How ‘The Way Home’ Ended & What Would’ve Happened Next
The Way Home has brought a unique show to television since its premiere in 2023, and its fourth season — and the series — ended on June 21.
The Hallmark drama follows the Landry family — specifically Del (Andie MacDowell), her daughter Kat (Chyler Leigh), and Kat’s daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) — who have the ability to travel back through time using a pond on their property. They can also bring others with them, like a neighbor, a confidant, and Kat’s boyfriend, Elliot (Evan Williams). And when it comes to time travel, there are so many avenues to explore, so it seems like shows like that could keep going.
But what do we know about the future for The Way Home? Read on for everything we know so far about the show beyond Season 4.
How did The Way Home end?
The time-travel drama ended with a wedding by the pond — Jacob (Spencer MacPherson) and Abby’s (Holly Deveaux); the finale also revealed that they’re KC’s (Vaughan Murrae) parents. Kat and Elliot did get engaged, Del got her five more minutes with Colton (Jefferson Brown) thanks to the pond and is now ready to move forward with Sam (Rob Stewart), and Alice is looking to her future, which may include Max (Dale Whibley). The last scene saw Kat and Alice jump into the pond, but we won’t know when they end up.
“I think that’s the beauty of it is it will be open to interpretation to our fans and to the audience,” executive producer Alexandra Clarke told TV Insider. “There’s so many options. They could go back to ‘26 and tell Fern [Bianca Melchior] that Elliot’s OK, or they could go to the 1800s and do exactly what Jacob said to Susanna [Watson Rose] and Thomas [Kris Holden-Ried] that he was determined they would do, which is, ‘We’ll all be like this again no matter what. The pond will do that for us. I believe it now.’ And I think they could go back to the ‘80s and see Colton [Jordan Doww] and Del [Julia Tomasone].”
Added executive producer Heather Conkie, “Or the pond might have a totally different plan for them.”
Could The Way Home return after Season 4?
We’ll have to wait and see! After all, there are always revivals, and who knows, maybe Hallmark will bring back everyone for a movie. But, of course, that will all depend on how the series ends.
The executive producers haven’t ruled it out. Clarke told us ahead of the final season, “The door is never closed.” Conkie added, “There will always be questions in our show, even near the end. So it’s always nice to leave people going, ‘Well, I wonder if …'”
Clarke then went on to note, “One of the things that our show does is even when we do provide answers, there’s always a question mark at the end of those answers. Those answers beget questions. And I don’t think our finale will be any different, but there certainly will be answers, and hopefully satisfying ones. That’s the whole point.”
Then, when discussing the series finale, Clarke shared that “we always talk about” the show coming back in some way, with Conkie adding that the cast has their own ideas.
“I think there is plenty of room for more story and yeah, we did have a Season 5 that we thought of initially as sort of part of the plan. So, yeah, I guess I keep wanting to say never say never,” Clarke added.
What would’ve happened in The Way Home Season 5?
If the series hadn’t ended with Season 4, the cliffhanger for this finale would’ve been the one from the penultimate episode — Elliot’s fate after being shot. The executive producers also thought that if they had gotten another season, it would’ve likely been the last.
“And so our plan would have been to not introduce a new era. But our model has always been you introduce an era and then the next season it takes the B story. And so we introduced the ‘20s in Season 4. We would’ve done B story of the ‘20s in Season 5, but not delved into another era necessarily,” shared Clarke. “Maybe hinted at things, but really kind of just do a fuller look at the era as we already know.”
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J
Why is it that good shows like this one get cancelled and we still have to endure the Bachelor/Bacherlorette?
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I love it best series in a long long time I wish it would not end it could go on for years and no one would get tired of it it’s wonderful ❤️❤️
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C
I think they need keep this show alive
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Please renew season five and six we’re all dying out here to know what’s gonna happen next
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boooo---it needs to be renewed
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Everyone is begging you please bring it back
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they don't seem to care
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SEASON 5 please. Thank you Hallmark. But please add another season. If Hallmark, doesn't want another season/movie, maybe Netflix.
(Literally kept my hallmark sub because of this show)
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I subscribed just because of The Way Home. The rest of Hallmark programming is garbage. I will not be renewing my subscription once it runs out.
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100% agree. How does trash like the Bachelor and other "reality" (used loosely) win out of wholesome family programming. I'm 44 and I love the way home. I only subscribed to Hallmark because I wanted to watch the fourth season and not have to wait. I hate clif hanger endings and it sounds by the article that is what we end up with .. tragic
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Hi Crystal- I'm the same age. I agree. The only program worth watching on Hallmark. Now they don't have anything to watch. My subscription will not be getting renewed since they have taken my only incentive for the subscription, away. The Way Home was the reason I looked forward to Sundays. Now, I guess I will find something on another network. Boycott Hallmark, people! They suck!
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Why end a great show? There are still plenty of avenues that can be taken to continue this unbelievable journey. Please consider keeping people happy and bring The Way Home back!!!
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The Powers that Be don't care at all about the viewers and what they want. Isn't it obvious by cancelling the 2nd most popular series this channel has. What gets me is that When Calls the Heart has 13 seasons and they are working on 14.. Don't get me wrong, I love that series too but to cancel the 2nd most popular is beyond dumb.
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I don’t want the way home to end. Take others we are so tired of ( bachelor/bachelorette. )
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This is the smartest most wonderful show . It’s a show about, history , perseverance , family , love , community, friendship, and unity . It is a shame that it will not be renewed. Please bring this beautiful show back . The best show on TV .
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I literally renewed my canceled subscription after a year because I found this show! I love this show and the characters so much!
#Hallmark
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EXACTLY !!!! Nobody cares about that!!! We are HOOKED on these characters!!! We need answers!!!
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BRING IT BACK! WE THE FANS WANT A SEAON 5, 6, 8, ETC.
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I wished they cared about the viewers and would listen to us wanting it to continue. They obviously don't care about us.
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I love this show so much why do all the good shows have to be canceled. The ending leaves a perfect spot to start another series.
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And it was the 2nd most popular show they have. When Calls the Heart is #1 and it has 13 seasons and 14 coming out next year.
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Hallmark Execs obviously don't know what good programming is. I'm ticked that we don't have our show anymore. The rest of their programming is chick flicks. I have zero interest in anything else they offer, and won't be watching it ever again.
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Editorial question: WHY does this article appear on the main TVInsider page today (Friday)? Under the headline it gives a 'dateline' that says "5 hours ago," suggesting the article was published, or perhaps updated, at noon on Monday. And yet... there is no update, just an old article that first appeared more than TWO MONTHS ago, with no new comments. I've noticed this site does that often: articles appear on the main page, with a timeline of "3 hours ago," or "5 hours ago." And yet, the article is NOT new, and was first published the previous day, or two days prior. So why does it reappear? Is TVInsider being 'incentivised' to repost content about certain shows? Do tell us, TVInsider. That might explain the numerous articles we see dealing with certain shows or 'celebrities' for no apparent reason.
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J
Season 5 and Griffins travels because we don't know anything about his jumps! Could solve family issues that Colton definitely refers to when talking to Alice.
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I want to know what happened to Fern's baby! Where is Tess, since apparently she survived the explosion? Who put the clock in the wall for Elliott to find? There is so much more to talk about in The Way Home that another season is warranted! This series was one that all ages could get into.
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Loved the series, so much better than so many things on the screen these days. Would be so wonderful to see it continue. T is a much better show for kids imaginable minds and helps bring back values that were lost on so many other shows. Sad that it as ended
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wish max and alice had a more definite ending
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Hallmark--Last chance before you lose numerous subscribers...Renew The Way Home for Season 5. It's the only quality program you produce.
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I am so bummed. I only picked up Hallmark so I could see season 4. I don't even I think I saw all of the last episode as the last thing I saw was Elliot getting shot. I think a season 5 would have been nice to clean up these loose ends a bit better. It would always have some sort of a cliff hanger due to the nature of the show. I just wasn't expecting a suicide drop.
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This show is seriously the best show Ive seen in forever. Every episode had you wanting to see more and more. I just found out they wont be making a season 5? Are you kidding me? It leaves open like it will have one. I dont understand why great shows dont get the chance to keep making more but they make all this reality TV. Before season 4 started I was watching the months count down till I could watch this again. At first I binged watched this show cause it was so good. Very disappointed Hallmark.
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Because Hallmark doesn't care about its viewers at all. Especially since When Calls the Heart has 13 seasons and 14 coming out next year. The Way Home could at least had its 5th season!!! I sure hope ANY other channel picks it up. I hate Netflix but would subscribe just for this show!
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It's really pretty simple. Reality shows are much cheaper to make than scripted shows. That's why were' stuck with them when other, better shows end earlier than they should.
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