{"id":250247,"date":"2022-06-05T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/25yearslatersite.com\/?p=250247"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:14:35","slug":"the-time-travelers-wife-episode-4-goes-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvobsessive.com\/2022\/06\/05\/the-time-travelers-wife-episode-4-goes-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 4 Goes Too Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following contains spoilers from Episode 4 of The Time Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/strong>\u00a0(adapted by Steven Moffat and directed by David Nutter)<\/em><\/p>\n The Time Traveler\u2019s Wife<\/span><\/i> Episode 4 begins with Henry (Theo James) posing the idea that no one has agency when they are falling in love. Hence why people use the word \u201cfalling.\u201d The show doesn\u2019t fully grasp free will and continues to insist that the relationship between Henry and Clare (Rose Leslie) is romantically serendipitous. They met and fell in love, but they just did some things out of order. No one involved, fictitious or otherwise, seems to think there’s anything wrong with that.<\/span><\/p>\n In theory, there are a multitude of ways to fall in love. The most common is the meet, date, propose, and marry path. Couples meet at the wrong time and do things out of order. That\u2019s nothing extraordinary. Rarely do we meet the people we date when we feel ready for them. The difference between that and the relationship between Henry and Clare has already been covered in every episode review on this site. <\/span>It\u2019s a problem the show<\/span><\/a> continues to point out and tries to smooth over in a way that only ends up making the issue more glaring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This episode in particular highlights Henry\u2019s general unlikeableness. Plain and simple, Henry is rude to almost everyone he encounters. This episode has Henry and Clare, when they are 28 and 24 respectively, hosting a dinner party so Henry can meet Clare\u2019s friends. Henry immediately makes jokes at the expense of Clare\u2019s friend\/roommate, Charisse (Natasha Lopez), and Charisse\u2019s boyfriend, Gomez (Desmin Borges). Henry pouts to Clare that her friends hate him, but he doesn\u2019t even try to make a decent impression. Henry\u2019s attitude makes it difficult to understand Clare\u2019s love for him, or even her desire to put up with him at any age.<\/span><\/p>\n
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