The time-traveling world has expanded farther than we imagined in Port Haven.
Hallmark’s hit time-traveling household drama wrapped up its sophomore season by completely blowing our minds with the revelations to return throughout The Method House Season 2 Episode 10.
And we have been reeling from that finale and what it might imply for the collection trajectory because it has blessedly gotten its Season 3 renewal.
However we’re left to surprise if the collection has overshot itself by dropping so many stunning moments throughout the finale, leaping the shark, or if their ambition is merely a mark of their greatness and extra fabulous issues to return.
Frankly, if this query had been posed throughout the first half to midseason, I’d’ve admitted I used to be a lady of little religion.
The Method House Season 2 was rocky, with the season not capturing the identical stage of magic as the primary season, which is a routine sample.
Many occasions throughout the season, it felt like we have been spinning on a wheel and never going anyplace, which stripped the collection of its typical compelling storytelling.
Kat’s quest to search out Jacob Landry in 1814 and the lengthy and winding street towards coming head to head with him began to take its toll as the method of her truly having a dialog along with her cognizant grownup brother saved getting extended past what was cheap.
And sooner or later had me questioning if I even cared anymore.
The thriller behind what occurred at Lingermore hangs over the season, getting constructed up into an enormous factor that amounted to little of nothing after we lastly obtained the payoff roughly 4 episodes too late.
The crux of the collection is concerning the relationship between three generations of Landry girls, and far of the season discovered them aside extra typically than they have been collectively, fraught with stress that appeared to extend quite than dwindle between Del and Kat.
And it was solely made worse with the sale of the Landry farm looming over them, a seemingly inevitable motion hanging during the last of their potential reconciliation just like the Sword of Damocles.
General, it made the season tough to take a seat by at occasions, particularly as we confronted some tough and irritating moments from lots of the characters we liked.
Save for Alice, who has grown exponentially and matured in such a refreshingly stunning and heartrending method that it was powerful navigating lots of the different characters, their obstinacy, stagnancy, and skill to get in their very own method.
And let’s not neglect how difficult the love triangle has been.
I by no means would’ve envisioned Elliot Augustine changing into this polarizing of a personality.
It will have initially appeared potential that somebody new (or previous for all accounts and functions) might come into the image, steal his thunder, and have followers reevaluating whether or not or not Kat and Elliot ought to even be thought of a viable “endgame” within the first place.
For a lot of the season, it was exhausting to completely grasp what we’d get because it got here to an in depth.
Jacob expressed such little curiosity, actual attachment, or funding in returning dwelling that the massive reunion viewers have been clamoring for felt like a fruitless want, with disappointment as the one end result.
And there weren’t sufficient excessive stakes for the penultimate and finale episodes to steer something that would probably knock our socks off, proper?
Unsuitable. I am prepared to confess I used to be 1000% fallacious.
A few of the second season was a chore to slog by; it felt like we weren’t going anyplace.
The Method House reminded us how unimaginable a collection it’s by delivering the perfect episodes of the collection with The Method House Season 2 Episode 9 and that finale that may reside rent-free in my head till 2025.
In case you misplaced religion alongside the best way, the finale proved that the collection is succesful, is aware of what it’s, and is aware of what it needs to do. It is likely one of the most deceptively well written, intriguing, and elaborate collection presently on the air.
It is a collection that touches the lives of hundreds of thousands, and but I nonetheless really feel as if not almost sufficient individuals are tuned in to understand the unimaginable character and story work at play.
The Method House is each the reply to the lack of high quality household dramas on tv and has nailed the extent of escapist tv that many people have craved for a while.
It is a massively profitable and well-thought-out genre-bending collection that performs with many parts, like household drama, fantasy, romance, and extra, whereas additionally having a grounded strategy that appeals to a various viewers.
It provides you the vibes of extremely praised, critically acclaimed collection like Misplaced, an extremely detailed collection that leads viewers to seek for easter eggs in each nook and cranny, theorizing every episode and provoking a number of viewings.
Nothing has solidified that greater than the season finale, as the entire items clicked into place, and we found that Colton, too, was a Landry time traveler.
And no, the collection actually hasn’t jumped the shark with this and lots of different revelations however merely unlocked new ranges of the present that would increase into many various instructions because the wealthy tapestry of the Landry household unfolds.
It is probably the most thrilling turning level of the collection up to now!
The sky is the restrict for the place The Method House Season 3 can go now that we have gotten these solutions that spiral into new, greater, extra thrilling mysteries.
And there is nothing extra gratifying than realizing that the entire little issues, even the minute moments seemingly meaningless on the time, have led as much as these revelations.
In hindsight, is not it clear that Colton Landry was in all probability a time traveler too and that he knew about his grownup Kat when he got here face-to-face along with her each bit as a lot as Colton realized he was speaking to Elliot and proceeded to inform him every thing he wanted to listen to?
We have by no means as soon as witnessed Colton shocked or put out by the sudden look of seemingly random folks on his property, incessantly wanting as if they only obtained caught in a storm.
He by no means questioned them an excessive amount of or pried into their background. We seen that immediately with Alice, after which the identical occurred with Katherine, even throughout her slip-ups and her incapacity to cover the awe that she was seeing her father once more.
But when we missed all these little moments earlier than, it turned more and more clear when he got here face-to-face with Elliott, who appears a lot the identical as he did in his youth (a credit score to spectacular casting).
He did not even ask for Elliot’s title, and his response to Elliot stating that he was “wandering” was merely that he understood.
Now we all know that it was Colton, not Jacob, who was the Landry boy along with his grandmother on the pond ready for his time.
It solely is sensible that if Kat and Alice found that they might time journey by their household’s pond, and Jacob did so, that is one thing widespread or recognized down the Landry line, together with Colton.
It is such a deliciously nice revelation for the collection to drop on us as a result of it may possibly increase this story in methods we could not have anticipated and hold the time-traveling arc stepping into a refreshing method that does not get too redundant.
Plus, it signifies that we will spend extra time with Jefferson Brown, who’s unimaginable as probably the most beloved father since Jack Pearson.
With Kat’s mission primarily coming to an in depth the second Jacob returned to the current, it brings a pure semicolon to the portion of the story that drove the plot for roughly two seasons.
And it is a pure development that has fortunately developed. Dragging the storyline on longer than possible and risking the lack of viewers’ consideration might have been a problem.
However this story is about so many various characters that the Colton revelation signifies the promise of a brand new and simply as compelling thriller for the collection to unravel.
It is one other chapter to the story that most probably shifts the main target to Colton as we delve deeper into Landry’s historical past and function as a time traveler.
Colton’s story connects to Kat, Alice, Del, and Jacob anyway.
It additionally connects to Elliot, as he introduced us with the Fynn Principle, which means that the pond permits Landrys (and people accompanying them) to journey to the previous however not the long run.
What’s fascinating is now making an attempt to find out what which means for Colton. We noticed him as a boy in what might’ve simply been the nineteenth or early twentieth century. But when that is the timeframe he is initially from, how did he get to satisfy Del Landry later in time to have youngsters?
Does Colton imply that the Fynn Principle is already flawed on its premise, or does it imply that he comes from the long run or pulled a Jacob sooner or later and spent a while previously biding time and ready till the pond known as for him to return to “his time” once more?
See? This Colton Time Touring angle opens the door for a lot extra story to be instructed to make sense of Landry’s historical past and time journey as we all know it.
It additionally makes you surprise why he by no means shared along with his youngsters earlier than he died concerning the time-traveling pond and warned them equally to what his “Grandmother” did for him.
It additionally makes you reevaluate every thing you realize about Colton within the time after Jacob disappeared. Did he ultimately notice that his son time-traveled and did not inform anybody?
And if that was the case, why?
Discovering out that Colton is a time traveler does a improbable job of shifting the main target to a different Landry.
It additionally means we get to reevaluate issues we thought we already knew from a distinct perspective with new info (like all of the circumstances surrounding Jacob’s dying and the aftermath of it).
Hell, we nonetheless must surprise if Colton additionally time-traveled to 1814 at any level and if he knew Thomas Coyle. It will clarify why he’d have that Coyle’s sticker on his guitar.
We additionally must surprise if Colton remains to be the man who was born within the Nineteen Fifties or if by some means he is the Colton Lacey Landry we thought was his grandfather within the 1800s.
Within the Landry household story and thriller behind the pond, they’ve unlocked an entire new stage by way of Colton that, primarily based on how extremely effectively they unraveled all these tidbits to make every thing click on into place throughout the finale, issues will solely get higher from right here.
And that is simply the Colton element. We have now but to start to unpack the Casey state of affairs.
With each big revelations, it units up The Method House Season 3 to be a season closely targeted on Colton previously and Alice within the current.
And that is additionally an thrilling prospect, as we have now a brand new potential angle to work by way of time journey, because of Casey.
Casey’s introduction appeared insignificant initially, however we must always know by now that nothing is with out significance on this collection.
Nonetheless, in hindsight, it was evident that Casey behaved equally to Alice when she was within the ’90s.
Casey has supposed ties to the Goodwins. They claimed {that a} Goodwin was their father, regardless that we have now but to see the person to substantiate as a lot.
Casey has been excited by working with Kat Landry, particularly its historic element, and has made a collection of little remarks that indicate that they are not from this time.
What’s genius is how Casey’s feedback to Kat about how outdated issues are or working for a paper earlier than it is out of date might have been so simply handed as informal feedback that youthful generations would make.
Casey is one other large thriller, particularly relating to the ring they have been carrying round their neck.
It is an identical to Kat’s engagement ring that she gave to Alice, and Alice pieced that collectively after a photograph and possibly onto Casey because of this.
The obvious conclusion to attract now’s that Casey is a Landry time traveler and will probably be Alice‘s baby from the long run.
It will clarify how Casey obtained the ring after we final noticed it in Alice’s possession; possibly she handed it all the way down to Casey.
Nonetheless, it may be that Grownup Alice helps Casey sooner or later, and he or she provides Casey the ring as a logo to let teen Alice know that Casey is not of this time.
Now, we additionally must surprise how an merchandise can exist in two timelines if Casey is carrying the ring round their neck and Alice nonetheless has the ring within the current.
If it is a duplicate ring, that may counsel that it is meant to be extra of a logo than the actual factor, making Casey’s identification much more confounding.
Is Casey actually a Goodwin, as they are saying? And if they’re, does it imply that they are a Goodwin with Landry blood, like Alice’s, or another person, like possibly Jacob?
Regardless of the case, Casey has a connection to the Landrys, they usually’re clearly a time traveler, which introduces a captivating new layer into the fold.
This implies we have now one other teen time traveler within the combine, and this one is probably from the long run.
It additionally means we will both keep at the hours of darkness within the current with Alice, as we have executed, or previously with Katherine and the others, whether or not it is throughout 1999 or 1814.
But it surely additionally might imply that sooner or later, the collection might increase the timeline even additional into the long run as effectively.
If we’re ever to correctly perceive issues like who Casey is and the place they’re from, or we have now to check the Fynn Principle, we’re left to imagine that Colton was in a position to journey to the long run, not like every thing Elliot stated.
Like This Is Us, this household drama’s capability to play with time and take us on unimaginable journeys within the interim feels prefer it’s solely simply starting.
There’s a treasure trove of issues The Method House can proceed to discover, which makes it really feel like we have solely simply scratched the floor of what this forged, crew, and storytelling can do.
In case you did not stroll away from that jaw-dropping, twist-filled season finale much more excited and invigorated about the way forward for this collection, have been we even watching the identical present?
The season might have misplaced its footing at occasions, but it surely got here in clutch on the finish, and the third season can get higher from right here.
I am prepared to put again and belief the method and that the storytelling, similar to the pond, will take us precisely the place we must be.
How about you? How did you are feeling about The Method House’s stunning season finale? Do you suppose the collection “jumped the shark” or are you excited concerning the future?
Hold forth beneath with your entire ideas and theories! We will not wait to learn them.
Jasmine Blu is a senior employees author for TV Fanatic. She is an insomniac who spends late nights and early mornings binge-watching method too many exhibits and binge-drinking method an excessive amount of tea. Her eclectic style makes her an unpredictable viewer with an appreciation for advanced characters, numerous illustration, dynamic duos, compelling tales, and responsible pleasures. You may undoubtedly discover her obsessively live-tweeting, waxing poetic, and chatting up fellow Fanatics and readers. Comply with her on X.
