The Way Home

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.

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.

Alice, please stop. Just...

Come back.

by Beth)

I'm Katherine Landry,

but everyone just calls me Kat.

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.

I found her in the pond.

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.

Hey, you got talent, Alice.

Maybe we can sing together sometime.

Yeah, I bet we will. Sometime.

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.

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? 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.

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,

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.

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.

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.