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Mystery 101 · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Who would you like me to start with? Travis Burke? Daddy,
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  Speaker 1: Travis Burke, No, no, Wow? What about what I meant
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  Speaker 1: when I met? I thought we were talking about Graham? Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Travis what wow? Freudian slip there. Hey everyone, welcome to
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  Speaker 1: Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast. I'm Megan, I'm Wendy,
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  Speaker 1: and today we're kicking off our Girls Gone Hallmark summer
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  Speaker 1: series where we're watching and reviewing fan favorite movies. Today
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  Speaker 1: we're reviewing the Mystery one oh one pilot, which originally
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  Speaker 1: aired on January twenty seventh, twenty nineteen. If you want
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  Speaker 1: to catch up with us outside of the podcast, you
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  Speaker 1: can follow us on Instagram where we are Girls Gone
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark and Megan and Wendy.
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  Speaker 2: You can also up into our Facebook group Girls Gone Hallmark.
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  Speaker 2: Just lots of fun over there, or you can send
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  Speaker 2: us an email Megan and Wendy at gmail dot com,
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  Speaker 2: or jump into our dms on Instagram, which Megan already mentioned,
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  Speaker 2: Girls Gone Hallmark.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to see the full lineup of movies
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  Speaker 1: that will be watching so you can watch them ahead
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  Speaker 1: of our reviews, that schedule is available in our show
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  Speaker 1: notes as well as on our website, which is where
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  Speaker 1: our show notes live Megan and Wendy dot com. We
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  Speaker 1: have the summer planned out. All of these movies are
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  Speaker 1: available on the Hallmark Movies Now app so for easy watching.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I wish they were paying us to promote that.
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  Speaker 2: They don't have all the new movies, but they have
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  Speaker 2: so many of the old movies. Every movie we wanted
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  Speaker 2: to review was there.
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  Speaker 1: So if you just love Hallmark, it's not a bad get.
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  Speaker 2: I will tell you, though, I find their interface a
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  Speaker 2: little bit sloppy because when I go to search Mystery
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  Speaker 2: one oh one, it doesn't come up. I agree, I
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  Speaker 2: have to search Christopher Polaha.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I just searched Mystery and then I had to
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  Speaker 1: scroll down through eight hundred movies because there's so many
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  Speaker 1: of them.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck?
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  Speaker 1: Why is it like that? That was bizarre? I agree.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk some news and notes for Mystery one on one.
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  Speaker 1: Mystery one on one has a Wikipedia page. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: to the hardworking folks who have put that together. And
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  Speaker 1: according to that page, the movie we're reviewing today is
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  Speaker 1: the first in a series of seven. I knew there
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  Speaker 1: was a series, I didn't know how many there were
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  Speaker 1: Prior to watching this movie and the last movie did
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  Speaker 1: air in twenty twenty one. So between January twenty seventh,
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, and twenty twenty one, they produced seven movies.
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  Speaker 1: That's in the Mystery.
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  Speaker 2: One on one franchise a lot of movies.
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  Speaker 1: It is a lot of movies. Chris Rhpaulaha did give
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  Speaker 1: an interview with Ess Jared earlier this year in regards
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  Speaker 1: to an eighth installment, and he said, we love telling
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  Speaker 1: those stories and whatever the network decides, it's inconclusive. He adds,
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  Speaker 1: there's always been conversation about number eight, but there's no
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  Speaker 1: like official word. And I did see some commentary from
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  Speaker 1: fans online saying you can't leave us hanging like that
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  Speaker 1: in movie seven.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't know what happens, but apparently it's a
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  Speaker 2: big old cliffhanger.
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  Speaker 1: The fate of Amian Trass hangs in the balance.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't like when series do that, they leave
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  Speaker 2: a big cliffhanger like that and then don't wrap it up.
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  Speaker 2: I need a nice bow on the end of it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, did you ever watch the television series Jack
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  Speaker 1: and Jill.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a real throwback, Megan. I think it was
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  Speaker 2: only on one season. It was sort Amanda Pete, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I did watch it. It was on that left a major cliffhanger.
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  Speaker 2: Oh god, you still remember, I don't remember. I do.
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  Speaker 1: It has stuck.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: You have those shows that you just wish they would
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  Speaker 1: come back for a second season, just to wrap things up.
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  Speaker 1: That's the one. I felt very heartbroken by the loss
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  Speaker 1: of that show.
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  Speaker 2: I always confuse, and this is ridiculous, but the main
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  Speaker 2: actor in that series always reminded me of Tom Brady,
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  Speaker 2: like they look just alike.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yes.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, it also has like Simon Rex, doesn't it. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know where I'm pulling these names out from. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: that is a deep cut. I mean, Amana Pete went
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  Speaker 1: on to do quite a bit. I think that was
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  Speaker 1: like twenty eleven. By the way, is when the show
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  Speaker 1: came out. Sarah Paulson was in it. Jamie Presley, Sarah Paulson. Yeah, wow,
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  Speaker 1: Ivan Sarah Gay is the Tom Brady lookalike that you
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  Speaker 1: are referring to. That's right. It says they had two seasons,
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  Speaker 1: oh thirty two episodes.
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  Speaker 2: Am I wrong? Was Simon Rex not in that show? No?
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  Speaker 1: You were right?
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  Speaker 2: Anyway, back to Hallmark, Yeah, back to Hallmark. Joe Wagner
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  Speaker 2: plays Professor Amy Winslow, and she has thirty one acting credits,
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  Speaker 2: including six episodes of the MTV prank show Punked. Huh yeah,
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  Speaker 2: way back, like way when when that show was on,
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  Speaker 2: And it looks like her first Hallmark movie was called
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  Speaker 2: Autumn Dreams from twenty fifteen. Apparently she was also the
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  Speaker 2: host of Wipeout.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, my family loves that show. We'll ever watched.
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  Speaker 2: Side note, we have a family friend who was on
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  Speaker 2: that show and he was hurt significantly.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it. It looks like a lifelong disability. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: really hurt, horrifying, and I believe it because those people
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  Speaker 1: fall in ways that are unnatural.
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  Speaker 2: I think he was bouncing on on like one of
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  Speaker 2: those big balls or something, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: Big red balls. I mean it's funny to watch, funny
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  Speaker 1: to say, not funny when you're hurt for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of your life. Yeah, exactly. Anyway, moving on all right.
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  Speaker 1: Christopher Palaha stars as Detective Travis Burke in this movie.
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  Speaker 1: He has seventy seven acting credits and his very first
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  Speaker 1: Wow In two thousand and one, he was Dylan in
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  Speaker 1: the Team Vampire drama Angel for one episode. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: a recurring so I was never a Buffy fan. But
• 5:57
  Speaker 1: that's a spinoff of Buffy, is that right? Yes? I
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  Speaker 1: watched both. I loved Buffy, I loved Angel. He has
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  Speaker 1: two movies coming up, Harlan Coben's Shelter and the hotly
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  Speaker 1: promoted A Builtmore Christmas. I'm looking forward to that for
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  Speaker 1: the Channel. I can't wait.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I've been counting down the entire year
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  Speaker 2: for that movie.
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  Speaker 1: I know they filmed in January, so exciting. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like we could get a second Christmas movie from Christopher
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  Speaker 1: Palaha with that. He's like, I got time throw me
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  Speaker 1: in one of those October filmings. Can I also add here?
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  Speaker 2: And this was like, prior to watching this movie, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I had read that Jill Wagner was in it, and
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  Speaker 2: I thought it might be I was confusing her with
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  Speaker 2: Lindsay Wagner, the Bionic Woman.
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  Speaker 1: You thought we were gonna have a May December romance,
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  Speaker 1: so I didn't. I didn't really know what to expect.
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  Speaker 2: And then when I saw like, I was like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: Jill Wagner, That's not who I thought it was going
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  Speaker 2: to be. And then I had to look it up
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  Speaker 2: to see, like they are two completely different people indeed,
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  Speaker 2: and I was like, was that her mom? Nope, not
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  Speaker 2: her mom either, no relation then nope. Robin Thomas plays
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  Speaker 2: Amy's dad, Graham Winslow. And you want to talk about
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  Speaker 2: impressive resume. Resume, this guy has one hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 2: seven acting credits. Listen to IMDb, and I gotta tell you,
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  Speaker 2: when I started the movie, I recognized his face immediately.
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  Speaker 1: M from the old soap opera Another World. Oh wow,
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  Speaker 1: another deep cut.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, So I had to look it up because I
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  Speaker 2: was like, I was a child right when that soap
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  Speaker 2: opera was on, or was on regularly in my home.
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  Speaker 2: And he played a character named Mark Singleton from nineteen
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  Speaker 2: eighty three to nineteen eighty five, two years. How do
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  Speaker 2: I remember this?
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  Speaker 1: I was eight years old. Imprinted on you that much totally.
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  Speaker 2: He's also been in a slew of other things, including
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  Speaker 2: a movie I was probably too young to watch called
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  Speaker 2: Summer School. Did you ever see that had Courtney Thorne Smith?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my husband watches it literally every year at the
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  Speaker 1: inn of the summer every year. Actually quite like that movie. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's in it.
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  Speaker 2: He plays like a principal or a vice principle in it,
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  Speaker 2: So next time it's on in your house, you're gonna have.
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  Speaker 1: To look for it. Yeah, I can totally picture him.
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  Speaker 1: He's a kind of a villain in that movie.
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  Speaker 2: Oh interesting, He's been in Who's the Boss, Fuller House, damages,
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  Speaker 2: tons of other things CSI.
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  Speaker 1: He was a welcome site on my screen when this
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  Speaker 1: movie started. I'm talking about about that. Oh okay, exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah Dugdale plays Clare Tit and as this movie opened,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, Wow, that Feace is so familiar, and I
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  Speaker 1: immediately pulled up IMDb and realized that I am recognizing
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  Speaker 1: her from her role as Lizzie on Virgin River, where
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  Speaker 1: she plays like a nineteen year old temptress. Oh Boy's
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  Speaker 1: He's just such a remarkably different role. There's a young,
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  Speaker 1: impressionable boy on the show that she falls for, and
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  Speaker 1: she's a little bit of a troublemaker. It's just so different.
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  Speaker 1: But I really like her. Hmm, I've never seen Virgin River.
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  Speaker 1: You think it's for me? Slightly edgy or homewark A
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  Speaker 1: lot of people. A lot of people say like it's
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  Speaker 1: like watching Hallmark, but it has a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: of an edge. Well, I like that we're so slightly
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  Speaker 1: more of an edge. I like edge. Yeah maybe maybe yeah,
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  Speaker 1: maybe too much?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, So I asked some questions on our Instagram about
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  Speaker 2: this movie, because you know, the Palaha fans really love
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  Speaker 2: this mystery when a one series.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, they've been yelling at us for a while about it.
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  Speaker 2: Right. So my first question was do Travis and Amy
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  Speaker 2: ever kiss? Of course, spoiler, they don't kiss in this episode,
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  Speaker 2: this this pilot movie. I hate this is another side note.
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  Speaker 2: They call these episodes, but it's they're movies.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like that either. So I wanted to know
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  Speaker 1: do they kiss?
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  Speaker 2: And apparently these two do eventually hook up, but it's
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  Speaker 2: a slow burn. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I figured we were going to get that answer, much
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  Speaker 1: like Tom and Goldie.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: I have lots of notes about Tom and Goldie. Oh
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  Speaker 1: okay this movie.
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  Speaker 2: The next thing the fans wanted to know what our
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  Speaker 2: first impressions of the main characters were. Have you put
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  Speaker 2: any thoughts together on this?
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  Speaker 1: Indeed? I have. Okay, let's go. Who would you like
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  Speaker 1: me to start with?
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  Speaker 2: Travisburke?
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  Speaker 1: Daddy Travis Burke? No?
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  Speaker 2: No? Wow?
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  Speaker 1: What about what I meant when I met I thought
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about Graham. Okay, Travis, what wow, Freudian
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  Speaker 1: slip there. So my first impression of Travis Burke is
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  Speaker 1: that this is such a different Polaha than the one
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  Speaker 1: I know from movies that we fairly recently watched, like
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  Speaker 1: We Wish You a Married Christmas, that soccer movie didn't
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  Speaker 1: love so much, even a Dickens of a Holiday. He's
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  Speaker 1: softer in those movies, kind of like dad husbandy. He's
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  Speaker 1: in this came across as more of a tough guy detective.
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  Speaker 1: He does this smolder to Amy's dad at one point,
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  Speaker 1: and I was like, whoa. And I can see now
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  Speaker 1: why the Palaha fandom is so devout, Which is not
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  Speaker 1: to say that I didn't enjoy him before, but I
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  Speaker 1: see why this series is the one they turn to
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  Speaker 1: and they go no, no, no, no, no, you need
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  Speaker 1: to see him as Travis Burke.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna agree. I'm also going to add that hair
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  Speaker 2: and that voice can.
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  Speaker 1: Do no wrong. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And I even wrote down, it's funny you mentioned smolder.
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  Speaker 2: I in my notes. I wrote, there is a sexy
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  Speaker 2: smolder and I'm here for it.
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  Speaker 1: The Poulahas are onto something.
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  Speaker 2: They certainly are and I understand the fandom the what's
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  Speaker 2: the word I'm looking for lah after dark fandom so
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  Speaker 2: to speak. Oh okay, I wasn't thinking about that, but
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  Speaker 2: I was thinking about how you got your Tyler Hines
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  Speaker 2: fans who are so into him because he has a
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  Speaker 2: sexy smolder about him too. But this character of Travis
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  Speaker 2: Burke is an equal match.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say one thousand percent. I co signed
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  Speaker 1: that stage.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, let's talk about Amy Winslow.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. The thing Joe Wagner stands out the most to
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  Speaker 1: me When I think of her, I immediately think of
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  Speaker 1: her role in the Evergreen movies, and I think she's
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  Speaker 1: fine in those movies. Those movies are very classically Hallmark
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  Speaker 1: and take that however you want. She, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: shines here in this role. I feel like she's supernatural
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  Speaker 1: as a professor, as a quote consultant to the detective.
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  Speaker 1: This more serious role I think suits her so well.
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  Speaker 1: I think she gets to shine as like the smart, serious,
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  Speaker 1: super hot girl. And knowing that this is seven movies,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like this is a really good pairing between
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  Speaker 1: the two of them, and I am excited about them.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, we're so on the same page because I wrote down,
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  Speaker 2: she's kind of a pest, but a very intelligent, beautiful pest.
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  Speaker 1: Oh look at that. Yeah, I like this.
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  Speaker 2: Role, this like smart, intelligent woman who has something to offer.
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  Speaker 1: And what about Graham?
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  Speaker 2: So I got to say, my suspicious detector is going
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  Speaker 2: off here. Oh could he eventually become a murderer in
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  Speaker 2: one of the future movies?
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  Speaker 1: No, I refuse to believe that's true, because what I
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  Speaker 1: wrote is I found his presence on screen to be
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  Speaker 1: so soothing.
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  Speaker 2: Oh as like a really nice, supportive dad with a
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  Speaker 2: side of silver fox.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. No, Look, he is credited in all seven movies,
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  Speaker 1: so I was really happy to see that we are
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  Speaker 1: going to get more of him. It's gonna break my
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  Speaker 1: heart if he becomes the bad guy girl. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm bad at this kind of stuff. Could he be anyway?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I enjoy him too. We didn't do a synopsis.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do a synopsis and then our first impression. When
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  Speaker 2: a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses
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  Speaker 2: her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than
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  Speaker 2: detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch
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  Speaker 2: the killer, and.
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  Speaker 1: Your first impression of this movie.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like this is what Curious Cater wants to be.
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  Speaker 2: But oh, isn't quite there.
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  Speaker 1: I hear you. My first impression is simply I see
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  Speaker 1: why everyone was yelling us about this movie. Now, So,
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: what did you like about this movie? Mystery? One on one?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm always a fan of the mystery crime drama
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  Speaker 2: movies on Hallmark movies and mysteries. Yeah, that's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of m's in that sentence. I find myself more invested
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  Speaker 2: versus like a regular Hallmark movie because in the regular
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: Hallmark movies, I've come to anticipate what will happen in those,
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  Speaker 2: where these ones kind of like throw me for a loop.
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  Speaker 2: I never know exactly, and it's probably because I haven't
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  Speaker 2: watched that many. I'm sure there's a clear, you know,
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  Speaker 2: formula it follows.
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  Speaker 1: I do want to talk about that later. Oh okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'm always like pleasantly surprised with how much that I like.
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  Speaker 1: These I agree with you. My favorite review of this
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  Speaker 1: movie from IMDb is this is the best of the
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  Speaker 1: Mystery series I've seen. The acting is good, there are
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: no weird wigs to distract, and the leads have chemistry.
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  Speaker 1: I look forward to more parts in this series, there
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: are wigs. Comment just made me laugh. I agree with
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  Speaker 1: you about the mysteries because I think they bring something
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  Speaker 1: that the other movies don't necessarily always have. The mystery
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  Speaker 1: keeps me watching. I would like to know who done it?
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  Speaker 2: Mm hmm, me too, although I'm real bad at figuring
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  Speaker 2: out that part of it.
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  Speaker 1: I would like to talk about that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna later on, I'm gonna tell you who
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  Speaker 2: I thought my number one suspect was.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay, is this not a perfect character for Chris Paula?
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  Speaker 1: How to play cut? Really? I'm like, I think you
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  Speaker 1: actually are a detective who moonlights as an actor.
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  Speaker 2: It's a role for him. He is perfect in it,
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  Speaker 2: and I wonder this is just me wondering is this
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  Speaker 2: a stretch for him?
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  Speaker 1: Like I you know, I've seen him in.
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  Speaker 2: A handful probably three regular Hallmark movies. So now I'm like, well,
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  Speaker 2: I need to check out a full catalog of his
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  Speaker 2: work because I want to see what else he can do. Like,
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  Speaker 2: is this just like a total natural fit to play
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  Speaker 2: this Travis detective guy or is it a stretch for him?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? That's a great question. And what roles does he
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  Speaker 1: feel most comfortable in right. I honestly could see this
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  Speaker 1: movie series turned into a television series, like I would
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  Speaker 1: be here for.
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  Speaker 2: That, like a weekly Yes, yeah, I could get on
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  Speaker 2: board with that too.
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  Speaker 1: What else did you like? I would say, knowing that
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: we get seven movies in this series, I love the
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  Speaker 1: setup of so many character arcs. I think if we
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  Speaker 1: were to have watched this in twenty nineteen as it aired,
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  Speaker 1: I would be left feeling like, wait, I want more
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  Speaker 1: of Claire and Bud. I want more of Grant, like,
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  Speaker 1: tell me more about them. Knowing how much more we
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: get and knowing that these characters are in multiple movies,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like, Okay, I'm okay with just the setup
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  Speaker 1: here and not the full payoff because I feel like
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  Speaker 1: we've got time to get to that.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good insight there. Would you continue watching the series?
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  Speaker 1: I totally would because I feel like the fandom did
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  Speaker 1: not let me down on this one, and I need
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: to see their relationship play out. You'll see something in
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: one of my wits.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Okay, Hey, Jill Wagner, Yeah, incredibly beautiful, but I feel
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: like she gets the Hallmark Yearbook make under in this
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: movie versus her pictures on the Internet. I'm gonna say
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: I think in this movie she was very beautiful. Really
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: liked her outfits too, gotta say, but when I see
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: pictures of her on the Internet, she's just gorgeous. She's
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: absolutely stunning.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Well, let me ask you this, why don't we see
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: her in more Hallmark movies? I don't know, kind of surprised,
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: but I mean, when you think about it, she made
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: seven Mystery one on one movies over the course of
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: three years, so it's not like they weren't using her.
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: But since the last Mystery one on one movie, she
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: hasn't been in a Hallmark movie.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: I would think the fans would be calling for her
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: to be in a movie.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: She's been in a Christmas movie. Last year, she was
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: in a movie with Cameron Mathison which was not for
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: the Hallmark channel. Uh oh, let me find out why
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: network that are? Yeah? Oh oh no, oh no, oh no, Okay,
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: it is possible that this movie was acquired. It says
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: more acquired Christmas movies coming to Ghak Family. So I
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: do not think this was a movie that was made
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: for that network.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Because we have we could have potentially blown the lid
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: right off this thing as to why there is not
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: an eighth movie and why she has not been on
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: the network.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Potentially, Potentially, she was in an ABC Family Christmas movie
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one for Westworth. What else did you
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: like about this movie?
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: I like these two together. I there's a definite obvious
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: attraction between these two characters, and I can can't appreciate
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: it wasn't all like fireworks at the end. Yes, Instead,
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: there was like this like sincere relief that they had
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: each other.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: And I kind of like that a lot. As much
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: as we complain this movie took place over a series
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: of weeks, right, and we complain about that in other
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: movies where they rush into the relationship, I think, as
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: much as I want to see some heat from these two,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: they're gonna make us work for it. Hey.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: So there were a few funny lines that I really
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: quite enjoyed in this movie, uh huh.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: One in particular is when.
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Bud calls Travis Trav and Travis says, don't ever call
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: me Trav again, and I laughed out loud. It was
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: so quick, like you might have missed it, but it
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: was really funny. And there's another scene where Amy's totally
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: crashing in on the crime scene and Travis is like, ugh,
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: what is she doing here?
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: I love that these mystery movies give a little bit
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: of a nod to the dummies out there who maybe
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: aren't paying close attention throughout the movie. They're like, we
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: know sometimes this is a background movie for you, So
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: let me give you a synopsis of all the characters
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: and their motivation. And they did this this time with
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: Amy and Alden in the car when Alden's driving with
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: a gun pointed at her, and she breaks down all
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: of his motives and why people did things and how
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: he was caught and what what actions came as a
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: result of his actions. I was like, thank you very
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: much for this ninety second synopsis of everything I might
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: have forgotten why all these characters were involved.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: A little baby recap in case you nodded off, yes,
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: in case you got.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: Confused, or we're folding laundry instead of paying attention.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Hey. What I really liked at the beginning was we
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: got a remake of Minute Works.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: Who can it be? Now? Yeah? I actually really liked
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: that opening scene with it.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: He's like, the motorcycle and the music I like drew.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: Me right in and I was like, is that plaha
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: on the motorcycle. Of course it wasn't. I liked that
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: opening kick him over the edge of the cliff. I
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: like him when we hit a little of a grit
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: on our Hallmark movies. Me too, Me too, Me too?
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: Are you ready for what you wished for? Yeah? The
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: first thing I wish is for someone to DM me
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: and let me know what movie these two kiss in? Like,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: maybe I can just skip ahead? You want to skip today?
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah? Clearly you're not into the slow burn. You need
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: the action right away.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: Sometimes I do, okay, like is it movie five or
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: is it maybe three?
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Right? Like? The big difference here, okay, Uh, what I
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: wish for is this had too many suspects.
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: You wish a fewer suspects.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah, because when this happens, my brain kind of like
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: fritzes out and I just want to go to the
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: end and find out, like who did it? Yes? And
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: I would also like to note here that I was
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: way off with who I thought.
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Oh who did you think? I thought it was Bud
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: from the beginning. I was like, oh, nope, that guy
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: is super suspect. Oh from the.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Last Yes, it was not him, It was not You
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: didn't think this had too many suspects.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Though overall I think that's honestly pretty typical of these
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: movies and mysteries movie there's lots of misdirection. And while
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: we're talking about this, I'll tell you that I have
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: a question. It's in Hallmark movies. Is it always the
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: person you least expect, because that is the assumption. I
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: go into these movies now like they just misdirect, misdirect, misdirect.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: And in the last movie we watched, it was the
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: nice assistant who was the bad guy, the Paul Campbell
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: cases of Mystery Lane. And in this movie, I was like, Oh,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: it's Alden. Because he's this guy who has the access,
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: He's everywhere, nobody's paying attention to him. I didn't have
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: any idea what his motivation was, but very early on
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: I was like, he's way too involved to not be involved.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: That's interesting. Yeah. I didn't pick up on that, and
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: nobody was looking his direction, so neither was I. When
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: I read a mystery novel, I never have any idea
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: who it is. As far as I know, they didn't
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: talk about Alden's child being sick until he's being accused
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: of being the murderer.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: No girl they talk about it way at the beginning,
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: he's installing like security cameras and they exchange Amy and
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: him exchange like they have a conversation. He asks about
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: her mom dying, and then she asks about his sick kid,
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: and he shows a picture on his phone of like
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: a bald child, the one he shows later.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, by my brain erased that moment.
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: This is where I was like, is this mystery or
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: misery here? Because like, let's exchange our sad stories. Oh boy,
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: Oh wait, I have a question for you.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Do you think if Professor Amy wasn't involved, would Travis
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: have been able to wrap us up on his own,
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: like more quickly and efficiently.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: Oh, I thought you're asking a different question. I don't know,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: because she did seem to be pretty helpful. She had
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: a lot of insider information about people on campus that
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: it might have taken him a longer time to get to.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Like I get that, like it sets up like their
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: working relationship for future episodes, but I know it's kind
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: of like And here's where I draw a parallel between
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: this series and the Curious Caterer series is that we
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: have Goldie who like fumbles into detective work.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: Uh, huh, or like she's not supposed to.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: And it's kind of the same with Professor Amy is
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: like she's like stumbling into helping him out.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that's the perfect parallel. I mean, I
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: felt like she was very helpful and at the same
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: time shouldn't have been there when he's questioning the suspects.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: Why is she there? There's multiple times when they find
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Lacey and they're questioning Josh, there's no reason for her
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: to be there, like playing the good cop bad cop
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: role with him, Like she's no cop, she's teacher, so
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: like the bad cop good teacher role. I felt like, oh,
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: this has gotta be an egregious breach of police protocol here, totally,
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: But she does offer a lot of insight that Travis
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: might not have had without her. I will just say
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I found her less intrusive than I find Goldie's character,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: as much as neither of them belongs where they are.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: I think Amy's characters are more natural thing.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah that's fair. Yeah, all I can think of is
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Goldie is like coming up behind Tom and like.
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Tom, what Joe for the whatever?
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: And then Tom turns around like a du fist, and Yeah,
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: it's like watching the Three Stooges together.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: I like those movies.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Here's like a stupid wish for I wish Professor Amy
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: was teaching true crime instead of crime fiction. Oh interesting
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: only because I don't read a ton of crime fiction,
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: but I am invested in true crime, and I feel
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: like crime fiction could be like almost fantasy a little
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: bit in terms of like anything can happen, whereas like
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: a true crime, actual true crime like follows.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: Do you get what I'm throwing down here? Yes? I mean,
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: and Travis kind of throws that at her. He's like,
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: this is an actual crime, not something written in the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: pages of a story. So yes, a writer can make
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: anything happen, right, That's That's what I was trying to say.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Exactly Interesting. On that same point, I said, I wish
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: I could take a crime fiction class, because not because
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: I have any interest in writing crime fiction, but I
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: think it might be an interesting way to understand, Like
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: maybe I would be a better reader a consumer of
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: crime fiction if I understood the tropes and the setup
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: and the structure that crime fiction writers follow, because when
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: I read a crime fiction novel, I'm like, oh, I
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: wonder who did it? And then like we're three pages
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: to the end. I'm like, oh, that's a total surprise.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: Didn't see that coming. Interesting point.
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: Finally, I wish the actual criminal what's his name again, Alden?
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: I wish he wasn't motivated by having a sick child,
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: because okay, look at parents have ill children, can act
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: out of desperation, and I'm not suggesting that this is
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: the way to do it, but I just wish he
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: had a different motive.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, so that you would dislike him more.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, like, yeah, truly make him like a bad guy,
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: make him urtorists because he is evil.
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Well, that's another thing. Again. We're pretty
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: new to the Hallmark movies and mysteries. But even if
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: you just look back at the most reason, like the
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: cases of Mystery Lane, her motivation was like justice for
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: her sister. Is this a running theme through these mysteries
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: where they try and humanize these bad guys by giving
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: them some sort of backstory that makes you not just
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: completely write them off. So IMDb had a couple dig
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: you see, that's right there for us? Do tell? Professor
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: Winslow tells the detective she can tell he was married
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: by seeing the mark on his forefinger, which is not
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: your ring finger. I misspeak all the time. But I
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: don't have an editor in my life. Isn't there some
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: sort of supervisor? That's the question of those things? That's funny,
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: And Travis says, okay, but I got to cross my
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: eyes and dot my teas, which certainly is probably something
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: I've said before too. But script supervisors exist for a reason.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: That's funny.
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: Well, even the actor you would think would like I
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: go wait, wait, that doesn't that line doesn't really work.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Or I say things on this podcast and I don't
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: hear myself say it until I'm editing and I'm like, wow,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: that was the wrong word.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: Like I just completely say the wrong thing. So, yeah,
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: that's really funny. Mm hmm, good catches IMDb.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: Let's rate this movie and then I'll ask this question. Okay,
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: I gave it four stars. Ooh me again, I get it.
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: Three point seventy five. Oh, we're flipped from earlier. Yeah,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: most recent review. So here's my question. Three point seven
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: five is a good review? Like, that's a sign that
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: you enjoyed this movie? Yeah? Do you find it sometimes
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: harder to review movies that you kind of enjoy watching? Overall?
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: I find it harder to pick out the elements of
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: things I didn't like. I'm gonna throw it back to
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: the Wedding. Cottage was the movie that I felt was
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: very easy to watch and I enjoyed it overall, And
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: but when I sat down to review it, I was like, hmmm, yeah,
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: what was it that I really liked about it?
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah? All right. Thank you for listening to this episode
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• 29:04
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• 29:24
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• 29:24
  Speaker 2: Bye bye,