Katherine 'Kat' Kane
A strong-willed Landry woman navigating time, family, and love across generations.
Katherine "Kat" Landry is a central character in the fantasy drama television series The Way Home, portrayed by Chyler Leigh as an adult and by Alex Hook as a teenager and young adult. She is the daughter of Delilah "Del" Watson Landry and the late Colton Landry, the mother of Alice Dhawan, and the older sister of Jacob Landry, who went missing in 1999. Kat is one of three generations of strong, willful, and independent Landry women who embark on a journey to find their way back to each other while learning important lessons about their family's past. Her story involves time travel, complex relationships, and the unraveling of family secrets across different eras.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Main character
- Affiliation
- Landry family
- Key attribute
- Strong
- willful
- and independent
Lore & Background
Kat Landry is the daughter of Delilah "Del" Watson Landry and Colton Landry, and the mother of Alice Dhawan. She has a younger brother, Jacob Landry, who went missing in 1999 and was eventually presumed dead; it was later revealed that he followed a stray dog to a pond, fell in, and was sent back in time to 1790. Kat's romantic history includes her ex-husband Brady Dhawan, a rich lawyer who lives in Minneapolis with his new girlfriend Rachel, and her present-day love interest Elliot Augustine, a close friend of the Landry family and Alice's physics teacher. In the past, she also had a love interest in 1814/1816 named Thomas Coyle, a citizen of Port Haven and Jacob's friend. Kat works at The Herald newspaper, where she takes on a new summer intern named KC Goodwin, a nonbinary teenager who is revealed to be a time traveler in season 3.
Reader's Guide
Kat Landry is a main character in The Way Home, appearing in all four seasons. She is portrayed by Chyler Leigh as an adult and by Alex Hook as a teenager and young adult. Her key relationships include her mother Del, her daughter Alice, her brother Jacob, her ex-husband Brady, her present-day love interest Elliot, and her past love interest Thomas Coyle. She works at The Herald newspaper and takes on intern KC Goodwin in seasons 2–4. Major storylines involve her time travel to 1814/1816, her efforts to reunite her family, and her romantic entanglements across different time periods. The series premiered on January 15, 2023, and was renewed for a fourth season on March 6, 2025, which premiered on April 19, 2026. On November 20, 2025, People reported that the fourth season would be its last.
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