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Finding Mr Christmas Season 2, Episode 8 · 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 Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark review podcast. I'm
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  Speaker 2: 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: This is it, guys, don't get scared now. We are
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  Speaker 2: discussing the Finding Mister Christmas season two finale, Crowning Mister Christmas,
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  Speaker 2: which originally aired on the Hallmark Channel on Monday, December fifteenth,
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  Speaker 2: and is currently available to stream on Hallmark Plus two.
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  Speaker 1: How are you feeling? How are you feeling?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's a mix of emotions. I was happy to
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  Speaker 2: see the winner. I was happy to see it come together.
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  Speaker 2: It was a fun episode in a lot of ways.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm saying to see this series go for this season.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we had the same thoughts last year
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  Speaker 1: at the end of season one. Yeah, it's like the
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  Speaker 1: day after Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: Or actually, for me, I start to say let down
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  Speaker 2: at about noon on Christmas Day.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, it's over. Yeah, I don't. I don't recognize
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  Speaker 1: that feeling whatsoever. So that's so interesting. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's why Christmas Eve is my favorite, because there's
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  Speaker 2: still like it's it's still anticipatory Christmas Morning is like
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  Speaker 2: that's the end going into the episode where you're like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: this is my Christmas Eve.
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  Speaker 1: And then like like sitting down to watch it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I guess we still have the movie to look forward to.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that will extend our enjoyment of the series
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. It was a good time for me.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 1: How are you feeling? I will say I was not
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  Speaker 1: as disappointed I was with season one. Season one, I
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: was shocked at the winner. I thought Elijah was gonna
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  Speaker 1: win season one, so I was just like completely mind
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  Speaker 1: blown when he did it. This one, to me, honestly
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  Speaker 1: felt like it came down to Craig and rust In.
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  Speaker 1: So I didn't. I wasn't leaning one particular way.
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  Speaker 2: No, I wasn't either. I really the whole time was
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  Speaker 2: like I could see it going either way. And for
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  Speaker 2: the last couple episodes, I've been like I could see
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  Speaker 2: it going either way. So yeah, yeah, but here we are,
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  Speaker 1: Are you ready for synopsis for episode eight, Crowny Mister
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  Speaker 1: Christmas guest Aaron Craco joins Jonathan Bennett and Melissa Peterman
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  Speaker 1: to step back in time and into the story, acting
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  Speaker 1: alongside the finalist in a holiday scene with a romantic
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  Speaker 1: Christmas kiss and one man is crowned Miss Stir Christmas,
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  Speaker 1: it is our last day in the house. Got the
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  Speaker 1: final three boys are having coffee together, and I do
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  Speaker 1: believe Angel has gotten a haircut. Yes, I noticed that
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  Speaker 1: as well. Would they bring somebody in? How does that work?
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  Speaker 1: I have so many questions because I'm like, what is
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  Speaker 1: the time frame and all this stuff? We talked about
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  Speaker 1: it either last week or the week before, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: is this a three week period? Is this a six
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  Speaker 1: week period? I don't know, And I imagine you need
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  Speaker 1: a guy needs a haircut during that time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been the only noticeable one for me, but
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  Speaker 2: I definitely noticed it, and I'm sure they all got
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  Speaker 2: like just a little.
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  Speaker 1: Cleaned up before the finale totally. Did you also notice
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  Speaker 1: in this episode too, they were talking about drinking coffee
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  Speaker 1: and Craig's like, I don't drink coffee. I never have
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, okay, superhero, I didn't notice. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Resident did give him a little bit of a hard time,
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  Speaker 1: but I was like that, I don't know, that's like
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  Speaker 1: not a fl I said, I'm into I don't drink coffee,
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  Speaker 1: but wait a minute, do I talk like Craig this
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  Speaker 1: where I don't drink coffee, I drink tea? No, I no.
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  Speaker 1: Did it come off that he was trying to flex
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  Speaker 1: like I'm naturally caffeinated or was it just like a
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  Speaker 1: I thought so oh, And I thought so yeah. But
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  Speaker 1: it's such like a throwaway little conversation I totally missed.
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  Speaker 1: It has nothing to do with winning the leading role
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  Speaker 1: in a Homewark movie, whatsoever? Powered by adrenaline.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this is the classic last episode of a reality
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  Speaker 2: series where we reminisce about our good times together. We
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  Speaker 2: get some flashbacks, some highlights. We're just filling the space.
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  Speaker 2: At this point.
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  Speaker 1: We are did you happen to catch? Because we talked
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  Speaker 1: about it in our previous episode. But Russen was like,
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  Speaker 1: I can't believe our three sockings are hanging next to
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  Speaker 1: each other on the mantle.
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  Speaker 2: Not only did I catch, I went back to episode
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  Speaker 2: one and these stockings were hung there initially.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's so weird. M I love that you went
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  Speaker 1: back and did the due diligence. Thank you. Only I
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  Speaker 1: was only reminded when Rustin said it because I thought, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: have they been there this whole time? Or was he
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  Speaker 1: just like Oh, it's blowing my mind like we're the
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  Speaker 1: final three, right, So that's the difference between me and you.
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  Speaker 1: I have been thinking about those stockings since our conversation
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  Speaker 1: about it last week. Were they there initially or did
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  Speaker 1: they put them there?
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  Speaker 2: I definitely thought about it, but you know, for the
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  Speaker 2: entire week, it's been a bridge too far for me
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  Speaker 2: to open up the first episode and scrub to that moment.
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  Speaker 2: But I had to pause episode eight, open episode one
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  Speaker 2: and check it out so we have our answer too.
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  Speaker 1: Funny. Yeah, the guys here, they are reflecting a little
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  Speaker 1: bit on their journey. For their journey. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: hate the word journey, but it's appropriate here, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Craig talks about how he's showing more colors
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  Speaker 1: of himself, he's really opening up, and Reston talks about
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  Speaker 1: growth and failure and grit, and Restin says about himself
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  Speaker 1: he is the truest version of himself in a scene,
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  Speaker 1: so I thought that was really interesting. And then Angel
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  Speaker 1: Angel talks about himself as being flirtatious and charismatic, which
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  Speaker 1: is true, but he also just really wants to prove
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  Speaker 1: that he's leading man material. M M. How do you
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  Speaker 1: feel at this point about the guys. Yeah, well, I
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  Speaker 1: think they all.
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  Speaker 2: Have a good sense of who they are. I think
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  Speaker 2: that comment about leading man material is kind of interesting
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  Speaker 2: given some of the social media feedback we've scene and
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  Speaker 2: knowing this was filmed obviously before they would have seen
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  Speaker 2: any of that.
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  Speaker 1: M Yeah, right, right, Especially, you know, if you think
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  Speaker 1: back to the earlier episodes and how Angel has talked
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  Speaker 1: about being bullied, and yeah, I actually was thinking about that.
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  Speaker 2: They flashed on angel Santa scene with him about how
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  Speaker 2: he's all about giving love and showing heart, and I thought, oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's that's really interesting. If you think back to the
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  Speaker 2: guy's Santas, Craig really was like the jokester and brought
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  Speaker 2: the Santini and he had to kind of grow from that,
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  Speaker 2: Like he really like his journey revolved around bold moves
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  Speaker 2: and being the funny guy. And Angel's story they really did.
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  Speaker 2: That is the story he told about. He talked about,
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  Speaker 2: I want people to know if you're bullied that people
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  Speaker 2: are here for you, and that story continued throughout. That
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  Speaker 2: wasn't just a throwaway bit for the opening episode.
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  Speaker 1: True.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely, we get a group hug in the kitchen, We
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  Speaker 2: flashed the Balsam Hill Tree, the Balsom Hill Christmas ornament,
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  Speaker 2: and in comes Jonathan, followed by one Christopher.
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  Speaker 1: Polaha, his special, his special guest, my friend. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think they are buddies, my friend. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: My notes say casual Denim Daddy walks in.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're sitting next to each other on the couch,
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  Speaker 2: and I such a cliche, but I just am like, Tam,
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  Speaker 2: these guys look good, and I feel like Jonathan. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're the biggest fans of Chris Plat, but I feel
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  Speaker 2: like Jonathan just keeps getting better looking as he ages.
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  Speaker 1: Like, I don't think he's everything better. I agree with that.
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  Speaker 1: I do agree with that, and I know this is
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  Speaker 1: in like April or May that they film this. He's
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  Speaker 1: got like a real nice golden glow about him as well,
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  Speaker 1: which makes me miss summer. But yeah, he looks fantastic. Agree.
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  Speaker 2: Rustin's like Billmore. Christmas is my favorite movie, Hallmark movie,
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  Speaker 2: So I'm glad to have Chris here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, is that the only movie that you know?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I like to throw a little shade at
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  Speaker 1: these guys because I assume that they are not out
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  Speaker 1: here churning through the full countdown to Christmas catalog every year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I would like to get into like a pop culture
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  Speaker 1: Hallmark trivia quiz with any of these guys and absolutely
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  Speaker 1: destroy them. I don't think they know, and there's no
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  Speaker 1: shade like this is just not the world that they
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  Speaker 1: live in, right for sure? Of course they know Billmore
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  Speaker 1: because if anybody doing any sort of Hallmark research knows
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  Speaker 1: like that was such a huge movie and has such
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  Speaker 1: a cult following, you know.
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  Speaker 2: It shows up on every list of like what's the
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  Speaker 2: best Hallmark Christmas movie? It's exactly exactly. This is when
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  Speaker 2: Chris is talking about he's giving this advice, and he
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  Speaker 2: talked about his first movie with Megan Markle. And I
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  Speaker 2: gotta say, first of all, I like how he says,
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  Speaker 2: your role is just to support her, like make her
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  Speaker 2: look good, be there for her.
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  Speaker 1: Support her through the role. That's the role of the
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  Speaker 1: leaning man.
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  Speaker 2: But what my notes say is like my attentions man
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  Speaker 2: kind of fades off and it's just like a dream sequence,
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  Speaker 2: Like the screen is like Pink and Hazy with cartoon hearts.
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  Speaker 2: As Chris is talking to the guys, Honest, I think
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  Speaker 2: they probably feel the same way, because that's what we do.
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  Speaker 1: When we talk with Chris. Yeah, I think he charms everyone.
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  Speaker 1: He does. He definitely does. I mean he likes to
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  Speaker 1: Aaha fans. They just I'm one of them. I understand.
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  Speaker 1: I get all clammy and I can't talk to him.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to sit there and stare at him
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  Speaker 1: when my big stupid heart eye emojis. You know, I
• 11:25
  Speaker 1: still have the video on my fight from I know,
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  Speaker 1: Oh God, so embarrassing. But I love that he low
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  Speaker 1: key drops that. He's like my first Hallmark movie was
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  Speaker 1: with Megan Merkle, Right, yeah, and low key guys, that's
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  Speaker 1: a great movie. Dater's Handbook is a really good movie.
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  Speaker 1: It is really good.
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  Speaker 2: It's cute, and that we watched that before we were
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  Speaker 2: Chris Palaha's super fans. President of the fan club. I
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  Speaker 2: think we have some listeners who I know I was
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  Speaker 2: gonna say, move over, don't worry, don't worry, We're not
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  Speaker 2: coming for you. Guys know we're we're proud members. That's right,
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  Speaker 2: proud members.
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan then goes on to give what I can only
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  Speaker 1: describe as his proud Papa speech. He is just so
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  Speaker 1: proud of the guys. How far they've come, what they've learned.
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  Speaker 1: He gets emotional, which sometimes I'm like, is this I
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  Speaker 1: can Sometimes I'm like, is he acting here? But honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he is, because I know how like,
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  Speaker 1: this is his baby, right, this is his project, so
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  Speaker 1: I too would probably become very invested in the people
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  Speaker 1: who were part of my project. So I find his
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  Speaker 1: emotion here believable. I do think proud papa is the
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  Speaker 1: right description. Like, when you watch your kid doing something
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  Speaker 1: that they're really good at, don't you get emotional?
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  Speaker 2: Of course, yeah, I think it's like that. He's like,
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  Speaker 2: look at how far you've come. You're doing it. I
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  Speaker 2: know that people are like, oh, Jonathan's crying again, but
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  Speaker 2: I think it's genuine. I think I kind of like it.
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  Speaker 2: I like the emotion as a fellow crier. Before we
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  Speaker 2: move on to no festive face off straight to the scenes,
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  Speaker 2: the guys do a I'm gonna shine chant together.
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  Speaker 1: On their way out the door. Yeah. I wonder who
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  Speaker 1: came up with that I'm gonna shine? Is that what
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  Speaker 1: they said, I'm gonna shine? I think so I may
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  Speaker 1: have mad sh up, but that's what my notes. So no,
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  Speaker 1: I think you're right. I can't remember. I don't have
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  Speaker 1: it written down exactly, but I think you're right. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna shine. It's sweet. I like it.
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  Speaker 2: Let's take a quick break and we're gonna come right
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  Speaker 2: back with our final star Quality Challenge. So we are
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  Speaker 2: on location today with our star Quality Challenge, and we're
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  Speaker 2: at a vintage train station, which I love. But I
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  Speaker 2: have to stop right now and ask you. When we
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  Speaker 2: pull up, Melissa and jonathanne are in full period clothing.
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  Speaker 2: Are you like a little bit? Yeah, Wendy doesn't love
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  Speaker 2: a period piece.
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  Speaker 1: I don't, but it's fine because it's I don't have
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  Speaker 1: to watch a movie, an hour and twenty five minute movie. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so it's okay. What's funny is that? To me? Is
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: this a working train station? What's happening here?
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: I don't thank you because my husband was like, they
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: just shut down the train station this whole time, and
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  Speaker 2: they called it a vintage train station. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: more like a museum. That's my that's the story that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm putting on. What state is this in Utah? Herbert
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: Valley Railroad? That's it?
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  Speaker 3: Is it like a museum?
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  Speaker 1: Rock and roll train? Oh? What is that? North Pole Express. Oh,
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: it must actually Monday night train. It is a train ride.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like they do, like for an experience. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it's for transportation inspretation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so a few little details. Melissa and Jonathan are
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  Speaker 2: going to be in the scene with them, which I'm
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  Speaker 2: happy about. Aaron Craco is our leading lady, which if
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  Speaker 2: you have to do a period piece, it's just the
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  Speaker 2: perfect pairing.
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  Speaker 1: And McLean Nelson is here as director. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: we know him and we don't know him. No, we don't.
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  Speaker 1: Just from a few DMS, you feel like we're his buddy. Yeah. Yeah, like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: that's my friend McLay Nelson. I even tried to like
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  Speaker 1: flex to my daughter who was watching with him. I
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: was like, oh, I've talked to him a couple of
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: times in the DMS. He does, I'm like, shut up, Wendy, Wow,
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  Speaker 1: so unlikable. I don't drink coffee and I know McLean
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  Speaker 1: Nelson quick little digits.
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  Speaker 2: That moment Jonathan's speech to the dudes is fully adr
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  Speaker 2: over clips of them looking at him as he's explaining
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  Speaker 2: the run of the day.
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  Speaker 1: I caught that, Yeah, I caught that. I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could adr myself In this podcast Hey also, Jonathan explains
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  Speaker 1: that they are going this whole star quality challenge. It
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  Speaker 1: is the cointessential Hallmark finale moment. You're gonna chase the girl,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna professor love, You're gonna end the scene with
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  Speaker 1: a holiday kiss. How do you feel about the scenes
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  Speaker 1: as a whole? Is this something you would watch? I'm
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  Speaker 1: telling you right now for me, like a period piece
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  Speaker 1: like this, and it's not for me, No, it's not
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  Speaker 1: for Meg. No, it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was a little earnest for me, but because it
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  Speaker 2: was only ninety seconds long, I was into it. Melissa
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  Speaker 2: Peterman brought it for me. But idiot is a little
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: bit like I gotta get my girl. And then I
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  Speaker 2: did feel like Chris Palaha was channeling his Scrooge character
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  Speaker 2: a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I wrote the same thing down that's so funny.
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  Speaker 1: You stay it out and we can get into the
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  Speaker 1: details of like their their scenes and their takes. But
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  Speaker 1: Chris Palaha I wrote the same thing. I was like, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of like his Scrooge moment from that movie.
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  Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden, watching him do his
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  Speaker 1: part over and over again because we saw it six times. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I was like his energy. To me was like you
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  Speaker 1: go Glencoco energy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, for sure, Like he switched it up real quick,
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  Speaker 2: get your girl, Oh my gosh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, no, is this we I would watch?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, probably not, but it was fun to see them
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  Speaker 2: pull it off. And there were a lot of moving parts.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, a ton a ton. So a part of the
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  Speaker 1: challenges they the guys get each two takes for each scene,
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  Speaker 1: and direction matters how they take directions, their presence, the chemistry,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's there's a lot, like you said, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of moving parts to give us the whole picture.
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  Speaker 1: If they can be the next Hallmark leading man. Yes.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: And in their first setup there with Melissa Peterman and
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  Speaker 2: McClean tells us that he gave her permission to improv
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  Speaker 2: because she's the queen.
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  Speaker 1: Now.
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  Speaker 2: To me, I was like, oh, this is Wendy's improv
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: moment that she's been waiting for. Yeah, my husband's watching
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  Speaker 2: with me. He's like, that's not there. And I it
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: was kind of a curveball that they threw with the
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: guys not not even telling them like be prepared for.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: A little bit of improv. They just had to roll
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: with the punches. I still stand I want to standalone
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: improv episode, especially with multipater wan participating exactly, so Angel's
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: that first. I think Angel rolls with the improv first
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: of all, I think all the guys do like none
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: of them's like, oh shit, what do I say next?
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: M Yeah, Angel drops out Malady and that's a full
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: callback to the to the alley Alley. They showed that
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: clip in this episode. I think too, the Malia clip
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: interesting enough. I might rage out as somebody called the
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: malady you know what I mean, malady. I kind of
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: raged up the other day at the grocer store. Some
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: call me ma'am. I was like, no, did you really?
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: I want to be called miss call me ma'am. I
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: think the ship is sailed for both of us, and
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: I think you need me to find a new podcast
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: partner with those words, girls, I'm just saying, what's the
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: threshold for miss one hundred? I should be carded still
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: at a bar restaurant? Okay.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Angel's feedback after his first scene is that McLean wants
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: him to be a little more physical and urgent. So
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: when Angel does his second scene, I'm like.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: I don't see a difference. I didn't really see a
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: difference either.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: To be fair, in all of these scenes, I don't
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: see huge differences in any of them. There's not like,
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: oh my gosh, but I did see little bits in pieces,
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: and I really there was nothing noticeable to me about
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Angels first to second.
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I didn't see. There wasn't complete one eighty different
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: direction between two scenes, which I guess I don't know.
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: I'm not an actor, nor am I a director. I
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: don't make movies, so I don't know what I would
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: want from my actor. If I'm only getting two scenes,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: or I'm only getting two takes at it, don't go
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: swing one big way one way and then the other.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: You know, you got to give me a little something
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: of the same, I guess, right.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: Well, and you know McLean is there after their second take.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: He's not going to give them any more direction because
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: it's not helpful. They're not going to redo the scene,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: so we don't really know how he actually feels about
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: the change.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Was it big enough? Did they make the change?
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: You know, it's a very like everyone gets a trophy
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: energy after the second scene. Sure, yeah, definitely, which I understand.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: They got to go to another one. You don't want
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: to be like, well, that wasn't it, but let's move on.
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: That's not it, but okay. Scene.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: My husband has like so many hot takes on this show,
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: and as they're coming in, he's like, I want one
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: of them to like stop and say like, ooh, nice
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: dress to the lady in the entry. And then and
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: then Craig does that. Yeah, He's like, oh, you both
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: looks fabulous, And I was like, look at you.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: And then my husband's like he should have like taken
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: her and twirled her around or something too, And I
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: was like, Okay, he doesn't have that much time. He
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: is trying to catch the train. He's got to catch
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: the love of his life. Stop effing around with the
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: other people here. You need to go to Melissa at
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: the window and find out where the train is. Well MC.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: I started calling McLean Mac in my notes, but I
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: won't call him that in the episode because I don't
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: like it when people nickname people who don't know them. Sure, Meg,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: it's a perfectly fine name. It's just not mine. Seem
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: to punch up the energy, and I'll be honest, I
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: think Craig does.
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I find him loose and charming, like he's ready
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: to go, like he his was the one of the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: few of the three I saw just the tiniest, tiniest pivot.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: I agree, Okay, what do you think about Rustin? I
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: like Rustin. I like his energy. I think he was
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: smooth at the improv thing. I liked when Melissa like
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: leans over and she like is pretending to talk to
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: like her colleague next to her or whatever, and he's like,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: how you doing or whatever, how are you? I love that.
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: I liked it. I was gonna say I thought you
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: didn't like it. I liked it. No.
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: I actually, Rustin's so charming, and Jonathan's like the camera
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: likes him, and the camera does like him. But that moment,
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: that big smile, he's like, hey, Garrett, how are you?
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: It was amazing. He was real natural.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Now.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: It didn't see a big difference between his two scenes,
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: but I did think he did well. The biggest change
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: mcclaim wanted him to make was he kind of missed
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: his mark a little bit and so he was getting
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: a little bit of a shadow and McLean's like, you
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: got a really square up tightly on this mark.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well then I
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: watched the second one so closely and I was like,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: do I see a shadow on his face? I mean
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: I didn't. No. My concern was as like he was
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: like running off to go grab the train. And then
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: he says his last line where some of the other
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: guys like say it right in front of the window. Yes,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: that was.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Very interesting, and the first time my husband's like, oh
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: he turned around too soon, like before she had called
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: out to him.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: I was like, well, okay, oh, look at mister director
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: over there. Seriously, that's gonna be his second act. Okay.
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: Now we have an outdoor train scene in McLean and
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: the I don't know who that woman is, but they
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: do kind of like a walk through with the guys
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: of all their little obstacles. I'm like, man, that's a
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: lot like you gotta jump over the suitcase and move
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: the wood out of the way and crash into Christopher Polaha.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: It's just so much going on, very choreographed, very Angel's
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: up first again. McLean thinks he looks nervous. That's not great, No,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: and he tells him after's scene he wants to feel
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: joy and romance, not action movie intensity. Now did you
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: see the pivot in his second take?
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: Well, what I noticed is there's and which may have
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: been there the first time that I didn't notice. There's
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: a cinematic music swell behind him. Oh, and I find
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: his performance to be warmer the second time.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Warmer. I thought it was more joyful, like he was
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: like running after there's urgency, but it's not dire urgency.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: It's joyful urgency. Yes you know, Yeah, you're not running
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: to catch the bad guy, You're running to catch the girl. Yeah, exactly.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: This is where I'm like, Chris is bringing his screage
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: energy to this scene. I just love it when he yells, hey,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: watch it there. I'm given a little too Brooklyn, but
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: he uh, I really I just loved watching him yell
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: at these guys and then go get your girl.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: I loved it.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, Chris nails it every single time, every single time.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: And this is why he's done twenty five movies in
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: two years or whatever. It is a lot of movies
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: in ten years. Yes, by the way, did you spot
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Sydney from Marry Movie Club on the bench? Briefly? Yes?
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: I did, only because I saw your DM. Otherwise I
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: don't think I would have. I don't think I would.
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: There were so many like extras and people and quick
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: moving parts. Yeah, yeah, I saw her and I dam
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: I'm like, are you in the finale fighting mister Christmas?
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: And she is.
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: Rusten's up And I got to say, after he does
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: his first take, Melissa and McLean are all smiles. Oh,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: they were super stoked at his performance.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Ah.
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And he's fun to watch. He's got a great,
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: big smile. He just like looks people dead in the eye.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: He's fun.
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: Well, if you go back to what he said at
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: the beginning of the episode, he talks about how he
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: gives his the truest version of himself in these scenes,
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: and there's something about that, like it's not like he's acting.
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: He's realistically reacting to his partner or whatever is happening
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: in this scene. Like he to me at this point
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: in the episode, I'm like, it's it's Rustin's, it's Rustin's.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: He's going to take it home. Mm hmmm, Yeah, it's
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: his to lose. At this point, Craig is up next.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: He in my opinion, really rushes his first take interesting
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: and McLean thinks it feels tense and it's kind of
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: the same note he gives Angel about action movies. Well,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you what I notice here in
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: this scene. What if you recall Craig is a former
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: D one football player. Oh, does he do a little
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Heisman move? That's I don't know about a Heisman move,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: but I do see a little like jukying, Like he
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: was like juke and that suitcase, you know a little
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: and the suitcase. I don't know if you noticed this.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: The suitcase doesn't fall as far as it did in
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: the for the other guys, and so he's coming around
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: the corner and the suitcase like he could have just
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: ran right past it, but he has to like move
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: himself like that's where he does his little juke to
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: jump over that suitcase.
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, an heisman Chris Palah, Yeah. Melissa and McLean do
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: celebrate after his second take, so it seems like he
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: nailed it for them.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: This pumping bad. You know.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: He does say at the beginning, like I want to
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: be very coachable and directable, and I think they're definitely
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: looking for that in these in these baby actors, Like
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: they want someone who's going to take direction on set
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: because they're gonna need some direction.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and someone like Craig who has played sports his
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: entire life, right, you have to be coachable to be.
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: A good athlete.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: I mean, you don't have to be coachable to be
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: a good athlete, but being coachable is an asset. Yes, exactly,
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: thank you. And now it's the kiss scene.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: How do you feel about Aaron having to kiss these
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: guys so many times, so many of them.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: I think it's just comes with the job. I did
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: like her at the end, She's like, it's a living
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: She did make me laugh. Yeah, she'd made me laugh too.
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: Did you notice Restin fully misses his mark on his
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: first take? Oh yeah, he missed the whole dosey dough situation.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Aaron had like swoop into position for him. Yeah. Yeah,
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: that's unfortunate for him. Now, I wonder when it comes
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: down to the elimination deliberation situation where they like, well,
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: you know, Ruston missed his mark twice. You know, he
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: does it in the first scene he gets the shadows
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: on the rice and then and then he kind of
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: like misses it here or too. But does that mean
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: he's not coachable or can't listen to the director? Great question?
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: He does sell me on the emotion, Yes, me too.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: His second take is great. However, I find his kiss
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: to be the weakest of the three.
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: But that's what it says in my notes too. It
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: was like a whisper of a kiss. There was nothing
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: steamy about it. I thought about our smoochimeter and the
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: arrow was barely raising herede.
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: My husband goes, that's a smoochimeter of one.
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: Okay, I have so many notes about Craig. Okay. First up,
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: he's whispering again. I know. Okay, I have the same
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: thing too, whisper acting. I feel like this might be
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: again I'm not an actor, but I think this might
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: be something that a person might rely on when they're
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: trying to convey emotion. One hundred percent. I think you're correct.
• 29:27
  Speaker 2: He needs to be trained to use that whisper sparingly.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: His second take, in my opinion, is better than his first,
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: and he has.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: A great kiss, very good kiss, so much higher on
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: this smoutrometer. But I don't know if you notice he
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: goes in for the premature kiss before Aaron has delivered
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: hers I love you line in the first take. Interesting,
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: he rushed, It's yeah, he rushes it. It's fixed in
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: the second take, like, it's no problem. Both kisses very good.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: In Rustin scene. He in his second take, he takes
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: Aaron's suitcase and sets it down before they have their
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: emotional moment. In the other scenes she sets it down.
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: Were they supposed to take it? And did they all
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: miss the cue or what do you think did I
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: didn't hear them talk about that.
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: I didn't hear them talk about it. I did notice
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: it as well. This is where I wish we had
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: more inside baseball of what exact Papa video. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: If we had a better explanation of what was to
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: be expected from each guy would really be helpful. And
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: then Angel before his scene, connects with Aaron by asking
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: her what she loves in life and shocks about her dog,
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: and they're just He's getting into the moment. Angel's just
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: a sweetie. Yeah, And I found his kiss to be Okay,
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: it wasn't knocking to be off my feet, but it
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: was sincere. I think it was right in the middle
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: of the two kisses. The other two kisses. McClain says
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: Angel went more sad than romantic in this scene. I
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: have to agree with that. You could imagine there's a
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: disconnect right because McClay nelson told him, like as Angel
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: is running for that scene where he's like running through
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: all the obstacles or whatever he needs to be more joyful,
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: like right, And then he gets to the scene with
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: his girl and he's very emotional, like almost sad. So
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: I could see as a director like trying to put
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: these all these pieces together that wouldn't it wouldn't look
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: like one cohesive sort of.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, arc he does make a choice to remove his
• 31:40
  Speaker 2: hat when he approaches her, and it really lands with
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: Jonathan and I didn't notice it the first time, but
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: he does it again in the second take, and it's
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: it's a good move.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: Really. I like, yeah, I didn't, it didn't The other
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: two guys didn't bother me that they had their hats on.
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: No, I agree, it's not. It's not missing without it,
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: but it's it's just a choice. It's almost like he's
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: deferring to her by taking his hat off in front
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: of her.
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Interesting, it's all that mulady kind of. It's er
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: lady energy. Yep.
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's time to debrief about our three guys. Aaron
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: says Restin was confident and grounded, but Jonathan thinks this
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: is the first time Ruston struggled.
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: I don't see it other than other than missing the mark,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: I don't see it. Yeah, he's not struggling, in my opinion,
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: to bring the emotion or to connect with Aaron at all.
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: And he delivers dialogue really well. Yes, he misses his mark,
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: gets it the second time. Melissa goes on to talk
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: about Craig and Craig being a true leading man, and
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: Jonathan also mentions that he thought Craig was the only
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: one to bring some comedy, and I was like, what,
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: I don't remember seeing any comic relief in that scene,
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: did you? In the whole No, in any of the
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: three scenes? Yeah?
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: Really, I mean the only one that has comedic energy
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: for me is the opening scene with Melissa, and I
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: thought Craig and Rusten were kind of equivalent in their
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: delivery of that scene. Same Melissa said she saw leading
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: man energy. Aaron says, he's a breath of fresh air.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: I mean to me, it's like, oh, okay, well there
• 33:15
  Speaker 2: it is, Yeah, there it is.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: The writing is on the wall, right, yeah, right.
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: I thought McLean's note about Angel that the emotion he
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: brought to the scene made it more about him and
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: not about Aaron.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: Very interesting that we got a director to explain that
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: to us. We need that. I think when they make
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: this show, they have to realize the audience watching does
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: not make movies right, right, and so we need more
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: explanation from the professional point of view. I think as
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: a viewer, that's what I think.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Absolutely, let's take a quick break and we'll come right
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: back for the finale.
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: In the elimination case, it's.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: Our final time in our elimination cave. And yes, they
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: are all wearing the same.
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: Thing, Megan, you just can't believe it, can you.
• 34:10
  Speaker 2: Well, it's funny because I was doing something else and
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: I was pulling photos from earlier episodes, and I was like,
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: look at that episode one. Craig's in the green, Rusden's
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: in the white, and it's very interesting because they're in red,
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: white and green, the three of them lined up next
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: to each other.
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, and Jonathan's wearing red. Yeah as well. Vibe a
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: little bit well. I actually was thinking it was giving
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: Marcus the Magic Trick kind of eyes. Didn't Marcus have
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: like red and black on that night too, when he's
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: doing his card Marcus the Magician? Yeah, yeah, exactly, Shade.
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: I love Jonathan.
• 34:45
  Speaker 2: He looks great always so the feedback is rust en
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: rolled with the punches. Craig infuses the heart and the
• 34:51
  Speaker 2: humor and shows depth, and Angel approaches things from a
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: personal level.
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: Because he is an EmPATH.
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: But it's time to crown mister Christmas. I thought we
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: were gonna like eliminate someone.
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: First, Yeah, give us down to a final two. Yeah,
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: but maybe they didn't want to do that. I don't.
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: I kind of did they do that last year. I
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: kind of thought we had we got down to a
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: final two, but I don't remember. I thought I thought
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: they eliminated Hayden and then it was Elijah and Ezra.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: Have I made that up? Or maybe they eliminated Elijah
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: and it was Hayden and Ezra. I don't. I don't remember.
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: Yes, actually, I think you might be right. Regardless, they
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: don't do that. They go straight in. Jonathan thinks everyone
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: can be a star. But our mister Christmas is Santini,
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: Craig Santini.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I was kind of surprised how
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: short and fast this whole scene was. I feel like
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: we got to like they're gonna draw it out a
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: little bit. I have to assume it was longer, and
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: it just got cut for time because they wanted to
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: show us so much of the scenes, but like, cut
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: the coffee talk up top exactly. Give me a remember
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: when Survivor would be like, I'll meet you guys back
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: in Hollywood and reveal the winner of the season. And
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: it's six months later. Yeah, draw out a little bit,
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: like you need to build the tension of who is
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: gonna win. Can you imagine they're like see in November.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: I think that would be amazing.
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Quite Actually, I did see one of the other podcasts
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: I believe it was do you watch what I watched?
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: Saying what do you think about the audience voting for
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: finding mister Christmas? What are your thoughts on that?
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: Considering that we've done like some voting on our own
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: freakin' Instagram and it went real sideways, I say, no.
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: Don't do that.
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it would be a logistical nightmare, honestly,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: But I do think it's an interesting idea to talk about,
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: like who the audience likes what we see happening on screen.
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: We're not movie makers.
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: And so Jonathan and Melissa and the people behind the
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: scenes maybe know a little bit more about this than
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: we do as much as we have a lot of opinions.
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, did you see the fallout of Dancing
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: with the Stars this season? I liked, Yeah, I think
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: it's in theory. I think it's a great idea to
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: get your audience engaged and involved and talking about it.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: It would be great. On the other hand, I agree
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: with you, it would be a logistical nightmare.
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: I do find it funny that at the end, Jonathan's like,
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: and I think my own missus Christmas, Melissa Peterman and
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Balsam Hill, but not a word to poor little Aaron Craco.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: Oh I didn't notice. Maybe he thinked or but not
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: it didn't make the cut. They're like, we got to
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: get that last Balsam Hill mention in here. That's right,
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: And we see Craig's final scene. I feel like we
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: had seen it. I wish we had seen, you know,
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: they had given us so much in like the breakdowns
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: of the scenes in that portion of the episode. I
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: almost wish maybe shorten that a hair and then give
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: us let's watch all three scenes and then let's determine
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: the winner. Right, Yes, that's good. I like that. Hopefully
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: maybe extended cut on Homewark Plus will include everyone's scenes,
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: That's what I was going to say. I was like,
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: maybe a they'll drop an extended cut on Homewark, Plus
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: that would be amazing. And honestly, while I was watching this,
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: I was like, I would like to watch a making
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: of the show. Have we talked about that before? It
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: sounds familiar. Well, Robbie said that the casting of the
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: show could be its own. Oh yeah, that's right. But
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: even like just the making of the show, like the
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: making of a reality TV show, would be so interesting
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: to watch. Yeah, even as just a single episode of
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: behind the scenes episode. I gotta ask you, did you
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: think Craig was surprised that he won? That's a good question.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: My eyes were on Rustin, yeah, Sully, because I assumed
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: Russin was going to be the winner. Actually I didn't assume,
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: because I thought it was obvious when they were having
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: their debrief about who they liked the best. But I
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: wanted to watch Rustin because going into the final scene,
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: he was like, look, I really want this, and he's
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: been saying it for weeks. I'm here to win it.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: I want this, I'm here to win it. And I
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: wanted to see his reaction when his name wasn't called,
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: and he was so excited for Craig, And I was like,
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: I don't know if that's top tier acting there or
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: true enthusiasm for this person that you have created a
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: bond with over all this weeks. But I thought both
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: guys Angel and Rustin both were like very complimentary and
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: nice too. They were excited for him.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: You know, it's funny that you say that because I
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: was also watching Rustin because he was smiling during Jonathan's
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: speech and then he just had this big, thrilled look
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: on his face for Craig, So I didn't actually see
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: Craig's initial reaction. You're right that Rustin had a big,
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: genuine looking happy for you man look on his face.
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, like, look at you. Now. I'm going to stand
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: by what I've said for weeks. I do think that
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: Craig is best suited for comedy, So I hope, I
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: hope the movie that he is put in and if
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: he does anything else in the future for Hallmark, it
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: has a strong comedy vibe to it.
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: Agree, Craig the comedian, bring it more calm the comedian, Yeah,
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: more calm less whisper, Hey, thank you for listening to
• 40:22
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• 40:27
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• 40:30
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• 40:34
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• 40:37
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