S03.E05: Reeling In the Years

[AnimeMania]

Del celebrates a birthday, as the rest of the Landry family and Elliot take a step back to reassess their investigations. 

Premiere Date: January 31, 2025     Hallmark     9pm

[KaveDweller]

Poor Elliot. He has basically built his whole life around Kat and her family and even when they finally get together she is thinking of someone else. She and Thomas had way more chemistry than her Elliot, but I do feel bad for him.

So the pond, which has never let you go where you specifically want, just happens to send Kat and Jacob to 1816 immediately after they find out about something happening that summer?

I know this is a show with time travel, but are they now going to say spirits are real in this universe? That ouji board scene was weird.

Alice and Noah were cute in that scene with Brady. But I guess it won't last if Alice and Max end up creating Casey in the future. Not sure why Kat is in denial about them being a time traveler after knowing her daughter was also her teenage BFF and that she got to meet her parents as teenagers.

[Bringonthedrama]

14 hours ago, KaveDweller said:

Poor Elliot. He has basically built his whole life around Kat and her family and even when they finally get together she is thinking of someone else. She and Thomas had way more chemistry

Not sure why Kat is in denial about them being a time traveler after knowing her daughter was also her teenage BFF and that she got to meet her parents as teenagers.

It seems like Kat has major maturity issues when it comes to relationships. She's worried that she and Elliot will be boring/"roommates" like she and Brady were in the end of their marriage. Well, it was up to them to put in the work to have a solid and happy marriage. Kat is drawn to mystery and the idea of a life of constant or at least consistent excitement, which is why she thinks of Thomas. Just about every moment she has spent with him, someone was in danger of dying. Sure she's attracted to Thomas, but there is nothing resembling a life or future where he's concerned. 

When she said to Elliot, I guess there's always someone before the One (she was thinking of Thomas for her and Emma for Elliot), I thought hey you fool, Brady - your husband of however many years and the father of your daughter - was your someone. She married Brady and he married Emma. Those were real-life relationships. The memory of Thomas is fantasy. Kat has developed an addiction to time travel. She knows it is very risky for her to go back in time again with Jacob and she could get killed, leaving her daughter motherless. She leaves anyway. I really wonder if that old song about "witch" who gets the noose/darkness over Point Haven is about Kat and not Susanna - who by the way is going to die at some point no matter what Kat does.  I could totally see Kat getting herself almost killed (again) and Susanna has to save her. Or a Susanna/Jacob/Thomas team. 

It seems to me like Kat refusing to consider Alice's theory about Kacee being a time traveler from the future is due to arrogance. She wants to believe that she and Elliot are the authorities on the pond and its TT capabilities. Having her kid be right about something upsets her sense of control and knowledge. 

 

 

[stonehaven]

With the introduction of Elliot's ex, this show has detoured away from what it started out to be.

For me, it was a great exploration of three women across generations trying to understand each other. With Kat and Alice seeing Del's life now, they have a chance to give their relationship with Del a richer hue yet they are wasting it all on relationships with men. It's almost gotten soapy with time travel thrown in. If it continues, I may be out. I also read that the ratings are way down now that it's out of it's plum Sunday slot. Personally, I don't think Hallmark has done enough promotion for it being back on their network.

I think you're right that Kat is addicted to time travel as she wants the excitement while not focusing on her relationship with Elliot now.

One of the best parts was Brady actually talking with Jacob about that night and how it impacted him over all these years. 

Edited Sunday at 07:41 PM by stonehaven

[sskrill]

Honestly we're not even sure Casey is a Goodwin. Just because they used that last name doesn't make it so - its sort of an easy way to blend in to town without too many people asking questions. It's not like anyone saw any ID or anything.

The carriage scene shows that Kat and Suzanna still have more chemistry than Kat and anyone else, and all they did was look at each other.

I saw something about Chyler wanting Melissa Benoist to do a cameo, and I have to say, I think Hallmark has failed here.  They've had lots of minor roles they could have filled with some fun cameos and just didn't. Wonder if because they film in Canada they only use Canadian actors. It would have been fun to see Melissa play Emma, and maybe a few more small scenes where she's pushing Kat's buttons. Like cuts her off in traffic, steals her parking spot or something.

I also think if they used some well known "B" actors it would help the ratings.  It's no Only Murders in the Building, but surely they could catch some 2nd tier talent, like the Valerie Bertinellis of the world.

Also, do we know why the pond "needed" them to go to 1974? Is Alice there to make sure her grandparents get together? And does Kat just naturally go to wherever Alice is if Alice has already jumped?

They need to end the Elliott/Kat pairing. Its boring and they don't make a good couple. 

 

 

[Bringonthedrama]

6 hours ago, stonehaven said:

For me, it was a great exploration of three women across generations trying to understand each other. With Kat and Alice seeing Del's life now, they have a chance to give their relationship with Del a richer hue yet they are wasting it all on relationships with men. It's almost gotten soapy with time travel thrown in.

I think you're right that Kat is addicted to time travel as she wants the excitement while not focusing on her relationship with Elliot now.

 

I agree with this, except regarding Alice since she has just started a relationship with Noah and they've had so few scenes together.

I'm not sure if it's the acting, writing, or directing for Kat's character (maybe a combo?) but I'm under the impression she's not invested in a deeper/richer relationship with Del in the present time. It's more interesting and exciting to learn about the past and try to solve family mysteries by TT through the pond.

She wanted Alice to jump in the pond with her again a day after Alice was devastated to learn Rick Augustine died. Alice declined, so Kat went by herself. When Kat and Alice were alone after a family scene, Alice said she assumed Mom's offer of "school shopping" was code for "let's jump in the pond and TT."  Does anyone really believe Kat is putting motherhood and Alice's needs first at this point? They got Jacob back, so Kat has succeeded in her TT goal of making her family whole. This time when Kat and Jacob jumped in the pond, it's because they both don't want to let go of the past. At least with Jacob it's understandable since he spent 20 + years of his life with Elijah, etc.

[RachelKM]

On 1/31/2025 at 8:32 PM, KaveDweller said:

So the pond, which has never let you go where you specifically want, just happens to send Kat and Jacob to 1816 immediately after they find out about something happening that summer?

Yeah, this season, the pond seems wildly accommodating after being such a bossy dick in seasons one and two. 

Now, it seems to be sending whomever to wherever they're aiming for within a day or two of the intended landing date. The pond allowed Kat to visit Elijah just because she wanted him to know Jacob was okay.  And, despite being largely preoccupied with the summer of 1974, allowed Kat and Jacob to go to 1816 because they expressed ... concern for over a dodgy summer that Suzanna opted not to write about. 

It is theoretically possible that either, the pond and Kat, Alice, and Jacob currently, and coincidently, have near precisely the same goals (unlikely) or that the pond is somewhat more accommodating when you aren't trying to do something it strictly opposes. But it's weird to see.

On 2/2/2025 at 12:11 PM, sskrill said:

The carriage scene shows that Kat and Suzanna still have more chemistry than Kat and anyone else, and all they did was look at each other.

I had the exact same reaction.