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Mini Episode: Steve Bacic talks Garage Sale Mysteries · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark Review podcast. I'm Megan,
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  Speaker 1: and in today's mini episode, you're going to hear a
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  Speaker 1: conversation I had with Steve Basick, star of Garage Sale Mysteries,
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  Speaker 1: Murder Takes the Stage, premiering on Saturday, September 19th, 2026. Enjoy! Hi, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Megan with Girls Gone Hallmark. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for your time today.
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  Speaker 2: My pleasure.
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  Speaker 3: Good to meet you.
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  Speaker 1: Excited to talk about Garage Sale Mysteries. Welcome back. It's
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  Speaker 1: been a big hiatus from the series. Can you describe
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  Speaker 1: what it was like being back after such a long
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  Speaker 1: time away from this group?
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, you had to pinch me. It wasn't
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  Speaker 3: really happening.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So, yeah, no, I was, you know, I was a
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  Speaker 4: little nervous about it as well.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: This long and you know obviously you know I wasn't
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  Speaker 4: in touch with some of the well actually most of
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  Speaker 4: the people I just we all kind of went our
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  Speaker 4: separate ways and it was almost like Christmas you know
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  Speaker 4: who's going to be there when are we going to
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  Speaker 4: be there I knew a little bit about scheduling and
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  Speaker 4: then you know just I get seeing Laurie and Kevin
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  Speaker 4: and Sarah and Connor I get to see Ava but
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  Speaker 4: and the cat and some of the same same crew
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  Speaker 4: as well. It was like, we were just, let's just,
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  Speaker 4: let's just continue.
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  Speaker 3: It was awesome. All the way from, you know, even,
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  Speaker 3: even our, our, our drivers.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I was super excited.
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  Speaker 4: Some of our drivers knew about the excitement that was,
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  Speaker 4: they were in chat rooms and, and forums that way.
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  Speaker 4: They knew more about it than I knew about it.
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  Speaker 4: So a little bit of heat, which was, which was
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  Speaker 4: also making me a little nervous because I'm going to Oh,
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  Speaker 4: expectations are going.
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  Speaker 3: To be high.
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  Speaker 4: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. People are big fans of this series. And speaking
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  Speaker 1: of crew, we've got to, as far as I can tell,
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  Speaker 1: new writer and director on this one. Um, so what
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  Speaker 1: was that like? Did that, how did that change things?
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  Speaker 1: Was that kind of helpful maybe to have someone new
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  Speaker 1: after this time away?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean, creatively I was, you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you do so many of them, we, we collaborate a
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  Speaker 2: little bit and, you know, uh, The writer I didn't
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  Speaker 2: get a.
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  Speaker 4: Chance to meet, but I've known Paula. She was our
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  Speaker 4: director from way back when. And she's also from the
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  Speaker 4: school of let's come together and let's make this the
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  Speaker 4: best dang thing we can make, right?
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  Speaker 3: Well, there wasn't any. It still had a great flow
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  Speaker 3: to it. So it was similar. It was very similar.
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  Speaker 3: A little bit of new blood there.
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  Speaker 4: But really still, we're trying to stay true to the
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  Speaker 4: way we did it before. So it's not going to be,
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  Speaker 4: it's not bumpy. It's not like, oh, this is a
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  Speaker 4: different show. No, this is the same show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels cohesive.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 4: That's the right word, cohesive. So I felt that even
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  Speaker 4: though having someone with new eyes on it, as far
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  Speaker 4: as the director is concerned, I think that, you know,
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  Speaker 4: she definitely did her homework.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: But it was able to also allow us to play,
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  Speaker 4: which is nice to have that trust.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: You know, and that's tough for someone coming into it
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  Speaker 4: as a newbie. And yeah, I love the courage. I
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  Speaker 4: thought it was a lot, and she was great.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of fun. All was awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's an interesting balance to strike, right? In terms
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  Speaker 1: of like coming in and being a leader, but also
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  Speaker 1: acknowledging the deep bench that you've got This is a franchise,
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  Speaker 1: as you well know, with a deep back catalog. And
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  Speaker 1: there may be those that are either newer to the
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  Speaker 1: channel or just new to this franchise that may not
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  Speaker 1: have seen all or any of the previous movies. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think the nice thing is these movies
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  Speaker 1: do stand alone. But if someone wants to get a
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  Speaker 1: sense of the vibe for the crew, is there a
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  Speaker 1: movie or two that you can point them to without
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  Speaker 1: assigning them 16 movies of cramming in the next week
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  Speaker 1: and a half?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, watch this one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, let's stay current. And then, actually, when I
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  Speaker 4: love a show, sometimes I will start. You know, I'll
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  Speaker 4: jump in a little bit later and I'll go, okay,
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  Speaker 4: I got to go back and see how this got here.
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 3: So I wouldn't wait.
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  Speaker 4: I say, you know, watch the movie on September 19th.
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  Speaker 3: And then, yeah, go back and watch them all.
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  Speaker 1: See how we got here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I start with the icing and then eat the cake.
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  Speaker 4: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: We have a segment on our show called Did You
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  Speaker 1: See That? where we talk about moments that casual viewers
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  Speaker 1: might have missed. And sometimes they're funny moments. Sometimes it's
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  Speaker 1: an Easter egg. Sometimes it's something that has a deeper
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  Speaker 1: meaning to someone on the cast or crew. Is there
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  Speaker 1: a specific moment in this movie that you want viewers
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  Speaker 1: to look out for?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: Again, not having seen the movie, it's hard to know
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  Speaker 3: what stayed in. but I don't have one specifically. That's
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  Speaker 3: a great question, though. I am trying to incorporate some
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  Speaker 3: stuff from my real life. I don't know if it
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  Speaker 3: made it, though.
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  Speaker 1: Got it.
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  Speaker 4: Because I think we had a pretty big script, so.
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  Speaker 3: Any additions worked.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, for the fact that I'm a freestyle dancer,
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  Speaker 4: they wouldn't add that.
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  Speaker 3: That's a joke.
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  Speaker 1: I got it.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. I'm not Ray Gunn. I'm not Ray Gunn
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  Speaker 3: from the Olympics.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, but I want to, I think me and
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  Speaker 4: Kevin O'Grady should do a dance off.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, that's our next series dance team with Steve and Kevin.
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  Speaker 1: There we go. So when I got to know when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to mysteries, I never ever guess who the
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  Speaker 1: killer is. I need to know if you're as good
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  Speaker 1: of a sleuther as your onscreen wife is, or if
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  Speaker 1: you are as surprised as the audience by the outcome
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  Speaker 1: of these movies.
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  Speaker 4: I would say I am as good because I do
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  Speaker 4: love a good mystery.
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  Speaker 3: I really do.
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  Speaker 4: If I'm given all the information, if I, and I mean,
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  Speaker 4: I'm talking about as Steve watching a movie, I'll go,
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  Speaker 4: I'll go.
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  Speaker 3: If I, if I paid attention. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Because you can see, if you can see the red herrings,
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  Speaker 4: you can see, you know, if you're in the business,
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  Speaker 4: you want, I want, I don't want to be watching
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  Speaker 4: for that.
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  Speaker 3: I want to be in a way, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: want to be pulled into it. But sometimes I, I'll
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  Speaker 3: know why they're going to try to mislead.
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  Speaker 4: And then sometimes there's a mislead to mislead the mislead.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Because, you know, we go, oh, oh, they know because
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  Speaker 4: audiences are sophisticated now.
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  Speaker 1: Well, before I let you go, is there one thing
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  Speaker 1: that you want viewers to know going into this movie
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  Speaker 1: other than to tune in on September 19th? What do
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  Speaker 1: you want them to know heading into this?
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  Speaker 4: It was like we hadn't had this seven-year gap. I
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  Speaker 4: think that if anything, it felt like the cast and
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  Speaker 4: crew were more cohesive, more connected. We were able to
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  Speaker 4: bounce off each other. And I think that it translates.
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  Speaker 4: I think that it's going to translate into a very
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  Speaker 4: enjoyable hour and a half of their life where they
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  Speaker 4: can go back to visiting with the Shannons.
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  Speaker 3: At least that's what I felt.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I agree with you. It's a good time. I
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  Speaker 1: can't wait for people to see it. Thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for your time.
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  Speaker 4: It was as much fun. I'd say it's probably the
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  Speaker 4: most in terms of humor, but it's not like, you know,
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  Speaker 4: in-your-face humor. I think that we definitely had a lot
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  Speaker 4: of that. We had to hold back a little bit,
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  Speaker 4: I think. It's a tough, you know, when you're talking
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  Speaker 4: about murder.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: You want to walk the line.
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  Speaker 3: But that's how we relieve. I think that's the fine balance.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that's what I think that Hallmark does
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  Speaker 4: it very well, but I also think Roswell Mysteries does it.
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  Speaker 4: This franchise has been able to find that fine line.
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  Speaker 3: You look at Laurie. She's such a lovely person. You
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  Speaker 3: get distracted. Oh, there's a murder? What about that smile?
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  Speaker 3: What is a murder? Let's have them over for dinner, honey.
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  Speaker 3: Let's just have them over. Meatloaf, honey. Meatloaf is a murder.
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  Speaker 3: That should be the next title.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, there you go. Well, Steve, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for your time. I appreciate it. Thanks always.