Caught up on the first three episodes -- yeah, there is a lot of pond jumping and I feel like it's getting a bit too convoluted. I just don't know what the end game is anymore -- it's not getting Jacob home. It's finding out the mystery of the pond? But given the time travel, that can never end.
I do feel bad for Jacob. He has to be unhappy.
Amazingly, I like Alice better than most of the adults and that is hard to pull off.