The Way Home

Previously on The Way Home.

This one key is always a little bit sticky.

I think we should take a step back.

Don't confuse confidence with carelessness.

Del!

It's you.

You remember me?

- A Landry and a Goodwin. - So what's in a name?

You have to follow your gut.

New York. I can't do it.

You're going to live your little life

with your fritter franchise king and never leave!

Tessa Futura?

I think this is my mom.

Mom, stop! I'm your son.

Mind if I join you?

Uh... I usually play alone.

I know. Maybe mix it up for a change?

Bishop's opening, huh?

It's my signature move, you must know your chess.

Look. I didn't come here for a game.

I need your legal expertise.

Um, sorry, have we met?

Sam Bishop? Casey Goodwin.

There. Now we've met.

So here's the thing.

I found this legal document,

and it's, like, hundreds of years old,

but I need to know if it will still hold up in court.

And I need to know, like... now.

Uh, yeah, I'm retired from practising law,

there's a firm in town...

No. It has to be you.

And...

checkmate.

How did you do that in so few moves?

It's all about the Bishop's Opening.

But you knew that, right?

Okay. How do you know my name?

My profession?

Not to mention my chess moves?

Because I learned from you.

I don't know you.

Not yet.

Scar on your left heel?

Rusty nail you stepped on when you were six.

All your pals in Toronto?

They thought you were nuts for retiring early and moving here.

Secretly, you hate the city and always dreamed of owning a farm.

And now there's a certain neighbour you haven't been able

to get off your mind,

and she's the reason you now take your coffee with honey.

How could you possibly know any of that?

'Cause I'm from a future where I know you both.

A future where you told me I could count on you any place,

any time.

So, here I am needing your help to save Del's farm.

Of course, I'd... I'd do anything to help Del.

Wait.

You say you know us both in the future.

Does that mean Del and I are together?

Quite the tragic figure, sitting here all alone.

Want some company?

Not a lot to smile about, kiddo.

I'm losing confidence by the day

in this future you promised me.

It's my fault.

This is why you never tell someone their future,

it just messes with their head.

And in your case, your entire relationship.

So, it's really over, then.

Del and I don't end up together anymore?

Listen.

You know what happens will always happen. Just...

don't take it all for granted?

I may have told you your future

but that doesn't mean you should stop trying to earn it.

Good luck, Sam.

You have somewhere else you'd rather be?

Yes. Mr. Capone doesn't take kindly to a change of plans.

And this one is gonna cost me dearly, all thanks to you.

We thought you were in trouble.

Your son thought that he was saving you.

And nobody even bothered to mention that

you were the boss running the whole operation.

So now you know.

What are you gonna do about it? Are you gonna turn me in?

The thought's crossed my mind.

Expecting Cliff home any time soon?

If and when Monsieur Temperance Inspector arrives,

I'll handle him.

Don't bother. I was just leaving.

Mm. Leaving again, how original.

You're up.

How are you feeling?

Head's still pounding but... I'm okay.

How about we take a walk, huh?

It's just a deferral.

Only a semester or two?

Leaving right now just feels wrong.

Plus, mom and Elliot are still MIA,

so it's not like I have a ride to New York tomorrow anyway.

Travel logistics aside,

I'm worried you're shying away from the unknown...

Seems like I'm not the only one.

I'm sorry.

Weren't we talking about you and your future here?

Why are you avoiding Sam after everything he did?

You could have died out there in the field, alone,

but he found you and carried you home.

I'll have you know I'm planning on calling Sam

as soon as we finish talking.

Well, we are finished because I have to get to work.

So, call him!

Don't you think telling me first is going to get you

off the hook from telling your parents.

Hmm.

Uh... I have a question for you.

When you were working for Lewis,

did you ever meet his daughter?

The golden child marketing exec? No.

She stuck to Toronto. Why?

She's in town now.

We had a moment last night.

Now, I'm not sure if I should call her, text,

or wait for her to text me.

Honestly, modern dating eludes me.

Modern dating?

Yeah, yeah... in the community I grew up in,

we had really traditional customs.

If you were interested in someone,

you went straight to her father and made your intentions known.

Well, you definitely can't do that with Abby Goodwin.

No. I suppose not.

Look. I still don't know how you got off so easy

after trying to burn down Lewis's vineyard,

but if you want my advice, don't go poking that bear again.

But whatever you do, you'll be okay, Jake.

Things always seem to work out for you. Right?

Right.

My brother and I grew up believing

the pond was our family secret.

My parents, my grandparents,

if they knew Auntie Coop was a time traveller,

they never breathed a word of it to me.

I feel like a fool for not seeing it.

The books she'd bring me,

she always knew which ones were going to be bestsellers.

Heck, she made her living predicting the future.

The future she was from.

I loved her like family, Kitty Kat.

How could she abandon her own son?

Or be willing to kill him. Or me.

She also had no qualms

dragging you into criminal activities.

Oh, she didn't drag me into any of this.

I idolized her.

She's the only woman I've ever known

who didn't answer to any man.

And I wanted the excitement. The intrigue.

The chance to make something of myself.

Hm. What about the film?

If it happens.

Grayson's investors want Mary Pickford for the role now.

He thought a private acting coach in Saint John

might help change minds, but...

So that's where you disappeared to.

Not that it did any good.

About your engagement to Grayson.

I would hate to see you go through with it

just because you felt like you owed him.

Hmm.

At this point in life,

all I want is a fellow to rely on.

I used to feel so safe here.

Surrounded by family.

Now, I'm alone, haunted by memories.

I know how that feels.

To lose a parent. A brother.

And to look around this farm and still see them everywhere.

How tragic!

We're more alike than I thought.

You do have family, Fern.

You know, the pond didn't bring me here just to find Tessa.

It brought me to you.

I guess technically this is the last place we were together.

Seems fitting for our reunion.

I know what you did. How you left.

Do you what happened to Griffin?

No. I don't.

What about dad? You wanna know what happened to Vic?

Or what I've done with my life for the last 40 years?

I can't do this right now. There's too much to do.

There's way too much at stake.

I don't think you and Kat understand

the mess you've made of everything.

We made the mess? Really?

Really.

You have thrown everything into question.

And what's worse, you have put everyone in danger.