The Way Home (TV series) explained
The Way Home is a fantasy drama television series created by Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed. It premiered on January 15, 2023.[1]
The series' second season premiered on January 21, 2024.[2] On March 20, 2024, Hallmark Channel renewed the series for a third season, which is planned to premiere in 2025.[3]
Plot
The series is a time travel drama about the lives of three generations of strong, willful and independent Landry family women who embark on a journey to find their way back to each other while learning important lessons about their family's past.
More than 20 years prior, life changing events prompted Kat to move away from her small Canadian farm town of Port Haven, and she remains estranged from Del to this day. Alice has never met her grandmother and is unaware of the reasons for their fractured family. With Kat's marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, she decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back. Although Alice is none too thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family's farm, though the reunion isn't what Kat had envisioned. As the three generations of women slowly work on finding their footing as a family, they embark on an enlightening—and surprising—journey none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.[4]
Cast and characters
Main
- Chyler Leigh as Katherine "Kat" Landry Dhawan, Alice's mother, Delilah and Colton's daughter
- Alex Hook as teenage and young adult Katherine Landry
- Evan Williams as Elliot "El" Augustine,[5] a close friend of the Landry family and Alice's high school science teacher
- David Webster as teenage and young adult Elliot Augustine
- Sadie Laflamme-Snow as Alice "Ali" Dhawan, Kat's daughter, a 15-year-old girl who accidentally discovers she can time travel after falling into the pond on the family property
- Andie MacDowell as Delilah "Del" Landry,[6] Katherine and Jacob's mother, Colton's widow, and Alice's maternal grandmother
Recurring
- Jefferson Brown as Colton "Cole" Landry, Delilah's late husband and Katherine and Jacob's father who also time travels
- Remy Smith as Jacob "Jake" Landry, Colton and Delilah's son and Katherine's younger brother, who has been missing since 1999 and is presumed dead. It was revealed in the season 1 finale that he followed the family dog Finn to the pond, fell in, and was sent back in time to 1790.
- Spencer Macpherson as adult Jacob Landry (season 2) in 1814
- Al Mukadam as Brayden "Brady" Dhawan, Katherine's ex-husband and Alice's father, a rich lawyer who lives in Minneapolis
- Siddharth Sharma as teenage and young adult Brayden Dhawan
- Nigel Whitmey as Byron Groff (season 1): the owner of the Port Haven, New Brunswick newspaper
- Samora Smallwood as Monica Hill, a frenemy of Katherine's in high school and a resident of Port Haven who runs a diner
- Monique Jasmine Paul as teenage Monica Hill
- Marnie McPhail-Diamond as Rita Richards, a close friend of Delilah's
- Kataem O'Connor as Spencer Hill, a student at Alice's new high school and Monica's son
- Ali Prijono as Zoey (season 1): a student at Alice's new high school and Spencer's girlfriend
- Peyson Rock as Danny Sawyer, Jacob's best friend in 1999
- Baeyen Hoffman as young Danny Sawyer
- Samuel Braun as teenage Nick Oates, Alice's boyfriend in 1999 and Elliot's other best friend
- Alex Mallari Jr. as Dr. Andy Stafford (season 1): a veterinarian in Port Haven who Monica introduces to Katherine
- Laura de Carteret as Joyce (season 1): Nick's mother and co-owner, with Jude, of the Roxy movie theater
- Megan Fahlenbock as Jude (season 1): Nick's mother and Joyce's same-sex partner
- Kris Holden-Ried as Thomas Coyle (season 2), a citizen of Port Haven and Jacob's friend and Katherine’s love interest in 1814
- Stuart Hughes as Elijah Landry (season 2), Jacob's adoptive father in 1814
- Watson Rose as Susanna Augustine (season 2), Elliot's ancestor in 1814 and, later, a friend of Kat's
- Vaughan Murrae as Casey Goodwin (season 2), Kat Landry's new summer intern at The Herald newspaper. Grandchild of recently passed town matriarch, Evelyn Goodwin.
- Alexander Eling as Noah LeBlanc (season 2), a high school graduate who works for Fish & Chips Truck
- Rob Stewart as Sam Bishop (season 2), the new owner of the land adjacent to the Landry farm
Episodes
Season 2 (2024)
Critical reception
The first season of The Way Home holds an 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 5 reviews, with an average score of 7.5/10.[7]
Notes and References
- https://news.yahoo.com/hallmarks-way-home-starring-andie-184823869.html "Hallmark's The Way Home, Starring Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh, Sets Premiere Date — Watch the Trailer"
- Web site: Rice . Lynette . The Way Home: Hallmark Reveals Return Date, New Teaser For Second Season . . November 21, 2023. November 21, 2023.
- Web site: Gelman. Vlada. The Way Home Renewed for Season 3 at Hallmark Channel . . March 20, 2024 . March 20, 2024.
- Web site: The Way Home (TV Series 2023–) - Plot . .
- Web site: ‘The Way Home’: Evan Williams Cast In Hallmark Channel Series. Lynette. Rice. August 23, 2022.
- Web site: ‘The Way Home’: Hallmark Announces Premiere Date, Drops Trailer For New Series Starring Andie McDowell, Chyler Leigh. Lynette. Rice. November 17, 2022.
- Web site: The Way Home: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes. www.rottentomatoes.com.