7 Shows to Watch If You Can’t Get Enough of ‘The Way Home’

‘The Way Home’ has done something unusual for a Hallmark Channel production. Created by Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed, the series follows three generations of the Landry women as they embark on a journey to find their way back to each other while uncovering important lessons about their family’s past. The show stars Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, and Andie MacDowell, and it premiered in January 2023.

Within the first few minutes of the series, it became clear that ‘The Way Home’ was bringing back the classic feel of Hallmark Hall of Fame movies but as a full TV show, with solid writing, emotional and authentic performances, compelling scripts, and family-friendly storytelling. The blend of time travel, multigenerational drama, and deeply felt character work has attracted a devoted audience, and if you find yourself counting down the days between seasons, the seven series below offer something equally worth your time.

1. ‘This Is Us’

‘This Is Us’ is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 2016 to May 2022, following the lives and families of two parents and their three children across several different timeframes. Fronted by a star-studded cast led by Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Justin Hartley, the series chronicles the lives of the Pearson family across several decades.

Throughout every season, the series received widespread critical acclaim from critics, with an average rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Memories and visions are the only modes of time travel in this family drama, but viewers still get an emotionally rich story spanning decades, with lead actor Sterling K. Brown and guest stars Gerald McRaney and Ron Cephas Jones all winning Emmy Awards for their performances.

2. ‘Heartland’

‘Heartland’ is a Canadian family drama television series which debuted on CBC Television in 2007 and continues to air both there and in other countries via syndication and streaming services, following Amy Fleming and her older sister Lou on their family horse and cattle ranch in Alberta. Winner of five Directors Guild of Canada Awards for best family television series, ‘Heartland’ has averaged more than one million viewers per episode and is broadcast in more than 100 countries.

It is a multi-generational series wherein audiences of all ages can relate firsthand to the Bartlett-Fleming family dynamics and evolving relationships, filmed entirely in Alberta, mostly around Calgary, High River, and Millarville. Fans of the slow-building warmth and complex family bonds in ‘The Way Home’ will find much to love here. ‘Heartland’ was co-produced by the same mother-daughter team behind ‘The Way Home,’ Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke, who worked together on the series before going on to create the Hallmark hit.

3. ‘Outlander’

‘Outlander’ is a historical fantasy television series based on the book series by Diana Gabaldon, developed by Ronald D. Moore, which premiered in August 2014 on Starz, starring Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall, an English former World War II military nurse who finds herself transported back in time to 1743, where she encounters and falls in love with a Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser, played by Sam Heughan.

‘Outlander’ consisted of a total of eight seasons and 101 episodes, with the finale airing in 2026. Reviewers praised ‘Outlander’ for its epic love story, historical accuracy, and rich production values, highlighting the strong performances by Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan along with meticulous attention to costumes and sets. The sense of a woman navigating an unfamiliar time while holding onto her own identity will feel very familiar to fans of ‘The Way Home.’

4. ‘Dark’

‘Dark’ is a German science-fiction mystery thriller series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, running for three seasons from 2017 to 2020, with its story following four families from the fictional town of Winden, Germany, as they pursue the truth in the aftermath of a child’s disappearance, unraveling a sinister time travel conspiracy that spans several generations.

Netflix reported that 90% of ‘Dark’s audience came from outside Germany, marking it as a major international hit for the platform’s first original German-language series. One of the most ambitious TV shows dealing with the concept of time travel, ‘Dark’ manages to serve up quantum mechanics and existentialist dilemmas while also delivering soap opera-level twists and relationship melodrama. The series demands more from its viewer than ‘The Way Home,’ but rewards patience with equally powerful family revelations.

5. ‘Being Erica’

‘Being Erica’ is a Canadian comedy-drama series that aired on CBC from January 2009 to December 2011, starring Erin Karpluk as Erica Strange, a woman who begins seeing a therapist to deal with regrets in her life, only to discover that the therapist, played by Michael Riley, has the ability to send her back in time to actually relive these events and even change them.

It quickly becomes apparent that the therapy’s true purpose is not to let Erica erase her regrets, but to help her improve her future by learning from past mistakes and making different decisions in the present. ‘Being Erica’ spanned 49 episodes and remains one of the few shows in Canadian TV history to focus its entire plot around the interior life of a single woman, exploring her fears, past experiences, and interpersonal struggles throughout each episode. The intimate, character-first approach to time travel makes it a natural companion piece to ‘The Way Home.’

6. ‘Travelers’

‘Travelers’ is a science fiction series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman, and Patrick Gilmore, in which a post-apocalyptic future has thousands of special operatives tasked with preventing the collapse of society by having their consciousnesses sent back in time and transferred into the bodies of present-day individuals who are about to die.

The performances helped ground the wild premise, with McCormack delivering a quietly tortured portrayal of leadership and guilt, while his co-stars rounded out the ensemble with performances that made their impossible circumstances feel painfully real. The series holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, and fans on Reddit still call ‘Travelers’ criminally underrated, praising its brilliant concept and what many describe as a perfect ending.

7. ‘Versailles’

Before starring as Elliot Augustine in ‘The Way Home,’ Evan Williams appeared in this historical drama, playing the real-life Chevalier de Lorraine, lover of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, in another kind of deep dive into a different era entirely. ‘Versailles’ is a lavishly produced French-British period drama set in the court of Louis XIV, grounding its political intrigue and personal betrayal in the physical world of seventeenth-century France. For viewers who love watching familiar ‘Way Home’ faces navigate entirely different historical circumstances, this one carries a particular appeal.

The grandeur of the setting and the complexity of its character webs give it something in common with the generational scope that has made ‘The Way Home’ such a compelling watch. If Elliot’s calm, thoughtful presence is one of the things you return to in that show, seeing Williams in a far more courtly and dangerous world offers an interesting contrast worth exploring.

Whether it is the multigenerational warmth of ‘Heartland,’ the mind-bending family loops of ‘Dark,’ or the emotionally anchored time-travel therapy of ‘Being Erica,’ each of these series offers its own take on the question at the heart of ‘The Way Home’: how does the past shape who we become? Which of these shows are you planning to watch next, and do any of them come close to filling the Landry-shaped void in your viewing schedule?