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Feb 24, 2025 • 37min
Holidazed - S01E05 - The Lewin Family (Hallmark+ - 2024) ft. Alonso Duralde
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHRobert is waking up, feeling sore, and I get it man. It's tough out there. He listens and hears everyone is out there having fun without him. It's his ex-wife Linda and her young boyfriend Evan having a pillow fight. Both Evan and Robert head to the hallway to go to the bathroom at the same time and it leads to quite the awkward dual where Evan says Robert can go old because he's old. Robert and Linda's daughter, Jennifer is talking with her husband about how shocked she is by how young Evan is. They all get downstairs and their son Max is talking about needing a booth for the Christmas festival. Robert says he'll do it. Evan says he'll do it. Max is like why don't you just do it together? how do they say no to Max?!But first? Broom hockey! And it doesn't go as well as you might home after Robert hip checks Evan to the ground. He goes to to apologize to him and they end up becoming best friends. They have so much in common and they even go out for a nightcap. Robert see's a girl at the bar checking him out and Evan encourages her to go meet her. Robert and Evan go Christmas shopping and he ends up finding the perfect gift for Linda....a lamp. Robert is like trust me. Evan helps him get some new clothes for his date. Everything is going great, until the gift exchange. Linda knows that it was Robert who picked out the gift because it's a lamp that projects the northern lights, something they always wanted to see together. When Linda sees Robert's date, she begins to butt in and won't let them talk to each other. She finally comfronts Robert about the gift thing and he says he's sorry that he didn't have time to see the northern lights with her but he's happy she found someone who can. Evan see's them talking and gets jealous. So he comfronts Robert and a bit of a tustle happens and Robert falls down. Back to square 1. Robert and Evan are left alone to make up
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Feb 21, 2025 • 47min
Benedikt Gröndal (The Finnish Line)
It was a joy to chat with Benedikt Gröndal - the STAR of The Finnish Line (Hallmark Channel - 2025)!Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTH
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Feb 20, 2025 • 56min
The Way Home - S03E07 - Tell Me Something Good (2025) ft. Ryan Pappolla
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHKat is telling Del about how she didn’t listen to Elliot, who told her that you can’t change the past, but she didn’t listen and went back, which ended up being the reason for Colton’s car crash. Del leaves. Alice, who was listening in, goes to check on her mom and asks why she didn’t tell her about being there that night.Alice, feeling emotional, heads back to the 70s right as the Watergate news was breaking. She immediately shows her hand and reveals she knows about the secret messages Colton left in the books.Alice comes back and goes to talk to Del, encouraging her to talk to Kat.Kat tries to jump back to the 1800s to convince Jacob to come home, but the pond doesn’t take her.Del is talking to Sam and asks why he was hanging out with Casey Goodwin. He explains that Casey is a client. They showed up one day asking for legal advice. Casey called the other day and said they were in town and wanted to catch up. Del asks why someone so young would need legal advice, and he says, “You know I can’t answer that.”Alice goes to Lingermore to work on the project with Max. She asks if they can work in the attic, and he says no one has been in there for decades. She replies, “Dope, let’s go.”Jacob powwows with Susanna and Thomas, and she says she knows that Kat fights for those she loves. She encourages him to go back home and talk to her, but Cyrus shows up, and he’s not thrilled. Jacob goes and jumps in the pond to come home, but Thomas tries to jump in too, and it doesn’t work.Alice looks in the secret door and finds an old cell phone and a bishop chess piece. Max is very confused and then gets irrationally mad at her when she brings up his grandma.Alice then goes and tells Del the truth about who was in the road that night.Nick is still in town and is pushing for everyone to come together for a karaoke night.Alice shows Kat what she found, and Kat says she thinks Casey was squatting in the Lingmore house last year. Casey walks in and is like, “IT’S ME!” And it’s true. Kbye.Del gets another mysterious letter saying they know the truth. Her friend says it’s probably Sam, the person you least suspect.It’s time for karaoke. Nick signs Kat and Elliot up for karaoke, and Del ends up showing up. Kat gives her a big hug. They make up, and Del says she wants to jump in the pond to find Jacob, but he ends up walking in.Elliot tells Kat that his ex-wife kissed him, and he kissed her back. She doesn’t love that and leaves.Alice jumps back to the 70s to watch Colton say goodbye to Del when she leaves at the end of summer. He tries to get her to stay, but she doesn’t want to. It’s easier to leave. Turns out he was going to propose. Womp womp.Jacob goes to put on Colton’s record when he sees a picture of young Colton and says, “THAT GUY CAME TO THE FARM IN THE 1800S AND TOLD US WHAT TO PLANT!”Kat tells Elliot that she needs some space and then immediately jumps in the pond and makes out with Thomas.Alice gets back from the 70s and sees Casey. She asks Casey about the ring, and Casey says, “It’s a family ring.” Alice asks, “Goodwin family?” and Casey says, “No…” and then just starts running. Alice runs after them, and Casey jumps in the pond and doesn’t come back up.
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Feb 19, 2025 • 45min
When Calls the Heart - S12E07 - Dance the Night Away (2025) ft. Jacklyn Collier
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHEveryone in Hope Valley is so inspired! Rosemary is going to put on a play, and Elizabeth is considering sending her curriculum to publishers!Elizabeth surprises Nathan with tickets to Union City to see the latest Buster Keaton picture, and the dude is pumped!!!Rosemary is holding auditions for the play, but some of the performances are less than inspiring. So Elizabeth whispers an idea to her… it’s Bill. Rosemary tricks Bill into auditioning.Allie and Oliver have a plan to save the salmon, and Lucas could use some good news.After the movie in Union City, Nathan bumps into that guy Toddy from the poker game. He invites them over for a party, which Nathan is uncomfortable with because that would require them to go undercover as Danny and Dianne.At play rehearsal, Ava shows up and shows off her acting skills, but Rosemary doesn't want her around.Back at the party, Danny and Dianne are having a great time, doing the Charleston and whatnot. What could go wrong? Well, when Toddy and his wife start asking questions about their love story, their stories aren’t exactly in sync. It seems like Toddy is a bit skeptical of them, and he makes them go on stage to sing.Lucas goes to talk to Edie about Allie’s salmon plan, and it’s clear these two are digging each other. She ends up showing up later at his office for a "game of cards." But Lucas knows she’s up to something. Turns out she doesn't think the idea he pitched is a good one, and she encourages him not to move forward with it.Lee talks to Rosemary about the play and tries to get her to be honest about her hesitation with Ava. It seems like Rosemary is starting to come to terms with the fact that she might not be the hot new actress anymore.Nathan finally gets Toddy to talk about some shady stuff he has. It might be just what Nathan needs.Fiona ends up selling her spa.The episode ends with Elizabeth and Rosemary drinking tea and toasting to new adventures.
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Feb 18, 2025 • 42min
Return to Office (Hallmark Channel - 2025)
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHLiv is thriving working from home. She just wakes up, makes her matcha, throws on a top for a video call while keeping the pajama pants on. It's the good life.Tom works for the same company—Artist Access—and he's thriving a little less. He's always showing up to video calls late. Lucky for him, he's going to continue being Head Designer with this new CEO, Waler, coming on board.The CEO has big dreams, including a return-to-office plan. It’s a hybrid schedule—some will be in the office on Monday & Wednesday, others on Tuesday & Thursday.She's immediately off to a rocky start—she's late due to traffic and gets a desk that's not by the window. She's supposed to put all of her belongings away when she's done for the day, but she wants to leave her succulent out, so she leaves a note and signs it Ms. Monday.He sees this as an opportunity to leave some of his stuff out on the desk, which she does not love. At first, she isn't happy about that, but then he sends her a pastry, and all bets are off. They get real flirty, real fast.They end up meeting in person at a work event but still don't know that they're pen pals.They compete together in a work team-building event and they win!!! They win some sort of romantic prize, and they confirm to each other that they are talking to someone, obviously thinking of each other without knowing that they're the each other they're thinking of.After weeks and weeks of talking anonymously, they agree to meet.But she finds out who he is beforehand while she's at a retirement community that Tom's grandma is also at, and she talks about how her grandson is head over heels for someone named Ms. Monday.She goes to talk to him before they go and make a pitch to Walter, and he's just gushing about someone named Ms. Monday. She tries to get him to see that she's Ms. Monday, but he's clueless.The pitch does not go well, which bums him out, but at least he's meeting Ms. Monday tonight!She shows up for the date but decides not to immediately tell him that she's Ms. Monday. She goes to the bathroom and messages him that she's not going to make it. When she comes out, he's like, "Well, my date bailed, wanna sit with me?" They talk, and he ends up saying that he felt like she didn't have his back in the presentation, and then he ends up leaving. She's sad.But they end up having part 2 of their date/work prize, and the sparks are flying. Dummy Tom is like, "You have so many similarities to Ms. Monday!"The next day, Walter shows a logo he had AI made and he wants to go with it. Tom quits. After hearing that Walter wants to get rid of all the designers in favor of AI, Liv quits too…via sticky note.She finally decides to come clean and asks him to meet up again as Ms. Monday. He's so glad that it's her. They kiss and decide they're going to start a business together.
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Feb 17, 2025 • 31min
Holidazed - S01E04 - The Woods Family (Hallmark+ - 2024) ft. Alonso Duralde
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHLucy wakes up to some bumping around the house. She thinks it's an intruder, so she grabs her handy-dandy hanger. It’s not an intruder, though, just her sister Sylvie. She’s putting Lucy's Hanukkah lights on the tree because she thinks it would be fun, but Lucy doesn't want that and doesn’t want her help! Sylvie clarifies she wasn’t hitting on Cole, and it’s clear that Cole is into her.The next day, Sylvie is talking to Lucy’s daughter, Annie, sharing stories of her adventures. She asks Annie about this boy, Max, that she likes. Sylvie says that sometimes boys just need a little nudge.A health inspector comes to Lucy's bakery and tells her that she has until the end of the year to widen the hallway. She’s going to have to call Cole! Bummer.Sylvie finds a secret door. Inside is a joy box full of wild clothes. She tells Annie she should wear some of these wild clothes and a super cool menorah. Apparently, Joy was their mom. She finds a recipe for Joy Bars and runs down to tell Lucy she has to make them to sell at the bakery!Lucy is reluctant, but Sylvie insists these bars will sell! And while we're at it, we need to make this place more festive!When Lucy sees that Annie is wearing Joy’s clothes, she’s not happy. But after talking to Sylvie and seeing how happy Annie is to be learning more about her Nana, she lets it go.Sylvie and Annie decorate the bakery and even bring in a 70s jukebox.Lucy is feeling inspired and finally asks Cole out on a date, and Sylvie helps her get ready.While out on the date, Lucy opens up about how she and Sylvie haven’t been that close since their mom died. It's going great, but she ends up putting on the lip plumper that Sylvie gives her, and she has an allergic reaction.The next day, Lucy walks into her bakery to see that Sylvie used all the bakery’s inventory for Joy Bars, which are very different from anything else in the healthy bakery.It’s the night of the big festival, and Annie decides to be more like Sylvie and kisses Max on the cheek in a selfie. Max is like, "WTF?" and Annie runs away.Lucy goes to find her, and Sylvie hands out all the Joy Bars for free. Lucy ends up yelling at Sylvie.Sylvie decides it’s best if she leaves, even though there’s a bad storm. The power goes out, and while she’s talking to Annie and lighting the menorah, she realizes she made a mistake and has to go find Sylvie—just as the doors blow open with the wind... aka Joy, the ghost.
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Feb 14, 2025 • 34min
Reality Bites: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Hallmark Mystery - 2025)
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHThe movie kicks off with a bad guy stealing some diamonds and then breaking a window. They steal some more jewelry and break another window. They find another box of goodies and break yet another window. Finally, they leave.While that’s happening, we see that Hannah is baking a pie! She finds out that Connie Mack wants to come and film in her bakery! CONNIE MACK! She’s a legend. And it gets better—they want Hannah to help! Obviously, Norman is around because he’s in love with her, and he doesn’t even know who Connie Mack is, but he’s still impressed. Chad comes by to pick up some muffins for the crew and to see Hannah’s face.Chad is a busy bee working on this burglary case. He’s convinced he has the right guy but needs more evidence that the same person is involved in 13 break-ins.It’s time for filming—Connie shows up and she’s a bit of a diva. Hannah immediately catches on to the fact that Connie doesn’t really know how to cook. Hannah tries to correct her at one point, which Connie doesn’t appreciate, and pours a pie on her head.The producer apologizes to her afterward and confirms that Connie doesn’t know how to cook. He asks her to go along with it for one more day. The next day, Hannah finds the producer, Hunt, dead. We see on his computer he was reading an article about the burglar—Chassley—that Chad was investigating.Obviously, Hannah begins to investigate herself. She catches Connie on the street, and it seems like she has a jaw problem she didn’t have before. And no one can get in touch with Hunt’s wife. Suspicious.She finds out that Hunt moved the booking to their town after finding out about the court case of Chassley, and that’s what he was looking at on his computer. Sure is odd.As she’s updating Chad on what she’s found, a car comes speeding toward them and he has to pull her out of the way. What gives?!They decide they’re going to set a trap by announcing very loudly that Hannah’s mom is going out of town and is leaving all her expensive jewelry behind!It works. They catch the bad guy. Turns out it’s Connie’s assistant, who is Chassley’s dad. She was going to stage a break-in that looked exactly like Chassley’s to keep him from being convicted of all 13 break-ins. She killed Hunt because Hunt knew about what she was planning. Luckily, Chad calls her, figures out that she’s in trouble, and comes to save the day.
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Feb 13, 2025 • 53min
The Way Home - S03E06 - Ain't No Sunshine (2025) ft. Ryan Pappolla
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHIt's Port Haven, 1965, and some kids are running through the woods, playing tag with the White Witch out by the pond. It's little Evelyn and Colton. Evelyn goes by the pond to talk to her fairies. She drops her flashlight in, and then she falls into the water. Colton goes in after her, and we see the water vine grab his leg.Cut to present day, and Elliot is talking to Emma again. She says it was great to see him and Kat together and that she thinks it's forever.Cut to the 1800s, where Kat and Jacob are watching. Jacob sees his dad and can't stop himself from running to him. Thomas has been watching the whole thing.Cut to the '70s, where Del is drawing on Colton's guitar. She draws a fish because she's a fish out of water, and Colton caught her. She says she hopes he remembers her when he's gone.Back to present day, and Max is annoying Alice again. Elliot gives her bad news—she's being partnered with Max in class because he still teaches, and she still goes to school, as we knew.Back in the 1800s, Jacob and Kat get an update that Susanna finally gave in to Cyrus' request. Just then, Queen Susanna shows up to see if her eyes betrayed her. Jacob is like, "What gives?!" Susanna tells them they both need to go back to where they came from.Nick is back in town to give Elliot a pep talk. We get a flashback to Nick giving Elliot a pep talk on his wedding day when he was having doubts about Emma.Cut back to the 1800s, and Kat decides that instead of leaving, she's going to go to the wedding reception. She begins dancing and ends up dancing with Thomas in disguise. Jacob stays behind, and in a fit of rage, grabs a gun. He goes to shoot Cyrus, but his dad stops him and takes him outside. As that's happening, the red begins to fall from the sky, which people assume is blood. Cyrus sees Kat and blames her. Susanna says, "She's not a witch, I am." Kat is like, "Nope, it's me, the White Witch." They go to arrest her and arrest Thomas in the process. Luckily, Thomas has a man on the inside to help them escape, but that doesn't last long. They're taken captive, and Kat finds herself in Cyrus' office. He tells Kat that he thinks having a witch on his side would be good for him. He asks how to stop the sky from falling. She says, "I know things, but I can't stop it." Cyrus says, "That's not good enough," and tells her he's going to kill her, Thomas, and Jacob.Cut back to present day. Emma shows up and asks Elliot why he didn't propose with the family ring.Del and Alice finally make up! They see Sam walking with...Back in the 1800s, it's hanging time. A crowd has formed, and they're loving it. Kat, remembering the solar eclipse is coming, says she's going to make the moon disappear. Cyrus is like, "She lies." But then it happens. So they free her, and she forces Cyrus to free them all, or else she's going to do it all again.Emma asks Elliot if he ever loved her and kisses him, but he pulls away.Kat and Susanna finally have a good conversation because Kat goes to leave. She goes to say goodbye to Thomas.Jacob tells Kat that he thinks he needs to stay and try to save his dad. Kat says, "You can't save anyone." She tells him the truth about their dad, and Jacob gets mad, pushing her in.She ends up in 1965 and jumps in to save Evelyn, then helps Colton get untangled by the water vine. She pops back up in present day, and Del is there. Kat is freaking out and just says, "I KILLED DADDDDDD."
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Feb 12, 2025 • 47min
When Calls the Heart - S12E06 - When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall (2025) ft. Jacklyn Collier
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHAllie is in her emo era. Everything is dying!!! Speaking of dying, Elizabeth may be dying. She's getting really sick, which includes a dream sequence where Nathan saves her life.The nuts business is being kicked out of Lucas' office.Fiona is helping Rosemary with radio stuff, including the idea of having the governor debate some children. He reluctantly agrees.Allie decides to hang out with Oliver but only to make Wyatt jealous.Bill is shocked to find out that Hot Honey is in town. They studied forensics together years ago, and the sparks are flying.Sick Elizabeth ogles Nathan and asks him to put on his "surge."Allie and Oliver go out and conduct tests for the stream because apparently, the salmon aren't spawning. On their walk back, they see cattle tracks. Then they have to hide in the woods because some bad guys are riding around.Bill and eagle-eyed McGill go to question a guy named Sonny about the gold coins and the train robbery.Elizabeth keeps having fantasies about Nathan as if he's a piece of meat.The radio show happens, and Allie brings him the cold hard facts about the salmon problem.There's a whole storyline about Joseph trying to get his daughter into a school without talking to Minnie first. They work through it.Allie tells Oliver about the radio show, and he's impressed by her and her cupcakes.Elizabeth is starting to feel better, and Fiona encourages her to publish her curriculum about project-based learning.The episode ends with Nathan having a steamy dream about Elizabeth and waking up to the dog licking him.
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Feb 11, 2025 • 50min
The Wish Swap (Hallmark Channel - 2025)
Watch on Philo! - Philo.tv/DTHThe movie kicks off with Morgan Freeman narrating about birthday wishes. Cut to Casey, who shows up at Field & Plate for her birthday! As she's waiting for her friend, another family arrives for a birthday celebration, led by the birthday boy himself, Henry. Their tables are side by side, and they end up talking a bit. But then it’s cake time, and Henry’s family realizes they’ve forgotten the cake. Casey overhears this and suggests they blow out her candles together since they’re birthday twins.Henry gets a call and goes to take it. He assumes it’s a spam call. He tells Casey, “Someone from Dance Your Heart Out just called me—whatever that is.” Casey is shocked: “Dance Your Heart Out?! I’ve always wanted to be on Dance Your Heart Out! Let me be your partner!” He’s not interested, but says, “You should take my spot.” She replies, “That’s not allowed! Please, do this with me!” He insists, “No.” She’s disappointed and walks out, talking to her friend from the Dead Letter Office. She says, “It’s really odd, because my birthday wish was to make it on the show!”Things get stranger when she receives a call saying she’s inherited a farm. She starts to suspect there’s been a wish swap because inheriting a farm feels like something Henry would wish for. So, she goes to confront him. He admits, “Yeah, I wished for a farm, but a wish swap is ridiculous.” She suggests, “Well, let’s try something. I have one more piece of cake. Let’s do it again and maybe it’ll reverse the wish swap.” It doesn’t work. So, they strike a deal: he’ll work and earn money to get his own farm if he agrees to go with her and compete on Dance Your Heart Out.From here, things follow a familiar path. They start hanging out—she’s doing farm work, he’s learning to dance. They do their first dance for the show and actually do well. They move on to the next round. For some reason, they get invited to perform at a stand-up club, and it happens.There’s a document on her computer with her birthday wishes, but she tells him, “You can’t see it.” So, he opens it when she’s not around. Her wishes are:1. Dance, 2. Comedy, 3.Fall in loveWhen she opens her laptop and sees the document is open, she knows he’s looked at it, so she goes to give him a piece of her mind. But then he says, “I love you,” and that’s all it takes. Forgiven.They compete in the finals and win. The movie ends with them dancing in the bed of a pickup truck, and they kiss.
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