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ABOUT ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND MAHJONG

Ronni is living a full life as a school nurse and mom, hosting a longtime mahjong game with her best friends Shelley, Carly, and Melissa. But when her daughter leaves for college, everything shifts at once. Her hours get cut. Her ex is pushing to sell the home she loves. And suddenly she's staring down an empty nest wondering what comes next. Then, at a school fundraiser, she meets someone who might change everything.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND MAHJONG

May 9, 2026 | Hallmark

CAST & CREW OF ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND MAHJONG

Director: Jessica Harmon

Writers: Betsy Morris, Nina Weinman

Cast:

Fiona Gubelmann as Ronni

Paul Campbell as Ben

Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe as Shelley

Tamera Mowry-Housley as Carly

Melissa Peterman as Melissa

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off with the history of mahjong in China. We meet Ronni - she is a school nurse and mom, but still makes time to host a longtime mahjong game with her best friends Shelley, Carly, and Melissa. Life is good. But it starts to get complicated - her daughter Savannah is off to college, her ex-husband is insisting that they sell their old house now that Savannah is gone. It's a mess. But at least she has mahjong. She ends up showing up at the school to teach the game at a school event when she meets hot dad, Ben. He ends up taking a chance to play mahjong and has a great time learning the game and learning about life. They end up really hitting it off. But the hits keep coming for Ronni - her job is being reduced to part time. But Ben finds her and asks if she'd be willing to come to his mom's assisted living community to teach mahjong so her mom might make friends. In exchange, he'll do repairs on her house for free. She has a deal!

He shows up for his first day of repairs and they immediately take a break to go eat lunch and get to know each other more and the sparks are flying. He even joins her and her friends for karaoke where they sing Unwritten as if they stole my diary from my last karaoke night. She starts teaching mahjong and comes up with a crazy idea - maybe she can teach more and end up buying her ex's half of the home! She talks to her ex about it and he's like well...you have a month because I need to put an offer on this other home. She starts getting hired to teach at private clubs and community colleges. It's going great. PLUS, she ends up going on a date with Ben! They end back up at her house for some mahjong but they just end up kisssingggggggg. LIFE. IS. GOOD!!!!

After a few successful weeks, she marches into the bank to get a loan. The bank says come back in a year and that should give us enough data to work with, unless you get a long-term contract. When Ben tells her not to give up, she is like THERE'S NO OTHER OPTIONS! They end up making up. Yay!

She heads down to the community center to get her check for the class she taught. They end up offering her a job, non-exclusive, year round work. She takes that contract to the bank and it works! SHE'S PRE-APPROVED! She throws a mahjong party to celebrate. Afterwards, Ben surprises her by showing her that he saved Savannah's birth chart before he painted over it. She's pumped and they kiss some more. And the rest is still unwritten.

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It's Marvel Monday and Thor gets a colorful cosmic makeover!

ABOUT THOR: RAGNAROK

Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THOR: RAGNAROK

2017 | Theatrical Release

CAST & CREW OF THOR: RAGNAROK

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost

Cast:

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

Tom Hiddleston as Loki

Cate Blanchett as Hela

Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster

Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk

Anthony Hopkins as Odin

Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Two years after the Sokovia situation, Thor finds himself captured by a fire demon, who ominously reveals that Odin is no longer in Asgard—and that the realm’s destruction, which he calls Ragnarök, is inevitable. The demon claims it will only occur when his crown is reunited with the Eternal Flame. Thor is like ok cool, then he breaks free, defeats the demon, and takes the crown, convinced he’s just saved Asgard from its fate.

Back home, things are… off. Idris Elba is missing, and “Odin” is acting suspiciously theatrical, literally have plays put on about the story of Thor and Loki and Asgard. Shocker, it’s actually Loki in disguise. Thor forces Loki to come clean, and with help from Doctor Strange, they track down the real Odin in Norway. 

There, Odin reveals the truth: he’s dying, and his passing will unleash Hela, his long-hidden firstborn daughter. Once the ruthless leader of Asgard’s armies, Hela was erased from history when her hunger for power became too much—even for Odin.

Odin dies. Hela arrives. And within minutes, she destorys thor's hammer like it’s nothing.

Loki is like UH OH BRING US BACK which opens the portal to get them home. But Hela hops in and  knocks them out of the portal into space. She returns to Asgard, quickly conquers it, kills people, and does alot of bad stuff.  

Meanwhile, Thor crash-lands on Sakaar—a chaotic junk planet ruled by the eccentric Grandmaster. Captured and enslaved by a scrapper known as 142 (who actually used to be Valkyrie), Thor is forced into gladiator combat… where he comes face-to-face with none other than Hulk. Thor nearly wins using newfound lightning powers, but the Grandmaster rigs the fight, keeping Hulk his champion.

Still in jail, Thor tries to rally Hulk and Valkyrie to help save Asgard, but neither is interested—until a series of events, including a recording from Natasha Romanoff, brings Bruce Banner back. Valkyrie finally agrees to help, and with Loki involved, they steal a ship, spark a gladiator uprising and make their escape.

Back on Asgard, Hela’s forces are closing in on the remaining citizens. It’s not looking good.. Thor shows up to confronts Hela but realizes the truth: she’s too powerful to defeat.

After losing his eye in battle, Thor has a vision of Odin that changes everything—Ragnarök isn’t something to prevent… it’s the only way to stop Hela.

Thor makes sure to fulfill the prophecy—destroying Asgard and killing Hela in the process.

With their home gone but their people alive, Thor—now king—leads the Asgardians aboard a stolen ship, finally reconciling with Loki and setting a course for Earth… only to be interrupted by a massive, looming spacecraft waiting in their path.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

We're sick and tired of waiting for Hallmark to air the Christmas Card! Here is our review of this Hallmark classic, originally dropped on October 12, 2018.

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.

ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

Lorelai hesitates to tell her parents about her engagement to Max, despite Rory's urging. Rory and Dean have a spat over Rory's plans for extracurricular activities.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

October 9, 2001 | The WB

CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2)

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore

Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 2) SYNOPSIS

Lorelai has officially entered wedding planning mode. She tells Rory she went dress shopping the day before…and it was AWFUL. Rory is like, “Great, we’re going right now!”

At Chilton, Paris is signing up for summer school, extra classes, extracurriculars — the whole thing. Rory walks up, but Paris is still mad about the Tristan situation. She tells Rory she better not show up at the charity home-building event tomorrow. Rory’s like, “Oh, I’ll be there.”

Remember Henry, the guy Lane hit it off with at the party? He tells Rory he tried calling, but Mrs. Kim scared him off. So he gives Rory his number to pass along.

Friday night dinner time. Rory reminds Lorelai she needs to tell Emily and Richard about the engagement. Lorelai’s like, “I will soon, okay?!”

Richard pulls Rory aside and apologizes for how he treated Dean. He says he wanted to do it in person. Rory forgives him, and they hug. Progress!

Meanwhile, Lorelai is alone with Emily and decides to finally tell her about the engagement. Emily’s response? “That’s nice. I hope I’m in town.” Lorelai is…not thrilled.

The next day, Rory heads to the house-building charity event. She shows up with a pink, fluffy hammer (not ideal), and the guy in charge is basically like, “Good luck.” Paris immediately claims a wall and tells Rory to find somewhere else. She reveals she’s been volunteering for years — it’s all part of her Harvard plan. Rory realizes…she is WAY behind on extracurriculars. Uh oh.

Rory vents to Dean, spiraling about how she can’t relax this summer — she has to catch up. Dean is not loving this. He just wants to spend time together and is like, “Is that too much to ask?”

Lorelai feels bad seeing Rory so stressed, which kind of ruins her date with Max. Max talks about how supportive his parents are, and Lorelai is like…must be nice. He tries to get her to think about things rationally, but instead she decides to bring him to meet her parents.

Bold choice.

This leads to a big fight with Emily. Lorelai finally lets it out: “Why don’t you care? You’ve never cared, and it hurts.” Emily fires back that she found out about the engagement from a stranger instead of her own daughter.

The next day at work, Lorelai realizes it was Sookie who told Emily while planning an engagement party. Everything clicks.

At the party, Lorelai is actually having a great time — even though Max is about to leave for Toronto for a while.

Dean finds Rory, and they make up.

Meanwhile, Lorelai notices Luke isn’t there, so she goes to the diner. He gives a weird excuse about being busy “working”…on ketchup. She tells him she really wants him there — it’s an important night.

When Luke finally shows up, he sees Lorelai slow dancing with Max. They spot each other and just…wave.

Oof.

The episode ends with Lorelai going to Emily for advice about veils. She apologizes for not telling her sooner and admits they don’t communicate well. She explains she was scared of how Emily would react.

Emily softens…just a little. Then tells her her head is too big for a veil and she should wear a tiara — like she did.

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Festive Friday is back with some classic elevator entrapment!

ABOUT STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

The competition for a major promotion is heating up between Synclaire and James, two ambitious rivals whose professional antagonism has spilled over into playful (and not-so-playful) pranks. But when a sudden malfunction leaves them both stranded in the company elevator on Christmas Eve, their race for the top becomes a desperate struggle for freedom.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

November 4, 2025 | CW

CAST & CREW OF STUCK ON CHRISTMAS

Director: Johnnard Harper

Cast:

April Dillard as Synclaire

Antrone Harris as James

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

This dude is out to dinner with his girlfriend and he proposes. She says no.

We then get a really long intro of James and Sinclair waking up in the morning. He is in a very good mood. Today is the big day at work. He's getting that promotion baby! Sinclair shows up late for work, like always. But she also really wants that promotion. Their boss comes in. She brings everyone in who is up for the promotion and tells them who the top two are. It's James and Sinclair. She calls them both into her office and tells them it's crunch time. Whoever is most likable at the Christmas party will get that promotion. They make a wager that whoever loses has to be the other person's assistant. This leads to prank time such as putting sticky notes on the bottom of him and his best friend's mugs that makes it look like they're in love, spiking their tacos with laxatives. But they get them back with...FART SPRAY!!!

They all go home to clean up and Sinclair realizes that she still needs to shop for her secret Santa who is...uh oh, JAMES!

The party happens. It's a good time. James goes to leave and ends up getting on the elevator at the same time as Sinclair. And the elevator ends up getting stuck! They end up getting mutually turned on by each other when they have to take off their jackets & sweaters because it's hot. They drink, they play games, and they end up kissssingggggg. They end up getting out I think and they have, let's say romantic dreams, about each other. But uh oh there's a knock on her door and... it's her ex! AHHHH!

The next day or so at work, she gets the promotion but he's not mad.

Cut to the beginning of the movie with the proposal again. It's James proposing to Sinclair. She says no. Then she says I'm just kidding and says yes.

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