The Time Traveler’s Wife Ending Explained: What Happens to Henry and Clare?

The Time Traveler’s Wife is a romantic, science fiction drama created by Steven Moffat and based on the novel of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger. The series is directed by Game of Thrones’ David Nutter and produced by Warner Bros. Television and Hartswood Films.

It stars Rose Leslie and Theo James in the main role as Clare Abshire and Henry DeTamble, respectively. The other cast members include Caitlin Shorey, Everleigh McDonell, Brian Altemus, Jason David, Kate Siegel, Desmin Borges, Natasha Lopez, Michael Park, Jaime Ray Newman and Taylor Richardson amongst others.

The finale for The Time Traveler’s Wife has already aired and it has left audiences gasping and wanting for more. The final episode covered the timeline of Henry and Clare’s wedding and what went wrong or right during that time. We also get a glimpse into the future of our two protagonists as Henry travels to the future a lot in the last episode, letting us know both the good and bad that came out of the union.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife Ending Explained

The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 6 ends on the day of Clare and Henry’s wedding. Due to stress, Henry has been time travelling a lot, which is why he seeks out his drug dealer friend to get something that will keep him grounded at the altar and not make him time travel. What follows is an aggravated version of Henry spiralling into time travelling.

Henry time travels multiple times in the future, only to end up finally in the timeline when he is 36 and Clare is 29. He gets to know that the older Henry has gone through a vasectomy, as every baby Clare conceived would time travel right out of the womb. This has enraged a fight between the older couple. The 28-year-old Henry, who is due at the altar in hours is upset about the turnabout of events in the future.

As the two Henrys get into a fight, both end up time travelling but, the result is the 36-year-old Henry ends up marrying the 20-year-old Clare and the 28-year-old Henry is stuck in the future with the 29-year-old Clare. The day is called Shoe Polish Day according to Clare as the older Henry puts on shoe polish to cover his grey hair.

In the future, the 29-year-old Clare and the 28-year-old Henry watch their wedding video together. And, in the present timeline, the 36-year-old Henry marries the 20-year-old Clare. The future couple talk about love and Henry says how sorry he is that at 36 he ends up getting a vasectomy depriving Clare of the blessing of a child.

The mid-credits scene arrives soon after, where the 29-year-old instigates the 28-year-old Henry to change the future for themselves as he has not had a vasectomy yet.

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You can watch The Time Traveler’s Wife Episode 6 which is the final episode for the show now on HBO Max. To read our review of the previous episodes, click here.

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