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The year is 2022.
Its that both the look and the overall tone are so odd!
Maybe this is just an episode-one thing?
Its supposed to look fake but then later it looks all too real?
Kathryn six days from now:[Abruptly pops into existence.]Nope.
Kathryn today:Wait, who are you!
Are you mefrom the future?
Kathryn six days from now:Yes, I am.
Kathryn today:Ouch.
Kathryn six days from now:Really?
Thats the part of the show youre going to complain about?
[Suddenly disappears.]
Kathryn today:Anyhow,The Time Travelers Wife.
It sounds like the heavy emphasis on a fairy-tale look continues throughout, which is such a bummer.
The novel is also justwildlysad, right from the start.
Presumably, the show gets much sadder as it goes along.
Kathryn six days from now:[Blinks back into existence.]
Yeah, bad news.
Kathryn today:It doesnt, huh.
Kathryn from 2010:[Appears out of thin air.]
Oh, hey guys, are you watchingDoctor Who?
Kathryn today and Kathryn six days from now:What?
What are you talking about?
Kathryn from 2010:Its me, Kathryn from 2010!
Kathryn today:Uh, no, actually.
I see what youre saying.
Kathryn from 2010:Wow, what a coincidence.
Theres no way that your show isalsocreated by Steven Moffat, is there?
At what point do you have to ask, like … What is hisdeal?
Kathryn today:It seems like that time is now!
She starts having fantasies about him as a sexual partner when shes veryveryyoung.
Kathryn six days from now:[Muffled throat clearing.]
Kathryn today:Am I right?
Is it pretty bad?
Kathryn six days from now:I mean, its not great!!
Kathryn from 2010:But hey, I read this book.
Kathryn today and Kathryn six days from now:[Evocative silence.]
Like, theyre not going to turn the feet thing goofy?
Kathryn today:No.
You have to be kidding.
Im going to start watching the rest of these episodes now to prove you wrong.
Theres no way someone didnt intervene.
Left alone to her fate, the critic hits play on episode two.
She loves TV, loves it so much.
But she also knows that sometimes the things we love hurt us.
