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The Way Home S04E01 (2026)
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00:01Previously on The Way Home
00:02We're at my wedding
00:04When have we met before this?
00:05Well, if you don't know the answer, Kitty
00:07Then it hasn't happened yet
00:08Sixty-five there, they thrive
00:10Sixty-five in
00:11Twenty-five
00:13Dad, give it back to me
00:14Are you?
00:15I will find the perfect moment
00:17I jumped for love
00:19Go, go, go, said the bird
00:20I must follow
00:21The clock inscription
00:23It's from the same poem
00:25What if your mom isn't really gone?
00:27She just...
00:27Time traveled
00:28Maybe these letters will stop if I disappear
00:30Oh, God, Jacob
00:31It's going to be okay, gal
00:33How do you know that, Sam?
00:34I just... do
00:56I wish he was here for this
00:58He's with us in spirit
00:59I know it
01:02Come on
01:03It's almost time for the I do's
01:06Today's going to be the best day
01:16What if your dad was wrong?
01:18And your mom isn't really gone
01:20She just...
01:20Jumped and time traveled
01:22Kat, wait
01:24Hold on
01:24Why?
01:25Elliot, if your mom jumped
01:27Then that means she could be out there
01:29Just let's take a minute
01:30All right?
01:31What do we think will actually happen
01:32If we do this?
01:33The pond will take us where we need to go
01:35And maybe that's to Tessa Augustine
01:37I mean, we have to try
01:38Right?
01:38The clock
01:39Elliot, it's message
01:40Your mom wants you to find her
01:51One, two, three
01:54One, two, three
02:12Are we all here?
02:14Yeah, I think we are.
02:15We're here.
02:18Oh, my God.
02:19God, look.
02:21Oh, no.
02:31Is that?
02:32My mom's note.
02:33Which means this baby's.
02:37Me.
02:39Danny, I'm sorry.
02:40This is not a good time.
02:41I need to go find Jacob.
02:42I just saw him.
02:43That's why I'm here.
02:44Saw him where?
02:44The bus stop.
02:45I just drove by.
02:46A bus was arriving.
02:47Jake was there.
02:48He had a bag.
02:49Is this because of Louis?
02:50What did he do to Jake
02:51to make him leave town?
02:55Like...
02:55Dale, I'm so sorry.
02:57I will stay on the farm
02:58and help however I can
02:59however long Jake's gone.
03:00I promise.
03:01Hey, girl.
03:02I'm stoked for a walk.
03:03I want to check in.
03:05Jacob's on a bus leaving town.
03:06I know the route.
03:07I think I can stop him
03:08if I can drive fast enough.
03:09All right.
03:09Let's go get him.
03:18Mr. Augustine?
03:19Are you home?
03:21Kat.
03:22Dad's truck is gone.
03:23Says he's fishing gear.
03:24He's out on the water.
03:26My dad was away on a job.
03:30My mom knew that.
03:33She's still left me.
03:37Only one more place we can try.
03:46However!
03:48However!
03:50She's still left me.
03:57She's still left.
04:12What's it?
04:15She's still right.
04:29I can't believe you're doing this the feeling is mutual where are you going I'll know when I get
04:35there okay now I have some money and even with an arson charge on my permanent record nothing
04:39is going to come of that we can use the will against Lewis you don't have to leave your family
04:44families why I'm leaving those letters are because of me and the lie that I made you tell about where
04:50I was those years gone God Jacob now those letters those letters are the push I didn't know I needed
04:57we both need to know that I can build a life for myself here in this time please mom please
05:05you
05:05need to let me go fine I'm not gonna fight to keep you if you don't want to be kept
05:11I will call you
05:12as soon as I find a place to land I love you mom I love you too it's not enough
05:24now is it
05:37why didn't you tell us about these letters I thought I was protecting the family
05:42now Jacob thinks he's doing the same we need to report these to the police later maybe right
05:48now tell me what those wet clothes are about um well they're about uh Elliot's mom we don't think
05:57that she left town in 1983 we think that she jumped in the pond and the only way that she
06:03could jump
06:04is with a Landry wait you're telling me that Tessa left Elliot on our porch and time traveled no I
06:13put
06:13Elliot on the porch mom you why because Tessa left him at the pond please just just think who could
06:27have
06:28jumped with Tessa it didn't have to be a Landry from 83 Kat my mom could have jumped with a
06:36Landry who
06:36was time traveling themselves I'm so sorry Elliot we kept you to your father got home you were safe
06:42I never thought it's fine don't I think I'm I'm done talking about my mom I'm done with all of
06:50it
06:50Elliot don't just let's just take she left me in the woods Kat she didn't care if I lived or
06:56died
06:57so wherever she wound up I don't particularly care and whoever the Landry was who took her there
07:06I don't want to know
07:21in every heart there lives a place where we lonely go to make a wish
07:37hey miss singer songwriter Landry Express is leaving for downtown Port Haven and you need a ride right
07:46but I was making progress I think stop messing with perfection there's only 48 hours left of you
07:54as a high schooler who does his mom says so let's go
08:11morning Del hey Alice left yet oh I'm fine I'm good did you break anything
08:19uh just ego what is all this oh not much just a small personal project small right I can see
08:29that
08:30uh I brought the goods Alice will appreciate that can't believe she graduates in two days
08:35how did that happen time is a cruel mistress oh I am thankful that you all have taken time off
08:42from learning that the literal way well we all needed a break from the pond gotta focus on more
08:46important things like town council has just signed off on giving me use of the park gazebo and JJ confirmed
08:52he can play that night so come the end of summer Kat will have the perfect proposal it's all falling
08:58into place so are you it seems yeah uh are you planting something or Elliot could you bring what
09:05I need yes you go for the cause my contribution's in the car thank you you guys are the best
09:10oh hey so
09:13you're coming to dinner tonight right because Brady's here and I need my wingman I will bring both wings
09:18don't worry okay bring wine too oh yeah that's good oh I love this one turn it up where will
09:35you go my darling daughter
09:39I'm gonna live down by the water I'm gonna live down by the water if I ever could find the
09:44time
09:44never no reason or why I'm gonna live down by the water
09:53God it seems like yesterday when we arrived here yeah how can this be my last summer with my kid
09:58before she leaves me for college wait I need to say hi to my baby
10:05what no how could it be sold it was sitting there for months
10:10I'm sorry Allie such is life right rife with disappointment
10:15no not this again I just don't get it I know what is Elliot waiting for
10:19he has the ring I know it he knows that I know it and it's just sitting there in that
10:23stupid fish lamp
10:24just pop the question already no ah why are boyfriends so complicated mom things will happen
10:32when they're meant to okay maybe it's not the boyfriends who are complicated maybe it's us who
10:38makes them complicated now you just lucked out with yours
10:51yes yes hi's all around uh can you help this fundraiser is draining my will to live why are we
10:58hosting
10:58again to celebrate how much I've pulled you out of your anti-social shell this year and also it's
11:03tradition yeah that makes sense the leaving class raises coin to get something fun for the school
11:08that we're never gonna enjoy it's to thank a school who's turned out some pretty amazing grads
11:13like these guys a category that includes me apparently a total geriatric yeah myself myself had a huge
11:24crush on that senior yeah I'm really sorry I'm missing the grad this family reunions killing
11:29Alice how's your song coming you're still singing an original tomorrow night right yeah yeah that's the
11:38back to this oh and the award for the cutest small-town couple goes to 75's our year we have
11:47so much to
11:48look forward to not just grad or wedding you finally moving out of linger more and into a house with
11:54mom
11:54and grandma okay so it isn't perfect but now on it's you me forever deli we can celebrate our special
12:08moments however we want make our own traditions because this life is ours now no one else's
12:20come on where did you put it just look at our talented high school grad going to a dream college
12:29huh Hudson performing arts school of New York I love saying it that it wasn't just talent that got me
12:35in Max helped me with my grades and Noah helped me with my audition tape yeah sure however it happened
12:41and I couldn't be more excited more proud and more willing to foot the bill that old chestnut yeah
12:48but listen at least Alice is not an international student those kids they get gouged but listen even
12:53if you were Canadian I would still cover the fees okay this is your dream and you can't put a
12:56price
12:56on it you sure because you're mentioning the price quite a bit like I'm just happy that I can make
13:02it happen okay last thing I would want is to put any pressure on you cat I know how hard
13:06you work for
13:06what you make yeah small town paper gig can't compete with a high-powered lucrative career and
13:12was generational well family money can only get you so far Elliot how far can you get show me all
13:17right I've heard enough about how much the fall is going to cost and how far people are going to
13:21go
13:22summer hasn't even started and I for one don't want to wish it away here here we're all looking
13:28forward to celebrating tomorrow night Alice thank you high school graduations don't come along every day
13:34well I would like to make a toast to my beautiful daughter Allie I can't tell you how it feels
13:42to see
13:42you taking this next step into the future of your dreams it's real it's it's incredible
13:53but it's also a step out this door so it's just it's a bit heartbreaking too but I'm so very
14:05proud of you
14:06and I promise when we do say goodbye I will do it with a smile on my face
14:14cheers baby cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers that was the bittersweet gift of being a mom
14:22loving hard then letting go the bond between a mother and a child there is nothing like it
14:41oh wait please don't go
15:19oh wait please don't go
15:46mom you're using the pond uh fine yes okay I haven't totally been respecting Elliot's desire
15:53to ditch the idea of finding Tessa since when
15:58since the ice melted it's just a jump only every once in a while okay and look it doesn't even
16:05matter because it hasn't worked but I know that I go back Allie Fern told me as much at mom
16:11and dad's
16:11wedding she met me in another era and what if that trip leads me to finding Tessa I really want
16:18to do
16:18that for Elliot oh oh thank goodness thank goodness
16:43where are we gonna bury it
16:45where are we gonna bury it
16:56got a package for Alice thanks Ruby what is Jacob doing in Toronto I mean is he working there at
17:04what
17:05and how long has he been there I'm sure there are answers in here
17:10it's the Alice book same edition
17:16they're pristine
17:19wait here he wrote an inscription
17:21to Alice found these in a used bookstore and knew it was assigned now you can bring a set into
17:27your
17:27future I know it will be somewhere you always needed to go
17:30that's it great nice Jake I'm so sorry mom
17:48I gave your photos place of honor yes thank you it's our ages on full display
17:55you've done a fantastic job you two it's gonna be very special evening I couldn't agree more
18:01Lewis hi
18:02oh a drink please
18:09I see Jacob didn't make it back for graduation still too afraid of me any fear that we had
18:16disappeared when that will brought you to your knees
18:18it's cute that you think a moldy piece of paper could take away my estate
18:23well it's cute that you think we want it especially when teasing you with the threat of
18:28Susanna's will is so much more fun than actually using it
18:32the only funny thing is how we've had to fake nice for the sake of our kids
18:36I'm just happy that Alice has been there for Max this year
18:38you know especially with your very messy divorce
18:42guess what guess what
18:43it's to spend a day with me
18:45just hit triple digits baby
18:47I still can't believe you have such a successful podcast
18:50oh what can I say right people love ghost stories and
18:54the sound of my voice
18:58okay sir I have a pitch for you
19:00rumor is your vineyard renovations include opening up the linger more tunnels
19:05yeah I've decided to lean into the estate's illicit past
19:08please tell me that you know your tunnels ghost story then
19:11this year marks the hundredth anniversary of the big explosion down there
19:14homemade booze making gone wrong bootlegger died body never found
19:19it's a big cautionary tale to stop fishermen from going rogue during prohibition
19:24yes it's all very charming
19:26please let me do a boo brunswick podcast in the tunnels when they're open about the fifth body
19:32well I'm bringing in a marketing manager soon so maybe they can handle you and your ideas
19:37until then
19:38oh okay okay okay I'll have my people call your people
19:41oh he does not know who he's dealing with
19:44oh I know and I love that for him
19:47we reached our fundraising goal tonight
19:50and the biggest spender was
19:53my father
19:54Lewis Goodwin
19:55who went absurdly overboard on this super sketchy box of old film reels
20:00generously donated by Joyce Hollier Oates
20:03from the Roxy Theatre Archives
20:07okay I'm now gonna pass the mic over to someone who actually knows how to use it
20:12before she makes it big in the Big Apple
20:14you'll all get to say you knew her when
20:17Alice DeJuan
20:19yeah
20:25hi
20:26I'm going to sing something of my own tonight
20:30hope you like it
20:44I'm going to sing something that's a little bit more on brand for tonight
20:49a song written by a Port Haven High grad who's very close to my heart
20:56my grandpa
20:59I know a path to the past
21:02is it a secret worth knowing
21:08it's a world where I've made my mistakes
21:11I was pulled down below
21:14sunken and cold
21:17there's a lesson to learn from yesterday
21:20and the future could be our way out
21:25I'll find you somehow
21:29so I just breathe
21:32hope the water brings you back to me
21:36and wish for this wish to come true
21:40let the water bring me
21:47back to you
22:02I know it will be somewhere you've always needed to go
22:05hope you're right
22:27come on Allie we have to go
22:37oh my goodness look at you
22:39you're so grown up
22:40too bad I felt like a total kid last night
22:43it was like I was back on that art school stage in Minneapolis
22:46stop okay that was your past
22:48and you were about to start your future
22:50just promise me that not everything has to change
22:53okay
22:54that no matter what
22:55I'll still have this
22:57I'll still have us
22:59of course you will
23:00and maybe something else
23:05so mom Elliot and I chipped in
23:08I mean look she's the perfect mix of your two favorite eras
23:11are you serious?
23:12thank you
23:14go see it go see it
23:19thank you
23:20to Alice in the class of 2026
23:22cheers
23:28it's Noah
23:31what did she need a car for?
23:33I mean she's moving to the least car-friendly city on earth
23:35it'll stay here Brady
23:36just waiting for her to visit
23:39like I will be
23:40I still can't believe I flaked last night
23:42just be kind to yourself okay
23:44you did amazing
23:45the crowd loved you
23:45by the way you look amazing too
23:47thank you
23:47poor guy
23:48you've been there
23:50what?
23:52no no Max is so not an Elliot
23:54I mean he's not head over heels for Alice
23:56head over heels?
23:57is that what you think?
23:58oh I don't think
23:59I know
24:00fine
24:01I won't deny it
24:03time to put a ring on it bud
24:08all right
24:09I think I collected everything we need
24:12it's about making our own traditions
24:14right?
24:15so what do you got over there?
24:17I got snapshots of 75
24:18like current events
24:19and today's best hits
24:21brought to you by
24:22the best diner 1975
24:23has to offer
24:24so what are you writing?
24:26I'll tell you when it's done
24:28but
24:29it's for our future too
24:35hey I
24:36I have a surprise
24:37it's a tradition
24:39Colin I tried to start
24:41that
24:41is what the holes
24:43were about
24:44it's a time capsule
24:45to commemorate 1975
24:47the year that Colton and I graduated
24:49and started our life together
24:52so much in here
24:53takes me back
24:56but
24:57most importantly
25:00this
25:02it's a letter I wrote
25:03to our future child
25:06that was the point
25:08Colton and I
25:09were going to
25:09dig up the capsule
25:10and
25:11read it to our child
25:12when they graduated
25:16but
25:17here we are
25:19so I'd like to read it to you Alice
25:25to my little one
25:28who will you be
25:29when this town gets opened
25:30and
25:30what will your dream be
25:31where here is mine
25:33it's you
25:34pure and simple
25:36and if this letter's been opened
25:37it means my dreams come true
25:40I hope I was a good mom
25:43who saw you
25:45heard you
25:47who didn't let her own wounds
25:49get in the way
25:49of
25:51healing yours
25:52oh I hope your life
25:54will be filled
25:54with the same magic
25:56and joy
25:56as mine has been
25:57but how can it not be
25:59when
26:00Colton and I
26:01are a part of you
26:04when you were
26:06created with such love
26:10such
26:11hope
26:13and light
26:14how could your future
26:15be filled
26:16with anything else
26:19it will be
26:20I promise
26:21all my love
26:22always
26:23your mom
26:25to Lila
26:28I know I didn't
26:29follow through
26:30with this tradition
26:30but I hope you will
26:32Alice
26:32write a letter
26:33to your child
26:35I'll try
26:35and grab my hand
26:42how did I not remember
26:43what was in that letter
26:44oh god
26:45I've pushed Cat away again
26:47this is how it's gonna be
26:49in the fall
26:49me
26:50here
26:50alone
26:51I know tonight was emotional
26:53Del
26:53but let yourself be happy
26:55you've got an incredible life
26:57I love Sam
26:59he's a man of routine
27:00but I like it
27:02lovely evening
27:04but I wouldn't mind
27:06getting back to routine
27:09absolutely
27:09though I don't know
27:11how lovely an evening it was
27:12okay
27:13okay
27:14shake it off
27:15huh
27:16Cat is an adult
27:17Alice is about to be
27:19it is high time
27:19us real grown-ups
27:20have some real fun
27:23oh
27:24oh man
27:25listen to that
27:27doesn't that one take your back down?
27:29remember?
27:31stop
27:32stop
27:32stop
27:33please
27:33get out
27:36get out
27:37no
27:38you okay?
27:39yeah
27:40I'm fine
27:44your family's grab pics are upstairs
27:45I fully grabbed them during clean-up
27:47I'm taking Noah's photo though
27:48for blackmail purposes
27:50sorry
27:51the only thing you should be sorry about is laughing at me when I told you to bring a bathing
27:54suit
27:54a cove party ends one of two ways
27:56either it's a police raid or a late night swim
27:59I don't know
28:00running into the ocean fully clothed felt pretty epic
28:02but uh
28:04lesson learned
28:05I should have listened
28:06yeah well
28:07that's the problem
28:08you never do
28:14you should have performed your song
28:15what?
28:16last night
28:18why do you keep all that talent hidden under a barrel Alice?
28:21I just
28:22I got nervous
28:23I don't think it's a big deal
28:24it kind of is a big deal though
28:27if you don't believe in yourself
28:28you'll never succeed
28:29you get that
28:30right?
28:30why don't you just support me Max?
28:32you're my best friend
28:33I don't get why you have to push so hard all the time
28:36because someone has to
28:37you think that Noah just goes easy on me
28:38well it's because he loves me
28:39you go too easy on yourself Alice
28:42I pushed you all year
28:44but I won't be here come fall
28:46so you'll be going at it alone
28:48are you ready for that?
28:49yeah I'm actually ready right now
28:51so
28:52I'll get the photos
28:53and I will prove it
29:13Alice
29:14come on in
29:14join me
29:17these
29:18the reels that you want at the auction?
29:20screen tests
29:22my ancestor tried to put Port Haven on the map back then
29:26by bringing Hollywood to New Brunswick
29:28to make a movie
29:29the script was written
29:31actors were cast
29:32but
29:33history wasn't on his side
29:34the film was silent
29:36you see
29:37and
29:37talkies had started to come on the scene
29:40so
29:40on the first day of production
29:43investors pulled the plug
29:45and now
29:46all that remains
29:48are these
29:501925
29:51Port Haven
29:51frozen in time
29:53look at the time capsule
29:57excuse me a moment
29:59excuse me a moment
30:46Alice?
30:47there you are
30:49thanks
30:51the reel ended
30:52so
30:54thank you for the screening
30:57goodnight
31:10stop it there
31:12see
31:13mom you're gonna travel to 1925
31:15to meet Fern
31:16just like she said
31:17you two look so scared
31:19what do you think you said to her?
31:20I have no idea
31:23can you play it back again?
31:31oh my god
31:32look at her
31:35this is not the Fern that I knew in 74
31:37or the one that mom and dad always talked about
31:40that Fern
31:41she was a homebody
31:42I mean she never left the farm
31:45she raised her son all alone
31:47but this Fern
31:50is mesmerizing
31:531925
31:5425
31:5565 there they thrive
31:5865 and 25
32:02Fern told me about this
32:03in one of her weird
32:04rhymy things
32:05the 25
32:06I mean I think she meant
32:081925
32:09but then what would the 65 be?
32:10the wall that the clock was hidden in
32:12was put up in the 1920s
32:13right?
32:14your mom was here in that era
32:16and now we have proof that I go there too
32:19so
32:19could the 65 be about her?
32:22maybe that was Tessa's age
32:24no
32:24look
32:24my mom jumped at 24
32:26in 1983
32:27and she's been gone 43 years
32:29so following the pawns rule
32:30that the time spent in the past
32:31is equal to the time you miss in the present
32:33that would make her
32:3467
32:34not 65
32:36yeah but
32:37Fern could have been off by two years
32:39right?
32:39you always say that she's a bit of a kook
32:41look no
32:41I just I don't think it's actually
32:42come on Elliot
32:43this can't just be a coincidence
32:44she left me Kat
32:47alright?
32:50thank you
32:55I'm well done
32:55here it is
32:59and if things go according to plan
33:01we'll be digging this up in 18 years
33:05Cole!
33:07a letter
33:09from your brother
33:11what?
33:14our wedding invite?
33:15I sent it to him
33:16did he seriously send it back?
33:17wait Cole
33:17look
33:19see you at the wedding brother
33:21love Griffin
33:22is he really coming home for it?
33:24how about adding that
33:26to the capsule?
33:27this is about our future grandma
33:29at this rate
33:29whatever kid we have
33:30won't even know Griffin Landry's name
33:32Cole, Dairy
33:34like it or not
33:35your brother's a part of you
33:40maybe by the time we open this thing
33:42Griffin and I will have a better relationship
33:44by the time we open this
33:46we'll be a family all our own
33:50alright
33:59just saw Brady off
34:00let's celebrate with some tea
34:03yeah
34:08the letter
34:10it should have been for you
34:11all those words in there
34:13they were meant for you
34:15I wish I had heard them back then
34:17I know Catherine
34:18I'm so sorry
34:21it's okay
34:22and thank you
34:24it's no excuse
34:25but my mother did the same thing
34:26after she and my father lost everything
34:29she lost me and her grief
34:30she didn't even come to my graduation
34:34but I suppose I was
34:35barely yet yours
34:38generational trauma
34:39that's what the kids call it
34:40right?
34:41maybe we're just bound to repeat past mistakes
34:44turn into our parents
34:46well I think you've done a great job at breaking the mold
34:49me?
34:50history repeats itself
34:52I've been grieving Jacob for months
34:54and at the end of the summer
34:56I'm gonna lose you and Alice
34:58mom
34:59no
35:00it will not be like it was
35:03nobody's really gone this time
35:05you know Alice is just a phone call away
35:07I'll be a walk over from Elle's
35:09and as far as Jake
35:12you know I send him things
35:13text messages about us
35:15and what we're doing
35:16because I refuse
35:18to consider him gone
35:20I hope you're right
35:23oh
35:24is that what I think it is?
35:26yep
35:26ready to be buried
35:27I just hope you do a better job
35:29than me and Colton
35:30and remember
35:31where you bury it
35:32I definitely have a place
36:04what you think it is
36:06what you think it is
36:06perhaps you know
36:06your
36:06the
36:06the
36:19Tessa Cooper, Tessa, so the suitcase was buried, but packed with all the stuff, like
36:29she was going away, but why, I found these in here too, they're from Evelyn's deck, so
36:35did Tessa and Evelyn know each other? Yes, they did. Oh, Tessa, you're so young. Okay, so this
36:47says that she was born in 1961. Elle, didn't you say 59? She was two years younger, which
36:55means Tessa would have been 65, not 67. 65 and 25. Elle, do you know what this means? It
37:03means that she is there, and Fern told me, which means they must know each other. This
37:08is why I go back, is to find your mom. You know, this is the first photo I've ever seen
37:15of me and her. My dad got rid of all the photos when she left, threw them all away. The
37:21blanket,
37:24the clock was wrapped in it when I found it in the wall. My mom kept it. She must have
37:33taken it with her when she jumped. She wanted to take a part of you with her, Elliot. I want
37:39to jump. Good luck. Go get your mom. Elliot? Elliot, what happened to mom? Don, just took her.
38:05But something bad happens back then. We saw it. What are you doing? To my little one,
38:13if you're anything like me, I bet you're scared right now as you face your next big chapter.
38:19Mom wouldn't let me go. I don't want to find my mom. I wish I could say I have it
38:24all figured
38:25out, but I don't. Not yet. The one thing I do know, you won't face that path into the future
38:32alone.
38:34Family is walking with you. Always.
38:39Remember that, little one. If ever you feel lost, there will always be a road that will lead you home
38:46to family. And when exactly are you from, dearie?
38:51Huh?
38:56Time drops.
39:03And when exactly are you from, dearie?
39:06Hehehe.
39:08Show me the way to go home.
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