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Mistletoe Murders is back for Season 3, and Eric and Andrea review the premiere, "Don't Fear the Wreather, Part 1." Emily and Sam investigate a Fletcher's Grove wreath maker, played by Catherine Bell, who is accused of killing her husbands, while Violet and June try to talk Emily into staying in town. Andrea was sold the moment Catherine Bell appeared on screen. Eric is mostly concerned that Catherine Bell might turn out to be a murderer.

What You'll Hear:

• Why Fletcher's Grove feels like Cabot Cove, and why its eccentric townspeople are the reason this show works

• Catherine Bell's arrival, and why Eric missed her Sister, Sister years (he was busy watching JAG)

• The show skipping the usual Sam and Emily conflict, and Emily keeping him at arm's length anyway

• Brooke's total obliviousness, and why Kylee Evans is the opposite in real life

• Violet growing up instead of staying sixteen forever

• A serious professional inquiry: is wreath maker a full-time job?

• Two standout scenes: Famous Ray running unopposed for mayor, and a loaded conversation with Emily's ex (Aaron Ashmore)

• What the hosts want from the rest of the season, including more romance and more of Sam on the actual case

• Whodunit predictions with zero screener spoilers

Chapters:

0:00 - Eleven Months, Three Weeks, Six Days

0:48 - Back in Fletcher's Grove: The Setup

1:09 - Andrea's Take: Catherine Bell and the Townsfolk

3:03 - Eric's Take: No Manufactured Sam and Emily Drama

5:21 - Anything Missing?

5:52 - Is Wreath Maker a Real Job?

7:00 - Standout Scene: Famous Ray for Mayor

7:34 - Standout Scene: Emily's Ex Returns

8:37 - Hopes for the Rest of Season 3

10:57 - Whodunit Predictions (No Spoilers)

11:40 - Up Next: Part 2

Andrea's money is on the nosy neighbor. Eric refuses to believe Catherine Bell could be the killer. Who is your suspect before Part 2?

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Andrea and Eric review A Danish Christmas, the new Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie starring Emilie Ullerup and Corey Sevier. Marie comes home to her family's inn in Copenhagen, mistakes a guest named Ryan Miller for a travel writer, and builds an entire hygge tour to impress him. It's a movie that runs almost entirely on feeling rather than plot, and both hosts walked away calling it their favorite of the season so far. The star rating still got renegotiated halfway through the episode.

What You'll Hear:

• Why Corey Sevier's easygoing Ryan might be his best Hallmark performance, with none of the usual curmudgeon edge

• A mistaken identity plot that gets resolved like grown-ups, no silly fight required

• Andrea's Norwegian roots and the Scandinavian traditions she now wants to try at home

• Corey's shirtless scene streak, which is now two movies running

• The rushed promotion conflict and a finale that heads for the airport and ends up at the market

• Standout scenes: the panic attack at the top of the tower and the real Ryan Miller showing up

• Danish Christmas trivia, from Julemanden in Greenland to risalamande with the hidden almond and real candles on the tree

• Eric's ten principles of hygge, which handed Andrea a few months of yoga class material

• Next week's picks: Holiday Unplugged and A Season of Promises

Chapters:

0:00 - Hygge or Not? A Danish Christmas

0:48 - The Recap: Marie, Ryan and a Copenhagen Inn

1:04 - The Good: Emilie Ullerup and Corey Sevier

3:19 - The Great Star Rating Debate

5:09 - The Director Behind the Destination Movies

5:46 - Corey Sevier's Shirtless Streak

6:19 - The Hygge Tour That Keeps Going Wrong

7:24 - The Not So Good: CGI Snow and a Rushed Conflict

9:36 - Standout Scenes: The Tower and the Real Ryan Miller

11:34 - The Romance and That Final Kiss Transition

13:13 - If You Liked This: My Norwegian Holiday

14:15 - Danish Christmas Trivia: Julemanden and Risalamande

16:28 - The 10 Principles of Hygge

18:36 - Next Week: Holiday Unplugged and A Season of Promises

20:21 - Top Movie of the Weekend

Did A Danish Christmas take the top spot on your 2026 list, or is Adopting Saint Nick still holding on? And would you put real candles on your Christmas tree?

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Adopting St. Nick, starring Amy Groening and Michael Rady, is a Christmas movie that aired on Halloween. So was it a trick or a treat? Andrea gives it four out of five stars and calls it her favorite of the 2026 season so far (and she is not handing out fives this year). Eric thinks it might be the most complete traditional Hallmark movie of the year: real stakes, a Santa who may or may not be Santa, and a lead actress who has more than earned the spot.

Before they get there, Eric and Andrea also weigh in on Friday's Who's Coming for Christmas? with Rhiannon Fish and Jake Foy, and whether a movie about a dinner table can carry a whole story.

What You'll Hear:

• Andrea's 2.5 star verdict on Who's Coming for Christmas? and the one song that would have bumped it up a full star

• Why the Adopting St. Nick poster sells a completely different movie than the one that aired

• How a small-town hardware store and a batch of Christmas rosettes hit close to home for Andrea

• Why the adoption storyline and the line "you're special because you were chosen" landed for Eric

• Eric's case that Amy Groening has solidified her place as a Hallmark lead

• The two things that bugged them: an ugly sweater contest where everybody wins, and yet another near kiss

• A standout pick no one saw coming (Andrea chose a building)

• Movie recommendations: Project Christmas Wish, The Christmas Secret, and Long Lost Christmas

• Trivia, including Amy Groening's family connection to The Simpsons, plus poll results and IMDb scores

Chapters:

0:00 - Trick or Treat: A Christmas Movie on Halloween

0:24 - Who's Coming for Christmas? Rhiannon Fish & Jake Foy

3:51 - Adopting St. Nick: The Setup

4:13 - Andrea's Take: A Bad Poster and a New #1

8:36 - Eric's Take: Real Stakes and Amy Groening as a Lead

13:14 - What They Didn't Like: Participation Trophies and the Near Kiss

14:51 - Standout: A Hardware Store vs. Stephanie Sy

18:44 - The Romance: Amy Groening & Michael Rady

22:04 - If You Liked This, Watch These

23:54 - Trivia: The Simpsons Connection and a Tornado on Set

26:13 - Ratings, Polls & IMDb Scores

29:57 - Up Next: A Danish Christmas

Andrea has Adopting St. Nick at the top of her list so far. Is it at the top of yours, or is your favorite still something from earlier in the season?

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Andrea picked What If Christmas, starring Lori Loughlin and Tom Cavanagh, as her sleeper hit of the Hallmark season. It turned out to be a sleeper, just not the kind she meant. Andrea lands on a generous 3 out of 5, Eric thinks Tom Cavanagh did all the heavy lifting, and both of them came away feeling like they'd spent the evening planning a charity gala.

What You'll See:

• Why Andrea swapped out Double Booked for the Holidays as her sleeper pick, and now wishes she hadn't

• The gowns and cinematography, which actually look like high fashion instead of a Mervyn's clearance rack

• The dad math: how is Adam's father this peppy when Lori and Tom are in their sixties?

• Eric's case that Lori played her big emotional moments the same way she ordered hot chocolate, and Andrea's theory on why

• The no-socks suit and a fifteen second hug where a goodbye kiss should be

• The "it's on me" scene Eric calls the best written moment in the movie

• A rare Hallmark marriage with no kids, and how it compares to Garage Sale Mysteries

• Similar picks: Family for Christmas, A Dream of Christmas, The Birthday Wish and A Kiss Before Christmas

• Full House trivia about Lori's real wedding dress, plus Tom Cavanagh's malaria and avocado stories

Chapters:

0:00 - Andrea's Sleeper Pick: What If Christmas

0:40 - The Recap (and That Choppy Synopsis)

1:30 - Why Andrea Dropped Double Booked, and Her 3/5

4:00 - What Worked: Cinematography, Gowns and Tom Cavanagh

6:25 - Too Much Gala Talk and Some Shaky Dad Math

8:00 - Slow, Low Stakes, and Lori's Flat Delivery

10:10 - Why Some Performances Read Flat on Screen

12:00 - No Socks, No Goodbye Kiss

14:10 - Standout: Jonathan Whittaker and the "It's On Me" Scene

17:20 - The Romance: A Long Marriage With No Kids

18:50 - If You Liked This, Watch These Instead

21:10 - Full House Trivia: Lori's Real Wedding Dress

23:20 - Tom Cavanagh, Malaria and Avocados

23:55 - IMDb Scores and Poll Results

25:50 - Next Week: Who's Coming for Christmas?, Adopting St. Nick, A Danish Christmas

Andrea gave What If Christmas a generous 3 out of 5, and the early poll is all over the map. Too generous, too harsh, or about right? And did Tom Cavanagh carry it for you?

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Eric and Andrea review Forgotten Holiday, the Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movie starring Janel Parrish and Daniel Lissing. Eric thinks it will be hard to beat as the best movie of the year. Andrea started at three stars and, by the end of the conversation, had talked herself down to two and a half.

What You'll Hear:

• Mystery news: Curious Caterer is coming back in 2027, and Hannah Swensen is headed to Malta with Victor Webster along for the trip

• A Winter Wonderlanes follow-up, where 69% of poll voters landed on one star, plus whether a zero-star rating is ever on the table

• Why Andrea loved the first twelve minutes and then couldn't get past a family asking Kathryn to re-date Rob after she ran from his proposal

• Why Eric calls it well written and authentic, from the meet cute and the cookie-making scene to the Ingrid Michaelson "Winter Song" moment

• The slow vs. slow burn argument, a charity invitation that looked made in Canva, and Andrea's real-life gala auction story

• Standout scenes: Gabrielle Rose as Rob's mom and the Christmas Eve pancake talk with Kathryn's dad

• Amnesia movie recommendations, including Falling for Vermont, Single on the 25th, and the 2013 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Remember Sunday

• Trivia on Daniel Lissing's surfing, Janel Parrish's third-place Masked Singer run, and how rare localized amnesia actually is

• Audience poll results for Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story and Mr. & Mrs. Christmas, plus an early verdict on The Nights Before Christmas

Chapters:

0:00 - Remember It or Forget It?

0:29 - Mystery News: Curious Caterer Returns, Hannah Swensen Goes to Malta

3:27 - Winter Wonderlanes Follow-Up: The 69% One-Star Poll

5:53 - Forgotten Holiday: Janel Parrish & Daniel Lissing

6:20 - Andrea's Take: Great Start, Then a Premise Problem

9:41 - Eric's Take: A Contender for Best Movie of the Year

15:00 - What Didn't Work: Slow vs. Slow Burn and a Canva Invitation

18:36 - Andrea's Gala Story: Who Bids $25,000?

20:56 - Standout Scenes: Gabrielle Rose and the Christmas Eve Pancakes

23:35 - The Romance: Fire Before the Accident, Rebuilt After

26:48 - Amnesia Movies to Watch Next

31:24 - Trivia: Daniel Lissing, Janel Parrish, and Localized Amnesia

33:24 - Poll Results: A Bears Love Story vs. Mr. & Mrs. Christmas

34:45 - Coming Up: What If Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas

36:03 - Slow Starts and Last Year's Ratings

Eric thinks Forgotten Holiday is one of the best of the year, and Andrea is breaking up with it. Where did you land on Kathryn re-dating Rob: romantic, or a little too much like using him?

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Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story brought Hallmark's NFL franchise to Chicago, and Eric and Andrea are back on the football field to decide whether it scored. Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley won them both over, but the heavy Bears branding kept pulling them out of the story. Before kickoff, they also give a quick verdict on Mr. & Mrs. Christmas with Brendan Penny and Pascale Hutton, and it is not a generous one.

What You'll Hear:

• Why Mr. & Mrs. Christmas landed at two stars for Andrea, and why Pascale Hutton's storyline should have been the main one

• Andrea's three star rating (up from two and a half) and the wave of oddly identical Instagram comments that followed it

• The One Tree Hill connection with Robert Buckley and Barbara Alyn Woods, plus cameos from Marilu Henner and Tamera Mowry-Housley

• Why Eric calls this the best of the three Holiday Touchdown movies, starting with a meet-cute over a book at a bar

• Grandmother math that does not add up, and an entire city still reading print newspapers

• A split decision on the Santa and a Secret Santa who cannot keep a secret

• Football romance picks beyond Hallmark: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire

• Trivia on Barbara Alyn Woods' acting daughters, Marsha Mason's herbal medicine business, the real 1971 Bears vs. Vikings game in the scrapbook, and the Holiday Touchdown curse

• Instagram poll results for 'Tis the Season for Setups and a look at next weekend's Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, and What If Christmas

Chapters:

0:00 - Touchdown or Fumble? The Opening Verdict

0:35 - Mr. & Mrs. Christmas: Why It Missed

3:30 - Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story Recap and Cast

4:35 - Andrea's Rating and the One Tree Hill Connection

6:15 - Those Suspiciously Identical Instagram Comments

8:10 - Eric's Take: Best of the Three Holiday Touchdowns?

11:10 - Grandma's Age and a Town Full of Newspapers

13:15 - Too Much NFL, Boundaries, and the Santa Debate

16:05 - Standouts: Jody and Ron, Plus Marilu Henner

19:00 - The Romance: Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley

20:20 - If You Liked It: Heaven Can Wait and Jerry Maguire

21:45 - Trivia: Barbara Alyn Woods and Her Acting Daughters

23:40 - Marsha Mason, a 1971 Bears Game, and the Curse

26:10 - Poll Results: 'Tis the Season for Setups

27:15 - Next Week: Winter Wonderlanes, Forgotten Holiday, What If Christmas

Andrea landed on three stars, and Eric liked it more than the Chiefs and Bills movies while wishing the NFL would take a back seat. Did the Bears branding pull you out of the story, or was it part of the fun?

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Countdown to Christmas 2026 is officially here, and Eric and Andrea kick off eight weeks and 34 movies with 'Tis the Season for Setups, starring Victor Webster, Amanda Schull and Barbara Niven. Andrea gives it three and a half stars, Eric calls it a strong, solid opener, and both agree this is the best Victor has been in years. The one sticking point? Whether the back half moves fast enough.

What You'll Hear:

• Why Andrea thinks Hallmark is missing a huge opportunity by not slipping a real mystery into Countdown to Christmas

• The Hallmark+ math that has Andrea paying more for the Timberwolves than for every Hallmark movie of the year

• Victor Webster as a free-spirited snowboarder, and what director Jeff Beesley told Eric about his performance

• Amanda Schull's slow, believable thaw, plus Andrea's case that Hallmark is underusing her (see: One Tree Hill)

• An escape room, karaoke, a real snowdrift and Barbara Niven playing a pre-Dolores Dolores

• Eric's gripe about acts seven and eight, and his strong feelings about the name Ridge

• The early kiss that broke a Hallmark rule, and the snowshoe scene that made Andrea miss Minnesota winters

• Recommendations: Coyote Creek Christmas, Holiday Hearts and Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen

• Trivia on Amanda Schull's San Francisco Ballet past and Victor's sneaky Love Blossoms callback

Chapters:

0:00 - Countdown to Christmas 2026 Kicks Off

0:55 - Why Hallmark Needs a Christmas Mystery

2:10 - Hallmark+ vs. Paying $20 for the Timberwolves

5:06 - 'Tis the Season for Setups: Andrea's 3.5 Stars

8:54 - Eric's Take and the Jeff Beesley Text

10:33 - Escape Rooms, Karaoke and a Snowdrift

12:11 - What Didn't Work: Backup Plans and a Slow Act 7

16:04 - Standout Scenes: Snowshoes and an Early Kiss

18:29 - The Romance: Two Opposites-Attract Couples

20:16 - If You Liked This, Watch These

22:15 - Trivia: Ballet, One Tree Hill and Love Blossoms

24:08 - Next Week: What If Christmas & Forgotten Holiday

25:50 - Andrea's Ayurveda Hallmark Movie Quiz

Did 'Tis the Season for Setups ease you into Christmas the way Andrea says it should, or did acts seven and eight lose you too? And is Ridge really the worst Hallmark name ever?

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The Spirit of Halloween takes A Christmas Carol, trades December for October, and hands Meghan Ory three ghosts and a firm grudge against Halloween. Eric and Andrea both landed on 4.5 stars for this Hallmark movie, and Eric went a step further, calling it one of the top three Hallmark movies of the year. The only real split is over which moment made it: Andrea says the ghosts, Eric says the ending.

What You'll Hear:

• Why a story everyone already knows still plays fresh as a Halloween movie, and how it skips the usual mid-movie lull

• Meghan Ory carrying the whole film, and why Eric says this is the first time he has seen her go from good to great

• Three ghosts with three completely different energies, including the "small old man from Up" line that made Andrea laugh out loud

• Andrea's late realization about who played the Ghost of Halloween Future (Lachlan Quarmby)

• A cheating scene Hallmark almost never puts on screen, and why Andrea thinks it worked

• The gripes: a storyline that hit a little close to home for a solo parent, an end-credits song even Siri could not identify, and one snarky party line

• Why Eric thinks the dance party finale is one of the best endings Hallmark has done in a while

• What to watch next: A Nashville Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Ghost of Christmas Always

• Trivia on Meghan Ory and Lachlan Quarmby, writer Nicole Baxter's track record, and how viewers voted on A Night to Remember

Chapters:

0:00 - Trick or Treat? Halloween Back When Parents Checked Nothing

1:02 - Welcome, and the Halloween Movie Hallmark Missed Last Week

2:23 - The Spirit of Halloween: Plot, Cast and Andrea's Rating

3:43 - Meghan Ory Carries It (Plus a Murder in a Small Town Detour)

5:17 - The Small Old Man From Up and the Ghosts Arrive

6:11 - Eric's Verdict: A Top 3 Hallmark Movie of the Year

7:24 - Three Ghosts, Three Energies, and the Lachlan Quarmby Reveal

9:55 - The Cheating Scene Hallmark Never Shows

10:45 - The Gripes: Solo Parenting, a Mystery Song and One Snarky Line

13:36 - Standout Moments: The Ghosts vs. the Dance Party Finale

15:41 - The Romance: Meghan Ory and Kevin McGarry

17:23 - What to Watch Next: Three Christmas Carol Picks

18:46 - Trivia: Meghan Ory's Black Belt and Lachlan Quarmby's D&D

19:36 - Writer Nicole Baxter's Hit List

20:38 - Viewer Poll Results: A Night to Remember

21:02 - Next Week: 'Tis the Season for Setups and Holiday Touchdown

Eric and Andrea agreed on the rating but not the highlight. Was it the three ghosts or the dance party finale that sold you on The Spirit of Halloween?

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