(narrator): Previously on The Way Home.
- I was up all night writing a song. I felt inspired.
- You're in love with a Landry?
Whose family has been blackmailing us?
- The house isn't ours, but I'm going to buy it.
And then we can go home.
- The suitcase was buried?
- But packed, like she was going away.
You left your baby? What kind of a mother does that?
- You're gonna kill your son.
- Please! - No!
(gunshot) - Elliot!
- There was one death. Fifth body?
- No, they all died down here.
(explosion)
(rustling leaves)
(grunting)
- El, stay with me, stay with me.
We have to get to the pond, okay,
we're gonna get you to a doctor.
- She didn't make it out, did she?
(grunts) She's gone, Kat...
- Everyone will be fine, okay?
(groaning in pain)
No, hey, listen, we have to keep going, okay?
It's just a little bit further. Okay?
(gasping): It's okay. You go.
- I can't, El, hey... no, we grow old together!
Do you remember that? This isn't how we end.
Not after everything that we've been through, so...
please, okay? Come on? El?
No, no, no. No, no, no. El! No!
(screaming): No!
(tense music)
(splashing water)
- Jacob! - Alice. Are we here?
Is this 1926? - You know the truth?
About the explosion? That-- - More people died
than just one. - No. No, no, no.
The pond brought us both here for a reason.
We can't be too late! (Kat): Come on.
It's just a little bit further. (Alice): Mom!
- We have to get him home, Kat, now!
- Okay. How are you here? Wait, no!
- It's okay.
- I didn't see breathing. I didn't see him breathing!
- He's going to be okay. He has to be, come on.
(heavy breathing)
(splash)
(panting)
(splash)
(gasping for air)
- No!
No!
(dramatic music)
(birds calling)
(gentle surf)
(distant voices)
(melancholy music)
(Kat): Fern?
Fern!
The pond won't take me back,
I don't know if Elliot's still alive!
- Cliff was suposed to kiss me at midnight.
Why didn't he kiss me?
You don't stand a gal up like that.
Not on New Year's.
- Wait, Cliff isn't here?
I mean, he was with us in the tunnels.
We got out, so I'm sure that he did too.
- Of course he did, Kitty Kat.
What goes in must come out, right?
He and I...
we get to grow old together.
(Little Moe): Hey! Here! There's a body here!
(clanging metal)
(distant voices) (man): Get in here!
- Let's dash.
I have a column to write, about a lovely party.
Did you see the fireworks?
They were so loud.
(tense music)
- Good morning.
Look, I know you're avoiding me.
But we really should talk.
About what I know about the pond.
- A lot has happened since then, Sam.
- Like what?
(Jacob): Hey! Hey!
- Help! Help!
- Del, call 911.
(Alice): Help!
(dramatic music)
(door closes)
(rustling paper)
- Oh.
It's such a beautiful love, isn't it?
Aren't I lucky?
- You are the luckiest.
- I really, really am.
because...
I'm pregnant.
We were going to be a family.
I was going to tell Cliff at midnight.
(whispering): Why did I wait?
(singing)
♪ Beautiful dreamer ♪
♪ Wake unto me ♪
♪ Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee ♪♪
(inhales sharply)
It's the perfect song to sing to a baby,
don't you think?
(slow knocking)
(crying)
(door closes)
- Four of the five I saw go in were pulled out.
The fifth's still missing.
Coop's gone, Fern. So's Percy.
And that undercover cop.
- And what about Cliff?
(foreboding music)
(music intensifies)
(inaudible)
(door opens)
- I came to get clothes for Fern.
- How is she?
- Her fiancé is dead. How do you think?
- Well, Fern doesn't need to worry because I've written
her New Year's column
with the message to Coop's bootleggers
about the terribly tragedy.
- And yet, you won't say a word about the explosion
in the paper, will you?
- I promised Nate Simon a scandal-free Port Haven.
(sighs)
The paper will say a big fish has been caught.
- History is written by the winners.
(Grayson sighs heavily)
- I will not win until this film has been made.
- How can you still care about that?
People died last night, Grayson.
- I was trying to get out of things! Right?
I was trying to help! I--
I'm a good person.
I will make this right...
by Fern.
- Where did you... get that?
- My sister found it amongst some artwork in a cupboard
in our attic. She gave it to me in secret just before she died.
She knew what it meant.
The Landrys are Lingermore's rightful owners.
Our Founding Father's second wife
inexplicably left it to them.
- Her name was Susanna Augustine.
She was a good person.
Best person.
- I used to bring her to Landry farm, you know?
Cass.
Her and Fern were very good friends.
She just seemed stronger there.
We'd run through the woods. Sit by the pond.
And she loved it.
That's why the mural has us there.
With the angel above us.
- You mean the White Witch. (chuckling)
- You sound just like Cass.
Believing in that old fairy tale.
This and the film
are the light at the end of this ruined tunnel.
- Maybe. But if there's one thing that we learned
from last night, it's that you can't take anything
or anyone for granted.
(door opens and shuts)
- Oh.
(footsteps approaching)
(gentle music)
- Fern, can I get you anything?
Maybe some tea?
- How about time?
I want to go back.
For the first time in my life, I want to jump.
Will you go with me, Kitty?
Please?
(birds chirping)
- Fern's not here.
She's out finding your man a penguin suit for tonight.
(Past Kat): Whatever we may say or do, it's to keep Fern safe.
(Present Kat): The pond only took us back a day!
(Fern): A day is all I need.
- Anything that keeps Fern out of trouble has my blessing.
- Thanks. I'll see you.
(soft gasp) (branches crackle)
(tense music)
(quick footsteps)
(door closes)
- Oh. Oh, hello, lovely.
Hey now, no peeking. It's supposed to be a surprise.
I thought you were off finding a tuxedo for Elliot.
Looks like you got caught in the rain!
- Oh. I...
I had to come back. Because I missed you!
I missed you so much.
- Hey. I'm not going anywhere.
Tonight's a big night for both of us.
The start of a new adventure.
- Yes. It will be.
Cliff.
I don't wanna follow the rules anymore.
- When were you ever a rule-follower?
(chuckles)
- I mean,
I wanna tell you about the future.
I wanna tell you that...
All I want to do is share it with you.
Because...
we're going to be a family.
- Family? Are you...?
Oh! (laughing)
(quietly crying)
Oh, my love.
(laughing)
Oh, you magical, incredible, gorgeous thing!
Now, I know we've said our vows
to one another, we're official in my books, but...
let's go down to the Town Hall and do it proper.
Now, what do you say? We can go now, we don't need to wait!
- We'll do it tomorrow, alright?
- Alright. Alright.
Well, at least let me drive you to Lingermore, then.
- Oh, no, Cliff. It's fine.
- Hey, now. I'm not about to let my beautiful pregnant fiancée
hitchhike, am I?
Let me just go grab my coat.
- Yes. Go get your coat.
I love you, you know. I always will.
- I love you.
And I can't wait to kiss you at midnight.
- Yes. I'll be waiting.
Don't try to be the hero. You already are.
Just run and find me. Before the clock strikes twelve.
Please.
- Wild horses couldn't keep me away.
(tender music)
(chuckles)
(door closes)
(crying)
- Hey. Hey, Fern.
- He knows, Kitty.
That's all I could want now.
Down in that tunnel, he knew he would be a father.
- Yeah. (chuckles softly)
Come on. Come on.
(soft gasp)
(tense music)
(cup shatters) - Oh!
(breathing hard)
(pieces rattle)
(crying)
- I think you might need something stronger than tea,
Kitty Kat. (Kat chuckling): Oh. Sorry.
I shouldn't be the one crying.
(chuckles) - It's alright.
(sobs) Misery loves company.
(sighs shakily)
- What if Elliot is gone?
- The pond showed me how wonderful it can be today.
Perhaps it'll show you the same kindness tomorrow.
- No.
No, I can't leave you alone.
- I am not alone.
I'm a mama now.
I always knew that I would be back here someday. Like this.
Well, like a version of this.
- What do you mean?
- I mean The One.
The story I was raised on,
passed down from my great-grandfather.
He was only a child when it happened.
- When what happened?
- When a boy from our future fell back in time
and saved our family.
Of course, Great-Grandpa refused to say who the one would be.
You can't tell someone their future, now, can you?
So, it became a strange game.
Who would be the little Landry who saves us all?
I'd hoped to be the one.
But I was a girl. And then my brother arrived.
But I loved Frank so much.
I wouldn't let the pond have him.
- I tried to protect people too.
And I failed.
But you can't... you can't blame yourself.
- Yes.
You can.
When my brother died, it all fell to me
to continue the line that would lead to the one.
But I ran away from fate.
Straight into Cliff.
And suddenly, that fate was so easy to accept.
I wanted to be here with him.
I still do.
With our baby.
And if he turns out to be a boy, I will not let him be the one.
I have lost so much.
I will not lose my chance to be a mother.
- It is the greatest role of all.
I have a daughter.
- Kitty Kat.
You're a mama.
What's her name? - Alice.
- Like Alice in Wonderland.
- That's it, exactly.
(door closes)
- Oh my god. - No, no, he's alright.
The doctors did emergency surgery, and he pulled through.
He's going to be okay.
(exhales deeply) - Can we go visit him?
- Well, he's sleeping right now, let's let him rest.
Sam was amazing. He kept the police at bay.
Told them that it was all a horrible accident.
- He shouldn't have had to help!
Right, none of this should have happened!
- Elliot is alive. That's all that matters.
You two saved him! - And Kat has no clue!
She is back there, in 1926, thinking the worst.
(door opens)
(Fern): Is this why you wanted to marry me?
- No.
No, of course not. That love was real, it is real.
Fern, I wanna take care of you, and not just with the film.
- There won't be a film, Gray.
- Don't say that.
That's what you wanted. Don't let this tragedy
dictate your future.
- My future is here.
Raising my child.
- Well, let's get married.
I'll say the child's mine.
- No. - I will.
- No, Gray. I'm meant to be here.
I feel Cliff everywhere.
So, burn it.
Because the only place for a Landry
is on this farm.
- Well, I'll help you take care of the farm, then.
No expectations.
- Thank you. My dear, dear friend.
(sighs)
(gentle music)
- Gray. - Yeah?
- You will find the kind of love I had.
- Maybe.
But they will not compare.
(door opens and closes)
(plays a single note)
- Gray made me realize that my love story
has to be mine alone.
This town can never think that Cliff did me wrong.
So, I'll protect his name
by never speaking it.
- Well, what will you tell them?
- Well, I'm still an actress, Kitty. I'll find a story.
Learn my lines. Keep Cliff safe backstage.
I'll wrap him around my favourite key.
My sweetest note will always be a little off.
A little broken.
Like me.
(melancholy music)
(birds chirping)
(sighs)
(tense music)
(rustling leaves)
- Alice.
Where are you coming from?
- Same place you're going.
The pond.
(exhales)
(scraping metal)
- I'm going to take off for the hospital. Are you alright?
- You know, Alice and I came back with Elliot.
Kat wasn't there.
I wanted to scream. I still do.
That pond has put us through hell.
If it never existed, I never would've left.
Wouldn't hate the Goodwins.
We wouldn't be blackmailing anyone.
- So this is about Abby, too?
- Of course it is! I've lost her,
Mom, and that pond is the reason.
It'll never be finished with our family
unless we finish it first.
Just walk away.
- Nobody's stopping you. I wish you all would.
But Jacob, pond or no pond, life isn't easy.
You're always going to have to fight for what's important.
And that includes love.
And for all the cruelty of the pond,
it's brought you here to have a chance at it.
- So I should be grateful to it?
No. No, I'm going in there.
I am getting Kat, and I am bringing her home.
And then this has to be over.
(sighs deeply)
- Why do it?
The suitcase, I mean.
- It has to look like I left this town.
Not this time.
I don't want Vic to think I was kidnapped.
He'd worry.
Vic hating me is easier than worry.
- Is Griffin why you're doing this?
Are you in love with him?
(chuckling)
- No, Alice.
I'm in awe. He showed me the pond.
It was like Grimm's Fairy Tales.
This one story of a boy and a key.
We'd meet there to talk.
Everyone else had started looking at me
like I was a problem.
He looked at me like I was a person.
But, there was a party, and Griffin left town.
Vic was on edge.
Elliot was always crying. I felt myself detach.
(crying) My baby was suddenly a stranger.
I was alone and scared.
And then, there he was.
I remembered this tarot card
that Evelyn pulled for my fortune.
The Knight of Cups.
The tall dark stranger would enter my life.
- Woo!
(Tessa): This was him!
(sighs)
(exhales)
- Tess! (exhales)
Oh, Tess.
This pond. It's magic.
I've just been somewhere incredible!
(chuckling)
- Take me with you, then.
- Yeah.
- Griffin's my way out.
That's all.
'Cause I'm not a good mom, Alice.
- No, if this is about what Fern said--
- Hurting Elliot?
You know I almost did.
You saved him. If I stay, he'll just get hurt. Or worse.
- No. No, Tessa. What you're feeling...
you're not alone, okay?
It happened to my mom!
She felt like she failed and she wanted to run away.
And her friend...
...he helped.
He told her that her baby needed her. And I did.
- I love Vic and Elliot so much.
(tender music)
I'm doing this because I love them.
- I jump for love...
Tessa? What if I told you you couldn't come back?
- As long as Elliot's safe.
So, will he be safe, Alice?
- Elliot will be amazing.
And the Landry's will love him so much.
Like he's family. - Good.
He deserves that.
Will those Landrys be here right after I go?
- Elliot won't be alone.
Not for long. Wherever he's left... we'll be there.
(sniffs)
(unlatches suitcase)
(tender music)
- It's my favourite one of me and him.
We both saw each other steal. And we kept that secret.
And now we'll keep another.
I'll protect who you are.
- And I'll protect Elliot.
Always.
(tearful sighing)
- You alright? I'm just gonna set up the couch for you.
(sighs)
Get these pillows just right.
I can get you a glass of water or a cup of tea?
(Elliot): Tessa gone.
She really is.
It's my fault.
If I hadn't told her about the party,
she'd still be back there.
Alive.
Kat warned me.
(scoffs)
Why did I do it? Why did I go looking for my mom?
Why did the pond let me?
(breathing shakily)
What happens will always happen.
They're just empty words, aren't they?
My mom's gone.
And it happened because of me, Del.
- It happened because of her.
The choices that she made.
I'm just sorry that she made them.
- How can I miss somebody I barely knew?
- 'Cause she's your mom.
Isn't it better to have known her?
To have had those moments with her?
- We're always going to wish for more time, aren't we?
- We are. I know I do.
- So. Where is everyone?
(sighs)
(birds chirping)
(sighs warmly)
- There's nothing else I can do for him.
All we can do is let him rest.
(chuckling)
Jacob! Oh!
(chuckling)
How did you know to come?
- What do you mean? When am I?
- It's February 1820, old friend.
(footsteps approaching)
- Oh.
This is what I've been praying for.
Oh, son.
(fire crackling) - All I've wanted since 1816
was to enjoy one more meal with my son.
But something's troubling you, my boy.
(scoffs) - It's nothing.
Everything.
I've fallen in love, father.
But I ruined it. Or rather, the pond ruined it.
(sighs)
This past.
What happened to us here, it's shadow extends
into my future.
Listen to me,
I will never regret the time that I had here with you.
But returning to my time, I don't know where I fit.
It's like I'm trapped in this prison,
and the pond is my jailer.
(coughing)
I burden you with my troubles
when I should be asking after you.
(clearing throat)
- The fire... you know, my old lungs
never fully recovered. - A fire Cyrus caused.
- It's a fire I chose to walk into to save a man's life.
You know, I'm hurt because of the choices I made.
And you are the same.
You know, I didn't raise you, Jacob, to blame others
for what is within your control.
(inhales sharply)
(exhales)
You are the one who brought yourself here.
Then and now.
You made that choice, no one else did.
You must let go of your anger, son.
And you must forgive the pond.
It's not your prison, Jacob.
You are.
- I don't know how to set myself free.
- If your lady is anything like my Rebecca,
she already holds the key to unlocking your heart.
And you have your family.
Everywhere.
For all time.
- This family, this farm, that fireplace?
It's all still here because of you.
- No, dear boy.
It's all still here because of you.
(tender music)
(paper rustling)
(birds chirping)
- I thought I'd come home to my time.
When am I, Griffin? - 1984.
- Then, what are you doing here?
You should be with Tessa in the past!
- I should, but the pond shut me out.
And Tessa's back there. She's sick.
(sighs)
I wanted to help her. I know she doesn't love me,
but I just thought if I could be the hero...
I've been trying to go back for weeks.
- I'm so sorry, Griffin.
- I hope that letter gives Vic closure.
He deserves it.
I wrote it was her, with the ring, and I hope he believes...
She gave it to me when I left her.
To give to her kid.
It's like she knew I wasn't coming back.
Now, maybe none of us know how or why the pond really works.
But I'll tell you one thing,
you don't know what you got until it's gone.
- Go. Return to your courting.
A mid-day slumber is a necessity these days.
Susanna can attest.
But I know I will sleep well today.
(sighs)
(door creaks open and closed)
- What's this talk of courting?
- I met someone.
She's a Goodwin, though, so don't tell Father.
(chuckling) - You certainly cannot
keep yourself out of trouble, can you?
- No. - Really, Jacob? A Goodwin?
- Hmm.
You're disappointed in me.
- No, I'm proud!
Perhaps in your time, these warring Founding Families
will live together in peace.
And...
what of Katherine? Is she happy?
- Yeah.
- Hmm.
Though... odds are,
she hasn't managed to keep herself out of trouble either..
- There's a reason you're a gambling man.
You always knew a sure bet.
Your life isn't here. Your life is in New York.
- Well, I felt a call to return.
The universe works in mysterious ways.
- I shall return, too. With Kat.
We'll all be together again, as we were.
The pond will let us.
I believe it now. - Then I shall, too.
But now I must make Elijah his tea before he sleeps.
- You've taken such good care of my family, Susanna, I...
I can never repay you.
But I'm so grateful for what you've given us.
(door opens)
I'm grateful for you, too. (chuckles)
- For what? Being a terrible influence?
- No. Your friendship.
Your sage advice. Some of which I've reluctantly followed.
- Mm. Smart man.
- You never did lack of confidence.
- Well, it's easy to be confident
when you're right all the time. (chuckles)
- We've said these words to one another before
in dream that I had months ago.
- Well, it does sound like something that I might say.
I'll admit, I too have had dreams.
Of you and Katherine.
Mostly Katherine.
In your time, sitting together on a porch.
Sun setting on our blue house.
Yes, dreams are the thing, I think.
- Today's felt like one.
(door creaks open)
I never told you our house was blue.
- Mm, as I said.
The universe works in mysterious ways.
(dramatic music)
(Jacob): When am I?
(Thomas): It's February 1820, old friend.
(door opens and closes)
- Jacob?
Sorry, I... I saw you come in from the field.
Maybe I should've knocked.
- You never need to be sorry. Ever.
Yeah, I'm the one who's sorry.
And I'm grateful for a lot of things right now.
Especially you being here.
- Look, this will...
I need to understand it all
before I leave. - Don't leave. Please.
I wanna make this right.
I want you, Abby.
(sighing)
I've made a lot of really bad decisions out of anger.
(scoffs) But I'm done being angry!
It wastes too much time when there is never enough of it.
And being here in this time with you, it's...
it's a gift.
Let me prove to you that I will never take that gift
for granted ever again.
Stay.
(romantic music swells)
- What is that book?
It's beautiful.
- It's my family.
I can't wait to tell you all about them.
(birds chirping)
- Are you sure you're alright?
- I'll be brave here.
And you must be brave there
no matter what is waiting for you.
And in the meantime,
(singing) ♪ I'll see you in my dreams ♪
Remember?
Back when we were bright young things?
- I'm scared, Fern.
- I know. Me too.
But we can't stand still.
The only way out is through, right?
- Whatever I find when I get home,
I promise that I will come back and I will tell you.
- I'll be waiting.
For Alice, too. (chuckling)
I'd like to meet her!
She has her Kitty Kat.
I'll be her Cheshire Cat.
- Something to look forward to.
(tender music)
(crying)
(exhales)
(insects chirping)
- Jumping down the rabbit hole, Alice?
- Fern?
You knew Tessa was gonna jump. You lived through it!
And you still said what you said at the party. Why?
- Because it's the truth. - But Elliot didn't die!
- Well, no one is ever really gone, are they?
Not when the pond's involved.
You and your mother. Well, you might not be the ones,
but you're heroes nonetheless.
- Wait, you know who I am?
(chuckling) - I've known all along.
My great-great-granddaughter.
(sighs)
Time to go, now.
(sighs)
(Fern singing) ♪ See you in my dreams ♪
♪ I'll see you in my dreams... ♪♪
(sighing)
(sniffs)
(quiet footsteps)
(scoffs)
(tinkling music)
- 11:11.
(tender music)
(exhales softly)
Make a wish.
(sobs)
(romantic music swells)
- So, your song? - When she says yes.
- Right. - Yes.
- Yeah, we'll see you real soon.
(door closes)
- Who are we seeing soon?
- Nick.
Believe it or not, he wants me to reconsider
selling Cole's boat. - And are you?
- I don't know. I realize it's ridiculous.
I know he would take good care of her.
- Oh, by the way,
I managed to finagle this away from Monica,
so it's ours now. Although our mystery editor
still remains at large. - Wait. What's going on?
- Jasper got mom and I on film in 1974,
and it was almost exposed to the world, but someone cut us out.
- But I gave this reel to Evelyn.
After we trashed Lingermore in 2007.
Whenever I saw her during my house sitting gig,
she always talked about her "golden days" at Coyle's.
I never watched the reel, but I saw the label.
After the party, I felt so guilty, I gave it to her
as gift. - But where did you get it from?
- Our basement. It was in a box with books that...
I bet belonged to my mom...
(suspenseful music)
(Tessa): We both saw each other steal, and we kept that secret.
- Tessa took it! So did she edit it?
- I'll admit, I've often thought about what I could do with this
to finally bring the Goodwins to their knees--
- I really don't have
time for this. - It's yours!
Burn it. Keep it,
I don't want it.
But I do know why it exists.
Susanna Augustine was trying to unite us afte years of hate
and needless tragedy.
I want to do the same, without this hanging over our heads,
standing in the ways of our futures,
because mine is with Abby.
It is.
(sighs)
Now, I'm asking you to accept that. And me, as I am.
You know, there was a time when the Landrys, the Goodwins,
and the Augustines were friends.
(tender music)
- I remember.
I was a child, but I was there.
It was me and my mother against the world my whole childhood.
But I grew up, pushed back.
And she died before I realized I needed a home.
And her.
- She's here.
In these rooms. Down these halls.
Home isn't just a house, it's... history.
It's memories.
It's why I could never take it from you.
- Truce?
- Truce.
- Mom? - Yeah?
- What are you doing?
(sighs)
- Fern knew about Jacob.
I mean, it was lore that was passed down to her.
But why wasn't it passed down to me? Or Dad?
So, I don't know, somewhere there's a disconnect,
and I just wanted to get down what Fern had said, but now,
it's like the words just wanna like, pour out!
I think I'm writing our family history.
- You're doing the thing you came to Port Haven to do.
Write your book. - I think I might be.
(phone alert)
- Max?
(car door closes)
What are you doing here?
- That song you sent. The one you wrote.
It's about me, isn't it?
- Whoa, what are you talking about?
- You pushed me to be who I could be,
you believed enough for the both of us. I do that! For you.
- No, no, that's song's about a couple that I know,
it's not about you or me,
it's about the kind of relationship I want!
- And you're not getting that with Noah!
Look, you can have it, Alice.
With me.
I know you see it.
(scoffs)
- Max!
(engine starts)
(melancholy music)
- You're really going to leave after that?
- Nick? What are you doing here?
- I live here now. Just arrived.
First stop was checking out this old gal.
Trying to buy her off Del.
Hoping to get back into boat tours.
- How do you manage to witness all the most awkward moments
of my love life?
- Just lucky, I guess. (scoffs)
Alice, wait!
Do you remember what I said?
When I first figured out who you really were?
I hoped you'd find love in your time.
Seems like you have.
Maybe focus on that. What's ahead, not behind.
- Says the guy who moved home to run boat tours
like he did as a teenager.
- Yeah, but I've been out there, though.
To know that this is what I really want.
Can you say the same?
(projector whirring)
(gentle music)
(tender music)
(clicking)
- Hi, Alice.
- Hi, Evelyn.
(gentle music)
(exhales)
- So. You were Colton's granddaughter.
All that time.
Because she really is your mother.
But she's my Katherine, too.
You Landrys kept so many secrets.
I found these.
With my mother's things when she died in 2000.
A mysterious will.
And that drawing, Colton in 1814.
How is it possible?
He died before I could ask him,
and then seven years later, another betrayal.
After that awful house party,
I found a disposable camera. I saw this.
(ominous music)
My Alice! In 1974! And in 2007, and now 2024.
- I never thought that this party
would be what would make you shut the world out.
- The party didn't make me shut people out.
The world had shut me out!
Alice, Cole, my Katherine.
You're time travelers.
Magic existed, and everyone I loved knew it but me.
- No! No, no, Colton and I, we never meant to hurt you
or keep you from magic because you are magic, Evie.
And so was our friendship, and I miss you,
every single day.
- Oh, I've missed you, Alice.
(crying)
Ah, I suppose I'm in on the secret now, aren't I?
So I'll have to do my part to keep it.
(clunking)
(exhales)
My granddad taught me how to do this.
Grayson Goodwin.
Huge film buff.
(sighs)
All these boxes.
Years of White Witch hunting led nowhere.
Until today's headline.
It's fitting I leave it all to the White Witch herself.
- Thank you, Evelyn.
I know your grandson, Max.
He loves you so much, and he misses you,
and even though he's not here, he wants to be.
- I miss him too.
- You should tell him that. - I will.
I'll call him, tonight.
(sharp inhale) Look at you.
You still have so much time, don't you?
You're the same.
(crying)
- Alice?
(gasps)
It's okay. I have lived a full life because of you.
You told me to travel, see the world, and I did.
You led me to my son, two grandkids.
A legacy. It's all I could ask for.
- But you deserve so much more!
And I'm sorry that I wasn't always there when you needed me.
I wanted to be--
- You were there when I needed you most.
You were, Alice.
(crying)
But now it's time for you to go.
- No. No, Evie, I just got you back!
- I will be with you always.
I don't need tarot to tell me my future anymore.
I know what's coming.
Everything is a countdown to something.
(sniffling)
- Friends?
- Friends.
(tender music)
In any time.
(phone ringing)
(door opens and closes)
- It's my fault.
I asked Sam to keep the pond a secret.
I messed up and told him his future.
And it's way worse than what Alice did to Elliot
because I know better.
But Sam's lived with it this whole time,
and he still fought for our family, so please?
- Oh, honey, I have forgiven Sam.
- Oh. So what's holding you back?
(scoffs) - I don't know!
Something is, and I don't know if it will ever go away.
- I think I know what I'm supposed to do,
but you have to trust me. Come on.
(crickets chirping)
(distant fireworks) - Oh!
(soft gasp)
Where are we?
- Summer Kick-Off. 1999.
(gasps) - Wait! Come back!
(music swells)
(gasps)
- Delly!
- So, it was Evelyn that cut us out of the reel? Wow.
(chuckles)
- See, Mom?
(tender music)
- What is going on?
- Things happen when they're meant to, remember?
(breathes deeply)
- Hi. - Hi.
(door opens and closes)
- So, I had this perfect proposal
that was going to happen at just the right time,
but I realized,
there is no perfect time to tell the person you love
that you wanna be with them, forever.
I grew up on this farm.
I learned what love is here.
Your family protected me, sheltered me, loved me.
And now I wanna do the same for you.
For the rest of my life.
And it could span hundreds of eras or only be one minute more.
Doesn't matter.
Because our love...
Our love is forever.
(crying) So...
(breathing shakily)
Kat Landry?
Will you marry me?
- Yes.
Of course, I will marry you. I will marry you,
Elliot Augustine.
(crying)
(romantic music swells)
(gentle guitar playing)
♪ I've travelled so far just to find that ♪
♪ I was already home ♪
♪ All along you were in front my eyes ♪
♪ I was already home... ♪
(gasps)
- My love!
(inhales)
Oh, I must look a mess!
- No, no. No. No, you look...
Oh, you look beautiful! - Oh.
(crying)
- It's okay. It's okay. Hey, I'm here.
- You are!
How is this happening?
- I don't know. But Alice came to me today.
She told me Jakey would come home!
- He does.
- Does he...
does he remember me?
- Oh, Colton...
Yes, of course he does. - Yeah.
- Our children, they're happy. - Yeah.
- But are you?
Are you happy? Where you are?
- I haven't been for a long time.
But I think I can be. I want to be.
- No, don't think. Don't think or want.
Just... just be.
Be happy for me, okay? Alright?
- I will, Colton. I promise.
- Alright.
So how about a dance, then, huh?
- Oh! Yes please.
(gasp)
- Ah, I could dance with you till the end of time.
- I feel like we are.
- Del, I need you to know...
everything I did. It was to protect you.
- I am so sorry I didn't trust you.
Look at us. What we have is magic!
This proves it.
(romantic music swells)
♪ I travelled so far just to find that ♪
♪ I was already home ♪
♪ You could see me before I saw myself ♪
♪ I was already home ♪
♪ You pushed me to be who I could be ♪
♪ You believed more than anybody else ♪
♪ You're everything I've ever wanted ♪
♪ And I'm I am already home ♪♪
- So. You sold Colton's boat to Nick.
You sure you're okay with that?
- I am. I'm ready to move on.
For the first time in a long time, I am utterly happy.
I'm so happy with you, Sam. But no more secrets.
- Okay. In that case, do you wanna hear what else I know
about the future? I mean KC really overshared...
- Sam! - What?
- The number one rule of the pond
is don't tell anyone their future!
(chuckles)
You are a rascal.
(laughs)
- Yeah, I just wanted to say sorry.
For coming in so hot yesterday.
I'd spent like 12 hours driving home from Toronto,
and I guess I got worked up.
So, yeah, let's just...
pretend like it didn't happen?
So, bye. I know I never really said hi, but...
Finance Brohood is calling me home.
- Home's calling me, too. It always will.
But I think it's time to move. See what's out there.
Noah's amazing, but...
we talked, and it's over.
And that's okay.
I think I just need to choose me for a bit, you know?
- I get it.
And...
I'm proud of you.
- Max?
My song...
It is about the kind of relationship I want.
But I realized it's also about us.
So, what do we do?
(romantic music swells)
Whatever road I'm on...
in my gut, I think that it'll lead to you.
- I'll be wherever you need me to be.
But that road?
It leads to you, Alice. Your best you.
- This is getting ridiculous.
- Oh, you know you love me, Alice.
- I do. In my own highly bizarre way, I do.
Congrats on the boat.
- Thanks. I think Claire and I
are gonna make a lot of good memories on her.
Be a regular Del and Colton.
- Am I ever gonna meet Claire?
- I'm sure you will, one day.
- Hmm. I wish Susanna knew.
- I wish Tessa knew, too.
That clock's the one thing I never got an answer to.
How and when she put it in the wall.
We ran out of time.
She hadn't bought the house yet, before she died.
But we own it now.
The clock was here, in the wall.
What if it hadn't happened yet?
Back then?
What if my mom put the clock in the wall later than 1926?
- But that would mean... - She lived.
And she didn't put the clock there so I'd find her in time.
It was to tell me she was still alive.
(chuckles)
"To make an end is to make a beginning."
- What's that from? - T.S. Eliot.
The same quartet my mom quoted on the clock.
It's a poem about time.
The unity of past, present, future.
- Well, it's official. I'm going to New York City in January.
I only missed a semester.
- You're moving forward. It's great.
- So are you.
- Yeah. Last night got me thinking, though,
what sort of ring do you think Abby's going to expect?
I mean, she is a Goodwin, after all.
I just wish I had some sort of old,
convenient family ring, like Elliot.
- I mean...
(gentle rattle)
You could use this one.
It's kinda part of the family, right?
(whimsical music)
- Hey, KC! Where'd you get that ring?
- Um. It's a family ring.
What does a name matter in the end, really.
It's about the person, right?
- Wait. This is how it happens.
This is why KC wears my ring.
KC is... - Is my child!
(chuckles)
(gentle piano)
♪ I walked across an empty land ♪
♪ I knew the pathway like the back of my hand ♪
♪ I felt the earth beneath my feet ♪
♪ Sat by the river and it made me complete ♪
♪ Oh simple thing where have you gone ♪
♪ I'm getting tired and I need someone to rely on ♪
♪ I came across a fallen tree ♪
♪ I felt the branches of it looking at me ♪
♪ Is this the place we used to love? ♪
♪ Is this the place that I've been dreaming of? ♪
♪ Oh simple thing where have you gone ♪
♪ I'm getting old and I need something to rely on ♪
♪ And if you have a minute why don't we go ♪
♪ Talk about it somewhere only we know ♪
♪ This could be the end of everything ♪
♪ So why don't we go somewhere only we know ♪
♪ This could be the end of everything ♪
♪ So why don't we go somewhere only we know ♪♪
- There you are.
- Oh, hey. Sorry, I was just... just taking it all in.
This moment. This day. This time.
It won't come again, will it?
Okay, maybe it will, but not like this.
- A lot has happened to get to this...
happy ending.
And it is happy.
- And it is an ending.
But you know what they say...
every ending is just a new beginning.
(music swells)
(both inhaling deeply)
(splashing)
(gentle music)
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