The Way Home (2023) s03e10 Episode Script

1
Previously on "The Way Home".
What did you want me to see?
What was so important?
I have so many dreams
that I want to chase.
You do too.
Don't let anybody stop you.
Playing MASH with Elliot.
- That never happened.
- Yet.
A Goodwin burnt
my father's house down.
I need to see him suffer!
Get in that truck!
And you drive!
Colton only time traveled
twice and just as a teenager.
The fact is he did time travel.
[SOFT PIANO MUSIC]
KAT: Alice, please stop. Just
Come back.
[Beth: "The Scientist"]
Come up to meet you ♪
Tell you I'm sorry ♪
Don't know how lovely ♪
You are ♪
I had to find you ♪
Tell you I need you ♪
Tell you I set you apart ♪
I'm Katherine Landry,
but everyone just calls me Kat.
Tell me your secrets
Ask me your questions ♪
Is is that?
Is he?
Yeah, my dad.
Who we got here?
Alice.
It's so nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you too,
Alice. What happened to you?
I found her in the pond.
Swimming.
C'mon.
Nobody said it was easy ♪
No one ever said
it would be so hard ♪
I found her in the pond.
Oh, take me back
to the start ♪
So Alice, what brings you and
your family to Port Haven, then?
It's just me and my mom.
Are you here with
a bunch of family?
No, uh. I'm just with my mom.
Summer breeze makes me
feel fine ♪
Blowing through
the jasmine in my mind ♪
Hey, you got talent, Alice.
Maybe we can sing
together sometime.
Yeah, I bet we will. Sometime.
- And I know I'm right ♪
- [ALICE SINGING IN HARMONY]
For the first time
in my life ♪
That's why I'll tell you ♪
You better be home soon ♪
Sorry, I
No, never apologize for talent.
Hey, your mom and I
are going to turn in.
Okay.
But that Alice girl,
she's seems interesting, huh?
Kind of unique?
It sucks I'm going away
for camp, though.
Bet we would've had
a fun summer together.
Yeah.
Yeah, you would've.
How many times
can you read that?
It's my favourite.
And I love that it
used to be yours.
But, kind of weird, huh?
Her name's Alice.
Just like the story.
Right.
Um, I guess sometimes,
truth really is
stranger than fiction.
Oh take me back
to the start ♪
DEL: Jacob, Katherine, come join us.
Sam has kindly
offered us legal advice,
and I'm sure he
bills by the hour.
Really, Del, it's no trouble.
Lewis Goodwin wants to
press charges against Jacob
for attempted arson
and trespassing.
But he didn't actually
do anything.
Well, sadly,
that doesn't matter.
Intention was there, caught
in that damn security camera.
It's not as bad as actually
committing the crime, but
attempted anything is
well, it's never good on
a permanent record.
I can't be here right now.
Jacob! We need to
deal with this mess.
Yes! A mess that I made,
so just let me deal
with the consequences.
Mom? Um, is it okay
if I head out for a bit?
Yes. Yes, I, I think I will
get some air as well.
I had a feeling
I'd find you here.
Gonna give this a try?
I just the pond takes me
where I wanna go
and not where I need to go.
Well, there's only one
way of finding out.
Say hi to our teenage selves.
Hey, I um.
I'd really like to talk.
We will. But Jacob
needs you right now.
Yeah. Life, huh?
It gets in the way.
Alice! Hey!
Hi!
Hi!
Hey, whoa! Hi to you, too!
I missed you guys so much.
We just hung out,
like two days ago.
Uh, right yeah. Uh,
it's just that things are
such a bummer at home lately,
I-I just, I really needed this.
To be here with you.
Well, then we have just
the project to cheer you up.
One, two, three, four, five.
Okay, your future husband
is David Boreanaz.
Ugh! Why couldn't it
have been Scott Speedman?
I'm so Team Ben.
Wait, this was your big project?
What?
I wanna know
what my future holds.
Especially before
I go away to camp.
And MASH can be eerily accurate.
Well, it could if you
actually picked guys you know
for the marriage category
like you're supposed to.
I don't wanna marry
any guys I know.
Besides, it's like you
said at dinner the other night.
You never know who I'll
meet this summer, right?
It's not gonna
be Scott Speedman.
Fine. I'll do my
own future, then.
Scooch.
I'm getting another notebook.
Oh wait.
Uh, it's fine.
That's your going away
to camp gift.
It's a CD mix
that I burned for you.
It's all our songs, El!
"All For You", "Closing Time".
I'll have this forever.
Alright, do my fortune.
Alright.
Kids.
One, two, three, four, five.
Looks like you're
gonna have one kid.
Well, she'd better be a girl.
I'd really like that.
I wish we could
stay this way forever.
I may act like I've known
you guys for a long time,
but that's just
cause how I feel.
Have always felt.
You two are my best friends.
Yeah, it's crazy.
I mean, we've only known
each other such a short time,
but I absolutely feel
the same way.
How about you, El?
I definitely know Alice isn't
someone I'm ever gonna forget.
I've let everyone down.
I should have stayed
with you in 1816.
You rebuilt my family's home,
while I was here tearing
things down again.
You wanna rebuild?
Figure these out.
Oh, so these were
just hidden inside?
- Mm-hmm.
- It's curious.
Wait a sec. Hold on.
"Time past and time future.
And in between
is the still point of now.
Find me there."
- Huh.
- I think it's a pendulum.
Well, that would certainly
make sense with the description.
One side is past,
the other, future.
And in between,
the apex stands still.
In the now.
The pendulum swings.
That's how I feel.
Swinging between
the past and the present.
Pushed and pulled.
How do I get to
the still point of now?
So you are you I think you are.
You're the same Alice from 1974.
You're a time traveler.
How did you, uh
I, I didn't think that
you recognized me here.
Why'd you deny it?
When I asked you
all those years ago.
I thought it would be easier.
Alice, I have so many questions.
You can't ask them.
At least, not in this time.
I don't understand, why?
Because the Alice that
you'll get to know in 1999
is a different Alice.
She's me, but an earlier me.
And she hasn't lived
those visits to 1974 yet.
Time travel is brand new to her,
so she won't know anything
about anything.
So there are some things
that you might
wanna ask her someday,
but she won't have
the answers that you need.
Okay? So don't ask her.
Even if you really,
really want to.
So why are you here?
I mean, the pond takes
you places for a reason.
I think we're
looking at the reason.
This conversation.
No, please. C
Tell me something more.
Those visits to 74,
with you and Evelyn,
were special.
And magic.
And so groovy.
I'll never forget them.
Promise.
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
DEL: So Colton always knew
you were a time traveller.
When will it end?
All the secrets.
Grandma, there must be a reason.
I know he loved me.
But there had to be
resentment there.
What are you talking about, Mom?
The truth is Colton had
to give up on his dreams,
his music, to be with me.
I left him no choice.
Colton would always
choose you over music.
Over anything.
And he said that when
we recorded the demo.
[SIGHS BRISKLY]
I'm gonna go clean out
the rest of Colton's things.
It's past time.
[METALLIC JINGLING]
Dear Son,
starting fresh with no regrets.
Never should have taken it,
but I took so much more.
Hey. You alright?
Oh. My dad, um
It seems his fiancée
made him reconsider.
And he sent the ring back.
That's good news, isn't it?
That's not the only thing
of my mom's he sent.
This letter.
My mom left it behind
when she walked out on us.
I didn't even know
there was one.
Dad never told me.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Any updates on the Lewis front?
No news on whether
he'll press charges.
I suppose I won't know until
the police are at the door.
You know, I should
take a cue from Vic
in the meantime,
make apologies
where they're due.
Do I wanna know?
I've done this in the basement.
I was hoping there'd
be some tapes with it,
but Monica said that she
threw them all out, so.
Guess that's that.
You know there is this
thing called Spotify.
Look.
About last night, the kiss?
Not gonna lie, I didn't hate it.
Oh, well gee. Thanks.
No, no, no.
That's, that's not what I
Obviously, I didn't hate it,
but also there's Noah, right?
Yeah. Things are complicated.
Yeah. That's what I thought.
Max.
I didn't hate that kiss either.
[SIGHS]
Danny. Listen to me, if
anyone deserves an explanation
for what happened at
that vineyard, it is you.
Not Lewis.
You used my code, Jake.
I know, and I'm,
I'm so sorry. I, I just
You threw me under the bus.
I just don't get it, is all.
Arson? Why do it?
And bring Del
and your whole family
into that kind of trouble?
Because I ruin things.
Danny, I ruin things
and I ruin people.
I mean, look at what I did
to you when I disappeared.
When I came back,
I put that on you, Danny,
and it wasn't the full story,
it wasn't the truth.
What do you mean,
it wasn't the truth?
Only that you did nothing wrong.
I think we're done here, Jake.
I wouldn't want to
be around me either.
It's probably for the best.
Hey!
Hey.
- This isn't all
- Dad's.
Yeah.
Mom was gonna take it
all to the dump,
but I couldn't bear
to let her throw it away.
I mean, not yet.
Ooh, what's this?
Hmm.
Aww, looks like Jasper played DJ
at Mom and Dad's wedding.
- Oh my God, Mom.
- What?
You found it!
What did I find?
Colton's demo!
Grandma, you have to come quick!
YOUNG COLTON: Del is the dream.
She's all I'll ever
need to be happy.
And if I can make something
of myself with my music,
maybe I'll have a real
shot with her, you know?
And hopefully get another chance
to play her this song.
See, Grandma?
Colton never felt like
he was giving up on a dream
to be with you
because you were the dream.
Oh.
You shine like
a passage on the water ♪
In the moonlight ♪
Take me to see him.
Please, Katherine.
What? What do you mean?
The pond. I want to go.
When you find it ♪
Then you'll never let it go ♪
Mom, get up on the rocks!
What happened?
Katherine? Did it work?
Alice?
Wait, where's Alice?
She was right with us. Alice?
Mom?
Grandma?
Where are you?!
Alice!
Jacob fell in the pond,
didn't he?
Dad!
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
♪
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Well.
Sir Lancelot
returns to the castle.
I can't accept
your money, Evelyn.
You Landrys and your pride.
I came home to hear that the
police called off the search.
I figured you'd taken matters
into your own hands.
I wanted to help.
How much have you
spent so far, Cole?
I know it won't ever be enough.
Not until you find him.
Seems you still know
me better than most.
Even after all these years.
Look. If you won't
accept my money,
will you at least
accept a drink?
For old time's sake?
You remember?
The portrait we found
in the attic that summer.
I still think she's the one
who saved us at the pond in 65.
The White Witch.
You think you saw
this woman in 65?
My Katherine.
Like your daughter, right?
My daughter.
I've always wondered who the
real Katherine was back then.
Thank you for saving my brother.
Your brother?
Jacob!
Cole? Are you alright?
It's the pond.
It was the pond!
Alice!
Jacob fell in the pond,
didn't he?
Wait, what?
How did you know that?
The portrait. My Katherine.
She was in 1814, 1816,
1965 and she's here now in 2000.
My daughter,
she's a time traveler.
And Jacob, I met him too.
Wait. You know
who Mom really is?
Alice.
Are you my granddaughter?
Oh my God, Katherine.
We're at my wedding.
In 1975.
This is too much.
Mom, are you okay?
Do you want to go back?
Absolutely not! We're staying.
ALICE: Why keep the pond a secret?
What I told you in 1974 is true,
it never worked for me again.
So telling Del,
what good would it do?
You know, some secrets
are a burden, Alice.
Meant just to be carried.
And the kids, well, it didn't
work for them either.
I thought it was because of
what I had done.
Jacob even went in.
We were camping.
Jacob?
I woke up in the morning, and
Jacob? Where are you?
He was gone.
Jacob. Jacob!
Jake, get out of there.
Okay.
Are you okay?
I'm fine, Dad.
I've done it before.
Never come here again.
Do you understand?
But, the night
that Jacob disappeared.
He was miles away from here.
No one saw him
leave the carnival.
His stuffed dog
they found it in the ocean.
I never thought
Why would I?
I made a terrible mistake.
I know you shouldn't
tell someone their future,
but I need to know.
Does my, does my boy
ever come home?
When am I, right now?
It's uh, February 2000.
A snow moon tonight.
Jacob will come home, Colton.
I get to see my boy again.
I lost my dad.
But it led me down a path
that gave me my my greatest gift.
I have a daughter.
I see.
Hey, it's okay. It's okay,
Alice.
My Grandma Fern was right.
This pond is a curse.
But it's a gift, too.
Look what it's given me.
A chance to play music
with my granddaughter.
In two eras.
Oh, I'll never forget it.
Keep singing, okay?
No!
No, cause what if what happens
doesn't always have to happen?
No, no.
What if I can just
tell you everything
and then we can
stop what's gonna
Shhh, it's okay, it's okay.
This road we're on.
It leads to you.
So
I need you to jump.
No, please. Wait, I can't!
It's okay. It's okay.
If I can't know
you in your time,
at least I got to
know you in mine.
Just, hey uh, tell Jacob,
tell him I love him.
And I love you too, Alice.
I love you too, Grandpa.
Okay.
[SPLASHING]
♪
Please.
Please take me to my boy.
Keep an eye on your brother.
I gotta head in to
the hardware store.
Dad! I have to focus.
Focus on keeping Jake away
from all those fireworks
I got for tonight.
It's the summer kickoff.
Pow!
Jacob.
Jacob?
Hey buddy.
Hey.
Hey uh. Listen, I need to tell
you something, okay?
Please, whatever you do,
just, just remember
that I love you, kiddo.
Okay? No matter what happens.
No matter what
will happen.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
Girl you just don't realize ♪
What you do to me ♪
What you
do to me ♪
When you hold me ♪
Alright kids, let's help our
host clean up. Come on.
No, no, no.
This is all me, Del.
Uh, hey you guys?
I will be right back.
No. Elliot, stop.
Who's there?
Hello?
Mom, call me. Okay? You have
to come down to the pond.
I-I-I found something.
There's someone other
than us who is using the pond.
Someone else is time traveling,
and I saw them in the field
[SCREAMS]
[KNOCKING]
Uh, hi. Casey Goodwin.
What?
Aren't you Landrys used to
time travelers at your door?
So it's true
that you are what
Alice says you are.
Well, I can't really
deny it anymore,
considering she kind of
caught me red-handed.
Is Kat home?
I need to talk to her
about something important.
If it's the right time.
What right time
do you think it is?
A time where
I'm not the only one
who's just been
caught red-handed.
Maybe you're the one
I'm supposed to show.
[OVEN DOOR SQUEAKS]
[DOOR SQUEAKS SHUT]
I kind of broke in a while
back and hid this here
after I used it
against Lewis last year.
And now you can use it too.
This is Susanna's will.
Yeah. The real one.
I found it in Evelyn's boxes
while I was interning.
Cyrus gave Susanna the power to
leave Lingermore
to whoever she wanted.
But after she died,
Cyrus's sons changed her will.
I wanted to show Kat
at Founder's Day,
but she went to
rescue you in 1814, so
Yes, that's right.
How do you know that?
So I put it in a folder,
marked Important.
Thought I'd show Kat next trip,
but then the pond did it's
thing, and when I jumped again,
a whole whack of time had
passed and suddenly,
Alice is telling me the Goodwins
bought your land.
That lawyer, Sam?
I never showed him this,
but he said old documents
could still be legit.
So, I took the will
and blackmailed Lewis.
Said if he didn't give
your land back, I'd publish it.
Sam was right.
The threat of a court battle
sent him running.
This will keep Lewis
off your back.
And it'll also help
stop Del's letters.
- Sorry, what letters?
- Um, those letters.
Fine print, you should
really read that.
Wait, this says that
Susanna left Lingermore to us.
She left it to the Landrys.
Cole, oh God.
Look at him.
The rain is stopping.
It's gonna be
a perfect evening, Cole.
Yeah, we definitely
have some horseshoes.
It's what Rick would've said.
- He's here in spirit. I know.
- Yeah.
It's seems like Evie
will be too.
Got this in the mail
yesterday from Paris.
You know, I expected my brother
to be a no-show.
But Evie?
I figured she'd come home.
Be here for me.
Marrying Del, this is the most
important day of my life.
I think Evelyn knows that.
Here. To the happy couple.
What?
Wow.
That tape is like
a fly in amber.
Capturing a moment in time.
I think it was
a pretty important one.
Oh, I'm gonna get closer.
Mom, stay hidden!
I don't recall you
on the guest list, Kitty.
Fern. Hi!
Um, and it's Kat, you know.
Of course I know that.
You just always
liked the nickname before.
Before?
When have we met before this?
Well, if you don't
know the answer, Kitty,
then it hasn't happened yet!
Something to look
forward to, I think.
65, there they thrive.
65 in 25, hmm?
We can't keep meeting like this.
Alright. No more dodging,
I know the truth.
I'm your mom and
Max Goodwin's your dad.
Wait. I'm not your mom?
No.
Wait, hold on!
But you are a Landry, right?
And also a Goodwin?
I don't wanna
break any more rules.
Thank you.
Maybe it's okay to talk about
what's to come sometimes.
Good luck, Alice.
It wasn't slow
it happened fast ♪
And suddenly the only
thing I saw was you ♪
Mmm-mmm ♪
I didn't know the half of it ♪
And suddenly I had
everything to lose ♪
mmm-mmm ♪
Can we stay
like this forever ♪
Can we be here in
this room till we die ♪
I think we can make it ♪
I hope that I'm right ♪
- ♪
- [CHEERING]
It's exactly
how I remembered it.
♪
It's exactly
how I remembered it.
So, you pushed yourself?
I guess someone had
to start my adventure.
And turns out it was me.
[THEY LAUGH]
The pond never ceases
to amaze me.
Hey. Listen, has Mom
ever said anything
about any letters she's gotten?
Uh, no, I don't think so.
[DEL CHUCKLES]
So, you really did it, Grandma?
Yes, I did.
Oh, it was magical.
I'm glad the past
treated you well.
I think the present will too.
What's this?
My salvation.
Wait.
Susanna left Lingermore to us?
I have news too, about Colton.
The day he died, he knew
who we all really were,
and he knew where
Jacob ended up.
COLTON: Tomorrow.
You and me, we're gonna
sit at that table
and I'm going to
tell you everything.
Just give me till tomorrow.
Ohh.
Colton was gonna
tell me everything
if he hadn't left that night.
Then why did he go?
Why did he get in that truck?
I was just wondering if um,
Rose had signed up
for group tonight?
I see. Well, I, I'll be there.
I just didn't know how
much time there is left
uh
to talk to her.
KAT: Oh my God,
he was looking for me.
You're okay. You're okay.
I'm here, Daddy, I love you.
Hey kiddo.
I love you too.
My Katherine.
He tried to tell me.
He knew who I was.
He knew.
And he still loved me.
El?
Hey, what's going on?
I love you.
I want to try again.
I'm messed up, Kat.
My dad. My whole
childhood was so dark.
But you, your family.
You were the light.
You were so perfect.
But I put you on a pedestal you
couldn't possibly live up to.
I've been in love
with the idea of you.
So what you felt wasn't real?
No, it was real.
But it was so damn
unfair to you.
Because you tried to show me
the real you every day, and I just
I refused to see it.
You are incredible.
You're brave.
You take risks for
the ones you love.
And I saw that woman
in 1816, that's you.
That's the woman
I'm in love with.
Or want to be,
if she'll have me.
I'm messed up too, El.
I mean, I haven't loved you
in the right way either.
I've let my past affect us,
and, and I don't, I don't mean
Brady or Thomas,
I mean our friendship.
And how it was.
I always just assumed
that you were gonna be there
because you always were.
I take you for granted.
But your love,
how you love me,
is such a gift, El.
So let's just love
each other as we are.
OK.
My dad gave it back to me.
Are you?
I will.
I will find the perfect moment.
I know it's gonna be perfect.
Because this ring,
that's Susanna's!
So I just breathe ♪
Let the water
bring you back to me ♪
Wish for this wish
To come true ♪
- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Let the water bring- ♪
Noah: I'm home. Can
we talk? I missed you.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Hi!
I was up taking my morning walk
and I heard you singing.
It makes me so happy.
I think I'm gonna do more of it.
Colton never gave up
on his dream.
You were his.
And music is mine.
So, I think I'm gonna keep
dreaming a little bit longer.
[A DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
"I don't want to put
my family in danger,
maybe these letters
will stop if I disappear."
Oh God, Jacob.
- No!
- [PHONE RINGS]
Jacob?
No, it's Sam, are you okay?
Oh, no Sam. I am not okay.
Jacob is gone.
Well, it's going to
be okay, Del.
Honestly. I promise.
And how do you know that, Sam?
I just do.
"Little one,"
Mom wrote it to me, not Dad.
"In time, I hope you understand
"that leaving was
the only choice.
"But while love
is itself unmoving,
"it is the cause and end
of all movement.
"I move for love, I jump
for love, I leave for love.
"It is impossible to say just
what I mean, except I'm sorry.
But go, go, go, said the bird.
And I must follow."
Go, go, go, said the bird.
I know those words.
It's from a TS Eliot poem.
- Mom?
- Yeah, in here.
Wait, so why TS Eliot?
What does it mean?
He was my namesake.
My mom was obsessed with him.
- According to my dad.
- TS Eliot?
It's a quote.
From my favourite poet
TS Elliot,
I think I met your mom.
- What?
- Where?
In 1974.
The clock inscription.
It's from the same poem.
Burnt Norton, published in 1936.
But, no, that doesn't
make any sense.
- Why?
- The wall.
It went up in the 1920s.
How did a clock get in there,
inscribed with a poem
that wasn't written yet?
"I move for love,
I jump for love."
What if your dad was wrong?
And your mom isn't
really gone, she just
Jumped and time traveled.
But there's only one way
she could've done that.
She had to go with a Landry.
- Del !
- [BABY CRYING]
Shh, Katherine.
Look.
Oh no. Poor Elliot.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
[THEME MUSIC]