The Way Home (2023) s01e10 Episode Script

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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.
(Colton): 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)
- (Kat): 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!
(Del): Actually, I don't.
And I already regret
showing you this.
(Rita): There is a reason that
you wrote this beautiful letter.
You have to follow
through on it.
(Del): 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?
(Rita): 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."
(echoing)
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.
(♪♪)