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Hearts Around the Table- Jenna's First Love · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: This is a Bramble Jam podcast. Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark,
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  Speaker 1: a Hallmark of You podcast. I'm Megan and I'm a
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  Speaker 1: longtime Hallmark fan. I'm Wendy. I'm a former Hallmark hater.
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  Speaker 1: On today's episode, we're discussing Hearts are on the Table
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  Speaker 1: Jenna's First Love, which originally aired on Saturday March twenty second,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. Hang out with us when the podcast
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with a synopsis of Hearts Around the Table.
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  Speaker 2: Sure, Jenna plans a charity event for a billionaire Tom
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  Speaker 2: red Lens, but working with Tom's right hand man, Andrew
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  Speaker 2: is proving difficult, especially since Jenna and Andrew have a
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  Speaker 2: romantic history. Before we get into the details of Hearts
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  Speaker 2: Around the Table, Jenna's first left, I didn't include all
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  Speaker 2: the actors.
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  Speaker 3: We'll get to them.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to them in their movies. Okay cool. Marco
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  Speaker 1: Defimia is credited with directing three of the four Hearts
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  Speaker 1: Around the Table movies. Among his thirty two directing credits
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  Speaker 1: are the four Jane Mystery movies as well as The
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  Speaker 1: Heiress and the Handyman.
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  Speaker 2: Paula Siberius wrote Jenna's first love as well as Josh's
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  Speaker 2: third serving in the Hearts Around the Table universe, she
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  Speaker 2: has thirteen writing credits, which include The Jane Mysteries, Murder
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  Speaker 2: at Moseby and The Air Harris, The Ears, and The Handyman,
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  Speaker 2: whoa lots of crossover here with the writer and director.
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  Speaker 3: Ashley Newbrow stars as Jenna.
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  Speaker 1: She was recently in the Unwrapping Christmas Collection on Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: Plus in twenty twenty four, as well as Operation Nutcracker,
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  Speaker 1: Love On the Right Course and Flipping for Christmas.
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  Speaker 3: Best Hair in the Biz Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Steve Lonn plays Andrew. Steve co starred in the much
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  Speaker 2: loved Mistletoe Murders series from the last holiday season. He's
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  Speaker 2: also been in movies like Christmas Bedtime Stories and Baby
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  Speaker 2: It's Cool Inside.
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  Speaker 1: Mindy Cone, Yes that Mindy Cone co stars as Angie.
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  Speaker 1: You will likely see Mindy reprise this role throughout the
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  Speaker 1: entire collection of movies. Mindy is best known for her
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  Speaker 1: role on the Facts of Life and has recently been
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  Speaker 1: seen on the series Palm roy Al. Al Mukadamb co
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  Speaker 1: stars as Tim Redlands.
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  Speaker 2: Fans of The Way Home will recognize Al as adult
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  Speaker 2: Brady Dewan. Can we make an official request for more al.
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  Speaker 1: Mukadam. Jillian Morrow plays assistant Terry. This is Jillian's first
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  Speaker 1: acting credit. She wrote a book published in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: called The Girl in the Wheelchair.
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  Speaker 3: It's Not that.
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  Speaker 1: Bad about life After her MS diagnosis. Let's take a
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  Speaker 1: quick break and we're gonna come right back with first impressions. Hey, Wendy,
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  Speaker 1: what is your first impression of Hearts around the Table
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  Speaker 1: Jenna's first love.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta tell you, I did not expect this particular
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  Speaker 2: movie to one make me cry and to google ombre
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  Speaker 2: pleated skirt.
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  Speaker 3: But here we are.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know the skirt I'm talking about? I don't
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  Speaker 1: what I do have some passion thoughts about this movie?
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  Speaker 1: All good? All right? My first impression is, tell me
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  Speaker 1: Mindy Cone as Angie, isn't the modern day missus Garrett?
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  Speaker 1: Oh a one hundred percent absol freako lutely.
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  Speaker 3: You take the good, you take the bad, you take
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  Speaker 3: them both in there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I haven't seen that show in forty years.
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  Speaker 2: I know you've probably seen it more recently than that.
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  Speaker 1: My husband watching a lot of old television, folks. That's
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  Speaker 1: the tie in there I have, In fact you have. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she's definitely the It's not very good. Oh, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: it's not like the drama is so contrived?
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  Speaker 3: Is it? But I loved that show in.
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  Speaker 2: Its time, but didn't like Joe get like attacked or
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  Speaker 2: something like what I.
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  Speaker 1: Think they tackle some heavier issues, like Blair has an
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  Speaker 1: eating disc Yeah, yeah, there are there are some heavier issues.
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  Speaker 3: A two D I believe has she may have dyslexia.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, I gotta tell you, I think I remember one
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  Speaker 1: of our counterparts, Dan and Deck the homework, said he
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  Speaker 1: did not know who Mindy Cone was. He said he
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  Speaker 1: had to google her, to which my text response was gasp,
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  Speaker 1: I mean a legend. I have more notes about why
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  Speaker 1: I remember who she is. I have always felt an
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  Speaker 1: affinity towards her ever since learning a one piece of information.
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  Speaker 3: We'll talk about.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I can't wait, all right, let's talk about what
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  Speaker 1: we liked. Well, look, I love the premise of this movie.
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  Speaker 1: I love the idea of these foster siblings continuing their
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  Speaker 1: relationship through adulthood. I was very touched by it, the
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  Speaker 1: found family of it all. When Angie says I gather
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  Speaker 1: my hearts together when she talks about dinner, that was
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  Speaker 1: very touching. And I think this format for a collection
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  Speaker 1: of movies is a great idea. It makes me look
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  Speaker 1: forward to the other storylines being introduced to these characters
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  Speaker 1: during their dinner table conversations. I'm personally probably most excited
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  Speaker 1: about's storyline.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm really drawn to Sherry.
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  Speaker 1: Why are you interested in Josh's as the teacher?
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  Speaker 3: He just take that. I don't know. He strikes me
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  Speaker 3: as amusing.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, I liked him. I liked all the I liked
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  Speaker 1: all the cast. I like the premise of this movie too.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously.
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  Speaker 2: I knew going in like there was some sort of
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  Speaker 2: like adoption or foster storyline. It was a little unclear
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  Speaker 2: to me exactly what the dynamic was. Luckily, Meghan had
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  Speaker 2: already seen it, and I texted her and I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Like, what's the backstory here? They were all foster kids? Look,
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  Speaker 1: I think Hallmark. Okay, wait, I'll leave that to it
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  Speaker 1: in my wish. I'll leave it in my wish I have.
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  Speaker 1: But I really liked I really liked the format of it.
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  Speaker 4: And I think.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't want to give this movie or series at
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  Speaker 2: a series of whatever, a collection of movies, because we
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  Speaker 2: have come off of collections of movies that.
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  Speaker 1: Aren't very good m m.
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  Speaker 2: And so I gotta say, like I kind of went
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  Speaker 2: in with a little bit of a bias about it,
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  Speaker 2: like these can't be that good. I really enjoyed this movie.
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  Speaker 3: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: I was definitely carrying a little bit of a bias
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  Speaker 1: towards this movie based on some factors, and I was
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  Speaker 1: proven wrong during movie number one. Yeah, for sure, movie
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  Speaker 1: number one, And even in our Facebook groups some people
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  Speaker 1: were like, no, these are lame, and I was like,
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  Speaker 1: I have to disagree. Look, this is not a five
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  Speaker 1: star movie for me. I'll tell you right now. It's
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  Speaker 1: it's not a groundbreaking movie. But I really enjoyed it
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  Speaker 1: for what it was. Yeah. One other thing I really
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  Speaker 1: liked is just I like the way they present foster
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  Speaker 1: families and the way Angie really shows up for these kids.
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  Speaker 1: When Jenna is talking about her experience joining Angie's house,
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  Speaker 1: she says, I didn't understand what it meant to be
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  Speaker 1: taking care of Yeah, I just think Angie my experience
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  Speaker 1: of foster care is through social media representation, and so
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  Speaker 1: I think Angie paints a really positive picture of the
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  Speaker 1: way foster care should be, of showing up to meet
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  Speaker 1: a need in.
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  Speaker 3: These kids' life. Uh huh. And I was very touching.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. Let me just make sure that I
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  Speaker 1: could hit some of the likes that I liked. I
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  Speaker 1: thought the dynamic between the entire cast really worked.
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  Speaker 2: I thought there was a really nice rhythm and flow
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  Speaker 2: to their chemistry, Like when they're all around the dinner table,
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  Speaker 2: it felt like, oh, yeah, that's an established family, that
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  Speaker 2: those are people that have like grown up with each other.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there was a little poking and joking.
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  Speaker 1: But it was never like mean. I just thought, like,
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  Speaker 1: that's really lovely. These people know each other, They know
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  Speaker 1: each other, and there's there was no you know, like
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  Speaker 1: there was no ten sounds like when families get together
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  Speaker 1: there's all this like underlying tension.
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  Speaker 2: It just wasn't there. And I thought you mentioned it early, Brett.
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  Speaker 2: The hearts around the table theme like really landed for me.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't just a movie title, Like it really paid
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  Speaker 2: off in these truly meaningful family moments they are Sunday
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  Speaker 2: nights together. It just was so nice love that the
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  Speaker 2: element that they are, you know, adults who have grown
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  Speaker 2: up together in this Foster family hits way way more
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  Speaker 2: deeply than if I'm just watching like a reconnected love
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  Speaker 2: story between Jenna and Yeah, Like if it was just that,
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  Speaker 2: I would be like not for me. Now if I
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  Speaker 2: made about Mindy Cone, yeah, I was not sure. I
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  Speaker 2: was not sure what to expect. I thought she was
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  Speaker 2: gonna be way too like quirky and over the top
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  Speaker 2: for me personally, but she totally would me over in
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  Speaker 2: this role. I thought her character was warm, nurturing, endearing.
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  Speaker 2: She said oh, she said, Oh my god. She said
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  Speaker 2: this line that almost made me cry. And it was
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  Speaker 2: at the top of the movie. At their first dinner
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  Speaker 2: and they were talking about they might have been talking
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  Speaker 2: about Rory, but Rory was definitely there, the younger guy
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  Speaker 2: that she is currently fostering, and she said, asking for
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  Speaker 2: help is such a beautiful skill. And I was like,
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  Speaker 2: that is so nice and nothing that I would have
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  Speaker 2: ever thought about. Right now, we're kind of like in
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  Speaker 2: the season outside of podcasting, like our kids are preparing
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  Speaker 2: for college or getting ready doing the application process, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lot of people are like, oh, what
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  Speaker 2: are your what are all your skills that you have?
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  Speaker 2: Could you imagine saying like, one of my skills is
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  Speaker 2: asking for help.
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  Speaker 3: Knowing when I don't know what I don't know? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that would knock me over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, somebody I would be like, that's amazing, right, Like, God,
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  Speaker 1: I love it. I love that line. Love that line. Also,
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  Speaker 1: there was a lot of advice given in this movie.
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  Speaker 1: That I thought was really well done, which then I
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  Speaker 1: have to go it has to go back to the
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  Speaker 1: good writing of the script, like, for example, when Jenna
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  Speaker 1: finds Rory at the bus stop and they have that
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  Speaker 1: whole conversation, like she gave really good advice in that conversation.
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  Speaker 1: I can't remember the particulars right now, but I remember
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  Speaker 1: feeling very moved by it. And then.
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  Speaker 2: Also in addition, I love when movies use like current
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  Speaker 2: day slang.
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  Speaker 1: They used ghost like why did you ghost me? Love that?
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  Speaker 1: And then they use the word dude, which I know
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  Speaker 1: that's very like normal vernacular, but felt very relatable. Yeah, totally, totally.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any other likes? I have some more.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to. I just have a couple of
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  Speaker 1: little things, okay, like when she was pitching. When when
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  Speaker 1: Jenna was pitching her idea for her fundraiser, yes, I
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  Speaker 1: was thinking, that's a great idea. And in fact, I
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  Speaker 1: used to be in nonprofit fund raising as a career
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  Speaker 1: and went to an event like that. And the reason
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  Speaker 1: I went to an event like that was because I
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  Speaker 1: was being sent to scope it out so we could
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  Speaker 1: basically recreate the event for our own And when Andrew
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  Speaker 1: came in and poo pooed it. I was displeased and
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  Speaker 1: was very glad that that was the route they went.
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  Speaker 1: I liked that scene a lot. Actually, it's funny that
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  Speaker 1: you bring it up, because, like I was super invested
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  Speaker 1: in her pitch, and then I was super invested in
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  Speaker 1: why he didn't to get worked.
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  Speaker 3: I did too.
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  Speaker 1: When he explained the reason why Tom wasn't going to
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  Speaker 1: like it.
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  Speaker 3: I thought, Oh, that's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: But then when Tom came in and at the event,
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  Speaker 1: these people were like, it is a nice way to
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  Speaker 1: see in a concrete way where our money is going.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like I understood all of it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, totally. As small like thank you for the voiceover
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  Speaker 1: with the text messaging, she's text messaging her siblings and
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  Speaker 1: we hear them speaking. The lines look not to be
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  Speaker 1: woobo here, But that's very inclusive way to do things,
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  Speaker 1: to have the audio and the visual cues. As a
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  Speaker 1: person who watches TV with captions, I like both. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to read those things on screen. And to
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  Speaker 1: your point about Mandy Cone, I find her very delightful. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I watched Facts of Life back in the day, but
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  Speaker 1: she because she's back in the eye being on Palm morel.
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  Speaker 1: She's on a radio show. I listened to a lot
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Lewis Live, and she was a guest several times,
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  Speaker 1: and she was a great, engaging, entertaining guest, and so
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  Speaker 1: that made me very interested when she started posting about
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  Speaker 1: these movies. Look, I find her delightful, as I said,
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  Speaker 1: and I feel a weird affinity for her because years
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  Speaker 1: ago I learned that we went to the same college
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  Speaker 1: and we were the same major, and so I'm.
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  Speaker 3: Like, we're friends.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, look at that. So interesting. And finally, if I
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  Speaker 1: may say, I loved Sherry's wardrobe so much. Sherry's had
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  Speaker 1: some great clothes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, looks.
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  Speaker 1: Every single time I thought I would wear that, I
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  Speaker 1: would or I would aspire to wear that. Some of
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  Speaker 1: it I would feel like everybody's looking at me because
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  Speaker 1: I'm wearing a pattern. But I really thought she looked great.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. I agree with you. They had Jenna in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of like business ye type, a.
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  Speaker 3: Lot of neutrals.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I did love her white dress with the pleated skirt
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  Speaker 1: at the end, though I don't at the at the fundraiser,
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  Speaker 1: that's not the same day with the pleated Ombraskert right,
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  Speaker 1: because the Onmbraskert was a pleated straight skirt, but it
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  Speaker 1: was like started green at the bottom and then went
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  Speaker 1: up to white.
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  Speaker 3: Oh maybe it was green.
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  Speaker 2: But when were they kiss I can't remember, but it's
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  Speaker 2: she had brought Andrew to dinner at their house.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not the same. It was different.
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  Speaker 2: It's not the same night I did. Yeah, I enjoyed
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  Speaker 2: all the clothes actually in this In this movie, let's
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  Speaker 2: talk about Ashley and Steve Lund. Yeah, as Jenna and Andrew.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoyed their chemistry. Like I thought, oh, I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Like, okay, I'm all in. There was like it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: like the like I hate you.
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  Speaker 2: Now we're gonna be friends lovers, Yeah, trope, but we
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  Speaker 2: have history whatever.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I still I liked him a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Ish.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there were some parts I didn't like about him,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll get to it. But then you have Tom
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  Speaker 2: Redlands come in, and it was like Papa, I thought,
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  Speaker 2: between those two, yeah, that's all in my wishes.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Andrew saym okay, let's get into it. Then, well,
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  Speaker 1: I think Tom Redlands, the billionaire, is more likable than
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  Speaker 1: Andrew is okay, uh, Andrew, I thought both dudes had
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  Speaker 1: chemistry with Ashley new Brown. However, Andrew's character is whiny.
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  Speaker 3: He's quick to jump to conclusions.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he's reluctant to have an actual conversation with her.
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  Speaker 1: Literally turns around and walks away when he thinks the.
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  Speaker 3: Other guy is showing up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he walks away, which to me is a gigantic red.
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  Speaker 3: Flag, super flawed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, are an adult man. His walking away as a
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  Speaker 1: teenager is forgivable his quote unquote ghosting her. This goes
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  Speaker 1: back to we were just talking about Chesapeake Shore.
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  Speaker 3: The same thing. They were just out of high school. Right,
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  Speaker 3: these kids are not making lifelong decisions.
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  Speaker 1: I agree, but it's less forgivable now when he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: have the skills with which to.
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  Speaker 3: Just speak to her.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and So while I knew, you know, the Jenna's
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  Speaker 1: first love of it all, I knew that we were
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  Speaker 1: headed down that Andrew route. I was really rooting for
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  Speaker 1: Tom Redlands because even though he's a billionaire, even though
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  Speaker 1: he's like, hop on the PJ and let's go wine tasting,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't give me smarmy vibes, Oh not at all.
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  Speaker 2: So I thought, maybe don't your guy. Yeah, it could
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  Speaker 2: have gone either way from me. I thought Andrew had
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  Speaker 2: a lot of flaws, but I also thought he was
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  Speaker 2: a nice guy with a lot of history with his family,
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  Speaker 2: so I could see, like, I could see it working out.
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  Speaker 2: But you're right though, like the red flags of like
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  Speaker 2: not being able to have a conversation or like and
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  Speaker 2: then turning her around and like not talking to her
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  Speaker 2: for you know, just straight out like ignoring her.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they're cool, they do address it, but I
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  Speaker 1: was just thought, well, I need to see you.
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  Speaker 3: Behave a little bit differently.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and even like his mom was like, what do
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  Speaker 1: you mean, Jenna doesn't know how you feel? Like you
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  Speaker 1: haven't told her a dummy? Like was the mom's situation
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  Speaker 1: so weird? She's like, I don't remember you? And I thought, really,
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  Speaker 1: you think you're gonna forget your kid's high school romance
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: that was guiding his post high school choices.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: If in fact, like well, I don't know, could you
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: imagine pretend you're the mom in this situation and your
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: child who is a senior in high school has a
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: girlfriend or boyfriend right that comes from a foster family.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Would that one bug you?
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: No? Okay two? If they're all I mean, I wouldn't
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: bug me either a message it would but maybe to
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: this character like she was like, oh they're less than
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: us or she's less than you.
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: I just think she had big dreams for him.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: I just don't want my kid making their post high
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: school decisions based on their high school release totally like, no,
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: you're not going to go to college where your girlfriend goes.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: But you know, I can't remember why I walk into
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: a room sometime, so baby I wouldn't remember, sure, And
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: then she was nice to her, and then she was like, oh,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: you did a great job. I should hire you for
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: my She she didn't continue to be no, she unlikable.
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: Right right, right right. Here's my biggest wish. I think
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Hallmark missed the mark when they promoted this movie. M
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: I feel like the Foster storyline is the real emotional
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: core here. Yeah, and they should have leaned way harder
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: into that marketing, because I don't know what the hell
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: hurts around.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: The table means, honestly.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: When I saw the movie poster for Josh's Third Serving
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: or for I don't know if he's the third movie
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: or the fourth movie, I can't remember, but I thought
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: that was the same dude who was playing Andrew they
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: kind of have that beard they got like the Hallmark
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: look right. They both look identical to me, so.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Like I didn't know I thought. Honestly, I was like,
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: is there like a love connection between these like foster kids?
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: At first, that's what I was thinking, because thought was
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: the same dude. I thought it was the same dude.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: I just think they missed the mark. They should have
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: marketed this as this wonderful foster family. I think they
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: would have got more eyeballs on it.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think you're wrong. I don't think you're wrong.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: My final wish is explained to me. Why the billionaire
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: himself isn't funding all of these nonprofit adventures. I don't
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: know how that was. Billionaire. He's not just wealthy, he's
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: a billionaire. He doesn't need to host a fundraiser asking
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: all of his less wealthy friends to give money to
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: the project. I mean, yes, that seems easy. But billionaires,
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: apparently like this hang on to their money. So okay,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: there's no such thing as an ethical billionaire, is all
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna say. There is no person on the planet
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: who needs a billion dollars. No, can you give like
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: a million away and you wouldn't even notice it.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: Could you get a hundred.
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Million away, nine hundred million away and not notice it?
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: If you have one hundred million dollars and you invested
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: at five percent, which is not hard to do, that's
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: five million dollars in interest. You're telling me you can't
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: live on five million dollars a year, and now when
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: you're flying in on a helicopter for five million dollars
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: a year, ID, come on, I know, I know it's dumb.
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: They should have not made him a billionaire.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: They should have made him like a wealthy businessman, because
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: there are wealthy business people who do fundraisers, right, They're
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: not just going to fund these things all themselves. Yes,
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: I hear you, I hear you.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: All right? Are you ready to move on? Did you
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: see that?
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: I got just one?
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: Oh? Go ahead?
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: This is a helicopter.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: Got that green screen so bad? It was so bad.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: I was like wolf, heyt front of the choppers, like
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: spinning behind him. You would duck, you would so far
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: away though I'm on a platform, He's like, come down.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: They tried to like.
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Put it kind of behind of a gate, behind a gate,
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: so that you don't notice it as much. Yeah, it
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: was funny. I agree. It appears in my did you
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: see that? Notes as well. I have two other two.
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: Andrew brings like a coffee to Jenna at one point,
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: and clearly they're empty their paper coffee cups with lids,
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: but you can all the telltale is always the sip, right, Yeah,
• 21:47
  Speaker 4: there was nothing in them.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Why this was.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: The water in these cups?
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: Weight? Totally? Totally.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: The other thing is I thought there was a lot
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: of unscripted humor in this. Oh not like joking.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: But it really it was.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Two scenes with Mindy Cohen and they both I both
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: think they had Jenna in them too, Like early on,
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: when Jenna comes to the house, she's stinky, she was farted.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: Gross.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, she's gross.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: They did like they exchanged like air kisses early on,
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: like I love him anyway, and then they also did
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: cheers with like forks.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: Look they were eating dessert and they did like.
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: It just was cute. And I was like, I bet
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: that wasn't scripted. I bet, oh yeah, And to me,
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: I was like, I think Mindy led that a little bit.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: So anyway, that's all I got. What did you rate?
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Hearts around the Table, Jenna's first love I gave it
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: three and a half stars. You know, I edited my
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: rating as we were as we were recording this episode,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: and I also gave it three and a half stars.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: What did you have before three? What it needed to be?
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Ele?
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Did can convince you that it was better? No? I
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: just in talking through my own things that I liked
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: about it. You know, I wrote notes for five episodes. Yes,
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: so I you're on secreator at the end, I think so.
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