{"id":90473,"date":"2025-02-03T00:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T00:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/the-way-home-season-3-episode-5-questions-kalliots-love-revisits-tomkat-and-adds-another-player-to-spice-things-up\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T00:15:46","slug":"the-way-home-season-3-episode-5-questions-kalliots-love-revisits-tomkat-and-adds-another-player-to-spice-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/the-way-home-season-3-episode-5-questions-kalliots-love-revisits-tomkat-and-adds-another-player-to-spice-things-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way Home Season 3 Episode 5 Questions Kalliot’s Love, Revisits TomKat, and Adds Another Player to Spice Things Up"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Critic’s Rating:<\/strong> 4.75 \/ 5.0<\/p>\n

4.75<\/p>\n

TomKat is not dead yet! I repeat: TomKat is not dead yet!<\/p>\n

In fact, Thomas might even have been \u201cthe one\u201d who led Kat to Elliot.<\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s the big story for fans of Kat and Thomas, but that doesn\u2019t leave Elliot high and dry or rain on the parade of other characters with big stories during The Way Home<\/a> Season 3 Episode 5.<\/p>\n

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Where should we start? I\u2019m of a mind to start small and work up to the big stuff, but the entire hour was all big stuff, in a way. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with Del, past and present. Her story continues to grow as The Way Home Season 3<\/a> continues, and that\u2019s a welcome change.<\/p>\n

Del\u2019s Not Fond of Memories<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s Del\u2019s birthday, and Sam has returned to throw her a surprise party. She hates surprises, but you can tell that if they\u2019re from a place of love, she can tolerate them.<\/p>\n

But what she can\u2019t tolerate is Alice telling her about her own past. I can\u2019t say that I blame her. Memories are sacred, and they are from our own viewpoint. Learning about someone else\u2019s vibe can sully your cherished moments.<\/p>\n

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Proving how little they really knew about each other, Del was shocked to hear that Evelyn was in love with Colton. They had enough animosity for each other that it\u2019s not surprising, but when you think about Del, she\u2019s been rather oblivious to others\u2019 feelings for most of her life.<\/p>\n

Alice was showing empathy toward Evelyn, a girl she\u2019s come to like quite a bit, by sharing what she knew with Del. Alice is living with Evelyn\u2019s friendship now, and she\u2019s so young that she can\u2019t possibly understand how important those recollections become as you grow older.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t try to make me feel guilty about what Colton and I had. Stay out of my memories!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just when I thought Del\u2019s reaction was way over the top, Sam asked her what she meant by her words. <\/p>\n

She told him that she hates her birthday because of her memories around the day, specifically from 1974. <\/p>\n

At the time, she left Port Haven, but when she got home, everything had changed. She said it was brutal and lonely, noting that she made a selfish choice that left other people no choice at all. She\u2019s worried that Alice will think less of her as a result.<\/p>\n

Surely, she can\u2019t be referring to going home as that choice, right? She was a young woman. Living at home is what you do at that age. Why on earth would that be selfish, let alone cause Alice to think less of her?<\/p>\n

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Could she have played a role in her family\u2019s downfall that scarred her? If so, I can\u2019t help but compare her to Kat and wonder if that\u2019s why she was so hard on her after Jacob disappeared. <\/p>\n

It never seemed logical that she would hold Kat at arm\u2019s length after losing her other child and then her husband. Could it have been her own guilt about her past worming its way into her present?<\/p>\n

Yes, there are many questions about Del and her past, and we haven\u2019t even begun to scratch the surface of them.<\/p>\n

The Real Stories Are in the Art<\/h2>\n

Jasper is full of wisdom, and he reminds Kat that the real stories about the past can be found in art.<\/p>\n

Now, he can\u2019t possibly understand the lyrics of the songs in his newly published booklet, but Kat sure can. Was Thomas a musician, or did someone else know their story so well as to write that beautiful ode?<\/p>\n

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Colton was singing at Coyles, and the lyrics struck Kat right in the heart. It was a ballad about Thomas losing Kat to the water. <\/p>\n

But before we get to all that song means, it\u2019s worth noting that Jasper filmed Kat and Alice while they were in 1974. Where are those films? Could someone like Casey have seen it (or them if there were more)? That\u2019s definitely food for thought.<\/p>\n

But back to the song. I jotted down notes of the lyrics, although I\u2019m sure someone else captured the whole song. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I have: \u201cSlip from these cold hands of mine\u2026fate has then divided by water and time. They drift in different worlds. Though we loved you and me, we were never to be, so fare thee well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thomas really loved Kat. And the other song? Perhaps it was about Susanna, but I have my doubts. Susanna lived a long life, so likely lived beyond the witch panic that left so many hung or burned.<\/p>\n

Other clues included an active volcano erupting and covering the world in ash, taking away the daylight in the summer of 1816, a year Susanna didn\u2019t cover in her book.<\/p>\n

Regardless, someone was in danger, and by the end of the episode, Kat and Jacob decided to return to the past to try to stop it.<\/p>\n

But Wait! There Is More to Discuss in 1974!<\/h2>\n

What did you think of Kat\u2019s awkward moment meeting her 18-year-old mom? I would want to share that memory with Del, whether she wanted to hear it or not. <\/p>\n

Kat was just another in a line of people in Port Haven who weren\u2019t all that welcoming. Colton\u2019s love must have been magical to get Del to want to return. We know it was, but I thought that was funny.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Evelyn disliked Del so much that she moved rooms to get away from her. It\u2019s not that simple, and in another time, the two could have been friends. But when your heart is breaking, the picture is clouded.<\/p>\n

Evelyn is doing anything she can to draw her attention away from what\u2019s happening between Colton and Del, but she\u2019s not very successful. Del even found her way to Evie\u2019s new haunt \u2014 a literal haunted room in Lingermoore she claimed as her own.<\/p>\n

Cassandra Is a Goodwin Family Name<\/h2>\n

Hey, there is time travel, so why not a little spiritual guidance? But what was that guidance? Well, the first thing of note is that Evie names the spirit Cassandra, a Goodwin family name. Hello future Casey! There\u2019s a past and future connection for ya.<\/p>\n

Next, in a room full of candles, a blustery wind picked up, tossing papers around, and nobody gave a second thought to the warning about a fire that was too fast or the blame that came with it. <\/p>\n

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Is this the first time we\u2019ve heard about fire in the families\u2019 history? There are so many blink-and-you-miss-it moments that I can\u2019t be sure.<\/p>\n

That line of questioning on the spirit board got lost when Del and Colton ran off, and Evelyn and Alice found My Katherine hidden in a \u201csecret\u201d door in the wall. <\/p>\n

Evelyn recognized the face, which Alice called \u201cpretty generic.\u201d I laughed out loud at that remark. How long will it be before Evie sees Kat at Coyle\u2019s and puts two and two together?<\/p>\n

That discussion also revealed that Evie nearly drowned in the pond when they were eight, which was likely why the town wanted to fill it in. Colton saved her, and you can imagine that her heart was intertwined with his ever since. <\/p>\n

Alice asked but didn\u2019t receive an answer about why Evelyn\u2019s family wanted the children to stop playing together. It seemed like a simple answer: believing that your little girl wouldn\u2019t get in such trouble without a fellow to take her there.<\/p>\n

That theme recurred when Kat told Alice that Max seemed like someone who would mess with her and when Fern appeared again, reminding Kat that Colton was not special, nor his brother, but that Colton was trouble enough being a \u201crule breaker.\u201d It seems the Landry women love them a good rule breaker!<\/p>\n

Alice Is Fully In Tune with the Pond\u2019s Antics<\/h2>\n
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I know I\u2019m not alone in my frustration with Kat\u2019s refusal to believe that Casey could be from the future just because they don\u2019t have proof. Excuse me? Can she hear herself?<\/p>\n

Alice has been to the past enough to know that if something seems suspect, it probably is. She\u2019s certain that Casey has been using the pond \u2014 as certain as she is that something untoward may be going on between her and Max, even if she doesn\u2019t want it to.<\/p>\n

Alice and Kat bumped into Max, and Kat wasn\u2019t impressed. But the way Alice looked at him screamed, \u201cYou\u2019re my future husband.\u201d <\/p>\n

Right now, things with Noah seem too sweet and too good. It\u2019s kind of like an Elliot and Kat relationship. A little too vanilla. The Landry girls are adventurers. They need a dash of something more, and by more, I mean more than Brady not being keen on Alice dating (a guy who looks just like him).<\/p>\n

Kat noticed that Max totally has Casey\u2019s eyes, but she\u2019s still suspicious of time travel. Hello \u2014 he may be your future son-in-law! <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s kind of sad since Noah is a real sweetheart. Sweethearts don\u2019t always make the grade, though. And when he said Max told him to \u201clock this down\u201d because Alice is wife material, I thought she was going to faint, her eyes rolled so far back into her head. That\u2019s the start of something beautiful right there.<\/p>\n

But how will things fall apart between Noah and Alice when they\u2019re going so well now? Is he going to die or something? As Alice said to Del, \u201cWhen you choose someone, all the other choices fade away, and you don\u2019t think of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alice hasn\u2019t chosen someone yet. And with the way the pond interferes in their lives, any choice she makes may not be for long.<\/p>\n

Kalliot vs TomKat With a Dash of Ellema<\/h2>\n

Once Kat had a chance to think about the song and come to terms with its meaning, she told Elliot, \u201cThe songs of that time were incredibly, eerily accurate.\u201d Ya don\u2019t say?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, guys, but if you think Kat would have chosen Elliot if there had been really a competition between the two, you need to think again.<\/p>\n

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Kat\u2019s heart pitter-patters at the thought of Thomas, something that\u2019s missing with Elliot. It\u2019s as if she\u2019s talking herself into being with Elliot under the guise of it was always meant to be or he\u2019s the safer choice. Something is confusing her. <\/p>\n

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I mean, what we have, people could write songs about it, right?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kat [to Elliot]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

People aren\u2019t going to write songs about Kat and Elliot. Maybe, someday, they could be as fiery as Kat and Thomas were, but that seems a long way off.<\/p>\n

So, it was the perfect time for Elliot\u2019s ex, Emma, to return. At first, I thought it was to make Kat jealous so she could realize that she really does want to be with Elliot, forgetting Thomas altogether.<\/p>\n

However, after meeting Emma, I think the real tragedy here is that Elliot never gave his marriage to her a real try because he was so immersed in his future with Kat, thanks to what he knew from Alice.<\/p>\n

He even told Kat that his marriage to Emma was futile since he always knew where he\u2019d end up and because he always loved her. That\u2019s kind of heartbreaking in its own right. In the short time we got to know Emma, she seemed like a good match for Elliot.<\/p>\n

Could her visit prompt him to rethink how things are going with Kat and perhaps tap on the brakes? They seem so uncomfortable with each other, and it isn\u2019t sexy.<\/p>\n

Elliot Thinks Kat is Running Away from Them to 1816<\/h2>\n
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Oh geez. Elliot thinks Kat wants to go back to 1816 because of Emma. Again, that just makes me sad. She\u2019s got this fiery love back there and an equally passionate friendship. Then there\u2019s Elliot.<\/p>\n

But the big surprise was that Elliot proposed to Emma because Kat and Brady were having dinner at the same restaurant he was meeting Emma for dinner. What are the odds? <\/p>\n

So, in the pursuit of happiness, he impulsively proposed to Emma. Of course, it wasn\u2019t as impulsive as he likes to recall. After all, he had a ring.<\/p>\n

But did his marriage fail because he thought his future with Kat was written in the stars? <\/p>\n

As it turned out, Kat and Brady were trying to rekindle their marriage that night. But she claims that if she had known Elliot was there that night, she would have run into his arms and never looked back. I call BS on that. It just doesn\u2019t fly. Why?<\/p>\n

Because Kat also said, while thinking of Thomas, \u201cI guess there is always the one before the one.\u201d She said it. Thomas is the one. \u201cBefore the one\u201d is moot right now because she and Elliot are struggling so much.<\/p>\n

But I have to wonder how much Jacob knows about Kat and Thomas and if he ever ponders whether she\u2019s doing the right thing with Elliot. He\u2019s probably too polite to inquire, but it would be interesting to hear his opinion.<\/p>\n

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Random Thoughts:<\/h2>\n