Time Traveler’s Wife Hints At A Major Story Change
Warning: Major Spoilers for The Time Traveler's Wife
HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife season 1 episode 1 hints at a significant change from the movie and the book upon which it's based. The novel The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger was first published in 2003. The genre-bending story of a woman who keeps meeting the man she will marry throughout her life with the knowledge that he will die tragically was a massive bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife film adaptation came in 2009, starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana as the doomed couple Henry and Clare. Now, HBO's adaptation featuring Rose Leslie and Theo James is bringing new attention to The Time Traveler's Wife.
Like Outlander, The Time Traveler's Wife is a romance that centers on time travel, but The Time Traveler's Wife's time travel mechanism is unique. Henry has a medical condition that forces him out of the present and into seemingly random periods, largely within his own lifespan, creating personal problems and physical danger. In HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife adaptation, however, the story may involve one major change.
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HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife seems to imply that Henry may have some control over when and where he is able to travel, which is not the case in the book and movie. In the latter two, Henry eventually meets his future daughter, Alba, who does possess this ability. Alba is considered a prodigy, and it is explicitly stated that Henry is unable to deliberately travel to places and times of his choosing. However, in The Time Traveler's Wife season 1, episode 1, the young Henry returns to a museum immediately after wishing to go there. This suggests some element of control,
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