The Time Traveler’s Wife Season 1 Episode 5 sees Henry meeting Clare’s parents for the very first time. Even though he met a younger Clare throughout her whole childhood time traveling from time to time. He never saw Clare’s parents, and this was going to be exciting for both of them. But the evening turns into one heck of interrogation night that Clare kinda saw coming.
Recently on the show, we saw people other than Clare finding out about Henry’s Time Traveling powers. Henry met Clare’s friends Gomez and Charissa, with Gomez being one of them who will be Henry’s future best friend. Another person was Henry’s other girlfriend, Ingrid, who found out about her dark future from an older Henry. With that, we wonder what’s in store for Clare’s parents.
The Time Traveler’s Wife S01 E05 Recap
The Time Traveler’s Wife Season 1 Episode 5 opens up with Henry and Gomez sitting down to have a drink. They were hoping to mend their friendship, believing what older Henry said about them being best friends in the future. Things don’t go exactly well, leading to a fallout. Before leaving, Gomez comes out, revealing that he has met him before seeing him on the streets with Ingrid.
Moving on from there, Henry later receives an apology from Gomez while heading out to meet Clare’s parents. But even that was not going well for Henry. Clare’s father and brother were lawyers, and they didn’t get along well with Henry. The whole situation became more or less like an interrogation where they tried to understand Henry’s future plans but were disappointed.
To top the situation, even Clare started having second thoughts. She dreamt of marrying the older Henry all her life. But now, she was with a younger one who was still figuring out his life. It made Henry think that Clare never wanted to be with him. All Clare wanted was to fall in love in the right order at this point.
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Henry decided to freshen up and met Clare’s funny sister Alicia. But soon, it was time to travel, and Henry dropped in 2022, where he met Gomez. He came to his rescue when Henry saw himself surrounded by a biker gang. Gomez came to reveal that the first time he met Henry was through Clare’s sketch. He also realized how much in love Clare was with Henry.
Before Henry could travel again, Gomez asked him to note the location and timing. Meanwhile, Clare tried to make up an excuse that she had a fight with Henry in order to explain why he was missing from the dinner table. Henry soon joined in, but the dinner became a battlefield for the Abshire household. The argument ended with Clare throwing some harsh truths at her parents and brother.
The episode comes to a close with Henry discovering the picture Clare drew of him. He realized her love for him. He decided to get a haircut with the help of Alicia. Meanwhile, Clare came to the place where she used to meet Henry. Even that place had changed, and she thought her dream was ending. Until Henry appeared with his new look, resembling older Henry, and was ready to understand Clare.
Clare told him how they spent time together and even answered older Henry’s proposal by saying yes to the younger. She confessed that she was always in love with him right from the time she met him at the library. Even Henry promised to be the version she loved.
The Time Traveler’s Wife Season 1 Episode 5 Review
The Time Traveler’s Wife Season 1 Episode 5 sees the introduction of more new characters for a show that relied on the two main characters for the first few episodes. The previous one did give us an interesting one in the form of Gomez. But we can’t say the same when it comes to Clare’s family, though.
For now, it seems like their arc was only to grow tension around Clare’s relationship. Taking note of the same, we don’t believe they will be a bigger part of the story moving for now. But learning about Clare’s family was just as we already met about Henry’s. The minor part of the story we should have known.
Keeping the new characters aside, The Time Traveler’s Wife Season 1 Episode 5 was more of a development for Clare, Henry, and Gomez. After battling for the older Henry since the very first episode, it was time she realized how it might take time.
Even Henry delivered as he too understood what Clare had been through. This saw him taking a bigger step in life in a more mature direction. Coming to Gomez, we met a mature version of him as well, but we are still yet to find out how Henry and Gomez will end up becoming best friends.
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