Chyler Leigh Opens The Way Home Season 2 With Epic Make Out (& Teases More To Come) - Exclusive

Warning: "The Way Home" Season 2 spoilers ahead!

Fans of "The Way Home" are surely excited for all the twists, turns, and mysteries that are headed their way in this Hallmark series' second season, which premieres on January 21. But Season 2 of this mystery drama is going to have more than just plenty of time travel and mysteries to solve; there's some romance in store, too. Season 2 of "The Way Home" starts with one seriously passionate makeout session, which may be setting the scene for an extra romance-filled season. In an exclusive interview with The List, the show's star Chyler Leigh talks about what else is in store. 

Chyler Leigh has always felt connected to her character in "The Way Home," Kat Landry. So who better to talk to about the whirlwind romance Kat is in the middle of? The List attended a screening event and Q&A with Leigh and her co-star, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, who plays Alice, at the Garland Hotel in Los Angeles on January 17. Of course, we asked Leigh about the romance that's coming this season. "I mean – it wouldn't be a Hallmark show if we didn't have the love and drama, right?" Leigh said, before adding something we can all agree on: "Got to have the drama." 

Indeed, it seems that the passionate yet tension-filled make-out we see between Kat and Elliot (Evan Williams) in this season's first episode is just the beginning of the love and the drama headed our way this season. 

While the Hallmark Channel may be known for love stories, the network doesn't typically tend toward racy love scenes. Clearly though, "The Way Home" is willing to go a bit further in this way than other Hallmark content. In Season 1, Chyler Leigh weighed in on her kiss with Evan Williams, who plays Elliot Augustine, that pushed Hallmark boundaries. And it's easy to see from the first episode of Season 2 that the new season will be no different.

Fans surely remember that Season 1 left us on quite a cliffhanger when it came to Kat and Elliot's relationship. Elliot had left town just when it seemed like these two would finally be able to make things work. For those of us who ship Kat and Elliot, though, we don't have to wait too long in Season 2 to see them reunited. Elliot returns in the premiere episode after traveling the world and attends a party at Del's house. Of course, there's quite a bit of awkwardness between him and Kat after how they left things, but sparks fly when the two find themselves sequestered away from the party. The tension builds until Kat and Elliot give into a very steamy smooch. After the pair's kiss, though, the uncertainty and history between them stops them in their tracks, and Kat ends up leaving with things still unresolved. It's easy to see why the complicated nature of their relationship means that they can't simply pick up where they left off, but this scene surely proved that something romantic is still there between them. Hopefully by the end of Season 2, these two will finally get their timing right.