U-Theo James noRose Leslie bazodlala izindima eziyinhloko ochungechungeni oluzayo lwe-HBO kwinoveli ethi "unkosikazi wesihambi ngesikhathi." Yasungulwa encwadini yegama elifanayo Audrey Niffenegger, iphrojekthi izotshela umlando kaClaire noHenry, kanye nomshado wabo ngenkinga enkulu - ukuhamba kwabesilisa ngesikhathi.
UClaire uchazwa njengentombazane engenasipha, ehlakaniphile nengalawulwa eyayigcina imfihlo emangalisayo empilweni yakhe. Njengoba iminyaka eyisithupha wayenomngane ocabangayo: indoda enomusa nehlekisayo - kwesinye isikhathi indala, kwesinye isikhathi emncane, - evela ehlathini ikhaya lakhe futhi azotshela izinganekwane zakhe ngekusasa. Ngemuva kweminyaka, lapho ephendukela kowesifazane osemusha, uqala ukuqonda ukuthi umngane wakhe akacabangi: ungumhambi ngesikhathi esivela esikhathini esizayo. Ngesinye isikhathi, uClaire uzohlangana nensizwa egama linguHenry, azokwazi kahle, kodwa ongakuboni nhlobo, futhi uzoba ngumkakheli ngesikhathi.
Ukujoyina uchungechunge lwe-TV kubuyisa uLeslie ubuyela ku-HBO, njengoba ngaphambili wahlanganisa umdlalo wezinkathi eziningana zochungechunge oludumile "lomdlalo wezihlalo zobukhosi". UTeo James udume kakhulu ngeqhaza ku-Trilogy "Divergent". UStephen Moffat, owayesebenza "kudokotela" no "Sherlock", uzobhala ukuvumelana nenoveli ngochungechunge.