‘The Way Home’ Creators on Jacob’s Emotional Homecoming in Season 3 Premiere, Exploring the ’70s and That Mysterious Baby

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” the Season 3 premiere of  Hallmark’s “The Way Home,” which streams on Hallmark+.

“The Way Home” is back on Hallmark Channel, though it took a circuitous route to get here. On the show itself, the important news from the Season 3 premiere is that Jacob (Spencer MacPherson) is back in Port Haven in the present timeline, and has reunited with his biological mother, Del (Andie MacDowell). Yes, the new season kicked off with the highly anticipated reunion that fans have been waiting for since discovering that Jacob fell into the pond near the end of Season 1 – and it did not disappoint. There were tears and hugs all around as the Landrys finally welcomed Jacob home.

However, Jacob’s return also meant explaining time travel to Del and creating a story to tell the rest of the world about where Jacob had been for the last 20 years. They told news crews that Jacob fell off the cliff near the fall carnival the night he disappeared and was rescued by an off-the-grid couple. His amnesia from the fall prevented him from telling them where he was really from, and the lack of internet left a young Jacob none the wiser about his family urgently looking for him in Port Haven. Kat (Chyler Leigh) told reporters that it wasn’t until Jacob’s parents were on their deathbed that they revealed where he came from, and he was able to make his way home.