The Way Home Season 1 Episode 1 deep Dive
May 12, 2022 it was announced that Hallmark greenlit a new series and production was set to begin in the summer in Ontario, Canada. The series is the first new series since 2016.
“Kat Landry, her 15-year-old daughter Alice and Kat’s estranged mother Del are all strong, willful and independent. More than 20 years prior, lifechanging 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 the three generations come together under one roof for the first time in more than two decades, a surprising discovery unexpectedly sets the trio on a path toward healing and helps them find their way back to each other.”
June 27, 2022 it was announced that Andie McDowell would join the cast as Del the matriarch of the Landry family and cornerstone of the small local farm town.
We also learned that the series will be executive produced by Marly Reed for Neshama Entertainment among others. Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clark became showrunners. The show was then scheduled to premiere in 2023.
August 9, 2022 we learned Chyler Leigh would join the show as Kat Landry.
August 15, 2022 we learned Sadie Laflamme-Snow was cast as “Alice Hastings” (later changed to Alice Dhawan)
August 23, 2022 we learned Evan Williams was cast in the roll Elliot Augustine neighbor and friend of Kat Landry.
The First Look video was released on November 29, 2022 with the premiere scheduled to air January 15th of 2023.
📷Hallmark Media/The Way Home
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
Synopsis: Kat and teen daughter Alice move in with estranged grandma Del. Escaping the tension, Alice explores the farm and finds herself on a surprising journey.
EPISODE 1 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS-MUSIC
All show titles of the series are song titles usually reflected in the time periods seen within the show or times travelled to.
Mother’s and Daughter’s by Emma White 2021
Down By the Water by Abigail Lapell
Show Intro/Outro
Be Mine by the Innocents
Kat’s Flashback
Everybody’s Free by Baz Luhrmann
Mentioned in conversation between Kat and Elliot
Better Be Home Soon by Crowded House
Sung by Colton and Alice in 1999.
LITERATURE MENTIONS:
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
There are nods to Alice in Wonderland throughout the series it’s first shown sitting on the bedside table shelf when Alice finds the funeral program for Colton. Alice herself being named after herself and the book being Kat’s favorite could be considered a piece of every episode.
“Okay guys. The bell tolls for thee.” ~Elliot
“You’ll have to trek to the library. On the bright side, I hear they just got a set of those Twilight books.” ~Del