本剧改编自Audrey Niffenegger的同名小说，讲述Clare及Henry之间复杂、科幻的爱情故事。因为Henry拥有穿梭时空的能力，但他却没法控制，因此两人虽然相爱却经常没法长久待在一起。

In 1963, eighteen-year-old Patricia Weir is kidnapped and brutally raped. Committed to putting her attacker, Ernesto Miranda, in prison, Patty's life is destroyed by America's legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the Nation.