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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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Festive Friday returns with a holiday comedy about unexpected plans!

ABOUT MERRY LITTLE BABY

When Shanice's baby pact she made with her best friend fails, she decides to go on an app to find a sperm donor to be her baby daddy this holiday season which also happens to be her 35th birthday.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MERRY LITTLE BABY

November 4, 2025 | Streaming

CAST & CREW OF MERRY LITTLE BABY

Director: Denise Mone't

Writer: Denise Mone't

Cast:

Denise Mone't as Shanice

Deangelo Howard Jr. as Ashton

Brandy Specks

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Shanice is at her little sister's gender reveal / baby shower combo party and Shanice is not happy. Why? Because her little sister is married and pregnant before she is! Shanice is turning 35 this Christmas. She always pictured herself being married with 2 kids at this point. She tells her best friend that she's about to go meet up with Ashton to discuss the baby pact they made. After her dad passed away, Shanice has really felt the pressure to have a baby before her mom dies. Ashton is her best chance. But bad news - Ashton has a girlfriend. The pact ain't pacting. She goes to leave but her car got towed.

She goes on this radio show because she's a famous film producer who has movies on Tubi. But the interview takes a turn when Shanice opens up about her desire to be a mom. The interviewer mentions a sperm donor and Shanice doesn't hate the idea but only if she can know the guy first. So she joins this app and begins meeting men to try to find the right guy. So many bad interviews later and she ends up baking with Ashton. But Ashton has to cut it short because he needs to go ask his girlfriend's parents for their blessing. It does not go well.

Shanice goes out to the club with her friends and gets drunkkkkkk. Naturally, Ashton shows up to take her home. Drunk and falling asleep, Shanice says she loves him and then falls asleep.

After a crazy couple of days, she finally gets together with Ashton and she finds out that Ashton broke up with his girlfriend. They kiss!

Cut to a year later and she's pregnant!

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Deck the Lifetime Uncorked with a chilling thriller!

ABOUT KILLER CLOWN

30 years after Elizabeth's mother was shot to death by a clown, a copycat killer starts stalking her and she soon uncovers dark family secrets and she realizes that the killer clown may be closer to her than she realizes.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR KILLER CLOWN

August 1, 2026 | Lifetime

CAST & CREW OF KILLER CLOWN

Director: Annie Bradley

Writer: Katie Boland

Cast:

Sara Paxton as Elizabeth Helmer

 

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

ABOUT: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 1 & 2)

Nonprofit executive Chelsea is in Paris to secure a major donor, but begins an unexpected journey across Europe to reconnect with her past loves. + Chelsea begins her journey to reconnect to her past and to find Colin, a sheep farmer in Ireland; Annabelle accompanies her and Knightly grows curious.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 1 & 2)

July 31, 2026 | Hallmark+

CAST & CREW OF: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 1 & 2)

Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin

BRAN’S PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 1 & 2) SYNOPSIS

Chelsea is talking into her phone, telling someone about her love story. It all takes place in Europe where she was on a gap year. What Chelsea wasn't expecting was that she'd fall in love with not 1, not 2, but 3 different men! That gap year ended suddenly when she finds out that her mom is dying.

10 years later, she walks into her office at the American Cancer Coalition to find her work rival, Jason Knightly, using her treadmill desk. Chelsea isn't having Jason's nonsense. She is working hard on trying to secure a big $50 million donation. The CEO of this skincare company is intrigued by this but wants to talk to her more in person...in Paris! She's very hesitant to go back to Paris.

She goes over to her dad's house to have family dinner with her sister, Annabelle, and their dad Glenn. Oh and his new boo thang Sheri. Chelsea tells them about going to Paris and they all look at her like she's dying. Apparently they all went to Paris together after their mom passed to complete her bucket list but Chelsea broke down crying before they could do any of the things on their mom's list. Annabelle and Dad decide they're gonna come with to be her support system.

But when they get there, Chelsea sees Annabelle brought their mom's itinerary and she gets really mad. She's not ready to say goodbye to mom. To make matters worse, she looks out the window of the hotel and Jason Knightly is there. She goes down there and he's like oh our boss didn't tell you? We're partners. I'm your closer. She opens up about why her family is there and he encourages her to do it.

So she calls the family and off they go to start the journey. And it starts off ok but the fun quickly ends when the 2nd stop of the trip is closed down. It becomes clear in these audio messages that a lot has changed for them in the past 10 years. This is a mess.

She and her sister make up and go out to dinner. Annabelle was surprised to hear their mom describe Chelsea as a romantic. Annabelle says she's never even seen her date. Chelsea tells her about the 3 guys she fell in love with. Annabelle tells her to go for it - try to find those guys.

They go dancing and wouldn't you know it, Jason Knightly is there when he should be working on the pitch. She tells him she hates him but when she touches his chest, the sparks fly. I'm sure it's nothing.

The next morning, Chelsea gets word that her meeting has been rescheduled. Classic power move. Chelsea decides not to get mad. Instead, she's going to try to find these 3 lovers. So off to Ireland she goes to try to find the first one.

We get a bit of their story. She met this dude and fell for him when he sang a song for her. He handmade her a compass. They kissed looking over the water and she promised to come back. But she never did. So she heads back to Ireland with her sister to try to track this Colin down.

In a crazy move, apparently Chelsea didn't tell Jason Knightly that she was going on a short vacay. She finally catches him up to speed but won't tell him why she's in Ireland, so he takes to some Instagram stalking.

She makes it to the farm but runs off when she sees him walking up. She's freaking out. He's not just a guy. What if he's THE guy? She goes back into town to get a change of shoes and clothes and heads back to the farm. He's pumped to see her. He's busy shearing the sheep but they agree to go out for dinner.

But shocker of the century, he shows up with his WIFE AND KIDS!!! So I guess that's not where she's supposed to be.

She ends the day by calling Jason Knightly to talk about work...and anything else.

The episode ends with her Paris beau emailing her back asking to meet.

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

ABOUT TOAST TO ITALY

Jenny travels to Italy for a special bottle of wine for her sister's wedding. She meets Arrigo, also looking for the famous "Love Wine" and together their search leads to a love of their own.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR TOAST TO ITALY

August 1, 2026 | Hallmark

CAST & CREW OF TOAST TO ITALY

Director: Michael Robison

Writer: Raul Inglis

Cast:

Torrey DeVitto as Jenny

Will Kemp as Arrigo

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Jenny is helping plan her sister's wedding. But there's something missing - this wedding blessing wine that every successful marriage in her family has toasted with at the wedding. They thought they still had a bottle in the case but apparently they're out. There's only 1 bottle available, going up for auction in 16 hours in Rome! So Jenny decides she's gonna hop on a plane, get the wine, and come home in time for the wedding.

She gets there just in time for the auction. She arrives at the same time as Arrigo. They hit it off until they discover they're both here for the same bottle of wine. They get into a bidding war but then this random extra ends up winning it at the last second.

She ends up having to go to Italy where another bottle may be available. But who does she see on her trip but one Arrigo. Both heading to the same place for the same bottle of wine. You'd think that would bring out the worst in both of them but they're actually really nice. They end up at her relative's house who feeds her yummy food. But, alas, no wine.

So they continue to journey, trying to find the same wine but sticking together. Sparks are flying. He measures her for a dress. All normal Hallmark movie stuff.

There's a crazy miscommunication but they're finally able to talk through it.

She returns to the States without the wine. Luckily for her, Arrigo finds a bottle behind a random bar. Just as the bride and groom are going to toast with unblessed wine, he shows up at the wedding, wine in hand.

They dance and they kiss.

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