The Way Home Season 4, Episode 6, “Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby” Spoilers Ahead
We’ve got less than half a season left in the final season of The Way Home. That means it’s time to start getting some answers! Fortunately, “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” starts giving them… kind of. It’s an episode that accelerates the pace of what has been a slow-and-steady season so far. I trust that the show will find a satisfying way to wrap things up, but there is still a lot of ground to cover! So, let’s dive in.
Well, That’s One Mystery (Possibly?) Solved
We’re all in agreement that The Way Home Season 4, Episode 6 is loudly telegraphing the answer to one of the biggest remaining mysteries, right? That is, how KC fits into the Landry line. Our mysterious future time-traveler gets briefly stuck in our time. To get back, they try to figure out what they still need to do in this time. First, they advise Alice to follow her gut regarding her future. But that doesn’t work, so on to the next, very telling encounter.
Jacob has decided (for real!) to stay on the Landry farm. And now, there’s more here for him than poetic monologues about fields and dirt. Not-Pretentious Bar Lady turns up in Port Haven, and honestly, are we surprised at all when she turns out to be a Goodwin? Meet Abigail, Max’s much-older sister. Of course, she and Jacob don’t know each other’s last names when they first (re)meet in a park, so things get flirty.
When they do find out, though, there’s tension. Because of, you know, the whole “he tried to burn down my family’s farm” thing. But never fear! Jacob soon discovers KC sleeping in the loft while they wait for the pond to let them back. Their timing is impeccable, because Abby shows up at that very moment, wanting to talk things out with Jacob.
“What’s in a name,” conversing from a balcony (okay, an upper-floor window, whatever). We are going full Romeo and Juliet here. And while it’s certainly fun (and thank heavens Jacob gets to do something other than brood and farm), I hope we have enough time to really feel this relationship. Because, Jacob and Abby are definitely KC’s parents or ancestors, right? Hence, their use of the Goodwin name plus their ability to time-travel?
Where I Want to Be and Who I Want to Be
The Way Home Season 4, Episode 6 is a messy one for Goodwin love lives! Max is about to leave for college, so he and Alice have arranged a scavenger hunt for each other. Aww. Max leads Alice to a chess table in a park, which he has had inscribed for her. They talk about how they’ve made each other better, and we love a ship that brings out the best in each other! Max’s transformation from smug rich know-it-all to snarky dork has been a delight, I can’t lie.
After a day of adventures, they wind up at the Cove. “It was here I realized how much I’m gonna miss you,” Max says, and again, all together: awww! They are more Kat/Elliot coded with every episode. But the sweet moment soon takes a turn for the sour when Alice reveals she’s thinking of deferring college.
I think they were going for a “Why did you drop out of Yale?!” moment with Max calling Alice out, and it lands… maybe 75% of the way? He’s not wrong that Alice seems to be letting her fears get in her way. But the way he retreats into his old, nasty persona — insulting Port Haven, Alice, and Noah all at once — kind of washes out any valid point he has. The episode ends with their friendship nearly shattered. I’m curious what direction the show will take Alice’s future plans: will it take the side of “it’s a sign she should stay” or “you have to do the things that scare you?”
A Less-Than-Joyous Reunion
Yes, The Way Home Season 4, Episode 6 does finally reunite Elliot with his mother. No, it doesn’t go well.
Let’s rewind. Elliot has been super weird since finding… something in the archives last episode. Kat agrees to try to bring him with her on her next jump so he can find and rescue his mom. They think they know how to find her: in the fortune teller’s booth at the fall carnival. Just before they jump, Elliot gets very sentimental (and foreboding), telling Kat that he loves her no matter what happens.
When they land in fall 1925, Elliot is focused. They quickly find Fern, who is less than thrilled to see Kat (and Elliot) back after the previous run-in with the Augie boys. She tries to push them away and warns Kat that there’s more at play than she realizes. It’s becoming increasingly clear that Fern is not just a quirky heroine, but someone with some morally gray dimensions, and I think I love her all the more for it.
There’s a delightful thread of comedy, with Cliff and Grayson not-so-subtly competing at a carnival game. Soon, though, the whole crew goes to see the fortune teller’s show. And that’s when Elliot sees his mother, as her “present” self, for the first time. Kat “volunteers” for Tessa’s act so that she can quietly tell Tessa that she’s a time traveler here to rescue her. At first, Tessa seems distrustful but curious and tells her to meet up backstage.
Instead, Kat and Elliot find Tessa gone, apparently with the Augie boys. Kat quickly puts it all together and realizes the whole show is just a distraction while the bootleggers make a shipment at the Cove. Understandably, they assume Tessa has been kidnapped. But when they get to the Cove to “save” her, they learn the truth (and Elliot gets knocked out for his troubles). Tessa isn’t the hostage — she is the mastermind of it all.
What I’m Pondering
- At this point, the only reason Danny is still on the show is because he’s the writer behind Del’s creepy letters. Right?
- The moment where Kat flashes back to the trauma of the 1999 carnival while at the same event in the 1920s is just perfect. I love how, even as the show gets more complicated (and even though Jacob is safe now), they don’t forget these old threads.
- Elliot accidentally gets into a fight with his own great-grandfather, because of course.
- Cliff is confused as always, but he’s got the right heart. I do think we could have done with a few more scenes building his and Fern’s relationship, though. Assuming he’s her great, tragic love, we’re more than halfway through the season, and there’s just a light flirtation happening. They’ve got delightful, old-school Hollywood chemistry, but I think we need to better understand why they’re so drawn to each other.
- Grayson asks Cliff to look after Fern while he’s away. He either knows something, or he’s just a classic, oblivious “disposable fiancé” archetype.
- Del spends most of the episode trying to get Stormy to let her approach again. Are we ever going to get a textual answer for Stormy’s weird behavior, or is it just going to be symbolism all the way down?
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