I must say, I was not alone in being caught off guard when the highly anticipated (and oh-so-bittersweet) announcement dropped from Hallmark Channel this afternoon.
Our beloved pond-jumping, time-traveling family drama “The Way Home” is returning for its swan song—the fourth and final season premieres Sunday, April 19 at 9/8c on Hallmark Channel, with episodes streaming the next day on Hallmark+.
Photo: Chyler Leigh, Andie MacDowell, Sadie Laflamme-Snow Credit: ©2025 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Peter Stranks
Just a few months ago, we Ponderers got the tough news that Season 4 would be the last. Now, with the premiere date set, it’s really sinking in: this is the beginning of the end for Kat, Del, Alice, Elliot, and all the Landry mysteries we’ve been piecing together through every timeline twist.
Here’s the official press release from Hallmark Channel (first shared earlier today via People magazine)
THE LANDRY FAMILY’S JOURNEY CONTINUES ITS TWISTS AND TURNS
HALLMARK’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, HIT SERIES
THE WAY HOME
RETURNS FOR ITS FINAL SEASON ON SUNDAY, APRIL 19, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL,
STREAMS NEXT DAY ON HALLMARK+
The Fan-Favorite Series Stars Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow and Spencer MacPherson,
Julia Tomasone, Jordan Doww and Devin Cecchetto Reprise Their Roles from Season Three
Bianca Melchior Joins the Cast Along with Hallmark Fan Favorites Gabriel Hogan
and Dan Jeannotte.
BURBANK, CA – February 12, 2026 –Fans of Hallmark Channel’s critically acclaimed, hit series The Way Home get to jump back into the pond for more twists and turns of the Landry family’s journey continues. The fourth and final season premieres on the network Sunday, April 19 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT), streams next day on Hallmark+.
Series stars Andie MacDowell (Maid, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove), Chyler Leigh (Supergirl, Grey’s Anatomy), Evan Willams (Blonde, Versailles), Sadie Laflamme-Snow (The Apprentice) and Spencer MacPherson (School Spirits) all reprise their roles, as do Julia Tomasone (Ghostwriter), Jordan Doww (Ganymede) and Devin Cecchetto (The Parker Andersons/Amelia Parker), who joined the cast last season.
With the Landry family’s time travels taking them to 1925 in season four comesthe introduction of Bianca Melchior (Wicked, Schmigadoon!) as young Fern Landry as well as Hallmark fan favorites Gabriel Hogan (Hannah Swensen Mysteries) as Grayson Goodwin and Dan Jeannotte (All I Need for Christmas, Good Witch) as Port Haven’s new Temperance Inspector Cliff Kane.
New journeys and revelations await the Landry family across generations. At the beginning of season four, Alice (Laflamme-Snow) is about to graduate high school, Kat (Leigh) and Elliot (Williams) dream of the next steps for their relationship while Del (MacDowell) realizes she will soon be an empty- nester again.
But Del, Kat, Alice and Elliot should know by now that no matter how hard they try to focus on the future, the past is never gone. As more mysteries are unearthed, the Port Haven of the past and the Landry family of generations before might just contain the answers they seek.
Whatever mysteries the Pond still holds, one thing’s certain: it’s going to hit us hard and leave us Ponderers speechless. Either way, yours truly can’t wait.
In the meantime, if you’re itching for more Pond-jumping adventures, catch the first three seasons of The Way Home streaming now on Netflix.
We’ll see you Pond-side soon enough.
