This episode was so much better than episode 1. I loved the book so much, and was a little disappointed it didn't stick to the book completely, especially in the aspect of it being set in the 70's into the late 90's/early 2000's but understand modernizing it. This episode definitely gave me more of the novel feeling, the scene with his Mom being killed was exactly like the novel, very heartbreaking, I like how they showed Henry traveling there in all different ages it really set the tone for how gut wrenching the moment must have been. Also to the one reviewer... the novel does have the scene where Henry is a teenager and trying out sexual things with himself and his Dad walks in.. so maybe go read the book again lol.
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I'm just here to comment one scene :D
gen8623 May 2022
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I'm just here to comment on the scene where he was 16 giving a bj to himself. I experienced shock, laugh, a bit of disgust and a genuine surprise they included this in the episode. Wow, wow, wow, just wow. HA-HA-HA!
Admit it. You would if you could.
ianrogers-6996024 May 2022
Ok, I was on the fence with this series, but this episode pulled me back in. It's creative and breaking out of what could have been a very bland template. I'm going to stick around for a little longer and see where all this goes.
So much more than the first
xrysatsan23 May 2022
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The first episode was ok. Beautiful, interesting but ok. The second one was everything. It's like watching a more depressing shade of the story of the Doctor and River Song (Doctor Who). And I love that. The scene with his mum death was heartbreaking, the street was full of different versions of him but there was nothing they could do. What has happened can not be changed, no matter what you do. What you day. So, is this a love story or a question of what is a free will? What makes us, us? Is their life a self full-filing prophesy? Knowing makes it happen? The hints create the way? Did Henry shape Clare or Clare did Henry? Which came first? Many prefer the movie. It don't agree. This is more raw. More real. The reactions, the expressions and the questions asked. Less romantic. Showing more pain. I can't wait for the next chapter of their story.
So incredible
kathi-222366 June 2022
I really liked the movie (hadn't read the book), but this series is just blowing me away. Moffatt is the perfect person to turn this fabulous story into a series. He did such a great job with Doctor Who, so he was already a whiz with time travel stuff. I was sobbing at the end of this episode. That final scene in the library was so intimate, so heartbreaking, and so joyful.
AMAZING
ebonyjmurray25 May 2022
Amazingly entertaining.
johannbalasuriya11 June 2022
This episode was even better than the first one. It was worth waiting for. Supremly entertaining time travel show. We need more shows like this. Yes. I have a few grumbles. All in all it's worth watching week to week and binged at the end of the season.
Slow build up to dramatic climax, but still questions
bote27 May 2022
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This episode definitely cranked up the drama, so watch it all the way through in one sitting with no distractions nor interruptions. Very moving.
I'm such a nerd that I find myself still asking constant questions about causality in this story. If he's powerless to change anything, then what's the point? Or is that the point of the author?
I wasn't at all upset at the brief scene between himself at 16 and himself at 16, I just can't figure out how it could've occurred. He doesn't control when or how far it time he travels, so how could he be in the same place and time as his very self? Or are there infinite versions of him for every second since he was born?
I'll suspend disbelief enough to allow him at 28 to pop back to when he was 6 to give guidance (which he shouldn't need to give since it will turn out the same anyway, right?) but how does he end up in bed with himself? Does he just turn back the clock 15 minutes?
I just spend so much time trying to figure out which version is "when, when" that it detracts from the storyline. I mean, it is entitled The Time Traveler's WIFE after all.
I found it curious that one reviewer posted only to show disgust at the character enjoying himself, but said nothing at all about blood being very graphically splattered across a window--repeatedly. I got the message the first time, thank you very much!
I'm such a nerd that I find myself still asking constant questions about causality in this story. If he's powerless to change anything, then what's the point? Or is that the point of the author?
I wasn't at all upset at the brief scene between himself at 16 and himself at 16, I just can't figure out how it could've occurred. He doesn't control when or how far it time he travels, so how could he be in the same place and time as his very self? Or are there infinite versions of him for every second since he was born?
I'll suspend disbelief enough to allow him at 28 to pop back to when he was 6 to give guidance (which he shouldn't need to give since it will turn out the same anyway, right?) but how does he end up in bed with himself? Does he just turn back the clock 15 minutes?
I just spend so much time trying to figure out which version is "when, when" that it detracts from the storyline. I mean, it is entitled The Time Traveler's WIFE after all.
I found it curious that one reviewer posted only to show disgust at the character enjoying himself, but said nothing at all about blood being very graphically splattered across a window--repeatedly. I got the message the first time, thank you very much!
Great but.....
oliverryan-2630010 June 2022
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