The fourth and final season of the beloved fantasy-drama The Way Home premieres next week – and longtime fans are not ready to say goodbye.
The Hallmark series, which airs locally on BINGE with Season 4 debuting on April 21, stars Hollywood favourite Andie MacDowell and follows three generations of Landry women – Del (MacDowell), her estranged daughter Kat (Chyler Leigh) and granddaughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) – who reunite on a fictional farm in Port Haven, Canada, and discover a magical pond that enables them to time travel.
Through their time travels, the Landry women experience love and loss through all the twists and turns, and its these heartbreaking and heartwarming storylines that have attracted legions of fans from across the globe.
“I did not need another exercise in handling grief and loss,” read one comment from a reddit forum. “It was a healing show for me and a great distraction. I am sad.”
“I’m so sad and disappointed,” wrote another, as one described the ending as “a gut punch”.
“I am in love with this show and I don’t want it to end!” read yet another comment.
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No one is more devastated with the show ending than its leading lady MacDowell.
When production wrapped for the final time back on the family-focused drama back in November, the 67-year-old actress expressed her thoughts in a Facebook post, speaking out about the show has made a profound impact on her life.
“That’s a wrap #TheWayHome,” she wrote at the time. “So much gratitude for the beautiful people I worked with and the kindness I received. We had four wonderful seasons! I’m looking forward to watching the fourth season with all of you!”
Thanks to her roles on films such as Groundhog Day, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Green Card, MacDowell was already an established star when she took on the role of matriarch Del in the series. yet she never thought she’d still be working on projects she loves in an industry where age matters.
“I get so excited when I’m walking onto set,” she told People magazine last year. “It’s nice at my age and after all this time to have that feeling of joy. I’m very conscious of it, so I try to share it and tell everybody how lucky we are.”
“It’s a miracle I made it,” added the star who has learnt to embrace her years and greying hair. “I’m not going to take anything from me, but I had to overcome some really huge hurdles. I could have easily given up. This business is really cruel.”
“I still struggle … but sometimes it feels like I’m flying.”
With one week away from the Season 4 premiere, SVP of programming at Hallmark Media Samantha DiPippo has assured fans they will get closure when the series wraps.
“We’re grateful to our talented cast led by Andie, Chyler, Evan [Williams] and Sadie, as well as our amazing writers and crew who have worked so hard on this show,” she recentlly told People.
“Season 4 will feature the thrilling twists and turns fans expect and, as the Landry family’s journey comes to a satisfying close, viewers will get the answers they’ve waited for.”
The Way Home Season 4 premieres April 21 on BINGE. Watch The Way Home Seasons 1 to 3 now on BINGE.