Limited series · HBO
The Time Traveler's Wife
Every moment matters.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rose Leslie
Clare Abshire
6 eps
Theo James
Henry DeTamble
6 eps
Natasha Lopez
Charisse
6 eps
Desmin Borges
Gomez
6 eps
Caitlin Shorey
Young Clare Abshire
6 eps
Everleigh McDonell
Young Clare Abshire
6 eps
Peter Graham
Mark Abshire
6 eps
Michael Park
Philip Abshire
6 eps
Jaime Ray Newman
Lucille Abshire
6 eps
Taylor Richardson
Alicia Abshire
6 eps
Jason David
Young Henry DeTamble
6 eps
Kate Siegel
Annette DeTamble
6 eps
Josh Stamberg
Richard DeTamble
6 eps
Chelsea Frei
Ingrid
6 eps
Marcia DeBonis
Nell
6 eps
Will Brill
Ben
6 eps
Spencer House
Jason
6 eps
Adam Shippey
Harvey
1 eps
Brian Altemus
Young Henry DeTamble
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Time Traveler's Wife actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Time Traveler's Wife reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The intricate and magical love story of Clare and Henry, and a marriage with a problem… time travel.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode Two
After a rocky "first" meeting, Henry and Clare attempt to reset with a second date, but she still struggles to rectify this version of Henry with the man she's known – and loved – all her life. To help her better understand the difference between this 28-year-old and the man she'll help him become, Henry takes Clare back to the most formative moment of his childhood.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
S01E05
Episode Five
Despite all the years spent together in the clearing, Henry makes a complicated trip to Clare’s childhood home for the first time.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
S01E03
Episode Three
After meeting her soulmate at age six, Clare laments a linear lifetime defined by waiting for Henry’s unpredictable appearances. Meanwhile, an incident at a high school party finds a distraught teenage Clare turning to Henry for help.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
S01E01
Episode One
Since she was young, Clare has had an imaginary friend - a kind and funny man, sometimes old, sometimes young, who appears in the woods behind her house and tells her tales of the future.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
S01E04
Episode Four
Clare hosts a couples’ dinner party to introduce Henry to her roommate Charisse and best friend Gomez, but when it’s crashed by another Henry and his girlfriend Ingrid, deeply held secrets are revealed. Meanwhile, Clare remains determined to make her 18th birthday — and fated 152nd meeting with Henry in the clearing — unforgettable.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
S01E06
Episode Six
As his wedding with Clare approaches, an increasingly stressed Henry finds unexpected solace in his estranged father.
- Directed by David Nutter
- Written by Steven Moffat
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Steven MoffatExecutive Producer
- Joseph E. IbertiExecutive Producer
- David NutterExecutive Producer
- Brian MinchinExecutive Producer
- Sue VertueExecutive Producer
Writing
- Steven MoffatWriter
Direction
- David NutterDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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