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Dating the Delaneys · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: This is a Bramble Jam podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to the Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Megan and I'm a longtime Hallmark fan.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Wendy. I'm a former Hallmark hater.
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  Speaker 2: Our fan favorite month of Voo Your Reviews continues. Today
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  Speaker 2: we are discussing dating the DeLine Eyes, which originally aired
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  Speaker 2: on August twentieth, twenty twenty two on Hallmark Channel. And
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  Speaker 2: just might hear it. Read in a future Listener Mailbag episode,
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  Speaker 2: Let's Oprate, Let's Hear A synopsis of Dating the Delineys.
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  Speaker 1: Three generations of delayy women explore the highs and lows
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  Speaker 1: of modern day dating, learning that love and romance can
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  Speaker 1: be found at any age and sometimes where you.
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  Speaker 2: Least expect it. Alan Harmon directed Dating the Delinees. He
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  Speaker 2: has a total of forty directing credits, including Fourth Down
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  Speaker 2: in Love, You're Baking Me Crazy, and Never Kiss a
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  Speaker 2: Man in a Christmas Weater.
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  Speaker 1: I'm pausing there every time I see Never Kiss a
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  Speaker 1: Man in a Christmaswater I think, do we need to
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  Speaker 1: review that? Literally was just singing the same thing. We
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  Speaker 1: need to rewatch it. We were so incredibly tough on that.
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  Speaker 2: We were major haters. We were super haters in the
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  Speaker 2: beginning of Girls Gone Hallmark. And sometimes I go back
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  Speaker 2: and I look at our show notes, like just to
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  Speaker 2: update things. I'm like wolf look him with the things
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  Speaker 2: we wrote. So h oh boy, we've come a long way,
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  Speaker 2: you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe guys, if you think if you liked Never Kiss
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  Speaker 1: a Man in a Christmas Weater which also starred Nile
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  Speaker 1: Mater and do you remember Ashley William Williams, Yep, it
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  Speaker 1: can't be that bad. There's no way it can be
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  Speaker 1: that as bad as I think I remember it, I
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  Speaker 1: hear you. I agree, email us tell us if we
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  Speaker 1: need to revisit that one. Jennifer Barrow wrote the screenplay.
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  Speaker 1: She has twelve writing credits, including an Unexpected Valentine from
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  Speaker 1: earlier this year, as well as Christmas on Call and
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  Speaker 1: one of our favorites, Dater's Handbook.
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  Speaker 2: Rachel Boston stars as Maggie Delaney or Cool Mom MD.
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  Speaker 2: Rachel has sixty six credits, with a role in Debbi
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  Speaker 2: mccumber's Joyful Missus, Miracle Field Day, and a Christmas Cookie Catastrophe.
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  Speaker 2: Y'all should check out the Finding Mister Christmas episodes where
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  Speaker 2: Rachel guest stars. She's fantastic, isn't she so good? Those
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  Speaker 2: were the episodes where I'm like, I think I'm a
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  Speaker 2: huge Rachel Boston fan.
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  Speaker 1: I know, And then now seeing this movie spoiler alert,
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, do I need to watch more Rachel Boston movies? Totally?
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  Speaker 1: She's so toughly micable, I know. Paul Campbell, Oh, go ahead,
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  Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, also really likable in person, Like,
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  Speaker 1: she was so lovely at the Hallmark Experience. You didn't
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  Speaker 1: get the chance to speak to her and around I did,
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  Speaker 1: and she was so nice. Yes, awesome. Paul Campbell stars
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  Speaker 1: as Michael Taylor, Cool Dad MT. I don't like how
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  Speaker 1: they did that. It just makes me feel embarrassed a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. Any of it. That's their whole vibe is cringey.
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  Speaker 1: Cringey puns. Yeah. With fifty seven acting credits under his belt,
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  Speaker 1: he recently co starred in Three Wiser Men and a
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  Speaker 1: Boy and even portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in
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  Speaker 1: the Santa Class. He has been a steady presence on
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark since twenty fifteen.
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  Speaker 2: Zoe Christy plays daughter Emma, which is a handful of
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  Speaker 2: acting credits. This was her first project for Homewark. She
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  Speaker 2: also appears in an episode of School Spirits during season one.
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  Speaker 2: Spencer Macpherson total side note, have you finished the second
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  Speaker 2: season of School Spirits by chance?
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  Speaker 1: No? Because we're cheap and we had unsubscribed to Paramount Plus,
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  Speaker 1: but we just resubscribed. So yeah, it's like death by
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  Speaker 1: a thousand streamers sometimes, so absolutely, Riley, do you finish it? No?
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  Speaker 1: I haven't even finished season one yet, but like, I
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  Speaker 1: have so many friends who are like, that show's so good.
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  Speaker 1: You just start like unpeeling all the layers and how
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  Speaker 1: things all work together, and I'm like, really, I maybe
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  Speaker 1: I guess I need to pay closer attention to it
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  Speaker 1: because I thought it was okay the first couple episodes
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  Speaker 1: I saw.
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  Speaker 2: I really like the show. I do think it gets
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  Speaker 2: better throughout season one. Just as a side note, it
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  Speaker 2: is on Paramount Plus, but season one is on Netflix,
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  Speaker 2: so if you don't have Paramount Plus, you can watch
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  Speaker 2: season one and Hallmark fans. It does star Spencer mcthears, Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I Love him.
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  Speaker 1: Riley Davis plays lab partner John. Riley has thirty four
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  Speaker 1: acting credits and is probably best known as Mason from
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  Speaker 1: the Curious Caterer franchise.
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  Speaker 2: Parmis the Hot plays friend in bakery employee Devin. Parmis
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  Speaker 2: has twenty six acting credits and has appeared in shows
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  Speaker 2: like The Good Doctor, Designated Survivor, as well as Hallmark
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  Speaker 2: projects like Cross Country Christmas and A Very Mery Bridesmaid.
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  Speaker 1: Karen Cruper plays Mom Barb. I think Karen Kruper gets
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  Speaker 1: the mom treatment too for Hallmark. Right hear and Barbara
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  Speaker 1: Nevan Barbara gets the majority of the rules.
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  Speaker 2: They're probably sisters in some second chance romance any Day
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  Speaker 2: Now Totally.
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  Speaker 1: With sixty acting credits. Karen plays a lot of mom
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  Speaker 1: roles as I just mentioned, including movies like All A
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  Speaker 1: Good Night, The Wedding, Veil, Expectations, and Hashtag Xmas.
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  Speaker 2: Everett Andre's plays son Gary. Evert's another up and coming
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  Speaker 2: actor for Hallmark. He's appeared in movies like Navigating Christmas
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  Speaker 2: and The Holiday Sitter. Barry Levy plays Barb's boyfriend.
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  Speaker 1: Rick. Barry has one hundred acting credits and recently appeared
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  Speaker 1: in the series Holidays as Sam Hill. He's also co
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  Speaker 1: starred in Leah's Perfect Gift, The Wedding Contract and Wedding
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  Speaker 1: Veil's Expectations.
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  Speaker 2: Brendan's plays deadbeat Dad David, with forty six acting credits.
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  Speaker 2: Brendan has been in movies like Sugar Plum, A Sprinkle
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  Speaker 2: of Deceit, A Hannah Swinson Mystery, and Never Gets a
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  Speaker 2: Man in a Christmas Sweater.
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  Speaker 1: Is Again, dal Zaddi, Zaddie, It's not Zaddie, but it works. Zaddi,
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  Speaker 1: adil Zadi and dal Zady. You know he probably loves
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  Speaker 1: that a dil Zadi blaze. Isaac. We've seen him in
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  Speaker 1: several Hallmark movies, including Fourth Down, in Love, The Wedding Contract,
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  Speaker 1: and A Winning Team. However, it appears he's taking a
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  Speaker 1: small break from Hallmark. He hasn't appeared in a role
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  Speaker 1: since twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like that was yesterday, but wow, that was two
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  Speaker 2: years ago. Let's take a quick break and we'll come
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  Speaker 2: right back with our first impressions. Hey, Wendy, what was
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  Speaker 2: your first impression of dating the Delaneys.
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  Speaker 1: I like to think I'm pretty chill but I'm definitely
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  Speaker 1: not showing up at my ex husband's wedding. Oh right,
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  Speaker 1: would you?
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  Speaker 2: I was wondering the same thing, like if the kid,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if it's important.
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  Speaker 1: To the kids to have you there. How she's obviously
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  Speaker 1: was hurt by the end of their relationship.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they don't have a good coparing tam relationship.
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  Speaker 2: It's not like the transition and yeah, I hear you,
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  Speaker 2: I hear you. My first impression is, I know we've
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  Speaker 2: said we love a douchey Andrew Walker as our favorite
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Walker. I think an earnest Paul Campbell is my favorite.
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  Speaker 1: Paul Campbell. Interesting m h. Interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Also side note, for some reason, I cannot stop writing
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  Speaker 2: and saying Paul Walker in my.
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  Speaker 1: Notes for this movie. All right pee, multiple times I
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  Speaker 1: loved Paul Walker, to the point.
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  Speaker 2: That as I was saying Andrew Walker, I was like,
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  Speaker 2: is that the right name? Okay, let's talk what we
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  Speaker 2: liked about dating the Delineyes, well, I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna go first. I saw Rachel Boston and Paul Campbell
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  Speaker 1: as a couple, friend turned couple. I thought they were
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  Speaker 1: so great. I thought they were natural. I love like
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  Speaker 1: kind of their easy chemistry, easy banter. I'm I'm into it.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of our listeners don't like Paul.
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  Speaker 1: I get it, I understand, But I love Paul. I
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  Speaker 1: love Paul too.
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  Speaker 2: I think this was a standout role for him, much
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  Speaker 2: like the movie he made with Kimberly Sustad Wedding Every Weekend.
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  Speaker 2: I believe he plays a similar character with a similar
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  Speaker 2: vibe where I think sometimes his characters are real comedic
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  Speaker 2: and sarcastic, like the Santa Summit, like that one where
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  Speaker 2: he plays the mean, curmudgeonly author. Sorry, yeah, yeah, perimenopause
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  Speaker 2: brain is a real thing.
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  Speaker 1: I really like. As mentioned in my first impression, I
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  Speaker 1: like it when he's just this charming, sweet, kind of
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  Speaker 1: nerdy good guy.
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  Speaker 2: Who is a little bit like I'm gonna tell you.
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  Speaker 2: I loved the punny through line. Now I freaking hate
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  Speaker 2: a punt. I don't necessarily find them funny. I'm that's true.
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  Speaker 2: I thought I don't find them funny. I'm not good
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  Speaker 2: at them. My brain doesn't work that way. I don't
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  Speaker 2: come up with them. Every time someone does it, I'm like.
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  Speaker 1: WHOA, look at that. But I just thought they were
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  Speaker 1: on the exact same nerdy cringeing level that I loved.
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  Speaker 1: Mm hmmm. I just thought they vibed so well. I
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  Speaker 1: agree with you. I'm gonna talk more about the puns
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  Speaker 1: and my word you would, but but I agree, I
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  Speaker 1: agree what you say about Paul. He was in that
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  Speaker 1: movie with Hillary Burton where he was like sell on
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  Speaker 1: that twisted he would he plays like a weird named
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  Speaker 1: guy grun Grundy or that's not his name. Yes, he's
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  Speaker 1: good in that movie he was given the Santa Steak out.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, when he plays kind of these like earnest roles.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. I all do. In case he's great, Yes,
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  Speaker 1: but that one is a little bit different though, don't
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  Speaker 1: you think so? This is Yeah? I agree, I agree.
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  Speaker 1: I agree, he's range people, he's got rain I like Paul. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: The other thing I liked about this movie and as
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  Speaker 1: I was reading the synopsis out loud at the top
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  Speaker 1: of the episode, yes, this is sort of a story
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  Speaker 1: about three generations of women who are like dating in
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  Speaker 1: the modern world, but not really like like that the
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  Speaker 1: main it's not fully focused on that. No, but I
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  Speaker 1: liked it. I like that we have a teenager and
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  Speaker 1: we have a divorced mom. And we have like a
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  Speaker 1: single sexy grandma. Like. I like that they could all
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  Speaker 1: relate to each other and support each other, but as
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  Speaker 1: a whole, I don't think like that's what this movie's about.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't either, but I want to riff on
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  Speaker 2: that for just a second. One thing I've really liked
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  Speaker 2: about the fan favorite lineup of movies is that what
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  Speaker 2: we get, by and large are several unique takes on
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  Speaker 2: the standard Hallmark fair. Every movie is super in line
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  Speaker 2: with what Hallmark does. They're not like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: this is an out of line movie. They're all very hallmarky,
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  Speaker 2: but with just enough of a different flavor to be interesting.
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  Speaker 2: And I think in this case, yes, this is straight
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  Speaker 2: Hallmark romance, with the addition that the side characters, the
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  Speaker 2: supporting roles, just happened to be the mom and the
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  Speaker 2: daughter also experiencing their own relationships as opposed to we
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  Speaker 2: still were going to get that mom and the daughter
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  Speaker 2: in there, but they would be dealing with other things,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like the daughter might just
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  Speaker 2: be dealing with like, oh, the school's hard or my
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  Speaker 2: friends are weird, and the mom's like I'm trying to
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  Speaker 2: find myself. I like that they were all kind of
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  Speaker 2: in line going through the same thing, even though obviously
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  Speaker 2: the focus is going.
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  Speaker 1: To be on Michael and Maggie. Yeah, yeah, I loved.
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  Speaker 1: With all that said, I did love the teenage romance. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I hated the jerk that she was, Like, Zach, what
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  Speaker 1: a piece of you know what? Yeah? I mean I
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  Speaker 1: would have you and I both have teenage daughters, and
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  Speaker 1: if a boy treated our daughter that way, I think
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  Speaker 1: heads would roll. We would be team. Heads would roll totally.
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  Speaker 1: I know the mom never got to see them interact
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  Speaker 1: like that, but I can only imagine if I don't
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  Speaker 1: think right, they were never around the parents. I can
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  Speaker 1: only imagine like that kid at my house giving absolutely
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  Speaker 1: nothing and him leaving and me being like, he has
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  Speaker 1: got to go, like that, dude does not like you.
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  Speaker 1: We have some self respect for real. But I loved
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  Speaker 1: I loved the lab partner. Ugh. He was like so
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  Speaker 1: cute from go, like obviously he was interested in her
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  Speaker 1: and they had so much in common and then when
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  Speaker 1: he shows up and he wants to take her to
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  Speaker 1: the dance and I wanted to cry. One of my
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  Speaker 1: very first notes is justice for baby Mason. I just
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's a curious caterer throwback for anybody who's
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  Speaker 1: not deep in the homework Laura. But as soon as
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  Speaker 1: he was on screen, I was like, oh my, look
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  Speaker 1: at the baby. And I loved him, like he's oh.
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  Speaker 1: I really liked that storyline. I was like, yes, find
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  Speaker 1: the guy who likes you. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: Let's talk Rachel Boston specifically. Please. First of all, I
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  Speaker 1: loved her character. I just she's Look, she's so warm,
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  Speaker 1: she cares about the people in her lives, like when
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  Speaker 1: she's up in the morning, like making breakfast and encouraging
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  Speaker 1: her kids. I was like, oh, I wish I was
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  Speaker 1: that mom. I'm not that mom. I'm super grumpy in
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  Speaker 1: the morning. But you know, like she just was great.
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  Speaker 1: I just thought she was great. Now, I do think
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  Speaker 1: she was a little naive to Michael's interest in her,
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  Speaker 1: oh for sure, which I found to be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit frustrating. Like I was like, wake up. I was
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  Speaker 1: so glad she had the bakery friend to be like,
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  Speaker 1: that's a real date. There's no such thing as a
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  Speaker 1: practice date. Yeah. When he's like, hey, maybe we could
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  Speaker 1: try it again, She's like, oh, another, what did they
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  Speaker 1: call it, like, I don't know what they called it.
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  Speaker 1: I can't remember either. But she was like, oh, another
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  Speaker 1: practice date and he was like yeah, and I was like,
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  Speaker 1: come on, girl, come on, yeah, I agree. How hard though?
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  Speaker 2: Did you laugh when her little bakery partner is like,
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  Speaker 2: do something fun for yourself and she just cleaned her
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  Speaker 2: house top to bottom?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I loved it. I was like, girl, is mean.
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  Speaker 2: Like nobody's gonna accuse me of being the cleanest person
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  Speaker 2: in the world ever.
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  Speaker 1: But I do love being alone and just like getting
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  Speaker 1: it done, like getting the laundry running, vacuum clean sheets.
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  Speaker 1: I feel alive. Me too. Is so sad.
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  Speaker 2: But then it's also like, if I know I'm just
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  Speaker 2: gonna go into my own little dreamland here, if I'm
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  Speaker 2: gonna have a weekend to myself, I would absolutely spend
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  Speaker 2: like the first couple hours of Friday cleaning so I
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  Speaker 2: can just sink in and order in on Friday night
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  Speaker 2: and do absolutely nothing because my space looks so great.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I enjoy the space that you just put so
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  Speaker 1: much work in. Yeah, would you be going out with
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  Speaker 1: like your.
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  Speaker 2: Single friend and going to play pool, I'd be like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm staying home and enjoying my quiet house.
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  Speaker 1: I'll put that red mask on and put my feet up. So, yes,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I'm doing. My dogs on the couch sounds
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  Speaker 1: like a dream. Hey guys, if you want to check
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  Speaker 1: out our new project, Midlife Best Ties A Oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 1: I just I need a real I need a video
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  Speaker 1: of you in your Jammy's red light mask on, your
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  Speaker 1: dog's on the couch with Netflix, and just the caption
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  Speaker 1: just says the new Friday Night. Please. I'm begging you.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna kill all right, I will work on it.
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  Speaker 1: And your dear foam slippers, Okay, I will. I mean
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  Speaker 1: that's the uniform, so okay. I have been asked to
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  Speaker 1: go in a room and shut the door. When I
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  Speaker 1: have the red light mask on. Scares people in the house,
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  Speaker 1: even my dog. One time like came upstairs and I
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  Speaker 1: had it on, and they like stopped in their chees.
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  Speaker 1: Remember when sheet masks were all a rage. Anytime I
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  Speaker 1: would do one and my husband woul walk out of
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  Speaker 1: the room. It was a jump scare every time. I
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  Speaker 1: can only imagine, have you seen.
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  Speaker 2: There's a like a TikTok of a person and they're
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  Speaker 2: like everyone finds my red light mask so scary, and
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  Speaker 2: then it's they showed they cut to them like dragging
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  Speaker 2: a dead body out to the trash can, and it
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  Speaker 2: is they're like a mom in their row, and then
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty funny.
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  Speaker 1: I love it all right anymore, Like nothing specific, I
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  Speaker 1: just really liked it. I to me this movie. When
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: I saw the movie poster, and it's like dating the Delaney's,
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: I thought that we were looking at like an established family,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: Like I didn't know what this movie was about, so
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I I, this sounds like a wish. The movie poster
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: and the title did not reflect what this movie actually
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: turned out to be to me, which I one hundred
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: percent reflects it. They're all dating Delaney's, yes, but like
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: really though, because they have this entire storyline about her
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: wanting to like expand the bakery and their opportunity to
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: be on this bakery show and so on and so face.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: The Delaney's ps, the one where Maggie's a boss babe.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: I don't care you can't put the whole storyline in.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: I don't know, but I did enjoy. I thought it
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: was kind of a fresh concept. I don't think I
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: have seen a movie that is along this storyline. Yeah,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: totally hasn't been done and redone and done and redone,
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: so totally let's talk wishes. You got some pun wishes?
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: I think I don't my own my only wish. There
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: were a lot of puns and a lot of dad jokes,
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: to the point where I was like, I'm uncomfortable, Like
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: it was like too much. Like I was like, I look,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: I like laughing, and and I actually you love that shit.
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: You're like, I do love that shit. I love I
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: love making puns myself. My daughter is so good at
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: it too, so I think she gets it from me anyway.
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: But it went almost too far where I was like,
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: I bet Megan's real uncomfortable lodging. I was like, let's
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: lean in, let's lean into this. I mean, that's all.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: It just was a lot. I do wonder though, because
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: you know, Paul is such a good writer. I wonder
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: if there's any of that, like on set stuff happening,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: like they're like, oh wait, wait, let's throw this in here,
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: let's do that. Uh huh uh. I don't know, just
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: just curious. Now I'm gonna go back to the bakery
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: for a second. Yeah's the bakery storyline? Them being on
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: make it, bake It, cake it, whatever it's called. Was
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: this necessary? First of all, I don't understand what make it,
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: bake it cake it even is. The whole time, I'm like,
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: is it Diner, Strivers and Dies? Is it Triple D? It? Absolutely, absolutely,
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: that's exactly what it is. But I just feel like
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: they didn't sell it to me enough. Maybe all I
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: need to know is that it's I guess that is
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: selling it to me. It's Triple D for Bakery's fine, Okay.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: I just felt like I was like, I don't really
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: know what's happening here. Yeah, And I felt like the
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: storyline about her wanting to expand the bakery got a
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: little bit lost. It was unnecessary, especially because I mean,
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: I think it was a vehicle for a lot of
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: other storylines, Like it brought in her best friend, which
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: or assistant, and that helped, you know, she really needed
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: to be present in her life in this way.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: Yes, it's also helped drive forward some of the ways
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: in which her ex husband was a complete ass. When
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: he comes and he's like, I own half this place, She's.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Like, no, you don't. Oh that seems so great. She's like,
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: you didn't do anything to make this place of success.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: So I liked that part of it, but I did
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: feel otherwise. I was like, I don't really understand.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: It feels a little bit like just the vehicle for
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: driving all these other storylines.
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah, because like she needed time with Michael, and here
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: he is like some pr guy or something. He's something
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: like I actually not even quite sure. I can't remember
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: what his job was, but he's like, let me help
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: you prep for it, right, how do you prep? Like?
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: Was he just prepping her for like being on camera,
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: like for her elevator pitch? What she's gonna say? I mean,
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: I guess I can kind of understand that, Like what
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: are you going to say when they ask you? What
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: are your goals for the bakery? Yeah? I mean you
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: got to think about those things. I guess. Sure, I
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: guess yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I have a couple
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: more wishes. But what do you have?
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: Okay, Well, you mentioned before that you thought Maggie was
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: a little bit naive, and it is not shown any
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: more obviously than in her first date where she shows
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: up and the guy's like on the phone, he's already ordered.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: I was like, look, you.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: May have been out of the dating game, but you
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: haven't been living on Mars. You do understand what basic
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: human decency and interaction should look like.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: And the fact that she needed the waiter to be like, yo,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: get out of here now, the whole restaurant wants you
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: to go, and she's like, oh, is that okay? Get out?
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: What are you doing? Like I sucked from go yes,
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Oh my god. I would have been like, excuse me,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the bathroom and then walk
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: out the door. No. Yeah, like when he had ordered,
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: she'd be like, well, looks like you're all set by No,
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: I know, why would you allow someone to treat you
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: like that? Well maybe her not, or like that's why
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: her daughter allows herself to be treated that way too.
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: Hey there you go. I mean it's not that explicit,
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: but whatever. Yeah, I agree, Like, come on, you have
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: a lot to offer. Don't be mistreated by this terrible
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: date for sure. Eh, there's not a lot of conflict
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: in this movie. No, in terms like okay, so like
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: Maggie and Michael don't have any real sort of like
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: there's no like tension building between them in terms of
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: like oh it's growing great and then it goes terrible. Right,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: and then it is.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it is the conflict just that she doesn't understand
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: that he's interested in her.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: I think so there's more. There's more conflict between like
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: the teenage daughter her piece of shit love interest and
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: then Maggie's ex husband is there's conflict there. I kind
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: of like it though, Oh me too. Yeah, okay, it's
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: not like it's not like a super wish, but it's
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: just like I think I expect I have come to
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: expect Yeah, yeah, yeah, storylines where things start out good
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: or they start out terrible and there's repair to it.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: M hmm. Nobody can be like so, yes, okay, well
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: maybe this was a like I'm not sure, let's talk.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: Did you see that I have one and it's not great? Oh,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: neither is mine. Let's hear it. When Maggie's doing her
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: make It Bake It Cake It show, they're like, Hi,
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: this is Maggie from whatever the bakery's name is, and
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: she like waves at the camera, like she waves at
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: the camera like three times, and I was like, would
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: you that's what Michael taught her to wave at the camera?
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I just why would you wave at the camera.
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: It probably is like involuntary, like you can't help yourself but.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Wave at the end of a zoom call oh fair,
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: super fair, even though at the end I'm like, go
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: sit on your hands, Megan, super Fair. That's all I got.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: What about you? Okay? Well, yeah, the did you see
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: that department's on vacation? This week? For me, one was
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: justice for baby Mason. I just really liked seeing that
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: character on my screen. But also Maggie and I have
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: the same welcome man on our homes. Oh do you
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: it's a Target special? Uh purchase pre twenty twenty five
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: y'all just defyi oh oh those who know, No, I
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: do believe it's still available if you're still a Target shopper.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: But what is this? What does it say?
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: It says welcome, It's it's one of their oversized mats.
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: They don't have a lot of those, so you have
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: like a lot of welcome mats are tiny and they
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: need like a like you have like an extra layer
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: to make them match the scale of your door. Yeah,
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: this happens to be an extra wide one, and they
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: don't have a lot of options in that department.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: And your front door you have this. I've been to
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: your house a million times. I don't think I've ever
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: really noticed it.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: I mean, it just says welcome. I know what yours says.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: I pay attention.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Mine says I hope you like dogs. That's right, because the.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: Mind mine should say I hope you like dogs. Mine
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: just fades into the background. It just it's it's utilitarian.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: It's not memorable, but it does match the scale of
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: my door.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: I will take a note next time I come over.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: All right, what did you radiating the Delaine eyes? I
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: gave it four stars? Whoa? I gave it four and
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: a half stars. I really loved this movie. No, whoa me.
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: It's not a bad rating. I know, I enjoyed it.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: I enjoyed it a lot. I know.
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