The job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new story arcs and subplots for the next season (if there is another one). I felt that this finale mostly did its job. As the season has been establishing Henry and Clare’s relationship from the start, from both their perspectives (from when Clare met
Read moreThe job of a season’s penultimate episode is to provide a springboard for the finale and I felt this episode did a good job. Rather than multiple Henrys time travelling all over the place, this episode has a singular focus – Henry meeting Clare’s family.
Read moreThis episode explores Henry’s condition and his relationship with Clare from the perspective of Gomez, Charisse and Ingrid. The episode kicks off with Henry going to Clare’s apartment where she meets her best friends, Gomez and Charisse for the first time. Gomez immediately annoys Henry due to his jokes mocking his profession, as well as his possessiveness over Clare. Gomez
Read moreWe’re at the halfway point of the season and the writers have changed things up with this episode by getting Clare’s perspective of her experience and relationship with Henry, as well as the reality of his condition. The previous two episodes established the beginning of Henry and Clare’s relationship from both their perspectives, how Henry’s time travelling started, and how
Read moreNow that the premise and its characters (at least its two protagonists) of the series have been established, the writers can go deeper into Henry’s life and condition. This episode focuses on the cruel nature of Henry’s condition by focusing on how trauma and pivotal moments come into play through his mother, Annette’s, death.
Read moreThe job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters, I believe this pilot did a superb job. Full disclosure, I love The Time Traveler’s Wife. I have read the novel several times (the first time was in 2008 when I was in high school and the spine is now worn, I’ve also re-read parts of the
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