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- Previously on The Way Home.

* Then you'll never be alone **

- Those words were written in a better time.

- Your letter was so touching. Are you denying sending it?

- Yes! 'Cause I didn't.

- Dad was going to sessions. Therapy.

- There was another woman.

She showed up crying at your father's funeral.

- Tomorrow, we're gonna sit at that table

and I'm going to tell you everything.

- Why can't we ever be more than the past?

- I need to find answers. - You got answers.

- I'm talking about the accident.

- My Katherine.

(crying): What?

(soft music)

(muffled): Alice!

* I've been a prodigal daughter *

(tires screeching) (crashing)

* A lamb to the slaughter *

* Baptized me twice drowned in holy water *

* Virgin Mary for sale *

(Kat): Baby... baby!

We have to go, the police can't see us.

(sirens blaring)

(Kat): No! No!

(yelling indistinctly)

(sobbing)

(gasping)

(breathing heavily)

Mom, Mom!

(sobbing)

- It's my fault, it's my fault!

- Shh... it's okay.

(gasping breaths)

* Looking for Looking for water **

- I should've listened to you.

I should never have gone back.

I mean, maybe if...

Maybe if I hadn't, he would still be alive.

- No, no. You can't carry that.

What happened will always happen.

- So are you saying that if I had stayed away,

he might still have died that night.

- You have to believe that. Yes.

- He knew I was his daughter.

He called me Katherine.

He looked me...

in the eyes...

...and he told me that he loved me.

What does that mean?

- Honestly, I don't know.

(Alice sighs)

- How...

How could I have put Alice through that?

- You didn't know she would come after you.

- I...

Dad's funeral...

Alice was there. I remember that.

And then, I never saw her again. She just...

She just disappeared.

She only has one more trip.

- You have to tell her.

You both need to move on. And be here in the present.

Hey.

It's over.

(dramatic music)

(sighs)

- Mom?

- Hey.

- I know that you've been saying you caused it,

but... it wasn't your fault.

It was mine.

- No, it was not your fault.

- It should've been me, and you chose me over your dad.

- Come here.

Alright, listen to me.

I will always, always chose you. Over anything.

Always, do you understand?

Now, we have to listen to what Elliot's been saying all along:

we're never gonna be able to change the past.

Something would've always prevented us from saving my dad.

(sighs)

We just have to have faith in that.

- Okay.

(honking)

- Oh... your dad's visit. God, I forgot.

- Mom, I... I wanna see him, I really do,

but I can't right now, okay, please?

- No, no, it's okay.

(soft music)

- Hi.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- I've been better.

- Yeah.

Is Alice around, should we do this?

- Uh, now is not the greatest time.

- Well, I mean, it's never gonna be a good time.

- A lot has happened in the last couple days and...

- What happened?

- Just... life. Stuff.

- Well, here they are.

I'll be at the hotel, so just...

Just give me a call whenever you guys are ready.

This is... the right thing to do, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Right.

Okay.

- Who was that honking?

- Oh, that was Brady. He's here for a visit.

He'll be back later.

- Hey, uh...

Did Byron say anything to you

about leaving town on some sabbatical?

- Who's gonna run The Herald?

- Doesn't say. His whole editorial is about the need

to move on, new adventures, new experiences.

Fine. It's easy to leave when the road gets tough.

- Mom, you showed him the road.

Let him take it.

(knocking)

Hey.

So your dad's checked into the hotel.

- I know the date of Colton's death, but I...

I just wanted to try and find the date of his funeral.

- Right. Yeah, of course.

Here, let me see.

(chuckles)

Well, looks like Jacob got his hands on this at some point.

So you wanna go to my dad's funeral?

- I need to go. I need to be there...

for Kat.

I do go, right?

- Yeah, you were...

you were there, but Ali--

- Mom.

Can you come with me?

(soft music)

(soft cries)

- Elliot?

(sniffing)

Hey. I've been looking everywhere for you.

- It's...

Colton build this place for us.

I helped him.

We needed a place to hang out.

- I'm... I'm so sorry.

- I'm glad you were able to come back for this.

It'll mean a lot.

- It's today? The funeral's today?

- Yeah, it's in an hour.

- Okay, uh, I'm gonna need some clothes. Some dry clothes.

- Yeah, clothes, right.

Um... I'll get you some.

Right. There's a blanket there, you can...

- Hey, wait, Elliot.

Do you think you could get some options, like...

maybe just two?

- Options?

- Yeah, uh, I just... I need to decide what's best.

(chuckling)

- You know, sometimes I don't get you, Alice.

Uh, I...

I mean, I can't... I can't do this today!

Sometimes, you just... you ask for too much!

- Please, Elliot.

- Fine. Fine, I'll get them,

but I'm only doing it for Kat.

(birds chirping)

(exhales)

- I love you.

- Here. - Thank you.

Where is everyone? I thought the whole town would be here.

- This is what Del wanted.

She just wanted friends and family.

Something private. There's a big memorial service later.

(mouthing): I love you.

(whispering): Love you.

- Colton cared about all of you.

He was a... beautiful man.

I swear he had... stardust running through his veins.

He loved the ocean.

He loved that stupid boat.

And he loved to sing every day.

He loved his family.

Our North star.

Our home.

(gasping)

(door bell chiming)

- Elliot!

- What can I get you boys? - I'll have a low-fat latte

with an extra shot of espresso, please.

- House coffee, black.

- Okay. I'll be right back.

- So I guess Kat kept you up to date on everything with us.

Okay, then I'm gonna just go ahead and be blunt, um...

I know you have feelings for her.

I've always known.

Well, listen, man. Your time has come.

The divorce papers have been delivered,

now you can act on your not-so-hidden feelings.

(chuckling): You know, it's funny, back then,

I was a little threatened by you, Elliot.

Yeah. You were...

You were so smart, and you just...

you knew about everything. You know?

You and Kat were so close.

- It's funny, I never got that

threatened vibe from you, man, so.

- You know what it was? It was...

(clears throat)

It was in the hard times, in the rough patches,

that she would reach out to you first.

Don't think I didn't notice that.

It, uh...

It hurt.

And I knew, I knew how lucky I was to have her.

- Yeah.

- Patience pays off.

Now you can have what you've always wanted.

- Come on. We were kids.

Now we're adults. Time changes all things, right?

I believe it was Keirkegaard who said,

"Life must be lived forward,

but can only be understood backward."

- You've always spoken in riddles, Elliot.

I don't think I'll ever figure you out.

- Possibly not.

- Thanks for everything, Elliot.

And, um, I'm really sorry.

- For what? - I never meant

to ruin anything for you.

I just...

I just really wanted to be part of this world.

(soft music)

- You are. In...

...in a big way.

- I need you to know that in my time,

you are the most amazing person, and you've done so much for me.

Thank you, Elliot.

(**)

(indistinct chatter)

- You have an unusual lack of something to say this evening.

(small chuckle)

- Yeah, I was just... I was thinking about Dad.

And, um...

Can I say something?

I just... I feel like you are hanging on to the belief

that Dad had an affair,

to protect yourself from the pain of losing him.

- I think you read too many self-help books.

(chuckles)

But, you know, uh...

I have been thinking about something that I remembered.

There was a night, when Colton told me

he would explain everything to me,

that he would set things right.

But he never had a chance,

because it was the night he died.

- When did you remember that?

- Oh.

It was more like a dream.

A really lovely dream.

But there is that woman, at Colton's funeral.

Weeping.

A complete stranger.

She wasn't anyone, Mom.

I mean, no one of importance.

- Can we... both agree just to...

...let that all go, honey?

- Yeah. Of course.

Good night, Mom. - Good night, sweetheart.

- You have talent, Alice.

Keep it up.

Once a singer, always a singer.

- Hey, Dhawan. - Hey.

Do you know if they're still looking for performers,

for the reopening of the Roxy?

- Yeah, absolutely, they are.

- I think I'm gonna do it.

- Really? - Mm-hmm.

- Great! It's all coming together.

I'm pumped about doing the catering.

The appetizer I made for you

at the night I made you dinner is on the menu.

- You made dinner for Alice?

(door bells chiming)

When?

- Hey, Ali! Just who I wanted to see.

- Dad! - Hey.

I was on my way up to the farm to see you.

I was just gonna grab a coffee

for the road. - On it.

(door opening)

- Elliot. (door closing)

It was me.

It was me that Mom saw at the cemetery.

I mean, I'm the reason that she spent all of these years

thinking that Dad was having an affair.

I am the other woman, Elliot.

- Okay, taking that in.

- What is the point of time travel?

All it's done, it's just brought tragedy

that I now realize that I caused because I was there

at the wrong time! (sighs)

I am the bad seed!

I am the root of all the bad things

that have happened to my family.

- Kat, stop!

You have to let it go!

(sighs)

- Alright. I just...

I'm... I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that you have to be a part of all this, now.

- I've always been a part of this.

Since the moment someone told me

my future, my life has been ruled by the past!

And I'm happy to be here,

where I always knew I would be,

even if I had a very little part in the decision.

But you never had to go through that, Kat.

It's... (chuckles)

- Okay.

I hear you, and I promise you,

I'm going to try my best to just let go of the past,

and to look at the present.

Okay? And us.

Please. Please know

how grateful that I am you're here.

I mean, however that was fated to happen.

(dramatic music)

- Kat, did you hear the good news?

Our girl's gonna be singing in a concert.

- Wait, really? - Just like old times, right?

- Yeah, that's... Honey, that's amazing.

So tell me about it.

- I... I don't wanna talk about it,

I'm already really nervous.

- Nervous? What? You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be more than fine. Come on, we're...

super proud of you.

Hey, so, are you guys both free right now?

- To do what?

- I thought maybe now would be a good time

for us to have our... chat, you know.

- Our chat? (chuckling)

I saw this coming, you guys,

and I don't think we need to have a chat. I'm fine.

In fact, I think it's for the better.

- Hey, Alice. Come on, just come back and talk, please.

- No. Honestly, I'm fine.

(sighs)

- Hey.

Are you really okay?

- So you're getting a divorce, big deal.

It's nothing compared to what my friend Kat is going through.

- Alice. I'm the one who went through it.

- I know, but...

It's not the same, okay? I need to get out of here.

- No, no, wait. Where are you going?

- I'm going to check on her, she's the one who's going

through all these awful things back there without me.

- No, you... you can't.

- Why? - I...

I know that you don't wanna hear this,

but you never came back to Port Haven after the funeral.

- No, no, that... that's impossible.

- I am so sorry, honey, but it's true.

- Why didn't you tell me sooner?

I didn't get to say goodbye to her at the funeral,

and I have to go back and check on her!

She's my best friend. No, I...

I'm going back, okay? I will.

- Alice, plea...

(gasping)

(grunting)

(eerie music)

(birds chirping)

- When am I?

(Del): Rita, enough! Just let it go.

(Rita): Del, I am telling you,

you need Kat here, home with you.

You need your family now more than ever!

- Actually, I don't.

And I already regret showing you this.

- There is a reason that you wrote this beautiful letter.

You have to follow through on it.

- I've made up my mind, I'm not gonna send it.

I have been fine without Kat for the past two decades,

how is it any different now?

- Because you just declared Jacob dead.

You shouldn't go through that alone.

Even if you don't have any interest

in fixing what's broken.

What about meeting your granddaughter?

- I'm sure I'll meet her someday.

- Okay! Let's make it today. Mail that letter.

- No. - Oh...

- It's my business. My life. My decision.

- Del, please don't... please don't throw that letter out.

- Stop. - No, you're gonna regret that!

I know it! Oh, Del.

Hey!

(door closing)

(soft music)

(sighing)

- Hi. - Hey, um...

How did it go? Were you able to see Kat?

Well... me.

- No.

- Ali, I'm so sorry. - It's okay.

The pond didn't take me where I wanted to go,

but it took me where I needed to go.

(knocking) (door opening)

- Hey. My girls.

You okay?

Hey, come here.

I love you so much, you know?

And... we're gonna be fine.

Okay? You're gonna be fine.

Hey, I'm gonna see you at your concert, okay?

I can't wait for it. - Okay.

See you.

(soft music)

- Oh, um...

(clears throat)

- Right.

Good.

Hey, Kat, um...

I love you both.

- Me too.

(door opening and closing)

(sighs)

* I know that the time goes away *

* And it buries our mistakes along the way *

(footsteps approaching)

* I know that you've moved away **

- I heard you singing. Sounded beautiful.

- Thank you. (small laugh)

- Oh, wow! I haven't been up here in a long time.

(sighs)

This was Colton's project.

He built it for your mom and her friends

so they would have a place to hang out.

(chuckles)

Elliot practically lived up here.

His father was a fisherman. Away a lot.

(sighs)

That was a long time ago.

- It wasn't that long ago.

- I heard a rumour.

That you are gonna sing at the reopening of the Roxy.

Good for you.

- Yeah, well, Landrys are musicians,

and someone has to keep that tradition alive, but...

I'm terrified.

- You gotta do the thing that scares you.

That's what Colton always said.

I wish your grandpa could've heard you sing.

He would've loved that.

(upbeat music)

(indistinct chatter)

- Thank you. - No problem.

- Here we go.

I am a proud mama tonight. - Yeah, as you should be.

- So I saw that Brady is in town?

- Yes. Yes, he should be coming tonight.

- Okay.

- I think I'm just gonna... - Yeah. Good idea.

- Hi. - Hi.

- I am... super nervous for Alice tonight,

so I was just wondering if you would hold my hand.

(glass clinking)

- Should we go in?

- Yeah.

* I'm trying to find my way home *

(song continues)

* You'll show me the way *

* Way home *

* Trying to find my way home *

* So play that song that I wrote *

* It still sounds the same **

(applause, cheering)

(crowd murmuring)

(applause)

- Hey, Alice! - Yeah!

(Brady): That's my girl!

(cheering)

(soft upbeat melody)

* I know that the time goes away *

* And it buries our mistakes along the way *

(music stops)

(crowd whispering)

- Um...

I just realized that...

that wasn't really the right song for tonight.

I wanna play something that's closer to my heart.

And... a song that's gotten me through a lot.

(soft ballad)

* I love your eyes how they give me a reason *

* How they change in the light *

* Hope you know you're everything I wanted *

* In my whole life *

* You're the reason this garden is growing *

* You keep us calm like the night *

* And you shine like a passage in the water *

* In the moonlight *

* In your eyes there's a horizon *

* I can find my way back home *

* And you know when you find it *

* That you'll never be alone *

(**)

* I love your eyes how they give me a reason *

* How they change in the light *

* Hope you know you're everything I wanted *

* In my whole life *

* In my whole life **

(applause, cheering)

- Hey. - Hey.

- I thought you were gonna come back to the house last night.

It was... quite the evening.

- Yeah. Alice was great.

And Brady was there. It's good.

- Yeah. Yeah, I... I think this whole shared parenting thing

is gonna work out.

(birds chirping)

I signed the papers.

- Yeah. - You know, I've been thinking

about what you said the other day, and...

I want you to know that you...

...you've always taken care of me, El. And Alice.

And I don't want you to ever think

that I take that for granted. Ever.

You...

You mean so much to me.

And you always will.

- Well... about that.

- What? What is it?

- I want you to hear me out.

And I know you always find that difficult.

(chuckles) This whole adventure

has made me realize I've been a...

kind of a... spectator in my own life.

I've always known where I'd end up.

Ever since that day in 1999

when Alice told me I was her science teacher in the future,

that Brady was her dad, that I'd never have a chance.

Everything was set in stone

before I could do anything about it.

And it made me think.

Now, I can't help thinking...

Everything has happened, all the predictions have happened,

and now, for the first time...

For the first time in my life, I can make my own choices.

Create my own future.

I'm free.

And I wanna know what that means, I wanna... live, now!

- I get it. I... I totally do.

- Thank you. That means a lot to me.

And you will always be special to me, Kat.

I do love you.

I always have.

But I... - What?

What are you saying?

- I'm saying...

that I need to start a new chapter.

Just to see where my own... path might lead.

And I hope you can understand that.

- Oh, I...

I don't.

I don't... I don't understand.

- I need you to try.

* Lying in my bed *

* I hear the clock tick and think of you *

(Elliot sniffing) - Okay.

* Confusion is nothing new *

- Okay.

* Warm nights *

* Almost left behind *

* Suitcase memory *

* Time after time *

* Time after time **

- You know, uh... I've been thinking about that song

you sang last night. Where did you learn that?

- Um... Mom sang it to me when I was little.

And I've always remembered it.

- Mm.

You're not gonna believe this, but, um...

(small chuckle)

I went to that grief support group.

- The one that I mentioned?

- Yeah. Really nice group of people.

Just not my thing.

- Yeah.

- I do want to tell you, Katherine,

I realize...

I wasn't there for you when you needed me.

I was so lost in my own grief.

And I really regret that.

(sighing)

But you know what? This, right here,

is my grief support group.

(laughing) Lucky, lucky you.

- Yeah.

- No, but honestly, I had to tell you both that, um

ever since you barged back into my life, oh!

You just... filled my heart up.

(chuckling)

Cheers, sweetheart.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

- Cheers.

- I guess, all I can say is just how grateful I am

that you sent that letter.

- I didn't. - Oh, my God!

No, not this again! - Katherine, I told you, I...

(soft music)

Can we just let it go? - Fine! Fine.

(laughing) (dog whining)

- Oh, Fynn! You're soaking wet!

When did you sneak in?

Oh, you've got that nasty old ball!

(chuckling)

(ominous music)

I'll tell ya, Fynn can't stay out of that pond,

even in the winter.

- I almost forgot, I saw that dog again!

Look, I found his toy in the field.

- Jake, we get it. You want a dog.

Hey, here we are.

Your sister's in the house, so I think, um...

I think you're gonna be safe.

(Jacob): Sure. Later, gator.

(ominous music)

(dog barking)

- Fynn can't stay out of that pond, even in the winter.

(gasping)

- It looks like Jacob got his hands on this at some point.

- "The explorer found a home,

but he still looks to the stars

when he feels lost."

- Did you know explorers use the stars to lead them home

when they get lost?

- Mom, what are you doing?

(music intensifies)

(dog barking)

(ominous music)

(dog barking)

- Here, doggie! Come here!

Hey, doggie, wait! Come back.

Puppy!

(dog barking)

Puppy!

Wait, don't go!

Puppy, where are you?

Puppy!

(water splashing)

- Hey, are you okay?

- Fynn. Fynn.

Jacob chased Fynn into the pound

on the night that I thought I saved him.

- What the heck is going on in here?

- Mom, I think I know what happened to Jacob.

(dramatic music)

(panting)

- I'll be back for you, Jacob, I promise.

(**)

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