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The fourth and final season of The Way Home has begun with a poignant moment for viewers.
As the curtain rises on tonight’s Season 4 premiere, titled “Show Me The Way To Go Home,” the episode takes a moment to pay homage to the late Kimberly Hills Leibe, with a heartfelt tribute card.
The card reads, “In Loving Memory of Kimberly Hills Leibe,” adding, “Fare thee well, dear friend…“
The executive producers of The Way Home shared a touching statement with DECIDER regarding Leibe, a devoted fan who became a cherished companion to the show: “Kim was a fan who quickly became a dear friend and ultimately a true inspiration to our entire Way Home family. We all held her in our hearts as we filmed Season 4… and I know we will continue to always.”
This tribute sets the stage for what promises to be an emotional farewell for both fans and the show’s stars. Last week, Chyler Leigh, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, and Evan Williams visited DECIDER’s studio, where they shared their reflections on saying goodbye to the characters they’ve come to love.
“[At] the start of the season, Alice is graduating. I feel like for me that felt very, again, life imitates art because I feel like it’s been sort of a growing up experience for me, and then also for Alice,” Laflamme-Snow explained. “So it was really emotional to do that first episode back because it was feeling like a little bit of a graduation in a way. That bittersweet feeling.”
Leigh echoed that bidding farewell to The Way Home was “very bittersweet.”
“I personally, in my life learned so much from Kat and in a lot of ways, art imitating life for that, as well,” she shared. “I was able to grow in ways that I wasn’t anticipating were going to be that profound. So in that sense, I’m so incredibly grateful because I feel like Kat’s sort of helped me off a little diving board to kind of go into the next phase of my life. But at the same time, I love her so much and I love our cast so much and I love their dynamics and whatnot. So it is hard to let go for sure.”
New episodes of The Way Home Season 4 air on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel, with next-day streaming on Hallmark+.
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