Abstract -------- Two attentional episodes cannot occur very close in time. This is the traditional account of the *attentional blink* (AB), whereby observers fail to report the second of two temporally proximal targets (T1 and T2). Recent analyses have challenged this simple account, suggesting that attentional selection during the AB is not only (*i*) suppressed, but also (*ii*) first temporally advanced, then delayed, and (*iii*) temporally diffused. Here, we reanalyze six datasets using mixture modeling of report errors, and reveal much simpler dynamics. Exposing a problem inherent in previous analyses, we find evidence of a second attentional episode only when T2 lags T1 by more than 100–250 ms. When a second episode occurs, suppression and delay reduce steadily as lag increases, and temporal precision is stable. At shorter lags, both targets are reported from a single episode, explaining why T2 can escape the AB when it immediately follows T1 (*Lag-1 sparing*). ## About ## This OSF page contains the data, analysis code and output for the manuscript *Reconsidering temporal selection in the attentional blink*. To download files, use the menu to visit the relevant component.