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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Paris Is Always a Good Idea.

ABOUT: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 3)

Chelsea and Knightly team up and get back to work in Paris; French photographer Sebastian re-enters Chelsea's life.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 3)

August 6, 2026 | Hallmark+

CAST & CREW OF: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 3)

Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin

BRAN’S PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 3) SYNOPSIS

It's time to find out about Chelsea's 2nd what-if. After her time in Ireland, she spent a couple months in a forest in France. She said that she kept up with Colin from Ireland at first, but the messages became more and more sparse. One day, she's down by a river when this guy walks up with a camera and asks if he can take her photo. She says no, she's a mess. He says she looks beautiful. He says I'll come back tomorrow and ask again. Which he did. In fact, he came back every day asking to take her picture. His camera was his most prized possession. He tells her that he's building his portfolio and that she inspires him. She reluctantly agrees. She puts on a dress and he sets up a time when the lighting will be just right. While taking the pictures, he says I can tell that your heart is broken. She opens up about Colin and then opens up about her life and why she's in France. He shows her the pictures and for the first time in her life, she found herself beautiful. The pictures remain between just the two of them. After giving her the picture, they almost kiss but he stops. He's leaving soon. And so is she. But that didn't stop them from getting closer. They keep hanging out, talking about life, going dancing. When it was time to say goodbye, he can't stop himself from kissing her.

Cut to Chelsea telling the story into her phone on what we assume is her wedding day. There's a knock at the door. It's Sebastian and she says "you're not supposed to be up here."

But let's get back to the story. She gets the email about Sebastian being in Paris and wanting to meet. Chelsea encourages her sister to stay in Ireland to go on a date with the bartender.

She tells Jason Knightly that she's on her way back to Paris and he's not upset about it but she won't tell him why she's back in Paris.

Chelsea shows up and finds Sebastian working and he is very successful. He wraps up quickly, pulls her away and immediately kisses her - making up for lost time. They agree to get back together after her meeting. He drops her off at the meeting and Jason Knightly is like that dude doesn't seem Irish.

The meeting goes well and Chelsea and Jason actually work great together in this pitch and have a good time chatting afterwards. He even opens up to her about his life.

When she gets back to the hotel, she sees that Sebastian sent her a $10,000 dress. Jason Knightly is like ok you gotta tell me everything, which she does.

She gets ready for the date and puts on the dress. She is picked up by Sebastian as Jason Knightly watches from the window.

For the date, Sebastian takes her to…his studio to take more pictures of her. She tells him why she's there for work and he says he can put in a good word cuz he knows the CEO of that company.

He says but I need something in return….I want to use your original photos in this exhibition. She says you promised the pictures were just for us. This whole day was just to coerce me into signing those pictures away? He says no. I want you. Think of the power couple we could be. She says but what if I don't sign the pictures away? He says I need you to sign. And she says goodbye and also….the answer is no.

Cut back to the wedding. He says I just need to take pictures of the dress. We find out apparently she made a deal - she'd sign the pictures away in exchange for him photographing her wedding.

Back in Paris, she walks to get some food and of course Jason Knightly is there too. She joins him and they eat together. She says you were right - everyone always wants something, something he said after their meeting earlier. And he says "I can't imagine wanting anything when you're wearing that dress."

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

ABOUT ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU

An ambitious TV producer devises a brilliant plan to reunite a 90's boy band for an annual summer beach bash, but her idea is derailed when she falls for the band's reluctant lead singer.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU

August 8, 2026 | Hallmark

CAST & CREW OF ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU

Director: Stacey N. Harding

Writers: Ali Spuck, Casie Tabanou, Matthew Willis

Cast:

Kimberley Sustad as Kaitlin

Jesse Metcalfe as Derrick

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off with a morning show, Merrie & Mason. Classic morning show July 4th banter. We meet Kaitlyn who is a producer on the show, who really wants to get the executive producer promotion. She's going in for an interview with a bunch of animal themed pitches.

On the show, Merrie is talking about her favorite '90s band, Absolutely Yeah. She loves listening to their song, Hotter Than July, every July. And she has a big crush on the singer Derrick.

But the band isn't together anymore. Derrick is busy working at this community center. Have a chill dude.

So Kaitlyn goes in to talk to her boss but the pitch never really happens cuz her boss is a real talker. But when the plan to bring in the Lifeguard Dog for their end of summer bash falls through, Kaitlyn seizes the moment and randomly pitches getting Absolutely Yeah back together. She pitches that if she makes this happen, she gets the EP gig. Her boss says it's a deal!

She gets a hold of 3 of the 4 members and they're into the idea. But Derrick is elusive.

She tracks him down at work and he is very against the idea.

She takes some time and comes back with a deal - if he does the reunion show, she'll help him with the community center variety show. Oh also if you don't do this, everyone I work with will lose their jobs. He says ok if you can help boost ticket sales for the community center and help the kids prepare, he MIGHT be in.

That's good enough. They announce the reunion on the morning show.

Naturally, Kaitlyn and Derrick start hanging out. He opens up about leaving the band because he couldn't connect to the fans on a personal level. And she opens up about why she loves her job.

He goes to talk to his co-worker. She's like we both know you aren't doing this reunion show. So stop stringing her along.

The morning show hosts decide to just announce that Derrick is doing the reunion once advertisers start dropping.

Word gets to Kaitlyn about that announcement while she's with Derrick. She does not tell him.

The bad news is ticket sales for the variety show aren't skyrocketing.

So she hatches a secret plan but one of the boys starts to feel guilty about keeping something from Derrick. So they invite him to come to this rehearsal with the boys from the community center and he gets real mad. Turns out the boys already knew his past but he doesn't care. He tells Kaitlyn that even though the show is sold out, he's not doing the reunion. So she's real sad.

He makes up with the band and surprises Kaitlyn and America by showing up for the performance and crushes it!

Kaitlyn gets the promotion! Derrick gets to talk about the community center. And he announces that because of Kaitlyn, the community center is fully funded for another year.

They all go to celebrate, and Derrick talks to Kaitlyn. They both apologize for how they handled things. He sings Hotter Than July to her softly and they kisssssss big ones!

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It's Marvel Monday and reality itself is at stake!

ABOUT DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

2022 | Theatrical Release

CAST & CREW OF DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Director: Sam Raimi

Writers: Michael Waldron, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

Cast:

Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch

Benedict Wong as Wong

Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez

Rachel McAdams as Dr. Christine Palmer

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off with a demon chasing a girl named America Chavez. A variant of Doctor Strange shows up searching for the Book of Vishanti. Doctor Strange is killed and America accidentally creates a portal to our Doctor Strange's universe.

While at Christine's wedding, Strange sees a monster attack happening. So he goes and rescues this girl who he remembered from his dream. America explains that the beings are hunting her because she has the power to travel through the multiverse, but is unable to consciously control it.

Doctor Strange goes to talk to Wanda about these demons but realizes that she is actually responsible for the attacks. She acquired the Darkhold and is now going full Scarlet Witch. Wanda believes that taking America's powers and traveling through the multiverse will allow her to reunite with Billy and Tommy, the kids she created.

When Strange refuses to surrender America, Wanda shows up and starts killing sorcerers.

Scared, America accidentally transports the two of them to another Earth. Wanda uses the Darkhold to "dreamwalk", taking control of her Earth-838 counterpart who lives a suburban life with her own Billy and Tommy.

Doctor Strange and America are captured by this Earth's Sorcerer Supreme, Karl Mordo, and brought before the Illuminati, to help decide what to do with them.

They explain that through reckless use of their universe's Darkhold in an attempt to defeat Thanos, Earth-838's Strange triggered a universe-destroying "incursion". After defeating Thanos, the Illuminati executed their Strange to prevent him from causing more harm. So they're finding it hard to trust our Doctor Strange.

Wanda shows up and kills all the Illuminati except Mordo. Doctor Strange helps free America with the help of this Earth's Christine.

The three of them go to find the Book of Vishanti, which holds the secret to free them of the Darkhold, but Wanda appears and destroys it.

She then takes over America's mind and uses her powers to send Doctor Strange and Christine to a universe wasteland.

Our Doctor Strange defeats the destroyed universe's Doctor Strange, who has been corrupted by his Darkhold, and then uses that Darkhold to dreamwalk. With Wong's help, Doctor Strange saves America from Wanda and encourages her to use her abilities.

America goes to find Wanda where she sees Wanda's kids crying for their real mom.

Realizing she goofed, Wanda gives up and uses her powers to bring down all copies of the Darkhold throughout the multiverse and sacrifices herself in the process.

Everyone returns to their own universes except America who stays to train with Doctor Strange who now has a third eye.

We then see Doctor Strange be approached by a mystery person who warns that his actions have triggered an incursion that he must help repair and he follows her into that universe.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

It's almost Fall. What better way to get into the Fall spirit than by revisiting some of our Fall movie reviews! Up first, Falling for You.  This episode originally aired on October 19, 2018.

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.

ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 15)

A suspicious Lorelai catches Jess in Rory's room and accuses him of stealing a bracelet and Luke impulsively decides to buy the building where he lives.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 15)

February 26, 2002 | The WB

CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 15)

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore

Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 15) SYNOPSIS

Lorelai was cleaning her gutters when she hurt her hand. She slapped a Band-Aid on it and refuses to go to the doctor.

They get to Luke’s, but Luke is nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, Caesar is cooking. So Lorelai heads upstairs to check on Luke and encourage him to come down and make them pancakes. The place is a mess because Jess’s mom finally sent the rest of his stuff, and now Luke can’t find his supply ledger. Lorelai finds it and holds it hostage until he comes downstairs to make the pancakes.

That night, Lorelai and Rory are walking to get supplies for movie night. They pass Luke’s and see him sitting there alone, sadly drinking a beer and watching TV on his tiny television. He just needs some space from Jess. Lorelai encourages him to get a bigger apartment, but Luke isn’t having it. Instead, he asks if Jess could clean Lorelai’s gutters for her.

Lorelai doesn’t say yes right away, but on the walk home Rory says, "I thought you were going to give Jess a chance. You should hire him." After a little more guilt-tripping, Lorelai finally agrees.

Then she asks Rory why it’s so important that she like Jess. Rory comes up with an excuse, but Lorelai is wise to her.

Luke heads upstairs and freaks out on Jess over the mess. He shouts, "WE’RE MOVING TOMORROW!"

After looking at apartments, Jess goes to Rory’s to get started on the gutters. Cool-guy Jess flips her a book when she opens the door and comments that her hair is different. Lorelai tries to make small talk with him, but he’s not having it.

When he goes outside, Rory follows him and asks him to try to get along with her mom. He’s like, "Why?" She says, "If you care about me at all, you’ll try."

He replies, "Who says I care about you?"

Classic Jess.

Rory leaves to hang out with Dean at a book fundraiser. Dean is bored out of his mind. He says he wants to go see The Lord of the Rings again, which annoys Rory. Then he notices she isn’t wearing the bracelet he gave her. She lies and says she took it off because of a rash and will put it back on later.

In reality, she lost it... and Jess is holding it hostage.

Lorelai invites Jess downstairs for lunch. At first he says no, but then he remembers what Rory asked him and decides to make an effort. Just then, Rory comes bursting through the door, freaking out because she’s lost the bracelet.

Luke calls Lorelai to complain about the injustices of renting. He says he needs a second opinion and asks her to come look at an apartment with him. She immediately leaves work.

The apartment is really nice. Lorelai tells him, "Even if Jess goes home someday, you’re still going to want this place. What if you meet someone?"

She finally talks him into it... but then they discover the worst possible news: Taylor owns the building.

Luke is immediately out.

Taylor runs after him and says he’s thinking about buying the flower shop next to the diner, but he needs Luke to take down the old hardware store sign because it confuses people.

Luke says, "It was my dad’s. I’m not taking it down," and storms off.

Rory gets home, still upset about losing the bracelet. She talks to Jess about it, and he casually suggests she look in her room one more time. She walks in and immediately finds it under her bed.

There it is.

Lorelai goes outside to pay Jess for the job, but instead accuses him of stealing the bracelet because she caught him leaving Rory’s room about 30 minutes before it mysteriously reappeared.

Jess denies it.

She says, "Don’t 'whatever' me, you little jerk!"—like the uncle in Home Alone. She lectures him, saying that taking the bracelet only hurt Rory because it’s the most precious thing she owns.

Jess fires back, "If it’s the most precious thing she owns, why did it take her two weeks to notice it was gone?"

Yeah... I wouldn’t start calling him "son" just yet.

He storms off.

Luke comes banging on the door, still fuming about Taylor. He reveals that, in a fit of blind rage, he bought the building that houses the diner.

Lorelai tells him that honestly, owning the building isn’t such a bad thing, and she talks him off the ledge.

Before he leaves, she asks Luke if Jess ever talks to him about Rory.

Luke says, "I don't know... but that would be great. She'd be such a good influence on him."

Luke heads home, grabs a sledgehammer, knocks a giant hole through the apartment wall, and tells Jess...

"That’s your room."

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