(Elliot): Previously, on The Way Home.
- Abby Goodwin. We ran into each other.
- Next time you just keep walking.
- Face how you feel, Alice. Write your love song.
- You're not going to sing here. You're not going to write.
- Wait, I know her.
Alice, what are you doing?
- I have been collecting loads of memorabilia
for our 45th anniversary party next month.
- I love you. (Sam): I want to tell her everything.
- I have decided to close The Herald.
(Kat): It's Elliot. - Why is he being arrested as the Big Fish?
And why are they calling him Tom Buchanan?
- What if I didn't leave him behind,
what if he let go?
(Elliot): Why did you do it?
- Because I thought it was the best choice at the time.
(birds chirping)
(Kat): This isn't the end. We'll come back together.
You'll have more time with Tessa.
- You're right. I will. (sniffles)
Time to go home.
- Okay.
(dramatic music)
(Kat): One...
(together): ...two, three.
(Elliot): Kat, wait!
I'm sorry.
(Young Fern): You have lied to me my whole life, Coop,
so why should I do you any more favours?
- Capone won't accept failure.
And now he wants double the shipment at the same price,
so the only way out of this is through it.
- But we both have tickets to freedom in our hand!
I have Grayson's film,
and you can go home with Kitty Kat and be with your poor sweet son!
(footsteps)
Elliot...
Where's Kitty? - She jumped.
I chose to stay.
- You are trapped here now. - I needed more time.
- Well, mine is up. Circus is leaving town.
Just because you chose to stay, doesn't mean I can.
(Elliot): What have I done? (sighs)
Kat must be freaking out.
Maybe I should have told her everything.
I thought I was here for a reason, to help my mom.
I thought I knew the way this ends, but, now?
What do I do?
Where do I stay?
- Here, dear Elliot.
Until Kitty comes back.
Just watch what you say around our dear Temperance Inspector.
We have to keep him in the dark
about Coop's next shipment whether we like it or not.
- So Tessa is planning another job.
- Chicago boys are in a lather about that bunged-up fiasco on the beach.
(car door closing)
Well, you're back.
- And you're still here.
- Don't pretend to be disappointed.
I'm getting your new roommate settled.
You remember him? From the circus?
- Sorry? You get my clothes and now my house?
Mr...? - Tom. Buchanan, wasn't it?
- Tom.
- A friend of my darling Kitty Kat.
Tom had a little hiccup with his travels today,
so he'll be bunking with you until he can find a way home.
- Huh. - So, bringing work home with you again?
- Oh, uh...
I found out I'm getting an award for exemplary service.
Swell timing after missing the shakedown
at The Cove, but still, boss wants me to put on
the penguin suit and head down to some ceremony in St. John next month.
- Hm.
Well, I should get some shut eye.
Tom.
Fern.
Sure was nice, though.
Seeing you on this porch at the end of my day.
(soft music)
- I hate to say it, but Coop is right.
The only way out of this is through it.
And so, dear Elliot, we must.
(intense music)
(Little Moe): You!
You ruined our job the other night.
- Come to find out what we do to spies, huh?
Come on over. I'll show you!
- I'm not a spy.
I'm Coop's Son, and I know if this job fails,
she's in real trouble. So, I want to help.
- You're the reason why we're in this mess.
So scram! - Give me a chance!
- Well, it's going to be a lot of work.
And it's going to take time.
- I have nothing but time.
(ominous music)
- You okay?
- Well, it's the end of an era.
And Elliot isn't here for it.
I'm just walking away when I should be turning those archives upside down again.
- You've done it, honey. There's nothing.
- But how could there not be anything more about Elliot's arrest back then?
- You'll get answers.
You go back.
The screen test? - One that I look terrified in.
- I just meant that the pond does work for you eventually, so...
...try and have some faith in that.
- It's not that easy, Allie.
I've spent a month jumping in that pond,
only to come right back up in the same place.
- I'm not excusing what Elliot did,
just put yourself in his shoes.
(Kat): How can I?
The Elliot that I know,
if he saw a picture of himself,
he would've told me.
But he didn't.
So what does that say about us?
- Nothing. Until you actually talk.
(sighs)
(footsteps)
(Abby): How'd you get out of packing?
- Oh, I told them there was a problem in the barn
- Oh, is that what you're calling me now?
(soft music)
This is crazy, isn't it?
I should be working.
So how did I get here?
In a hay loft?
Making out with a farmer?
(chuckles)
Seriously, this is all very off brand for me, I...
I feel a bit out of place.
- It's funny because
this is the perfect place for you.
You're perfect.
Here.
Anywhere.
Is that too much? - No, no.
It's just...
I've never met a guy that talks to me the way you do.
Where do you come from, Jacob?
- I came from that farmhouse just over there,
wish I could show you, but--
- Yes, but our families are like oil and water,
so I guess for now, I think it's easier if it's just us.
(Cliff): Hat's off to another great dinner, Tom.
You sure are a swell cook.
- Just trying to earn my keep.
- I don't know how you do it, making five-star meals after all
those long hours at that farm you're at.
Where'd you say it was again?
- Let's not make tonight a complete bore by talking about farm work.
We should be celebrating.
You get your big-time award tomorrow night, Mister Inspector.
And I, for one, think that calls for a serenade.
Come on, Tom. You know the key I like.
(chuckling)
(Tom begins playing the piano) ♪ Tea For Two by Doris Day ♪
♪ Picture me upon your knee ♪
♪ Just tea for two and two for tea ♪
♪ Just me for you and you for me alone ♪
(Cliff scoffs hesitantly)
♪ We will raise a family ♪
♪ A boy for you a girl for me ♪
♪ Can't you see how happy life would be? ♪♪
(piano stops)
(Tom resumes playing)
♪ Time After Time ♪ by Cyndi Lauper
- ♪ Lying in my bed ♪
♪ I hear the clock tick and think of you ♪
♪ Caught up in circles ♪
♪ Confusion is nothing new ♪
♪ If you're lost you can look and you will find me ♪
♪ Time after time ♪
♪ If you fall, I will catch you ♪
♪ I will be waiting ♪
♪ Time after time ♪
♪ Time after time ♪♪
(Young Fern gasps)
- Coop.
What are you doing here?
- I haven't heard that song in a very long time.
The boys have kept me updated on their progress
since I was away.
I hear you've been quite helpful.
I thought you were going to crumble here.
But you haven't, have you?
Maybe there's a part of me in you after all, eh?
- Is that supposed to be a thank you?
- I'm not used to people doing things for me.
Especially nice things.
Without expecting something in return.
- I am expecting something.
Answers.
(insects chirping)
- The time before I jumped, I...
That feels like a lifetime ago.
I wouldn't even recognize that girl now.
She was so confused.
So scared.
- Of Dad? - No.
No.
Vic was good to me.
Kind.
I was scared of me.
Of who I'd become.
- Who was that?
Okay. Um...
What about Griffin?
"I jump for love."
Did you really love him?
Why can't you give me a straight answer?
- Because there was nothing straightforward about it,
right from the start.
- Tell me about that, then.
The start.
- We landed in 1882.
Griffin and I, to a Port Haven that was so strange,
yet oddly familiar.
We found our footing.
And when we did, I really believed I'd made the right choice.
- But then, Griffin came back.
- I'd fallen really ill.
And all we could think of was for Griffin to return
to the present and bring back medicine.
But when he jumped, he didn't come back.
So I was alone, I was weak, and I was desperate.
I could only think of one place to go.
(Young Tessa moaning in pain)
The Landrys took me in.
That's more than 40 years ago.
- And you've been here ever since.
But the letter,
the one you sent Dad saying you were sick,
how did you send it?
- I never sent a letter.
- But it had your engagement ring with it.
Why would somebody want us to think you were dead?
- That's enough for now.
I have a lot to do before tomorrow night.
Hey, that song you were singing,
I used to sing it to you
when I was putting you to sleep.
It was ours.
(dramatic music)
(indistinct chatter)
- Here. - Oh, thank you.
(indistinct chatter)
(Monica): Look I know The Herald,
it's as big a part of this town's history as The Point.
But, for what it's worth, I think you made the right call, closing it.
- Thank you, Monica.
- I think she's right.
It's great, what you're doing.
Listening to your gut, it's not always an easy thing to do.
- Like, you deferring college?
- I don't know.
I just thought that this past month, even if I wasn't studying music,
I would still be focusing on it,
but I feel kind of frozen with my writing.
- Why? Your songs are so good.
- Yeah, but they're not me.
Even Colton said that.
He said I need to "write from the heart."
The truth is, I don't even know what that is.
So, maybe Max was right when he said I was going to stop writing music if I stayed here.
- No, trust me.
Max is not right.
Inspiration will hit when you least expect it.
- Yeah.
(film reel clicks) (Monica): Hey, everyone.
Check out this blast from our past.
- Wait, that... That can't be.
No, no, that's impossible, I took Jasper's reel
and I threw it in the trash.
Mom, we're in that reel.
What do we do?
- Wait.
Somebody cut us out...
Uh, Monica. - Hm?
- Where did you get this footage?
- Jude.
I think she got it at Evelyn Goodwin's big estate sale awhile back.
- Evelyn had it?
She must've taken it out of the trash after I left.
- Alice, if Evelyn had this reel,
and knew to cut us out of it...
- She knows I'm a time traveller.
(bird squawks in the distance)
- That was some party last night.
- It was a good crowd.
- Yeah, a crowd that included Abby Goodwin.
- Oh, she was there? Didn't notice.
- I saw the way that you two were looking at each other.
What's going on?
- Oh.
Actually, Abby and I have been seeing each other.
I wanted to tell you, I just didn't want you to worry.
- I'm your mother, I'm going to worry regardless.
I've always wanted this for you, I just hope you're making the right decision,
given the girl's family.
- I am.
It's been incredible, Mom.
And terrifying and beautiful and... I can't mess this up.
- Well. Why don't you invite her over for dinner,
that way you don't have to hang out in that dusty old barn?
- You know about that? - I do now.
- I've been up all night thinking about the film
and Evelyn...
And if she knows the truth, then I have to see her.
If the pond will even let me.
- Well, it hasn't had the best track record lately.
- You could jump, too.
It has to work eventually.
It just has to.
(dramatic music)
(pond splashes)
(indistinct chatter)
(Young Colton): Here's to friends. Cheers.
(Young Del): Hey!
(dramatic music)
So... (Young Del chuckles)
We started a new project at art school.
I got paired with this girl, Rita.
She is so funny.
- I'm impressed you've been so busy, Del.
Most days I feel like a zombie.
- Yeah, Tess hasn't really been sleeping much--
- Vic, stop. It's not that bad, really.
- We're here if you need anything.
- And I bet our kids are going to spend a lot of time together.
That's why I put this pergola up,
right where Delly and I said our wedding vows.
Now it'll host all the family dinners to come.
Hey, so, how about a toast?
To the next generation.
- I'm going to call it.
Um, I have to pick up Lewis from his friend's house.
- Come on, stay for one last cheers. - Yeah.
- No. I'm all cheers'd out.
(footsteps) (Young Tessa): Evie...
(dramatic music)
(car engine starts up, car drives off)
(door creaks)
(Adult Tessa): I just came by to make sure you'd be at the Stills tonight for the job.
Nothing can go wrong with this shipment.
- Don't worry. I'll be there.
You know, I still live in our house.
When I go back, Kat's going to move in.
At least, she was.
I teach at the high school.
Science.
I like it.
Knowing that everything has a reason,
it can be explained.
- I wanted to be a teacher, too.
In a different life.
English.
Books, they were always my escape.
- "Do I dare disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time"
- T.S. Eliot. My favourite poet.
"I have measured out my life in coffee spoons."
I mean, that is the most brilliant line in any time.
- The clock.
The one in the wall.
The still point of now.
- Clock, what clock?
(Kat): Elliot?
(dramatic music) - Kat!
(Elliot gasps) (Kat cries)
It's okay.
(Kat): I was worried. And I was hurt.
I mean, you hid so much from me, El!
- I know.
I'm sorry.
But with Del's accident and Jacob home,
I swore I wouldn't bother you unless I found something important about my mom.
But then I did find something.
I know what happens will always happen.
I just, I couldn't imagine how it could happen.
- Well, why didn't you just tell me as soon as you saw the photo?
- That picture is my fate, Kat, not yours.
Whatever choice I make that leads to that moment,
I didn't want it to put you in danger.
So, when we were about to jump,
I realized if you went and I stayed,
you would be safe. - You don't have to protect me.
- But I want to.
That's all I want to do.
And I want to know my mom.
But now...
...I'm still getting more questions than answers
but I don't want to push and scare her away again.
- I get it. You need answers.
So when we go home, we will do the research.
Okay? We will find something that will explain what will happen on New Year's Eve.
- Kat, I can't jump.
Tessa's job is tonight. I've been working with the boys--
- You're already bootlegging?
With the guys that tried to drown me?
- For Tessa!
Look, she's in deep with Capone,
I can't just go and leave her in the lurch.
- But she did that to you.
And she is going to let you take the fall for it.
- Maybe my arrest doesn't mean what we think it does.
And I learned from you that I can't just sit back and take it.
- Those times were different, El.
- Why? Because they were about your family and not mine?
I'm sorry, but I have a job to do.
And I'm not leaving until it's done.
(footsteps)
- Dinner?
With your mom?
Okay...
That's terrifying.
It'll be good.
It'll be good, it'll be just like
marketing wine except I'm selling me,
which, I can do.
Because I have spearheaded multi-million dollar
national campaigns, for crying out loud.
I mean, I can handle one mother.
Right?
- I know this is a big step.
But I want to take it.
Because this isn't just a dinner, it's a declaration.
- And how does that make this better? Seriously?
A declaration? - Of us. Of what we have together.
I don't want to hide it.
Plus, I know my family's going to love you as much as I do.
- Wait... (chuckling)
Did you just...?
- I did.
Is that bad?
Because I do.
Maybe I shouldn't say it so fast,
but, Abby, you make me feel so sure.
Like I'm finally in the right place
at the right time.
So, yes. I love you.
- I love you, too.
(orchestral music)
(Adult Tessa): No, you did the right thing,
BY telling me Cliff would be out of town tonight.
- But it was different then.
Things have changed.
- Oh...
I knew Cliff staying in that house was a risk,
you're falling for him, aren't you?
- I'm engaged to Grayson.
I just...
I hate lying to him, Coop.
I want to come clean about everything.
- Not until this job is done. (sighs)
After that, you live whatever life you want.
Listen, little Fern.
You've always been like a daughter to me.
I mean, that is why I wanted to pass this down to you.
(intriguing music) It's a gift.
- Or a bribe.
- Can't it be both?
- I should go.
I have to make sure Cliff leaves for St. John on time.
- That's my gal.
(chuckling) (soft kiss)
- Kitty.
You were right.
Seems I finally got that piece of jewelry.
(Adult Tessa): Off you go, Fern.
Kat and I need a moment alone.
(footsteps) Well.
(sighs) What a relief you came back.
(door closes) - I was always going to.
Because unlike you,
I would never abandon Elliot.
- Careful.
There's a lot you don't understand.
The love between a mother and her child is quite complex.
(Kat): You're right. I don't understand.
Because I'm a mother, too.
And there is no way that I would ever leave Alice behind.
(footsteps)
(door clicks open and shut) - Alice.
- This is wild! I can't believe that you're here, Alice!
(glasses tinkle)
But, before we go any further,
I just want to tell you that I knew it.
I knew it all along.
That you wouldn't forget my birthday!
- Right! Of course.
I'm just sorry that I missed all the celebration.
- Oh. Uh, there weren't any.
Colton and Del,
we don't really hang out like that anymore.
But, Lewis is down, the champagne is chilled.
This is for the better,
that it's just you and me.
That way we can actually talk,
you know?
- Yeah. We do have a lot to talk about, don't we.
- Did I tell you that my parents moved to Switzerland?
Ha! Can you believe it?
And they left Lingermore all to me.
Now I truly am the mistress of the manor.
- Wait, you're all alone?
- Let's not talk about that.
We're celebrating! A toast.
To friends who never change,
no matter how much time has gone by.
(glasses clink)
- Evelyn.
That New Year's, 1980.
When Jasper played that reel...
- Oh, when we found out that the White Witch was real?
How could I forget. - You do have that footage, don't you?
(Young Evelyn): I wanted it, but after you left,
I asked Jasper if I could have it,
and the reel was gone.
It disappeared. (mysterious music)
(Abby): After our parents divorced last year,
Max came here with my dad and I stayed in Toronto
to be with my mom.
- That is hard, being separated from family like that.
- It was actually great.
I mean, less arguing and Max did better in school.
I think some families can benefit from being split apart.
(tense music)
Not your family, of course.
What happened to Jacob was terrible.
- Uh, you know, Goodwin's GoodWine is about to launch their sparkling wine.
Abby created an incredible campaign for it.
Very creative.
- Well, speaking of,
Jacob has told me all about your pottery.
- Oh. (chuckles)
It's just a hobby these days.
- But it sounds wonderful.
I wish I had that kind of time on my hands.
I just mean, the country life seems more relaxing overall.
(Del): Well, being a city mouse,
no one would expect you to know what it's like living on a working farm.
(Sam): Well, I know I didn't.
I was a city mouse myself, after all.
Until the noise got to me.
- I actually find it comforting.
Too much peace and quiet?
That can be boring.
Not that Port Haven is boring.
It is so special here.
It'll be really hard to leave.
- Leave? Wait, are you going somewhere?
- Well, yeah.
Dad just asked me here to launch his first wine
but my life is in Toronto.
You knew that.
- Uh, I did not.
Not really.
(forks clicking)
(Young Fern): The clock is ticking, Kitty Kat.
This job is happening any minute.
The sooner Cliff leaves, the better.
(door opens)
- Hope I'm not interrupting anything?
- Oh, don't be silly, Gray. Come in.
- Just wanted to return this to its rightful owner.
- Oh, my goodness!
(Grayson): You left it at The Herald.
- Where is my head?
- I think I have a good idea where it is.
- Oh, Inspector Kane was just leaving.
- Oh. - For St. John.
To accept an award, can you believe it?
He's made more money from fines than any other
Temperance Inspector in the province.
- Ha! How keen of him.
What hotel are you at?
I'll send up a bottle of sparkling apple juice
to your room. - The Regis, but don't bother.
This award is not worth celebrating.
Prohibition has been a boon to this province.
Towns are lining their pockets with fines while crooks
get rich off bootlegging.
- Ah. Seems like no one actually wants to catch the Big Fish.
No one except me.
- It seems to me if everyone's benefitting,
then what's the harm, eh?
- Because if we decide which laws we want to follow
and which ones we don't, what kind of world are we going to leave behind?
See, I want to start a family some day.
Maybe on a farm like this one.
And I want my child to know that I tried to do the right thing,
even if nobody else wanted me to.
(soft music)
(Young Evelyn): We have a spiritual connection, Alice.
Even if you don't have a phone number,
you can always sense when I need you.
Uh, dizzy.
Colton used to be like that.
But now that Del's pregnant,
he just keeps on drifting further and further away.
And I'm just up here.
All alone.
(Young Evelyn clears her throat)
I really have turned into the Lady of Shalott, haven't I?
I spend most of my time just staring at this mirror,
waiting for it to crack from side to side.
I'm only 25 and I've already lived a full life.
With a child,
a failed marriage, it's... (exhales deeply)
...weird.
But...
...you haven't aged at all.
What is your secret, Alice?
- Just lucky I guess.
- Sure, but, it's kind of strange not having a phone number.
Who are you, Alice?
(Young Evelyn hums)
In Wonderland. (giggles)
- I think we should call it a night.
(soft music)
Here.
I'm still the same Alice that you've always known.
The best friend that's always here when you need me.
Good night.
(Grayson): How nice of you, to see Inspector Kane off.
Do you hope he realizes how...
Just how lucky he is?
- Cliff is a really good man.
- Oh, I'm sure he is.
He's also a liar,
The Regis Hotel closed down three years ago.
I'll see you in the morning.
(door clicks shut)
- Clifford wouldn't lie about something like that.
Would he?
If he did, why? Where is he?
- What if Cliff knew about this big job the entire time?
And he wanted people to think he was out of town so he could catch the Big Fish?
- If Cliff goes to the Stills,
he'll know the truth.
About all of it. - I have to get there and warn Elliot.
(footsteps)
(Young Fern sighs)
(insects chirping)
- What're you thinking about?
- How everything happens at the right time.
And how I should never doubt that.
After all those moments where I felt like giving up,
here we are.
It's because...
...you pushed us.
And me.
You believed enough for the both of us.
You knew we'd get here in the end.
- You and me, we see the best in one another.
Even when we don't see it in ourselves.
(soft music)
(Kat): Wait, stop! Please!
- You again?
(Kat): Elliot, listen, Cliff didn't go to St. John.
We believe he's on his way here right now.
- Ignore her. This dame's nothing but trouble.
(Young Fern): Coop, she's right.
And if Cliff sees you're the boss, he'll--
- He's not going to see because I'm not going to be here.
I'm just going to take whatever booze we have now
and I'm going to get it to the Cove.
- No, please, don't!
- I'm not having this mess up again, Fern.
- Nobody's going anywhere. (whistle blows)
(policeman): Police, everyone freeze!
- Run! (Percy): Why, you dirty, lying snitch!
(policeman): Don't move!
(gunshot) (Little Moe cries out in pain)
- Go, keep running!
- That fortune teller, she's the boss, Inspector.
It ain't Goodwin.
Secure the hooch, I'm going after her.
(tense music)
(police cry out indistinctly)
- Wait, we need to find my mom.
- No! We have to keep moving. - Kat, I can't leave her behind.
- Why not? She left you behind.
- No. No, she didn't.
Come on, let's go!
(Cliff): Freeze. All of you.
Kat? You're a part of this?
So, it's really you. The Big Fish.
I'm afraid you're under arrest. - Took you long enough.
(Young Fern): No! Wait.
(Young Fern pants) - Fern, what're you doing here?
- I had to warn Coop.
She's the only family I have left.
- No, tell me you're not mixed up in this.
- I wanted to tell you but...
You saw me the way I have always wanted to see myself,
and I couldn't do it. (police crying out in background)
I'm so sorry.
(policeman): Police!
Inspector Kane?
- Run, all of you, now! (policeman): You out here?
- You heard me, get out of here. (Young Fern cries)
(policeman): Police! (tense music swells, halts abruptly)
(soft music)
(Del): Morning.
You slept later than usual.
- I was up all night writing a song.
I felt inspired, finally.
I was there, Grandma.
I saw you and Colton under the pergola.
You were pregnant. - Oh, Alice.
- You were both so happy. - We were.
I mean, when we found out we were pregnant again,
we were scared but somehow, we knew it would be different.
Katherine was our miracle baby, and Jacob was the gift we never expected.
I am so glad that the pond took you there
to see our wish come true.
Because eventually that wish led to you.
- Hi.
- Cliff's here?
Is everything okay? - I don't know.
He just went in there.
Fern's trying to talk to him but...
Where's Tessa? - Making arrangements to pay off the right people
so Percy and poor Moe won't stay behind bars.
She said she'd meet us at the pond after,
I think she's ready to finally come home.
(Young Fern): Cliff, wait! You don't have to leave!
- I can't stay here. (Young Fern): Yes, you can.
I was just Tessa's messenger, that's it.
Take it!
It'll prove everything.
(Cliff): I came to this town to make a difference.
But I felt like a fraud.
Until last night.
I thought I'd finally done some good.
But I went against my better judgment,
for you. - Don't act like I'm the only villain!
St. John, The Regis?
You lied to me, too! - I lied to protect you,
to keep you safe!
You lied to protect someone else,
and to keep me completely in the dark.
Kissing you, the way I felt,
that was real.
But I can't stay knowing it wasn't real for you.
- But it was! It is, Cliff, please!
For the first time in my sad little life
I am not acting, I swear!
I was confused,
with Coop and the film.
I didn't know what I wanted, but...
...then I watched you fall in love with this farm.
You went into the empty rooms in this horrible empty house...
...and they all came back to life.
And I did, too.
That's what I want.
Not Grayson...
...but you.
I want you, Cliff.
(briefcase thuds) (orchestral music)
- Hey. (Abby): Hi.
You've been avoiding me.
- I was, which I realize was...
I should've known that you were going back to Toronto, Abby.
Of course you were. I guess I'm just old-fashioned when it comes
to this stuff. Where I come from,
when you commit to someone,
you commit.
- Port Haven is that antiquated?
- It used to be. (indistinct chatter)
Hey, look at me, we can do this.
We can.
I can come visit, you can come visit me.
There's phones now, so we can call each other whenever we want.
We can make long-distance work.
Because I just want to be with you.
- Small towns, they've never really felt like home to me.
But they're starting to grow on me.
So, I think it's time I told my dad the truth.
(dramatic music)
(insects chirping)
- Ready to do this?
- I didn't come here to jump, Elliot.
I came to say goodbye.
- No. Capone's men will be after you,
it's not safe for you here.
- I know how to keep hidden,
I've been doing it my whole life.
- I can't just leave you behind.
- And I can't go forward.
This past, this is where I belong.
The idea of me returning to the present?
I would have to start all over.
- But you'd be starting over with me.
I'll come back.
I'm here December 31st.
- El. Wait, I don't think-- - You mean New Year's Eve.
- Meet me here, then. Before the big Lingermore party.
(dramatic music)
- I'll be here.
I promise.
(door clicks open)
(Del): Elliot! Oh, honey.
(Elliot chuckles lightly)
(Sam): So, Elliot's back in town, huh?
- Yes, Katherine really missed him.
Oh, our children are happy, Sam.
It's all a parent could ever want.
(birds chirping in the distance)
If Colton only knew...
- So why don't you go tell him?
(intriguing music)
I've been looking for the right time to do it.
I'm just going to tell you the truth.
I know about the pond.
(Kat): Why did you tell your mom to come back for this, El?
- I don't know.
Maybe because she's my mom and I want to see her again.
(Elliot sighs)
Whenever this happens,
I don't want you anywhere near it, Kat.
Just promise me...
...when we inevitably jump to go to this moment,
you turn around and you come back home.
- Why were you looking through Fern's columns
in the first place? - Oh, I found a pattern.
When I was looking for clues about my mom,
I noticed Fern started some of her articles
with a T.S. Eliot quote. Not all of them,
just some of them.
I figured there was a link.
Like Fern was sending a message that might lead to my mom.
- "I'm just the messenger." - What?
- Fern said that to Cliff when she handed him that page,
which I have, I found it, look!
Here.
It was hidden in the piano.
Alice and I couldn't figure out the random words
but maybe this is something?
(Elliot): "The letter comes after."
I think this is a cypher key.
It's a type of code that uses key letters or words.
- Oh, my God, the key!
The key is the key! That's what she meant.
- Maybe these are key words...
...in Fern's columns and if we...
...look at the letter that comes after each one.
(mysterious music) So we need to find "good" in her last column.
Okay, here it is. The letter after is "N."
Of...
There it is, letter after is "Y."
That, "E."
"J," "B." (Elliot mutters indistinctly)
Now we transcribe the letters.
(mysterious music)
"NYE job botched."
(Kat): Tessa used Fern's columns
to communicate with her bootlegging ring.
(suspenseful music)
- This is crazy.
Okay, "Tunnels destroyed,
"five souls in, four out,
"Tessa gone."
What does that mean?
- "Five went in and four came out."
That's the song, El, from 1926!
About the explosion in the Catacombs.
- You think that explosion happened on New Year's Eve?
- Okay, "Five souls in, four out, Tessa gone."
Wait, Tessa can't be--
- The fifth body.
I think I just invited my mother to her own death.
(mysterious music)
Subtitling: Difuze