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ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

Lorelai hesitates to tell her parents about her engagement to Max, despite Rory's urging. Rory and Dean have a spat over Rory's plans for extracurricular activities.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

October 9, 2001 | The WB

CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore

Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2) SYNOPSIS

Lorelai has officially entered wedding planning mode. She tells Rory she went dress shopping the day before…and it was AWFUL. Rory is like, “Great, we’re going right now!”

At Chilton, Paris is signing up for summer school, extra classes, extracurriculars — the whole thing. Rory walks up, but Paris is still mad about the Tristan situation. She tells Rory she better not show up at the charity home-building event tomorrow. Rory’s like, “Oh, I’ll be there.”

Remember Henry, the guy Lane hit it off with at the party? He tells Rory he tried calling, but Mrs. Kim scared him off. So he gives Rory his number to pass along.

Friday night dinner time. Rory reminds Lorelai she needs to tell Emily and Richard about the engagement. Lorelai’s like, “I will soon, okay?!”

Richard pulls Rory aside and apologizes for how he treated Dean. He says he wanted to do it in person. Rory forgives him, and they hug. Progress!

Meanwhile, Lorelai is alone with Emily and decides to finally tell her about the engagement. Emily’s response? “That’s nice. I hope I’m in town.” Lorelai is…not thrilled.

The next day, Rory heads to the house-building charity event. She shows up with a pink, fluffy hammer (not ideal), and the guy in charge is basically like, “Good luck.” Paris immediately claims a wall and tells Rory to find somewhere else. She reveals she’s been volunteering for years — it’s all part of her Harvard plan. Rory realizes…she is WAY behind on extracurriculars. Uh oh.

Rory vents to Dean, spiraling about how she can’t relax this summer — she has to catch up. Dean is not loving this. He just wants to spend time together and is like, “Is that too much to ask?”

Lorelai feels bad seeing Rory so stressed, which kind of ruins her date with Max. Max talks about how supportive his parents are, and Lorelai is like…must be nice. He tries to get her to think about things rationally, but instead she decides to bring him to meet her parents.

Bold choice.

This leads to a big fight with Emily. Lorelai finally lets it out: “Why don’t you care? You’ve never cared, and it hurts.” Emily fires back that she found out about the engagement from a stranger instead of her own daughter.

The next day at work, Lorelai realizes it was Sookie who told Emily while planning an engagement party. Everything clicks.

At the party, Lorelai is actually having a great time — even though Max is about to leave for Toronto for a while.

Dean finds Rory, and they make up.

Meanwhile, Lorelai notices Luke isn’t there, so she goes to the diner. He gives a weird excuse about being busy “working”…on ketchup. She tells him she really wants him there — it’s an important night.

When Luke finally shows up, he sees Lorelai slow dancing with Max. They spot each other and just…wave.

Oof.

The episode ends with Lorelai going to Emily for advice about veils. She apologizes for not telling her sooner and admits they don’t communicate well. She explains she was scared of how Emily would react.

Emily softens…just a little. Then tells her her head is too big for a veil and she should wear a tiara — like she did.

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Festive Friday is back with some classic elevator entrapment!

ABOUT STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

The competition for a major promotion is heating up between Synclaire and James, two ambitious rivals whose professional antagonism has spilled over into playful (and not-so-playful) pranks. But when a sudden malfunction leaves them both stranded in the company elevator on Christmas Eve, their race for the top becomes a desperate struggle for freedom.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

November 4, 2025 | CW

CAST & CREW OF STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

Director: Johnnard Harper

Cast:

April Dillard as Synclaire

Antrone Harris as James

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

This dude is out to dinner with his girlfriend and he proposes. She says no.

We then get a really long intro of James and Sinclair waking up in the morning. He is in a very good mood. Today is the big day at work. He's getting that promotion baby! Sinclair shows up late for work, like always. But she also really wants that promotion. Their boss comes in. She brings everyone in who is up for the promotion and tells them who the top two are. It's James and Sinclair. She calls them both into her office and tells them it's crunch time. Whoever is most likable at the Christmas party will get that promotion. They make a wager that whoever loses has to be the other person's assistant. This leads to prank time such as putting sticky notes on the bottom of him and his best friend's mugs that makes it look like they're in love, spiking their tacos with laxatives. But they get them back with...FART SPRAY!!!

They all go home to clean up and Sinclair realizes that she still needs to shop for her secret Santa who is...uh oh, JAMES!

The party happens. It's a good time. James goes to leave and ends up getting on the elevator at the same time as Sinclair. And the elevator ends up getting stuck! They end up getting mutually turned on by each other when they have to take off their jackets & sweaters because it's hot. They drink, they play games, and they end up kissssingggggg. They end up getting out I think and they have, let's say romantic dreams, about each other. But uh oh there's a knock on her door and... it's her ex! AHHHH!

The next day or so at work, she gets the promotion but he's not mad.

Cut to the beginning of the movie with the proposal again. It's James proposing to Sinclair. She says no. Then she says I'm just kidding and says yes.

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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Hope Valley: 1874.

ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 7)

A young fugitive holds Rebecca and Tom hostage.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 7)

April 30, 2026 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 7)

Bethany Joy Lenz as Rebecca Clarke

Benjamin Ayres as Tom Moore

BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 7) SYNOPSIS

The boarding house is popping and they're going to throw a party! Baby Ned might be a little sick. Nash finally gets his cast off and goes right back to work! Rebecca is out in the stables talking to the horses when this guy pops out of nowhere with a gun and tells her not to move! He seems like he's in a lot of pain and he doesn't know where he is.

Hattie comes across an acceptance letter that Olivia got from the Ontario School of Art.

Rebecca notices that her captor has a gunshot wound and she offers to help him.

There's a new British dude in town who is hoping to strike it rich down at the stream.

Tom shows up and is immediately suspicious that something is going on and homeboy pokes his gun out and is now holding both of them captive!

Olivia and Alexander go out to fish and she teaches him how to cast that line!

Ned's mom is freaking out because Ned won't stop crying. Hattie helps her out.

Tom and Rebecca finally convince their captor, Eli, to let her help him with his wound. He opens up about what happened - a rancher refused to pay him for breaking his horse. He tried to take the horse back and they shot him and he went on the run.

Olivia and Alexander have a great day together - catching fish, talking about the big city, making eyes with each other.

Rebecca gets Eli fixed up and they encourage him to bring his case to the local mountie. He'll be able to help. But before they can go see him, the baddies show up. Tom goes out to talk to them - get off my land! Rebecca walks him out and says we're bringing him to the mountie. You're welcome to follow. On the way back, Alexander shows up and tells the fellas he's taking the kid into custody and they can press charges if they want to.

Rebecca tells Tom that she was impressed with him today.

The episode ends with that British guy snooping around in the woods.

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Ryan joins us this week to head back to the pond for another episode of The Way Home.

ABOUT: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 3)

Kat and Elliot plan a romantic getaway, while Alice tries to gather more clues; Del and Sam get a surprise visit from Elliot's father, Vic.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 3)

May 3, 2026 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 3)

Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry

Evan Williams as Elliot Augustine

Sadie Laflamme as Alice Dhawan

Andie MacDowell as Del Landry

BRAN’S THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 3) SYNOPSIS

In the '70s Colton goes to confront Grif. He sees Alice and is like oh you must be Del. He corrects him and then Alice goes to jump back to the present.

In the present, Del is telling Elliot that she can't help but wonder if Griffin took Tessa into the pond. She suspected that they had a thing. Elliot is like you kept this from me. You know what secrets have done to this family. He storms off.

Alice hears all of this and decides to jump again to see if she can find out more.

But she shows up 2 years later. Evelyn's had her kid and he's already 2 years old. And Griffin has been gone for 2 years too. So a wasted trip.

Kat sees that bullet on Alice's nightstand and she tells her where she found it. Kat is like hmmmm interesting.

Del and Sam are riding horses. Sam is like I wonder if you should move in with me. He also tells her that he knows about the pond when her horse seems to get nervous when they get close to it.

Alice is hanging out with boyfriend Noah and best friend Max. Noah says he's thinking about opening a restaurant in the big city. Max is not supportive. But Alice tells him if it feels right, go for it. They can just start long distance early.

When Max and Alice go to leave, Max tells her that it's probably not going to work with them going long distance. She's like what do you know about love?

Elliot surprises Kat with a last minute getaway to a cabin in the woods.

Elliot's dad shows up looking for him but he's nowhere to be found. So he goes to question Del. He tells Del that Elliot has been calling, asking about his mother. Del says I told him the truth - Tessa left both of you because she fell in love with Colton's brother.

When they get to the cabin, we see that Elliot has brought the engagement ring. Is it finally time?!

Alice goes back in time to talk to Evelyn and check on her baby. Evelyn is excited to finally see her but questions why she bailed before the baby was born. While they're talking, guess who walks up to take her order... it's TESSA!!!

While out on a hike, Elliot gets ready to propose. He does that by telling her that he's always wondered if they should have kids of their own. Before they can dive into that, they get service and find out that Elliot's dad is back in town.

Elliot's dad joins Del & Sam for dinner to hash things out some more.

Alice watches as Victor Augustine (Elliot's dad) asks Tessa out on a date. And then she watches as Tessa steals money and looks at Alice and puts her finger to her mouth...don't you tell!

Elliot gets back and sees the happy go lucky dinner. He's like oh I don't wanna interrupt this happy reunion.

Kat goes to talk to him, tell him that she's open to continuing that conversation about kids but he needs to work things out with his dad.

While looking at the picture of Tessa, she recognizes the bracelet she's wearing. Turns out, it's the same bracelet that Fern is wearing in that reel.

Elliot asks his dad how he can be so sure that his mom died if he never saw her again. He gives him a letter he received, saying she's dying, that included the ring.

Fern takes Kat to a speakeasy where she performs and then Kat overhears the big bad Augustines talking about getting rid of her. Kat is then shocked to hear her singing Tainted Love. She goes to confront her about singing a song from the future when she starts feeling funky. She collapses as Cliff comes down there to break up the party. Fern says oh Kitty Kat what are we gonna do with you?

Elliot and his dad make up as the clock chimes at 11:11, like always. He says that his mom always used to say make a wish at 11:11.

The episode ends with Kat waking up in a jail cell.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

ABOUT KENTUCKY ROSES

A greenhouse worker and the son of Churchill Downs' CEO form an unlikely pair, coming together to save the Kentucky Derby rose blanket and uncovering a generational love story along the way.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR KENTUCKY ROSES

May 2, 2026 | Hallmark

CAST & CREW OF KENTUCKY ROSES

Director: Clare Niederpruem

Writer: Jamie Pachino

Cast:

Odette Annable as Sadie

Andrew W. Walker as Ash Taylor

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

It's 1932 and this dude brings this girl out to the woods to give her a horseshoe necklace. She's like I can't take this. We hardly know each other. And it looks expensive. He's like it is. I got big dreams and I want someone by my side to grow an empire with. She asks him to put it on her.

We then see a bunch of clips of the Kentucky Derby from over the years. We meet Sadie who is going to leave her family's greenhouse, the one for Churchill Downs, so that she can become a full time florist - that's her dream. She notices some work being done at Churchill Downs. Apparently a storm came through.

We then meet Ash Taylor. He's the son of the Churchill Downs CEO. His dad calls him and says there's been an emergency and asks him to come home. Ash is like I'm too busy to help you. It's clear that he and his dad don't see eye to eye. Ash even changed his last name so that people wouldn't know that he is a Reed. He doesn't want to take any shortcuts. But when his mom asks him to do it, he can't say no.

He comes across Sadie who is looking at the flowers at Churchill Downs. They chat and bond over not wanting to take over the family business. They end up watching fireworks together and having a great time. But they didn't exchange information...not even names.

Luckily for them, they bump into each other at a bar the next night. They have a great time!

Ash's mom bumps into Sadie and sees some of her work and hires her to put together some bouquets for a fundraising event. When Sadie's boss finds out, she's like well...figure it out.

She's gotta find some roses. Luckily Ash knows where they can find some in the wild. This is when she explains that greenhouse flowers are different than florist flowers and I gotta be honest....thankful for that explanation. This is also when she finds out that he is the son of the Derby folks, the Reeds, and she's not pleased.

We find out that that couple at the beginning of the movie was Ash's great-uncle and Sadie's great-grandma. Apparently they were in love. But his dad wouldn't let him marry her.

The flowers mysteriously end up on Sadie's doorstep and the event is a big success.

She ends up going out with Ash again but they get in an argument - apparently his family thinks that her great-grandmother kept the jewelry. Her family says they gave it back. It's a whole thing.

But no time to wallow. She finds out that the roses for the Derby's blanket of roses are stuck in South America. So she posts a video on social media asking for the community to all bring their roses. And it works! The roses come flying in. Big success!

She also finds a letter that tells her where the necklace is and she brings it to Ash to have him put it on her. And they kiss BIG HONKEN ONES! KISS OF THE YEAR CONTENDER!

It's Derby day! He tells his dad he's willing to come back if he can run the charity that finds homes for old Derby horses.

Her best friend wins the Derby. And then his dad says they are going to source the roses locally moving forward and they want her to do it first. They celebrate with another kiss.

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