I-Theo James noRose Leslie izakudlala iindima eziphambili kuluhlu oluzayo lweHbo kwinoveli "umfazi wabahambi ngexesha." Esekwe kwiNcwadi yeGama elinye i-Audrey Niffenegger, le projekthi iza kuyixelela imbali yeClaire noHenry, kunye nomtshato wabo wexesha.
UClaire uchazwa njengentombazana engenakuthelekiswa, ekrelekrele nengachanekanga eyayigcina imfihlelo emangalisayo kuninzi lobomi bakhe. Ngeminyaka emithandathu wayenomhlobo ocinga ukuba: Indoda enobubele neyonwabisayo - ngamanye amaxesha indala, ngamanye amaxesha incinci, - ebonakala kwihlathi kwikamva lakhe kwaye libalisa ibali lakhe ngekamva. Emva kweminyaka, xa eguqukela kwibhinqa eliselula, uqalisa ukuqonda ukuba umhlobo wakhe akacingi: Ungumhambi ngexesha elizayo. Ngesinye isihlandlo, uClaire uza kudibana nomfana ogama linguHenry, owaya kumazi kakuhle kakhulu, kodwa ongayamkeli kwaphela, kwaye uya kuba ngumhambi wabahambi.
Ukujoyina uthongo lweTV lubuyisela i-leslie back to Hbo, njengoko ibikhutshiwe kumdlalo wamaxesha aliqela ongcungcutho ocacileyo "umdlalo wetrone". I-teo James idume kakhulu ngendima kwi-triglogy "i-diverggent". UStephen Moffat, osebenze ku "gqirha" kunye "ne" uSherlock ", uya kubhala uluhlu lwenoveli koluhlu.