his origin story to his worthy opponent, Sister Mary Van Helsing. He talks about taking a ship to England, a four week trip where almost nobody survives. But here is where you realize there's a time jump because he's talking about a trip where Sister Mary Van Helsing is stowed away in Cabin 9, providing him with a steady blood supply. Besides, he likes her. He wants to make her last. And though she is an exceptional opponent, she has memory lapses with each time jump. Dracula obviously thinks he has the upper hand because he toys with her as she puts the pieces together.

So, this seems to be the sequence of events, so far: 1) 1800s where the story begins with character victims, Mina Murray and Jonathan Harker, 2) then Dracula must have bitten Sister Mary Van Helsing and she became his blood servant on the wooden ship.

And now, the really weird part: The ship voyage ends with the ship going down in flames within the sight of land. Dracula is seen escaping his coffin and walking along the bottom of the sea, heading in the direction of the beach. At the end of episode 2 is the moment he makes it to the beach and we see an enormous time jump as we learn that a period of 123 years has passed. That's how long it took him to traverse what must have been a 2-3 mile stretch of underwater property. And when he emerges, he realizes that this time jump occurred he finds what looks like Sister Mary Van Helsing waiting for him at the beach circa 1980s.

I confess that I had to cheat at this time and try to find some explanation for the time jump. I guess I'll learn in Episode 3 that it really isn't Sister Mary Van Helsing, but one of her later relatives that retained her memories from some vampire concubine magic. Also, she is a dead on look-alike.

So, if that all bears out, it means that the moment that Dracula and what I thought was Sister Mary Van Helsing sat down to play chess, it was really present time and the show is one huge flashback.