It's Official! 'The Way Home' Is Coming Back for Season 3

Ponderers! Was that Season 2 finale twisted or what? Was it everything you expected... and didn't expect? At least we know there's a Season 3 coming and hopefully answers to the many new questions we have after that finale.

Here's everything we know about Season 3 of The Way Home.

What is The Way Home about?

The family drama tells the story of Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh), her teenaged daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) and Kat’s estranged mother Del (Andie MacDowell), who are all strong, willful and independent women. More than 20 years prior, life-changing events created a chasm in their family that time has yet to repair. Kat and Del still aren’t on speaking terms. Alice has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family. When these three generations come together under one roof for the first time in more than two decades, a surprising discovery sets the trio on a path toward healing and helps them find their way back to each other.

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What happened in Season 1 of The Way Home?

In the first season of The Way Home, Alice discovered she could travel through time after she accidentally fell into a pond on her grandmother's property in Port Haven, New Brunswick, Canada. The pond somehow transported Alice back to the late 1990s/early 2000s when her mother, Kat (Alex Hook), was a teen. There she befriends a teenaged Kat and her good friend Elliot (David Webster) and meets her grandfather Colton (Jefferson Brown), who had died before Alice was born. While back in time, Alice tries to unravel the mystery of her uncle Jacob's (Remy Smith) disappearance.

In the present day, Alice's mother, Kat (Leigh), also discovers the secrets of the pond and time travels back to a time when both her father and brother were still alive. Determined to save both of their lives, Kat attempts to alter history but her attempts are futile. Present-day Elliot (Evan Williams), who has known about the time traveling pond and Alice since he was a teen, is able to finally share this knowledge to Kat and also reveal his long-standing crush for her. By season's end, Kat discovers that her brother Jacob must have fallen into the pond and is in another time. She jumps into the pond again and travels back to 1814. Upon her arrival in 1814, Kat is shot by a man named Thomas Coyle (Kris Holden-Ried). Kat discovers Jacob (Spencer Macpherson) is now an adult and engaged to be married to Susanna (Watson Rose), the healer that has been tending to Kat's wounds. In her haste to reach Jacob, she causes him to be captured.

What happened in Season 2 of The Way Home?

***SPOILER ALERT*** If you have not watched Season 2 in its entirety, stop reading now until you do!

Distraught that he has been captured by men who she believes to be British soldiers, Kat discovers he has actually been imprisoned by Cyrus Goodwin (Tim Post), who owns the mansion later known as Lingermore. With the help of Susanna and Thomas, they are able to rescue Jacob, but he is gravely ill and on the verge of death. As Susanna tends to him, Kat goes back and forth in time.

Del captures a horse that has been roaming on the Landry land, but it turns out the horse belongs to her new neighbor, Sam (Rob Stewart). At first, she doesn't want to have anything to do with him, ignoring her attraction to him, but he persists and they go out on a date. She struggles with letting her memories of Colton (Jefferson Brown) go so she can move on.

Alice struggles with feeling comfortable both in the past when she time-travels and with feeling normal in the present day. She finds herself attracted to Noah (Alexander Eling), a new coffee shop patron, and it seems like he's attracted to her as well. They spend some time together. At one point, they start lip syncing a Backstreet Boys song together and she kisses him but he practically runs away.  Meanwhile, Nick (Kerry James) visits New Haven and hears Alice singing. He recognizes it as his Alice from decades ago! This leaves him thoroughly confused. Nick later finds Elliot's journal chronicling his days in the past with Alice and her time travels. When he confronts Elliot and Kat about it, they admit the truth to him, which leaves him even more confused.

Elliot sits on the sidelines most of the season, with a sprinkling of passionate kisses with Kat here and there but Kat's attention is back in 1814 and with Jacob's well-being and let's admit it, on the handsome Thomas Coyle. By season's end, Kat looks at the records and learns Thomas was killed by British soldiers. Leaving Elliot once again, Kat races back to say one last goodbye to Thomas, learning that he traded his life for Jacob's wellbeing. He tells her to leave and gives her some coins and tells her to not look back. As she reluctantly walks away, she hears a shot ring out as tears pour down her face.

Back in present day, Elliot has a theory that the time traveler must be a Landry and that one can only travel to the past and not to the future which is why a young Elliot was not able to follow Alice to the future nor why Susanna could not travel back to the present with Kat. He theorizes that as long as a Landry is with them, someone could travel back in time. They put it to the test when Alice and Elliot jump into the pond and end up in 2007, on the eve of Elliot and Kat's high school graduation. Colton is still alive and hires Elliot (who doesn't say his name) to help him with some handywork. It gives Elliot some closure and one last chance to spend with Colton, who was the father figure he didn't really have with his own father.

Upon her return, Elliot seems more interested in the coins Kat has brought back with her. He takes a picture.

Del signs the paperwork to sell the land to the Goodwins, but the sale is pulled when Casey Goodwin (Vaughan Murrae) comes with a message that her family has decided not to go through with the sale. Alice catches a glimpse of a ring hanging on a necklace Casey wears. It's the same ring Alice has in her possession! What does this mean? Who gave Casey that ring?

Saddened by the loss of Thomas, Kat heads to the pond to reflect. Jacob comes up from the pond. He's ready to return home - present day home. As the two siblings head home, Jacob tells her Thomas is still alive, that he was wearing armor he traded some of the bootleg rum for. Kat also learns that it was Susanna who painted the portrait of her and not Thomas, as she originally thought. In the final scene, we see Colton and a young Jacob at the fire on the night of Kat and Elliot's high school graduation. It's the same POV we saw earlier when Elliot had traveled back in time, but when the man watching them turns around it's Colton not Elliot!

How can I watch the first two seasons of The Way Home?

You can watch both seasons of The Way Home on Hallmark Movies Now, Hallmark Media's streaming service, with a subscription. You can also purchase/rent episodes on iTunes, Amazon, and similar sites.

Will there be a Season 3 of The Way Home?

Yes! Hallmark Media posted to social media that the show had been picked up for a third season on March 20, 2024.

When does The Way Home Season 3 premiere?

No word yet on when Season 3 of The Way Home will premiere but if it follows the schedule of the first two seasons, it will premiere in January 2025.

Meet The Way Home cast

Chyler Leigh (Kat Landry)

Chyler Leigh is best known to audiences for her roles on Grey's Anatomy and Supergirl.

After a family tragedy that led to Kat and Del's estranged relationship, Kat is surprised to receive an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come home. Having been recently laid off and seeing her marriage coming to an end, Kat decides to return home though the family reunion is not what she expects.

Sadie Laflamme-Snow (Alice Dhawan)

Sadie Laflamme-Snow plays Alice, Kat's daughter and Del's granddaughter. Fairly new to the entertainment scene, her previous credits include Game On and Sinister Switch.

Andie MacDowell (Del Landry)

Andie MacDowell takes on the role of Del, the Landry matriarch in The Way Home.

MacDowell previously led the ensemble cast of Cedar Cove, Hallmark Channel's first foray into television series. The show also starred Bruce Boxleitner, Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, and Brennan Elliott.

Evan Williams (Elliot Augustine)

Evan Williams plays Elliot Augustine, Kat Landry’s good friend from high school who now teaches science at their alma mater. The unexpressed feelings he had for Kat back then may still be lurking just under the surface, but the two pick up their easy friendship when Kat returns to their small town of Port Haven, New Brunswick. Elliot is also Alice's science teacher and plays a surprising role in the journey Alice takes as she learns the truth about her family’s past. Williams' previous credits include Westworld, Midnight at the Magnolia, and Christmas Takes Flight.

Jefferson Brown (Colton Landry)

Jefferson Brown plays Colton Landry, Del's husband and Kat's father, in flashback scenes on the series. Brown is a familiar face to Hallmark fans as he has appeared in several movies on the network including Love on a Limb and Northern Lights of Christmas. He also had a recurring role as Jake Moody, the owner of the local mercantile on When Hope Calls, a spinoff series of When Calls the Heart.

Spencer Macpherson (Jacob Landry)

Macpherson has appeared in recurring roles on Degrassi: Next Class and Reign. He has appeared in episodes of American Gothic, Defiance, and Murdoch Mysteries.

Kris Holden-Ried (Thomas Coyle)

Holden-Ried was a series regular on the mystery-thriller series, Departure and the sci-fi series, Lost Girl. He has also appeared in episodes of Clarice, Hudson & Rex, and The Umbrella Academy.

Watson Rose (Susanna Augustine)

Rose has previously appeared in Painkiller, Life with Luca, and in Ellie Goulding's music video for her single, "Sixteen".

Al Mukadam (Brady Dhawan)

Mukadam plays Brady, Kat's ex-husband and Alice's father. His previous credits include Hudson & Rex and Secrets in a Small Town.

Alex Hook (Teen Kat Landry)

Alex Hook plays the teen version of Kat (Chyler Leigh), who befriends Alice after she pulls her from the pond. Hook was a series regular on I Am Frankie and has appeared on A Nutcracker Christmas and Handsome Devils.

David Webster (Teen Elliot)

David Webster plays teen Elliot (Evan Williams), who learns of Alice's time-traveling abilities and must keep the secret and his knowledge of what happens in the future for decades until he meets up with Alice again in present day. Webster has appeared in episodes of Ginny & Georgia, Carter, and Cardinal.

Siddharth Sharma (Teen Brady)

Siddharth Sharma plays teen Brady, the smug, popular jock that catches Kat's eye and sweeps her off her feet. Sharma has appeared in episodes of The Expanse, Gen V, and In the Dark.

Remy Smith (Young Jacob Landry)

Smith plays the youngest Landry. The Landry family is put into a tailspin when Jacob goes missing as a child. After years of hope, Del decides she must have him declared dead so that she can move past her grief, unaware her son is still alive but living in another time. This is Smith's first role.

Kerry James (Nick)

A classmate of Kat and Elliot's, Nick is Alice's first love. After she time travels to the past and befriends her mother and Elliot as teens, she falls for their friend, Nick (Samuel Braun). Nick, now an adult, returns to Port Haven in present day is unaware at first that Present Day Alice is the same girl he fell for as a teen over 20 years ago.

Kerry James is best known for his role as Caleb on the long-running Canadian series, Heartland.

Who is the White Witch in The Way Home?

It turns out Kat is the White Witch when she time travels back to 1814 in order to divert attention away from Thomas and Susanna, who are trying to rescue Jacob from Goodwin's hold.

Where does The Way Home film?

The Way Home is filmed in Toronto, Canada and the surrounding areas.

Who's producing The Way Home?

Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke, Heartland's mother-daughter team exec-produced with Mar Vista Entertainment and Neshama Entertainment.

MarVista Entertainment has produced several Hallmark Channel favorites including Finding Father Christmas, Bottled with Love, and A Godwink Christmas.

How many episodes of The Way Home are there?

There are 10 episodes in seasons 1 and 2 of The Way Home. No episode count has been released but we expect Season 3 will be 10 episodes too.

When was The Way Home filmed?

The Way Home Season 2 filmed between Aug. 21 and Dec. 5, 2023. The production was granted waivers to continue filming during the Hollywood strikes. No word yet on when filming will begin for Season 3.

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