Popternative is thrilled to welcome Sadie Laflamme-Snow as the cover star of our July 2026 Digital Issue. Over the past four seasons, Sadie has captured audiences as Alice Dhawan on Hallmark Channel’s The Way Home, the acclaimed multigenerational family drama built around a mysterious pond with the power to transport people through time.
As one of the three generations of Landry women at the heart of the story, Alice’s journey became a fan favorite, with Sadie starring alongside Chyler Leigh as her on-screen mother, Kat Landry, and Andie MacDowell as her grandmother, Del Landry. Following the heartfelt series finale on June 21, which brought the Landry family’s story to a close while leaving the door open to future possibilities, The Way Home continues to find new audiences through its US streaming debut on Netflix.
In our conversation, Sadie Laflamme-Snow reflects on her four-season journey as Alice in The Way Home, sharing what it meant to grow alongside the character and the cast that became like family. She also opens up about saying goodbye to the beloved series, the emotional final days on set, the deep connection fans have built with the show, and why its themes of family, love, grief and second chances resonate with audiences.
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After all the filming, memories, and seasons of The Way Home, what has it been like to say goodbye to the show?
Sadie: It has been really emotional to say goodbye to this show. Everyone keeps telling me “this never happens!” in reference to how lucky I am to have worked on a show that has run as long as The Way Home and with people I love as much as these people. I don’t take that for granted. I really feel like I’ve grown up on this show with this cast and crew who have watched me become the artist and person I am today. Saying goodbye has meant that I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on who I was when we started and who I am now, and I am really proud of the confidence and self assurance that I learned throughout this process.
Sadie: This set was so supportive it made me feel like I could keep becoming. There have been so many “lasts” since we found out it was the end and I tend to be the kind of person who avoids marking that kind of stuff because it makes me too sad, but this team is a very sentimental one so I have been really leaning in and making a point to celebrate every little “last” with the people I love and it has really helped process this chapter coming to a close.
Looking back at where Alice started in Season 1, do you feel you’ve grown alongside the character over the years?
Sadie: After the finale, a bunch of the cast went to New York for a girls trip and the first night we got all cozy in our hotel room and watched the pilot together. I couldn’t believe how different Alice was – and how different I was! Alice was very closed off and had an angry, hot headed exterior because of what she was going through. Time travel really softened her edges and made her more open and fearless. Working on a show over this many seasons, you can’t plan how you are going to change over 4 years as a character or as yourself. You kind of have to let yourself be changed by the story. When I think about the difference between then and now, I just see that I also became more open and fearless alongside Alice. I am proud of both of us.
Can you take us behind the scenes of filming the finale? What was the atmosphere like on set as the series came to an end?
Sadie: The day after the cast and crew found out that it was the final season, we were actually at the pond on what felt like the coldest day of the year, so that has got to be one of my least favourite memories of the show. But mostly, I felt really grateful that we knew before we wrapped so I could take in all the memories with the fondness you have when you know it’s almost the end.
Sadie: Our show is about getting more time with the people you love, and knowing it was the end made us all more aware of how lucky we were to be doing this show with one another. There was of course a lot of crying because Chyler, Alex Clarke, our showrunner, and myself are probably tied for biggest crybabies in the world, but I would take that over being on a set I was dying to say goodbye to any day.
What has it meant to you to see such a strong fandom grow around The Way Home and support the series over the years?
Sadie: I could never have predicted the effect this show would have on fans. They care so deeply about this story and the personal connections they make to The Way Home are such a good reminder of why we do what we do. A lot of people tell us that this show brings their family together to watch, to make traditions, to talk about loved ones that they have lost – and I feel really honored to have been a part of those moments with people.
Sadie: The show is now on Netflix as well as Hallmark so it has taken on an entirely new life and an even broader audience, but I will always appreciate the fans that have been there since the very start and saw the magic in our show before it picked up speed on Netflix. We are of course really touched that the fans are so vocal about wishing for a season five – I just hope everyone was able to be present with the finale we worked so hard to give them.
Why do you think The Way Home has connected so deeply with audiences?
Sadie: I think we all wish we could have more time with people we’ve lost, or go back in time and be
there for our loved ones during moments where they felt alone and The Way Home is all about that. Our show takes these huge concepts of grief and love and family and our characters go to really vulnerable places, but the show remains hopeful, so audiences trust us to go there.
Sadie: I think after doing The Way Home, I will always be partial to appointment viewing because our show aired on linear cable. It created an opportunity for fans to get together weekly to watch and discuss the show and that was a huge draw for people. It brought families together. Gave people a reason to gather. Gave moms a reason to call their long distance daughters to discuss their fan theories on Monday morning. Not only was the story about multigenerational families , but the medium brought multiple generations of families together to watch and that will always be so cool to me.
What will you take from your experience on The Way Home into future projects from an acting perspective?
Sadie: I think sometimes when you are acting a big part of the job is tuning out the fact that there are hundreds of crew members or cast members or people you don’t know watching you at your most vulnerable. On this set I felt like I knew everyone and was supported by everyone that it got to a point where that vulnerability felt so easy around them.
Sadie: What I will take with me is that feeling of being supported and I will know that no matter what set I go on, I can be the person that can just go there regardless of who is in the room with me. I know what it feels like to have that unconditional support so I know I am capable of opening up and fully revealing the heart of a character. I hope that makes sense – it sounds very woo woo, but talking about acting can be very woo woo and I’m okay with it.
What has it been like sharing so many scenes with Chyler Leigh and Andie MacDowell as your on-screen mother and grandmother?
Sadie: It has been the biggest gift of all time. I think most people imagine that my experience working opposite two incredibly iconic actresses would be intimidating, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. They are both incredibly generous scene partners and such encouraging mentors and friends of mine – from the very first scene together it has been nothing but hard work and warmth.
Sadie: My mum always tells me that if you have something nice to say about someone to tell them, and I feel like Chyler and Andie are the embodiment of that. When they have something they love about your performance or the way you handled a situation, both of them just jump on the opportunity to tell you which is just so generous and true to the kind of women they are. I love them both so deeply. They watched me grow up and let me forge that path on my own while being right there if I needed them. One of the things I keep saying to myself (and anyone who will listen) about the show being over, is that we can’t control how many seasons a show will get but we can control if we keep seeing each other and spending time together and that is one thing I am not worried about – I know I will have them both in my life for a long time.
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The Way Home Season 4 is streaming on Hallmark+.
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