The Way Home (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Scar Tissue - full transcript

Previously OnThe Way Home

- Moving back, it's just gonna
be so good for you, for us.

- Welcome to Landry Farm.

- Your letter was so touching.
- Letter?

What are you talking about?

- I never asked for a new start!

- Alice, please, stop!

She does not know this town.

- Alice will be fine.
- Well, Jacob wasn't.

- I'm Katherine Landry, but
everyone just calls me Kat.

- If you ever need to talk,
I'm here. Any place, any time.



- I need your help,
right here, right now.

Hey, you reached Alice.

Leave a message,
or don't, whatever.

- Ali? It's me. Um...

Please, just... just come home.

Baby, I...

you were right, okay?

It... it was a mistake to
come here, but we can...

We'll figure this out together,
okay? I... I love you.

You are my everything,
kiddo. You know that?

Okay, um... call me, okay?

Please, just... bye.

I... I love you.

- Mom!



- Hey! Have you heard from her?

- No. I was hoping you had.

- Where the hell is she, Brady?

- She's hiding somewhere, okay?

You told her about
Rachel and she reacted.

I should have told her,
Kat. I'm really sorry.

Kat? Hey, just pull over.
Okay? Take a breath.

- I can't do this again.

I can't do this again!
What if she's gone?

- Hey, this isn't Jacob.

Okay? Alice is fine.

It's not like then.

Do you hear me, Kat? Kat?

Kat?

Kat? Hello?

Tell me what your plan is.

And where's Del?

Kat? Kat?

She's been out all night

searching too...
only because I asked.

You know Mom.

Nothing fazes her.

- Appreciate you keeping
an eye out, Chief Adams.

It's probably just a
teenage cry for attention.

Yeah. Right. Thanks.

- It's not that I don't
believe you, it's just...

well, when somebody tells
you that they've travelled

through time, you need to look
at it from all of the angles.

And you need evidence.

- What do you want, my DNA?
- Could you?

Sorry.

Um... why don't you tell me

something else about
the future, then?

Okay, wait, there is no way
that guy becomes president.

So, this is... your portal, huh?

- Well, when you say it
like that, it sounds dumb,

but yeah, I... fell
in and came up here,

so maybe if I jump back
in, I'll come up back home.

- Seems logical.

Also insane.

- You believe me in my time,

and you basically told
me this would happen

and that you'd help.

I know you in the future.

Right.

Uh... so, if you're
Kat's kid in the future,

then... well, who's your dad?

- Ew! Obviously not you, dude!
You're just my science teacher.

Okay.

I just... have to be brave.

If I go in and I don't come up,

will that be enough
proof for you?

- Maybe. Or you'll just be
dead at the bottom of the pond.

- You're gonna take
me seriously, someday,

sometime, promise.

- Alice?

Alice? Alice!

Alice!

Alice!

Alice! Ah! Alice!

Where are you! Alice!

Where are you?

- Jacob's out there,
and we'll find him.

Oh, sweetheart.

A Landry never gives up hope.

- Oh, thank God! Ali. Thank God!

- Mom, I'm so sorry.

- What happened? Where were you?

- I... I was here, but I...
I didn't mean to go, honest.

And I was just trying to
find my way back home.

- Wait, you... you were
trying to get back to Dad?

- What? No.

- What were you going to do?

You were going to hitchhike?

I mean, seriously, Alice?

- No! And look,
it doesn't matter,

I'm back and we're both here now

and I think everything's
gonna be okay!

- Do you...

have any idea what
you put me through

these past 12 hours?

And your grandmother? What...
For some selfish stunt?

- It wasn't a stunt, I
don't know what it was!

I just... I'm back, okay?

- When are you going to grow up

and realize that your
actions have consequences?

- What happened to you?

- I can ask you
the same question.

Get dressed...

and get in the car.

You're going to be
going to school,

and that is it for
a very long time!

You are so grounded!

- You're not gonna solve
this by locking me away!

- See, I told you
she'd come home.

- Don't.

- Alice! Oh, my
God, you're here!

- Uh... yeah. I am.

Okay, what is going on?

- We all heard you went missing.
- Oh, God.

- No, it's okay,
and running away

is so much better than arson.

- I never set fire to anything.

- We're just glad you're okay.

- Thanks, but
honestly, I'm fine.

- Wait, wait.

I wanted to show you this.

My mom showed it to me.

That's her, right
next to your mom.

Crazy, right? They're
so different, now.

- I mean, I would just
like to know if that girl

gave any thought at all
to what disappearing

would do to your whole...
- Rita, it's over.

She came home. I knew she would.

She's just like Kat.

All drama, no delivery.

- Del, you can't be so naive

as to think that your life's
gonna go back to normal

now that those two have invaded!

I mean, look at last
night, for heaven's sake!

It was like some...

some sick deja vu.

Look, I'm just saying

they could ruin all of
the good solid healing

that you've done.

That you're about to do.

Did you even tell Kat
about this weekend?

- I will, when I'm ready.

- I can't believe
she came home now.

- Well, she came home

because somebody
sent her my letter.

- Oh, no, come on, it wasn't me!

You think I would stick my nose
into all this messy business?

Look, it doesn't
matter who sent it,

I can see clear as day that
it's gonna cause trouble.

And if your daughter
pushes you back

just when you're about to
take this giant leap forward,

she'll answer to me.

- Hey.

- Any sign of her?

- I was just about to call.

She's... she's back.

- Oh, my God! Oh...
can I talk to her?

- Um... I already dropped her
off at school, actually, so...

- You had time to
take her to school?

- I know, I know, I'm...

I'm sorry, I forgot to call,

it's been an emotional morning.

Yeah. It's fine.

Honestly, it's fine, as
long as Alice is okay.

- Maybe we should
just come home.

I mean, it's obviously
not working here.

Alice tried to make
a break for it,

and mom and I are
barely speaking.

- Well, I may have a
reason for you to stay.

I found out yesterday, but then,
everything happened with Alice.

- What's going on?

- I was talking to
this publishing house

that our firm represents.

I was telling them about,
you know, your journey home

in the wake of a family tragedy.

They want you to write about it,

like about Jacob,
about everything.

You know, one of those
cold case, true crime,

family saga type things.

Kat, you have a book
deal... if you want it.

- Okay.

Why are you doing this now?

- What do you mean?
- Trying to help me

in my career when...
we're not even...

I left, Brady.

- Look, you didn't have a
story until you left, so...

- Well, you are with
Rachel now, so...

I can find my own book deals.

- How's that working
out for you, Kat?

Look, you know what, you
do what you want, okay?

Just give it some thought, okay?

Maybe you're home
for a bigger reason.

- So tomorrow around eight?
- Yeah, sounds good.

- We need to talk
about last night.

- And coming at me like that,

do you know what
that looked like?

I'm lucky I wasn't
fired, or arrested!

- Sorry, I'm... I'm just
really freaking out!

- All right. Talk to me,

but with this door
very, very open.

Proceed.

- You told me that you'd help me
anytime and I think I know why.

Do you know what I know?

- Well, what do you know?

- Well, I don't
know what I can say.

What if it causes some
big time paradox thingy

and then, the universe implodes?

- Okay.

I know what you know.
I was there, Alice.

I remember.

- Okay, so... I did time travel

and I'm Alice like my
mom's friend Alice,

but also me Alice.

- You are one and the same.

- Well, how does my
mom not see that?

She... She named me after... me.

- Memories are mercurial.

Your mom's seen you grow
and change since birth.

Also, she doesn't see
it because it's... well,

technically impossible, so...

- But you believe me now even
though you didn't this morning?

- Well, that morning
was two decades ago,

but yes, I remember.

You went in that pond
and didn't come out,

and then, I started to believe.

I even tried
following. No luck.

Time travel only works for you.

- Why me?

- I wish I knew.

But the pond has no
explanations, only rules,

and I bet you figured
out the big one.

The amount of time you're
gone from now is equal

to the time you spend
back then, so from now on,

be smart about when
you take your trips.

Pick times when you're
not missed much here.

- Wait, wait... I go back?

I... that wasn't just
a one time thing?

When... when do I go back?
And what... what happens?

- Okay! Well, thanks
for dropping by.

- I... I met Jacob.

He was really
special, wasn't he?

- Yes, he was.

I'll see you later.

- You be the reporter and
I'll be your photographer.

Like a team, solving cases.

We'll be heroes,

and heroes always
leave their mark.

See? J and K to the
rescue!

- What are you doing?

- Oh, well, I'm glad to see

that you didn't
throw it all away.

Do you remember this?

- I do.

Now, you can... put it away.

- Can't you just
sit here with me?

Talk about him? Please?

Let's talk about you.

Last night, you said you
were thinking about leaving.

- Well, if you and I can't be
open and honest with each other,

then maybe I just should leave.

- It is always all
or nothing with you.

You can never meet
someone halfway.

- Well, it's pretty all
or nothing with you too,

especially when it comes
to Jake... and Dad.

- I am tired of talking
in circles, Katherine.

You don't have a job!

You have nowhere to go.

So, while you
figure yourself out,

I suggest you make
yourself useful.

- Okay.

Hi.

- Kat Landry?

- Monica. Wow! I...

You work here now?

- I own it. Crazy, right?

Now, when is the last
time we saw each other?

High school grad?

Oh, my God, time flies!
And you look... good.

- Uh... yeah, I brought
Mom's honey over, so...

- Great, we can't keep
this stuff in stock.

And it is so cute, you being
Del's little assistant and all.

Come.

Sit.

So, have you kept in touch
with anyone from school?

- I'm still super
close with Elliot

since he moved back,

and I'm also very in
touch with Trevor Hill.

Spillski?

That guy was such
a klutz, right?

And he... he actually made
it to adulthood? That's...

What is that guy
up to these days?

- He's married...

to me.

- No kidding!

Well, congrats! That's,
um... that's great.

All I wanted to do is
just get out of here.

Yes. And now, you're back.

So, let's talk experience, huh?

- I'm sorry?

- Or you could just
give me your resume

and I could look it over?

- Is this like a job interview?

- Del didn't say?
She set this up.

She told me about
you getting fired.

Ugh. And I said, "You know
what? I'll help a girl out."

I always need wait staff, so...
- No, no, no,

I... I don't need a job.

I've landed a book deal.

- Mm.
- So, yeah, right?

- Sorry, I guess I
misunderstood, then.

- Yes, you did.

So, if you will excuse
me, I'm just gonna...

- Do you need a pen? Some paper?

- Thanks.
- Yeah.

- Great service.
- Mm-hmm.

- How was school?
- It was... you know, school.

- It was nice of
Zoey and Spencer

to get you a ride home.
They're good kids.

- Maybe that'll rub off on you.

You know, I had a nice little
catch-up with my high school

nemesis when I dropped
off your honey.

- Only trying to help you
get back on your feet.

- By throwing me under the bus?

I mean, why did you tell
Monica that I don't have a job?

- Because you don't.

- Actually, I do. I...

I got an offer to write a book.

- Seriously? About what?

- Jacob... and that time.

- Why would you do that?

- I guess it could be cathartic.

This is a book!

I mean... it's my dream!

- It's wrong and
you can't do it.

- Okay, can someone tell
me what happened to Jacob?

How he went missing?

- Now is not the
right time, Alice.

- Really? But it's a fine time

to write a family
tell-all about it?

You guys used to
love each other.

You were happy.

What happened?

- That is a damn good question.

- I think we both know
why we are exactly

the way we are.
- Maybe,

but the world doesn't,

so don't write that book!

- Thanks for the text.

- Thank you for
bringing the wine.

Um...

Alice asked about...
Jacob, at dinner.

- She was bound to.

- Sorry, is this weird?
- No, no, it's fine.

It's how we were.

- It's easy to fall into
old habits. Memories.

Hey, do you remember
our friend Alice?

- Oh... yeah, sort of.

- I found a polaroid
of me and her.

You know, that...
summer and fall,

like, she was a
part of all of it.

- You say you have
a photo of her?

- Yeah, it's blurry, so
I can't make her out...

Which is fitting because Alice
seems more like an energy to me

now than a person.

It's funny how memories are.

- I will drink to that.

- Dad, I'll talk when I'm ready.

- Okay, um... look, I know
you're angry, Ali, I just...

It's just really good
to hear your voice.

I was worried sick.

- Not worried enough to tell
me to come home, though.

- It's complicated, kiddo.

But hey, there's room in the
new place for you, always!

- Yeah. A place for
me and for Rachel.

- Yeah, and for Rachel.

- Okay.

Uh... well, thanks,

but I actually have to go.

- Alice, please...
- Homework.

- But if we could
just talk about...

- It didn't work!

- What?
- The time travel. It...

You said I go back, but I can't.

The pond won't let me
and I need to know why!

- I don't know, honestly.

- Okay, aren't you supposed
to be my guru or whatever?

- Give a guy a little time to be

the Giles to your
Buffy, all right?

- The who to my what?
- Ugh... I cry for Gen Z.

- What if I mess something up?

You said I could go back,
but what if me telling you

my secret in the present
has ruined my chances

in the past, somehow?

- Calm down.

The pond works in
mysterious ways.

It sends you when and
where it wants you to go.

- Okay, so what are you saying?

- Maybe it wasn't
your time to go.

Maybe you need to spend
a little time here.

- You're an early riser.

That'll come in handy.

- Thanks so much!

Have a great day. Oh,
honey, put it right here.

- Well, well,
well, morning, all!

- Morning, Rita. How's it going?

- Eh, a little slow
start, but it'll pick up.

Summer folk love their
sleep-ins, right?

- Hey, Rita? This is my
granddaughter, Alice.

- Glad to see you
found your way home.

- Well, we've got a
lot to set up, here.

- Oh, hey! New guy, 3 o'clock.
- Oh.

- Morning, Delilah.
- Good morning, Byron.

- So, what is good today?

- Well, the carrots are
doing really well for us

and the leeks are
especially sweet.

- I'll bet. Sounds perfect.

- Tomato's on me.
- Ah. Thank you.

- Oh, this is my
granddaughter, Alice. Remember?

I told you that my
daughter and she

were coming to stay with me.
You know, just for... a while.

- Pleased to meet
you at long last.

- Please, Byron,
you just moved here.

- Six years, Rita. Six years.

- Byron runs the local paper,

the Herald, and the archives.

- Oh, yeah, that's really cool.

- It's quiet.

So, what do I owe you?

- Ah, just give me a five.
- Oh, Del. Are you sure?

- Byron, you know I
only gouge the tourists.

- You're one in a
million, Delilah.

Nice to meet you, Alice! Rita!

- Mm-hmm.

Ali?

- Have you seen Jacob?
Please, help me find my son.

My son Jacob is missing.
Help us get our Jacob back.

- Please, help us, please.

- Did I do something wrong?
- No, honey, just perfect.

Katherine! How nice
of you to join us.

- We need to talk.

Why did you think you
could bring her here

without even telling me?

- We left you a note.

Don't overreact.

- Don't interfere!

She is my kid.

- Well, you want
your kid to be happy?

Don't lock her up.

- You ask me,

what all you Landrys
need is closure.

- Can you tell me what
really happened to Jacob?

How he went missing?

- Uh...

It's not for me to say.

- You want Alice to
start a new life here.

- Yeah.

- But you're too busy
dredging up the past.

It's selfish.

- Selfish?

You are the one
that is so worried

about us invading your
precious independent life,

and don't think
that I didn't notice

your less than
warm welcome home.

- I didn't ask you to come home.

- Yes, you did! I have
the letter! And you...

Typical.

- Alice! How can I help you?

- You're in charge of
the archives, right?

- Excuse me?
- Sorry.

- No, no, no, wait, wait.

Danny?

Hi. It's... it's Kat.

Landry. How are you?

- Good.

- Hi, Daddy.

Yeah, I know, it's
been a while...

and I'm sorry.

But I'm home now and...

Well, I...

I have a daughter and
she's so much like you.

She's musical and
she's smart and funny.

And...

I wish that you had met her.

Because you would
know what to tell her.

You always did with me.

And I miss that.

- "Sister Katherine told police
he was by her side one moment,

gone the next."

- Alice.

It's time to go.

- I'm sorry, I just
needed to know.

- Do you see that?

I drive by that every day.

Do you see how close
it is to the farm?

That's where my husband died...

three months after
Jacob disappeared.

In a car accident.

I lost my whole world
in three months.

- Your whole world
except for Mom.

- I realize...

you deserve to
know what happened.

But once you do,

we have to be done with it.

That is the only way
this is gonna work.

- Yeah.

- I went to the cemetery.

You officially
declared Jacob dead.

- It was time.

That's... why I
wrote you the letter.

I had...

gotten his death certificate
and I felt you should know.

- So, that's the letter that
you say you didn't send.

- I didn't! I knew
how you would react.

- Because a Landry
never gives up hope.

- She does if she's the
only one left waiting.

You left. I've been
waiting for Jacob

to walk through that
door for 20 years

and he's not coming home.

- You don't get to decide that!

- Yes, I do. I have to.

- You are not the
only one who lost him,

so stop acting
like I don't count

because I'm the one
that you think...

- Don't! Katherine,
don't do that!

There's a small memorial
for Jacob tomorrow.

The timing's not perfect,

but Rita and I planned it
way before your arrival.

- What? No, you...
you can't do that!

- Do you think this
was an easy decision?

You haven't been
here for 20 years

of tears and heartache.

- Because you wouldn't let me!

I tried, Mom, and
you wouldn't let me.

- This is a book
that I need to shut,

so please, stop
trying to open it.

- Thought I might find you here.
- Oh.

Best place to get signal.

Go figure.

Hey, did...

did you know about tomorrow?

- Yeah, I did.

- Mom says that she wants
to have a fresh start.

- Can you blame her?

I mean, you got
one, when you left.

- Yeah, but then, I came back.

I... I don't know, I
thought that it would all

just be waiting here.

Not just the hurt, but the...

the warmth, you know,
the heart, family.

- It is, just different.

You divorced, you know,

and then, you moved back,
so how did you do it?

How did you start over?

- Uh... honestly?
I didn't, really.

No matter what I did out there,

I always knew I'd
wind up back here.

Wherever I went, I had
one foot in this town.

Guess I never left.

- A hero always leaves his mark.

We were supposed to be a team.
- Hey.

- I was supposed to protect him!

- Shh...

- Hey.

What are you doing up so late?

- Del told me
about the memorial.

- Yeah.

- Do you ever wonder
what happened to him?

- Every day since that day.

- I know you're willing to leave
for me, but I want to stay.

I want to get to know my family,
even the ones who are gone.

- Wakey, wakey.

Jacob!

Already?

Where is the snooze button?

Is it there? Is the
snooze button there?

Did I sleep good? I
don't know. Did I?

Yes, you did.

- That's a family heirloom.

When the Landrys
first settled here,

they are the ones
that started it.

And when a new family
member was born,

they would add the
name to the list,

and when they died,

they would write down the date,

close the book and move on.

At least that was...
it was the idea.

But they're always in here,

if you just open up the book.

- Hey. You ready for this?

- Jacob loved these fields.

One day they were Narnia,

and another, the surface
of some far away planet.

He dreamed... big
dreams, my boy.

My perfect boy.

- Jacob's time on
earth was short,

but it was meaningful.

He brought a light and
love to so many of us.

- But now, it's time to
say goodbye, to let him go.

I have to do this, Jacob.

Because I would rather
remember you in love...

than in fear.

Because he was love.

My heart.

My baby.

- Well, I... I hope you
can understand, right?

I mean, I just...

I just can't do it, you know,

not right now. Being here,
it's... it's too important.

- But I don't get it, this book
deal could be huge for you, Kat.

- Well, but it's not
just about me, now.

You know, being here,
it's... it's about family.

- So, you're officially
staying, then?

- Yeah.

Yeah, and who knows?

Maybe I'll get to see the
best part of my history

repeat itself.

- Going somewhere?

- I have to see
Jacob. I have to try.

I just don't get how
I can miss someone

that I barely know,
but here I am.

- I understand.

And talking about deja vu,

it's weird to see the
other side of all this.

- It's... gonna work
this time, right?

- If you don't come back
up, I'll know, right?

- Hey.

Are you okay?

- I can't do it.

- It's okay. Just... let me.

I'm gonna get
you!

- Hi, Alice!

- Did you seriously
fall in that pond again?

- Yeah, but I'm fine. I promise.

- Want to stay for dinner?
- Absolutely.

Okay.

Come on, Jacob!

♪ Oh I want to fly
away with you ♪

♪ Take off right on time ♪

♪ We're gonna leave
our troubles behind ♪

♪ Wake up under blue skies ♪

♪ Cool breeze's
gonna dry your eyes ♪

♪ Oh I want to fly
away with you ♪♪