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Colton "Cole" Landry
Played by Jefferson Brown
Adult Colton Image: The Way Home Fandom
Adult Colton · unlocked S01E01
Del's late husband, lost in 2000
Colton Landry was Del's husband and father to Kat and Jacob, a steady farmer with a deep love for his family and his land. He died in a car accident in 2000, a loss that fractured the Landry family for two decades. As Kat and Alice begin traveling through the pond, the picture of who Colton really was, and what he knew, grows more complicated than the man the town remembers.
1974 teen, secret traveler Image: The Way Home Fandom (Jordan Doww)
1974 teen, secret traveler · unlocked S03E08
Teen Colton in 1974, secretly pond-traveling
S3E08 reveals Colton was a longtime secret pond traveler. Played by Jordan Doww in the 1974 flashbacks, he was jumping the pond as a teenager, then later again from 1999. The man Del thought she knew was carrying a much larger secret.
Key episodes
When this character matters most.
- S01E01
Pilot
Colton is established as the family's beloved late patriarch.
- S02E05
Long Time Gone
Kat begins encountering Colton during her trips to the past.
- S02E10
Dance with My Father
Kat lives through the events surrounding Colton's death.
- S03E03
Both Sides Now
Kat meets Colton's grandmother Fern, opening new questions about his lineage.
- S03E10
The Way We Were
The S3 finale reframes what Colton knew about the pond.
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