The Time Traveler's Wife

It’s 1991, after Clare and Henry have met in the present timeline. Clare has invited him to have dinner with her friends, Charisse and Charisse’s boyfriend, Gomez. Henry meets Gomez and suggests that something about Gomez bothers him.

The narrative shifts to two weeks later. Henry is assaulting a man named Nick, who it turns out is a friend of Gomez. Gomez arrives on the scene and witnesses the beating. Henry and Gomez get something to eat, and Gomez mentions that Henry’s ex-girlfriend Ingrid tried to kill herself. Henry tells Gomez his secret. It turns out that this is the 36-year-old version of Henry and he has traveled back from the year 2000.

The narrative shifts again. This time Henry in the present (1991) is visited by his future self from 1996. As the chapter nears its conclusion, Henry and Clare attend a Violent Femmes concert. While at the show, the future Henry visits Clare, the first time this has happened since dating Henry in the present.

It is Christmas, 1991. Clare is driving Henry to her family’s home in Michigan. En route, Henry discusses what he thinks might be a cause of his condition and likens it to epilepsy.