Normally, I can find all the words that I need to say when writing a review, but as I sit here staring at this computer screen I don’t think that I can do it justice. This episode of The Way Home had me laughing, crying, screaming, and pacing my room as I watched it. Then there was that ending.
THAT ending!
I know, I know – I am normally the first person to talk a lot of s*** about shows and where they fail. I spend way too much time watching television and movies. I spend an insane amount of time online and I feel justified in most of what I say. Some stories are meh and some stories will change you.
The Way Home changes you.
I know that what I am about to write will not cover the range of emotions that this episode made me feel. It was FANTASTIC.
This season of The Way Home has done something that television shows are rarely unable to do. What is that? They got better than the first season. They showed us that even when you think a show is perfection, that perfection is a sliding scale and it can and will just get better. The Way Home has topped itself, but also left the viewer on the edge of their seat, trying to figure out what happens next.
We’ve only got three episodes left this season and I am sitting here wondering what could possibly happen next. I just know one thing – it will shock, surprise, and captivate.
And I am here for it.
When Kat returns to the present, she knows that she needs to go back right away. She’s gathering everything that she can – in hopes of helping Jacob. She doesn’t care what she needs to do – she is going to save her brother. Only there is a big problem, the Founders Day edition of the paper.
I’ve never seen Del in the present be willing to take on her daughter as if she’s still a teenager and she needs to tell her what to do. But Dell chasing Kat down and them having an argument over the paper – well, that was everything. It was everything because, at a certain point, these two are going to have to have it out. They are going to have to face the past to truly find the forgiveness that they both need.
But they seem to not be able to speak. At some point, Alice and Kat are going to have to be honest with Del about what is happening. However part of me also thinks that Del does know what is happening. I will stand on the hill that Del has something big to do with the past and why Jacob was there. Why is he there?
Kat is dead set on helping her brother and it doesn’t matter who she has to run over to get there. I can respect that, even though it makes me so angry to see her complete and total disregard for fixing the present. She needs to fix the paper and make the town proud. She needs to find a balance, eventually.
Kat returns to the past, and she’s greeted by Thomas. Yes, I didn’t like that man at first, but in this episode, he’s grown on me. He’s grown on me because he’s shouldering taking care of so many, but he’s also able to help Kat through it all. Kris Holden-Ried makes me want to apologize for not liking Thomas in the past few episodes. Holden-Ried is an amazing addition to this cast and though I am not sure that we can trust Thomas, I love that he can bring a range of emotions that makes me want to.
Douche Goodwin is looking for Kat, “the witch,” who bewitched him. It amazes me how a man just can’t admit that he’s wrong. But apparently, Goodwin needs to act like he’s important and install a sense of fear into the community.
Kat would do anything to protect her brother. She wants him to be well, but she’s so hurt that he doesn’t seem to remember her. Instead, he seems to be offended that she’s there. Susanna says it’s the fever, but I get why Kat doesn’t believe that. I get why Kat seems to lose her mind.
I can’t even imagine what it would be like to lose someone, find them, and then feel like you’re going to lose them again. That’s gotta be painful and lonely. The scene on the beach was woah. I wanted to see these two get together and I am sure that isn’t what anyone wants to hear. Why? So many people want Kat and Elliot together. I am not sure of that feeling and if that’s what I want. But hey, the ship chooses you. You don’t choose the ship.
Back in the present – Nick is back. He wants to buy Del’s boat and have a boy’s weekend with Elliot, and you can tell that he sees that there is something about Alice. Now, here’s where everything just gets weird for me. You can tell that Nick is looking at Alice as if she’s the girl he once knew, but he can’t figure out why.
Elliot is doing everything that he can to keep Nick and Alice separate, but if there is one thing that we know, you can’t keep anything in Port Haven hidden for long.
Maybe that’s part of the beauty of this show. There are so many secrets, so many things that happen, but you know that secrets don’t stay buried. At some point, all of it will come to light and it’s a matter of the way that they deal with it. I think that it makes for an important difference between this show and other ones. You just know that with The Way Home, everything will come full circle. Every choice that has been made and everything that has been done has been done or made for a reason and the choices of the past are forever changing the present because the past is continuing.
What I am happy about is that in this show there is so much resilience coming from Alice and Del. Both of them are wildly afraid of moving forward, but both are doing just that.
The only issue is that Alice is moving forward and lying to her Mom. She’s trying to find out what happened at the party. She’s trying to find out what the town wants to hide. I am just not sure where that is going to lead her. I don’t think that it’s going to end well.
If there is one thing that I have learned from this show is that the relationship between Del, Alice, and Kat is of the utmost importance. I think that whatever is being hidden will change that and how will they overcome that?
How will they move forward when secrets come to light?
My only issue with this episode is that I wish that so many people wouldn’t do the Twilight cliffhanger. What I mean by that is the montage followed by someone opening their eyes and remembering things.
And who does that?
Jacob.
Now, Spencer Macpherson as Jacob Landry is something that I didn’t know I needed. But I do. I need Kat and Jacob to get to know each other. I need Kat and Jacob to find their way home. When Jacob opened his eyes and said Kat’s name, my heart broke. I screamed.
And then I started crying.
The Way Home is a special show and I don’t take home being a singular place in this show. There are so many places that are home. This show, that cliffhanger – it’s definitely going to have my butt planted at home waiting for what happens next.
OTHER THOUGHTS
- Thomas telling Kat that Jacob had a part in the plan – not sure I believe he’s telling this to Kat right now
- That beach scene
- Jacob’s back… I cried
- Elliot, you always have to be right.
- Alice needs to stop calling Elliot all the time
- Nick recognizes Alice’s voice. Is he going to put everything together?
- Elliot, what is that book? What are you hiding?
- Why is there a dent in Elliot’s wall?
- Susanna is the real MVP
- Del being afraid to move on… broke my heart.
- That beach scene – I was kinda hoping that Thomas would drop Kat in the water.
- Kat needs to return to Alice.
The Way Home is airing now on The Hallmark Channel.