Sometimes I think that The Way Home is one of the most complicated shows on television and then sometimes I think it is one of the most confusing. But what I do know is that I am addicted to every moment, every clue, and every feeling that The Way Home has to offer.
Trying to figure out where Tessa Augustine is – well that’s where we are. And don’t you know that it would be Alice that catches her in the 1970’s. But where we are is wondering why Tessa is where she is, why Tessa is stealing, what people are trying to protect Elliott and what from, what the Goodwins are up to, and so much more.
The Way Home is a part of me and I believe that it’s going to be a satisfying end, even if I am terrified of where it goes. However, this look for Tessa has me wondering if it will get any more exciting, because I am a little lost. And a little bored with this storyline.
I want to believe in Fern Landry, I want to believe in Tessa, and I want to believe that Griffin Landry isn’t the devil. But, what I am left with is this: I want to know why this storyline is important, because I was more convinced that we were going to see more of Colton time traveling with this season.
And Jacob.
And well, I guess I just never really thought about Tessa Augustine the first few few seasons. So why am I supposed to be invested in her now?
It doesn’t make sense to me.
I want to know more about the Landrys. I don’t care about Tessa. I should, I know. But I don’t. So here we are – lets just move forward, because that’s all I have to give.
ALICE & NOAH & MAX
So, in the present Alice is at Noah’s food truck with him and Max. Now, I have made no secret about the fact that I want Alice and Noah together. I love them. I ship them. I need more of that. Seeing the two of them together feeds my shipper heart.
But Alice and Noah? Doesn’t work for me. She’s allowed to make mistakes, we all are. Noah is a mistake and he proves it time and time again. This time when he decides that he’s opening a restaurant five hours away and won’t be able to spend the summer with her.
I think that Alice lets Noah slide with a lot of things, but it’s because she really does like him. However, Max, he wears his feelings on his face and you can see that him listening to everything with trepidation and fear.
The fear of losing Alice. The fear of life changing. It just is a lot.
Now, I have never been worried about any connection that Alice and Max may have. Why? Well that would be because it just seemed impossible to me. Now, I am wondering if I was wrong, because of Kat.
If the Goodwin and Landry bloodlines have crossed I am going to be afraid of what happens next. Regardless that would not change anything about how I feel that Noah and Alice – they are like watching paint dry.
TESSA
Now, I will tell you that I do believe that Fern knows a lot that she isn’t telling and I am kind of scared to see where that takes us. Fern has always been a little cooky, but she’s up to something and I need to know what it is. What is she hiding and what is it that she knows that she’s not telling Kat?
Or even Alice?
But we know that Kat knows that Tessa was in the 1920’s because her and Fern wore the same bracelet. When she goes back Fern claims to not know – and maybe it hasn’t happened yet, but I am not sure I believe that.
Del is keeping a secret fromm everyone about Tessa’s disappearance and that really does bother me. She sees Elliott’s pain, as well as Kat and Alice continuously trying to find Tessa. So, if she knows something, why not admit it.
Alice is the one that comes across Tessa, when she goes back to the seventies. She doesn’t really speak much to her as she’s with Evelyn and Cole. I wish she had more information from Tessa, but hopefully she’ll get the chance.
One thing we did see was Tessa stealing money and Alice noticing. She motions to Alice to be quiet, but that even worries me more.
Whatever Tessa left for, even if it is for Griffin, I would love to know. I don’t trust what happened because I think that Tessa loves Elliott, so it had to have been a lot for her to leave.
I need to know more about Griffin.
EVELYN
Even though Alice wanted to be there for Evelyn – with her being pregnant and all, the pond didn’t take her back in time. By the time that she comes back, the baby has been born and is pretty big.
She sees Del and Cole, playing with Evelyn and the baby. The baby being Louis. Fern tells her it has been a long time since she’s been there. That is very hard for Alice as she wanted to be a good friend. She wanted to make sure that Evelyn didn’t feel like she had to do this alone.
When she finally does go back and speaks to Evelyn– well, Evelyn seems to be intent on proving to Alice that she’s a great Mom and can do anything. I feel bad for Evelyn that she feels abandoned by Alice. I feel bad that Evelyn hasn’t had the support that she needs, but also I feel bad because Alice would be there in a heartbeat if she could.
I am not sure if Alice went back for Evelyn or if for the first time she needed to meet Griffin.
But Colton seemed worried about Griffin being there. Griffin seemed indifferent to being there. So what was really happening here?
DADDYS HOME
When Elliott’s Dad returns, there is something that automatically makes me tense up.
Kat and Elliott are away – at a cabin – where he’s trying to propose to her. Did I know this was coming? Yes. Am I team Kat and Elliott? No.
The thing about Kat is that she likes living in the past. She likes being away from the present, her problems, and everything that she could potentially have to deal with. Kat runs because she can not deal with emotions.
Even as Elliott is trying to propose Kat is worried about Port Haven’s past.
Dell and Sam are doing everything that they can to calm Elliott’s Dad. He’s trying to hide everything Tessa from Elliott, but I wonder what that exactly does for him. Like hasn’t he been through enough. Maybe a big part of what Elliott has been through has been not feeling wanted due to all of the people that keep leaving him.
And yes, I think that he wants to hang hard onto Kat, but he doesn’t even try to see what a life without Kat is truly like. He doesn’t notice that Kat isn’t going to stop her foray into the past and instead he excuses it.
And he’s excused it even more season after season.
I just don’t think that these two are going to make it when they both want different things. I just don’t see that it would work out but could be wrong. Like Elliott wants kids and she doesn’t. So where is that gonna land us?
FERNS BETRAYAL
When back in the 20’s – my distrust of Fern grew. I know, I know – she’s Grandma to Colton and Griffin – but she also lies.
She’s a lying liar liar that lies.
When she meets Kat at the pond, she’s putting down clothes for Kat, but Kat arrives at the same time. That to me, tells me that Fern knew she was coming.
And then she takes Kat to a club, where Fern is singing. And it’s prohibition so I can guarantee you that Fern likes way too much dancing on the edge. I also believe that Fern has traveled to a future time because she knows songs that she shouldn’t.
But what gets me is that I am pretty sure that Fern drugged Kat, causing her to get arrested when the club was raided.
Why?
I don’t know. I know she knows that Kat is related to her. But why would she want to hurt Kat or keep her from Alice? Cause that’s what happens.
I think that at a certain point we have to question Ferns loyalty.
I think that future Fern has told her something. My money may be that this has something to do with Griffin.
All of these relationships kinda feel suspicious to me. I trust no one.
I’m just holding out for hopefully Alice and Max together.
