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Jacks joins us this week to begin our journey into Hope Valley: 1874. ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 4) Rebecca applies her medical knowledge when Nash breaks his leg. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 4) April 9, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 4) Bethany Joy LenzBenjamin Ayres BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 4) SYNOPSIS The prospectors are trying for gold. Some are lucky. Others like ol' Lars Yost…not so much. Tom's crew is out there when a rattlesnake appears and causes a horse to freak out. Rebecca brings Sarah over to Peggy's house to play. When they get there, Tom's there cutting some wood. The workers come flying up because Nash fell off the horse in the snake scare. His leg is badly broken. If only there was someone who had some medical experience. Alexander & Olivia have some flirty flirty fun time. While Lars is working in the boarding house, some of the upstairs caves in. Bad news. Rebecca agrees to try to help the leg situation, trying to remember how her doctor husband used to handle stuff like this. Alexander is feeling a bit bored with the lack of action, so when an ol' buddy shows up and asks him to help find this outlaw on the run, he jumps at the opportunity. After fixing the leg and making the cast, Rebecca agrees to go back to Tom's place for dinner, just the two of them. He opens up about how he was once engaged to a city girl. It didn't end well. She tells him about the roof. And he's like we all have our issues - I gotta plow the field. She's like that's easy compared to my roof. So they hatch a deal - Sarah will plow his field and he'll get her the wood she needs. When she tells Hattie about the deal she's like….good luck out there. The next day, Rebecca gets out there. Turns out, it's hard. Alexander and his buddy are out in the woods and come across a trip wire. Someone is out to get 'em! The kids are trying to help with the farm chores with Nash being out but it's not going great. A goat gets loose and goes nuts. Alexander helps catch the bad guy. He absolutely loves it. Rebecca works tirelessly all day and into the evening to the point of tears. Tom comes and tells her that she wins and that he'll provide the wood. He brings it the next day and Alexander comes out to ask if he can be her first boarder when she opens. Tom asks if she's ok with that and she says she'll have to be. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 21) Lorelai and Max's relationship gets more serious. Luke's girlfriend Rachel returns. Meanwhile, Rory tries to win Dean back. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 21) May 10, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 21) Lauren GrahamAlexis Bledel BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 21) SYNOPSIS The episode kicks off with Luke coming over to fix Lorelai's railing...at 6:30a. She's not thrilled. Rory's not thrilled. THE DISRESPECT! Rory finds the Dean box in the closet. Lorelai explains why she kept it and she thanks her, takes the box into her room to look through all the stuff. Later, when hanging out with Lane, she decides to go into the market to talk to Dean. When she walks in, she's shocked to find out that Dean isn't there. He should be there! At school, Tristan asks Rory out on a date to a concert. She says we can't date. Womp womp. Rachel asks Lorelai if she knows where Luke is. He's not really been around. Lorelai goes to talk to Luke and he's like I'm freaking out man. She's always around. I'm a loner. Uh oh. Rory goes to Dean's house to go see if he's there. His little sister opens the door and Rory makes her cry. It's time for family date night with Max Medina and it's a big one - they take her to a town hall meeting. Serious stuff is on the docket - like why there's more than 1 town troubadour. Rory stands up and says that he should be able to sing his songs because it's how you express your feelings! Paris gets mad at Rory because she heard from Tristan that Rory is going to a concert. Rachel breaks up with Luke because she can tell that he has feelings for Lorelai. He's like I don't know what you're talking about but then promptly goes to talk to Lorelai, but Max is there. This turns into a whole thing. After Luke leaves, they argue which leads to Max proposing. Meanwhile, at Chilton, Tristan tries to convince Rory to go to the concert by taking her books and refusing to give them back until she says yes. Dean shows up and sees him holding the books and assumes they're a thing. Rory convinces him that they're nothing by telling him that she loves him! And they kiss BIG ONESSSS! The next day at work, Lorelai walks in to 1000 daisies. She calls Max and he says I want to marry you. Think about it. Episode ends with Rory and Lorelai running to each other and jumping and screaming. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT A LITTLE PARK MUSIC When a piano appears in the park gazebo, interfering with important work, city manager Allie joins forces with rookie cop Ryan to remove it, only to find both music and love are hard to resist. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A LITTLE PARK MUSIC April 11, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF A LITTLE PARK MUSIC Director: Peter Benson Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Allie is a city manager who talks to people constantly while she walks. The park is about to be demolished. We then meet Officer Ryan Pruett. He's new in town and is insanely detailed. So detailed that he was transferred from traffic because he took too long with the details of the tickets. He gives Allie a jaywalking ticket because rules are rules. She can't believe it. While walking to the office, she sees a piano in the gazebo. It's literally never been there before. So she goes to the police but unfortunately for her, Ryan is on the case. He insists on doing an investigation which gives no answers but that's enough for him to approve having the piano moved. Much to her surprise, the piano is back the next day. But since it's a different one, they gotta reopen the case. They investigate some other people that may be interested but no hits. Let's move that piano! To make sure another piano doesn't show up, they decide to spend the night together in his truck doing a little stake out! They have a great night together, getting to know each other more, and ultimately falling asleep. When they wake up, there's a piano. Wtf! She notices how much people love the piano so she talks to the mayor but hands are tied. There's grant money attached to demolishing the gazebo and putting in a fountain. He is up for a job in Seattle and does an interview and is now able to talk about how much he loves community because of Allie. They figure out who put the pianos there - a woman who got married at the gazebo and didn't wanna see it torn down. But this is life sometimes. It's almost demolition time but another piano shows up. Who is this! The town is pumped! The mayor finally realizes maybe the piano is good for the town. Allie tries to figure out a way to make this work. And she does. Change what the town square is. The gazebo and piano are now just a park. A little park music. He shows up and implies he put the piano there and also he's staying. They kiss. Fast forward 3 months and the gazebo is still crushing it. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and the Avengers are torn apart! ABOUT CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR May 6, 2016 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Joe Simon Producers: Kevin Feige, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito Cast: BRAN'S CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR SYNOPSIS It’s 1991 and Bucky Barnes is out here being brainwashed and doing bad stuff, snagging some super solder serum. Cut to the present and the Avengers are doing an Avengers thing in Lagos. You know the avengers: Captain America , black widow , falcon, and Wanda. The classics. It does not go well. After another bad mission, The UN comes in and says they want to put the Avengers under government control with something called the Sokovia Accords.. Tony who shows up to this meeting, feeling guilty about creating Ultron, is like “yeah maybe we should have supervision.” Steve, meanwhile, is like “I actually trust myself more than literally any government on earth.” Uh oh, I smell a civil war! We see a guy named Zemo kill Bucky’s old Hydra handler and steal the magic words book that turns Bucky into a murder robot. Meanwhile, at the big UN meeting, a bomb goes off and kills the king of Wakanda. Security footage makes it look like Bucky did it. The kings son, T’Challa, is very much on the case. Steve decides he’s gonna go get Bucky himself despite the fact that he could get arrested in the process. He and Sam track him down and try to talk to him, where things immediately turn into a whole mess. T’Challa shows up to kill Bucky, and it leads to a massive chase which ends in everyone getting arrested because you can’t just do whatever you want anymore. They bring in a psychiatrist to evaluate Bucky but it’s actually Zemo. Bucky goes nuts but Zemo escapes. Steve is able to save Bucky from the water and Bucky comes back to himself. He explains that Zemo framed him and is heading to Siberia, where Hydra supposedly has a bunch more Winter Soldiers ready to rock n roll. Tony & Natasha decide they need to form a little group to stop Steve & Bucky, including newbies Black Panther and Tony’s new pet project, Spider-Man. Steve knows he’s gonna need help of his own, so he a crew consisting of some other avengers + ant man. So naturally, everyone meets at an airport in Germany. Big fight, big fun. Things stop being fun and Natasha helps Steve and Bucky escape. the rest of Steve’s crew gets tossed into underwater super prison jail Tony eventually realizes Bucky was framed and finds Steve and Bucky in Siberia to call a temporary truce. But then Zemo reveals the footage from 1991 showing that Bucky murdered Tony’s parents . And Steve knew. Ohhhhhhh SNAP. Tony takes that information about as well as you’d expect. Tony fights Steve and Bucky, Bucky loses his robot arm, Steve fights Tony hard an departs with Bucky, leaving his shield behind, and Zemo is like mission accomplished. But then T’Challa shows up and arrests him. Steve then breaks everyone out of the underwater prison, and Bucky heads to Wakanda to be frozen until someone can deprogram his murder brain. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic. It's time to see color!!! In this classic episode from 2022, we're joined by Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin from the Dadville Podcast to review The Most Colorful Time of the Year! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Deck the Lifetime Uncorked with an inspiring true story of faith and survival! ABOUT RESCUED BY FAITH: THE CONNIE AND LARRY VAN OOSTEN STORY Follows Connie and Larry Van Oosten who are abducted by a masked gunman and locked in a bunker while he attempts to steal their savings. Connie risks everything to alert authorities as they cling to their faith. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR RESCUED BY FAITH: THE CONNIE AND LARRY VAN OOSTEN STORY April 4, 2026 | TV Movie / Streaming CAST & CREW OF RESCUED BY FAITH: THE CONNIE AND LARRY VAN OOSTEN STORY Director: Lee Gabiana Writers: Conor Allyn, Benjamin Anderson Cast: Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Festive Friday and things are getting dark this holiday season! ABOUT HOLIDAYS WITH THE TWINS Two twins meet at an Airbnb for the first time. Can they switch lives and keep the secret? They must go out of their ways to convince everyone they are the other twin to experience one another's lives for a full week. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR HOLIDAYS WITH THE TWINS October 31, 2025 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF HOLIDAYS WITH THE TWINS Director: Sushank Kini Writers: Tom Jolliffe Cast: BRAN'S HOLIDAYS WITH THE TWINS SYNOPSIS We open on a couple sitting on a bench. The guy, Miles, is telling his girlfriend Gemma that lately things have felt different between them — in a good way. He says he feels this whole new connection and decides to propose. There’s just one problem: she tells him she’s not actually Gemma. He’s like, “You could’ve just said no. You didn’t have to lie.” Brutal. Cut back three days. Gemma is hanging out with her mom, who tells her she’s Airbnb-ing out their flat to some very posh guests. Gemma helps get everything ready, but after forgetting her phone inside, she heads back in… and is stunned to find the guest is basically her. Not her exactly — but her long-lost twin. Enter Princess Corinthia. Apparently, their mom once had a fling with a royal, and now we’ve got ourselves a surprise princess twin situation. Naturally, the only logical response is to swap lives. Hilarity ensues. Gemma, pretending to be Corinthia, immediately starts enjoying the royal perks — including drinking a whole lot. Meanwhile, Corinthia, pretending to be Gemma, sits down at the piano and starts being all elegant and mysterious, which of course makes Miles fall even harder for her. Back on the royal side, Gemma-as-Corinthia starts spending more time with Corinthia’s personal assistant, Connie. Sparks fly, slow dancing happens, and eventually…they kiss. Then the BIG twist drops: Gemma’s mom actually stole a baby from the royal family years ago. So now the twins have a plan. They reunite, expose the truth, and set things in motion to get their mom arrested. They also tell the royal family everything. And while they’re at it, Gemma comes clean to Connie so they can actually be together, and Corinthia tells Miles the truth so they can be together too. And just like that, everybody gets their correct romance. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jacks joins us this week to begin our journey into Hope Valley: 1874. ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 3) When Tom refuses to provide lumber for the boardinghouse, Rebecca gets creative. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 3) April 2, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 3) Bethany Joy LenzBenjamin Ayres BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 3) SYNOPSIS Rebecca is helping Sarah out with a boo boo, but no worries...she's got all the natural remedies. They're working hard on the boarding house and Sarah is insistent that Rebecca not sell her ring. She promises she won't because she's making piesssss. The prospectors are moving to a different stream to keep looking for gold which makes Tom happy. Clayton goes to the trading post to talk to Olivia. Hattie is like you should really organize your shopping list so you don't have to come here all the time. He's like...I don't mind, winky face. On his way out, Alexander pulls back into town. He asks Clayton if he is good at drawing, he says no but Olivia is. He walks in and Olivia is pumpeddd to see him. Rebecca is teaching Peggy how to read but she's busy thinking about a new business idea - cook the prospectors some hearty meals. Sarah wants to help but she tells her to stay put which makes her sad. She misses doing everything with her mom. Hattie is talking to Olivia and she's worried that she hasn't seen Phoebe Taylor in a while. She wants to go pay her a visit. Tom gets to work and none of his work hands are there. He finds out that they're down at the stream looking for gold. Tom is not thrilled. Hattie gets out there to check on Phoebe and she's like I'm fine. Scram. Rebecca bumps into Tom and she encourages him to talk to his workers again, but this time listen to what they have to say. Rebecca is working on her first meal - it's gumbo time baby. Sarah is all mopey and she tells her mom how she's feeling. No one is buying the gumbo, so Rebecca and Sarah make up by passing out samples for free. It's a big hit. Tom comes to talk to his boys again and tells them he'll give them a day off each week to search for gold. A big storm comes and knocks down their mess tent. Luckily, Phoebe Taylor comes to help. The episode ends with Alexander looking at the drawings Olivia did including one of Rebecca. He now has her picture. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 20) Upset over Dean, Rory becomes angry with Lorelai, who didn't tell her that she's dating Max again. Meanwhile, Dean tells Lorelai that he left Rory because she couldn't say I love you. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 20) May 3, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 20) Lauren GrahamAlexis Bledel BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 20) SYNOPSIS We're at Luke's and Rory is very tiredddd. To cheer her up, they play 1, 2, 3 He's Yours. You know the rules, you love it. Lorelai passes on the first 2 guys, so she's stuck with the 3rd guy...who is Kirk. Big laugh. Funny funny. Rory agrees to play and Dean walks by first, so now she's just sad. Later in the day, Max calls Lorelai. He says we've been having phone convos for a couple weeks, let's do the next call in person on a date. She agrees. Rory is hanging out with Lane, actively avoiding Dean. But things are about to get real weird when Lane and Dean have to meet up to work on a school project together. Lorelai sees Luke walking out of the cat store. She gives him a hard time when she finds out that he's planning on giving Rachel a cat pot holder for Rachel's birthday. She says let me go shopping for you and get her something she'll actually like. She brings him all the stuff but also surprises him with a bunch of clothes for him to wear. He's not thrilled. At school, Max pulls Rory aside to talk about how he's gonna go on a date with her mom. That's how she found out. And she is not thrilled. NO ONE IS THRILLED! She's helping Luke with his new clothes when Rachel walks in. And it's awkward. When Rory gets back to Stars Hollow, she blows up at her mom. Lorelai says we'll talk more about it when we get home, but when she gets home, Rory is nowhere to be found. We find out that Rory went to EMILY AND RICHARD'S, literally the meanest thing she could possibly do to her mom. Lorelai gets home and is freaking out. Can't find Rory anywhere. She gets a call from her mom and finds out where Rory is. Emily encourages her not to come. Max is there and he finds out that all of this is because he talked to her about them before Lorelai did but then he's like wait why didn't you tell her and that turns into a whole thing. Lorelai thinks all of this has to do with how hard of a time she's having since the break up, so she goes to tell Dean off and that's when she finds out they broke up because she didn't say I love you back. Armed with that info, she goes to talk to Rory and tell her that she doesn't want her to be afraid of commitment just because she is. They head home and she calls Max and tells him that she's gonna tell everyone she knows that she's with Max Medina. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT A SEASON TO BLOSSOM An aspiring writer takes over her late grandmother's bookstore and finds love. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A SEASON TO BLOSSOM April 4, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF A SEASON TO BLOSSOM Director: Terry Ingram Writer: Jennifer Wolfgram Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Max is in the apple cider business and business is booming. He's considering expanding even though his dad says it's a bad idea. The big news in town though is that the book store is up for sale. We meet Elise. She kills plants. Her temp contract is expiring but her boss wants to bring her on permanently. But that's not her passion. She's an aspiring author. But she accepts the position anyway. She just needs a few weeks to finalize the sale of her grandma's book store. When she gets to the shore, she's shocked to find that the only worker is a teen named Molly and a neighborhood cat. She goes around town, drinking some cider, and ends up spilling all of it on Max. They clearly know each other. But she can't stick around long. She has to get ready for the Blooms and Books event her grandma threw every year. Except, she knows nothing about blooms. Max offers to help. But he wants her to help him write his story. She's reluctant to say yes because she's never written anything successful. But she ends up saying yes which leads to them hanging out, sparks begin to fly, they play on a tire swing. All normal adult stuff. As they get closer, he tells her that he wants to read her manuscript she had been working on. Bad news tho - the folks that want to buy the book store want to gut it and build condos. Elise is not thrilled and asks the real estate agent to ask them to reconsider. Elise is making cider with Max and he pitches her staying in town to run the store and write and be with him. He doesn't understand why she'd wanna leave. It's a whole thing. Bad news - a storm is coming. This could mess up everything. It wipes out all of Max's apple blossoms. This could mean no festival. No cider. No nothing. She encourages him to use his emergency apples that his dad set aside and he finally agrees to let him do what he wants with the business. She ends up deciding to stay and live her dream and they kiss. One year later, her book is published and they're a happy couple. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and we're shrinking down to size! ABOUT ANT-MAN Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, pull off a plan that will save the world. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ANT-MAN July 17, 2015 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF ANT-MAN Director: Peyton Reed Writers: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Back in 1989, Hank Pym is working with S.H.I.E.L.D. until he finds out they’re trying to copy his shrinking technology, and he’s like, “Absolutely not, y’all are way too shady for tiny science.” So he quits and decides nobody gets the shrink suit on his watch. Fast forward to the present and Hank’s life is not going great. His daughter Hope is mad at him, his former protégé Darren Cross has basically stolen his company, and Cross is this close to making his own terrifying murder-shrinking suit called Yellowjacket. Hank sees this and is like, “Cool, this is really bad” and does not sign off on it but Darren doesn't care. Meanwhile, we meet Scott Lang, a lovable ex-con whose main personality trait is that he’s trying really hard. He gets out of prison, moves in with his buddy Luis, and wants to be a good dad to his daughter Cassie. Unfortunately, society has decided once you’ve gone to jail you’re only allowed to work at Baskin-Robbins for like six minutes before getting fired. He tries to visit Cassie, but his ex Maggie and her cop fiancé Paxton are like, “Maybe pay child support before doing surprise pop-ins, my guy.” So naturally, Scott does what any struggling dad trying to get his life together would do: he agrees to do one more burglary. His buddy Luis tells him about this rich old dude’s house with a big safe, so Scott breaks in, cracks the safe, and finds… a weird leather motorcycle suit. Not cash. Not jewels. He takes it home, puts it on, and immediately shrinks down to bug-size and nearly dies in a bathtub and getting stomped on at a party, all while some voice talks to him in his mask. Terrified, Scott decides to return the suit, but on his way out he gets arrested. cuz thief. But surprise! The whole thing was a setup by Hank Pym, who wanted to see if Scott had the skills to become the new Ant-Man. He tells Scott that if he wants to help and also get out of the jail, to put back on the suit. It works and he shrinks again and sneaks out.. Hank recruits Scott to help steal the Yellowjacket tech before Darren Cross can sell it to evil people, which, spoiler alert, he absolutely plans to do. So now Scott enters the classic superhero training montage portion of the movie where he learns hand-to-hand combat, how to use the suit, and most importantly, how to command ants like some kind of tiny bug king. Hope, meanwhile, is clearly way more qualified for all of this and would obviously be better at the job, but Hank refuses to let her do it because he’s still deeply traumatized over what happened to her mother Janet. We learn Janet was the original Wasp and got lost in the Quantum Realm years ago while stopping a missile, which is both sad and also the most comic-book sentence imaginable. To prep for the big heist, Scott needs a special device, which means he has to sneak into Avengers headquarters. This leads to a random but delightful side quest where he fights Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, and somehow wins mostly by being annoying and tiny. It’s one of those MCU moments where the movie just casually reminds you, “Oh right, this all technically connects.” Then it’s time for the big finale. Darren Cross unveils the Yellowjacket at Pym Technologies during a fancy event, and Scott and the crew break in to stop the sale. Luis and the gang somehow become essential parts of the mission despite being, at best, wildly underqualified. Scott sneaks in with a whole army of ants, plants explosives, and tries to steal the suit. But Cross is ready for...

Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic. After previewing the April movies for 2026, we decided to go back to our very first non-christmas preview show back in 2021. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A new month is here which means....PREVIEW SHOW!!! A Season to Blossom Premieres: Saturday, April 4 at 8/7c Network: Hallmark Channel Starring: Emily Tennant, Carlo Marks A drifting aspiring writer returns home to sell her late grandmother’s bookstore, but its cherished traditions—and her childhood crush—help her rediscover her voice, her roots, and a love worth staying for. A Little Park Music Premieres: Saturday, April 11 at 8/7c Network: Hallmark Channel Starring: Laci J. Mailey, Beau Mirchoff When a piano mysteriously appears in the park gazebo and disrupts important city business, city manager Allie teams up with rookie cop Ryan to remove it—only to discover that both music and love are harder to resist than expected. To Philly with Love Premieres: Saturday, April 18 at 8/7c Network: Hallmark Channel Starring: Rebecca Dalton, Stephen Huszar A teacher and an archivist work together to decode Revolutionary War-era love letters, leading them on an exciting journey through Philadelphia where they uncover hidden history—and a romance of their own. I’ll Be Seeing You Premieres: Saturday, April 25 at 8/7c Network: Hallmark Channel Starring: Tyler Hynes, Stacey Farber, Christine Ebersole When a work errand throws Amy’s weekend plans with her grandmother off course, the two set out on a road trip with one meaningful detour—along with the unexpected help of a charming activities director. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Festive Friday and things are getting dark this holiday season! ABOUT SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT After seeing his parents killed by someone dressed as Santa, a grown man later wears a Santa suit himself and seeks violent revenge. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT December 12, 2025 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Director: Mike P. Nelson Writers: Mike P. Nelson, Michael Hickey, Paul Caimi Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS We meet this boy who is in an assisted living waiting room and he keeps being creeped out by these random people. The kid goes back to see his grandpa who talks to him about Santa, but he starts coughing like crazy. He goes to get his grandpa some water but it's too late. Grandpa coughs up just an insane amount of blood. Bad news - grandpa is dead. They get on the road and, while at a stop light, a car comes behind them and just slowly taps them. The dad gets out to check and is shot by a Santa Claus. Santa shoots towards the mom. She's able to kick him in the neck with her heel but he gets one last shot in before they both die. The boy, Billy, is there to watch it all. Years later, Billy is now an adult. He wakes up in a hotel room and we see a dead body in the bathtub. He takes some of the blood from that body and puts it in this weird bloody advent calendar he keeps. Billy hears this voice that's kind of guiding him. It's a bit like Venom. You know Venom? It's like that. Billy sees a woman that he fancies and follows her to the Christmas shop that she works at. He applies for the job and gets it so that he can be close to her. Her name is Pamela. It doesn't take long for him to find his next victim - an older dude who hits on Pam. We find out that way back when, after his mom stabbed Santa with her heel, Billy went to check on him and when they touched hands, this electrical surge passes between them. That's the voice we hear. We find out that there's an urban legend in town - the Snatcher. Someone who takes kids. Pam's dad is like it's just a myth...although, there is an alarming number of missing kids. Pam gets arrested for sticking up for her nephew. Her ex-boyfriend is a cop and he tells her that she's being released. That's when we find out that they broke up because he punched her in the face. He really wants to get back with her but she's not having it. Luckily for Billy, he comes across a nazi Christmas party. That makes picking his next kill pretty quickly. He just goes ham on the nazis but the head nazi starts shooting and he ends up getting hit which allows her to get away. But he's ok. It's not his first rodeo. Tough break for Billy. He's asked to play Santa at work which turns out to be incredibly challenging for him because of what happens to him when he puts on the suit. But he's able to make it through and Pam is very impressed and finds him in the back room and they make out and what not. We see Pam's dad come across this little girl who is in a van. She had been taken by the Snatcher. The Snatcher comes behind him and kills him. Obviously, Pam is distraught. She tells Billy that she wished Santa was real so that she could ask Santa to kill the guy who killed her dad. Billy decides to confide in her. He tells her about the electrical surge and how he now is guided by the voice of Charlie, aka Santa. Santa knows who has been naughty and is able to show Billy what they did. So Billy only kills guys that he knows have done real bad stuff. Pam is unfazed. Charlie leads them to a Christmas tree lot where they find three kids in this bunker with ball pit balls. Pam goes down there and little does she know that the Snatcher is down there too. Guided by Charlie, Billy is able to kill the Snatcher by stabbing him with a box cutter. When he goes outside, Pam's ex-boyfriend cop is there and he shoots Billy. Pam comes out and sees Billy laying there. He's dying. She grabs his hand and the electrical surge happens. She now has "it". She...

Jacks joins us this week to begin our journey into Hope Valley: 1874. ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 2) When Tom refuses to provide lumber for the boardinghouse, Rebecca gets creative. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 2) March 26, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 2) Bethany Joy LenzBenjamin Ayres BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 2) SYNOPSIS The episode starts off in a pretty shocking way - Rebecca is met by her husband, Jim, who is supposed to be dead! Turns out, it was all a dream. Womp womp. But then she thinks her daughter is missing. Turns out, double dream! INCEPTION! The next day, Rebecca and Sarah get to work on the boarding house. It's actually going really well. But she needs lumber for sale. Unfortunately for her, the only one who has spare lumber is Tom who is still against the boarding house opening. She decides to give it a shot anyway and ask and it doesn't go well. While she was at Tom's, she left Sarah with another mom, Peggy & her daughter, Jenny. Sarah is shocked to find out that not everyone can read. Tom has to rush off though because he finds out that Doyal is encroaching on his property. He threatens him that if he doesn't skedaddle, he's gonna shoot him. But then his daughter comes out, so that complicates things, obviously. Rebecca has an idea to sell pies, so she goes to talk to Hattie about it. While in the boarding house, she sees Olivia drawing and it's really good. She asks her if she'd come and draw some ideas she has for the boarding house. Hattie is not thrilled about this. Doyal's had it with Tom's ish, so he goes to the new law in town, Alexander. He says he'll look into it. While on his horse, he comes up beside Rebecca and Sarah and he asks them about Tom. They tell him that Tom isn't a bad guy. He then goes to talk to Tom and he says unless he has documentation proving that this land is his, the prospectors can do whatever they want on his land. One night, Rebecca goes out to the prospector area and finds a ton of her wood from the boarding house that they've been taking to burn. She begs them to stop doing that. There's a bit of a love connection going on between Clayton (Tom's blacksmith guy) and Olivia, Hattie's daughter. But Olivia dreams of the big city. And when he sees her light up when Alexander brings up Toronto, he gets sad. Rebecca talks to the trading guy about getting lumber brought in. He tells her it's gonna likely be over $500 which is more than she has. She's looking at her ring and her daughter says whatever you do, don't sell your ring. Lars, Ned's dad, shows up with the wood from the prospectors. They wanted to return it to her. Tom is there when this happens and tells her it looks like she's making friends. He also insists that she not pay him for the carriage wheel. Instead, he wants her to teach Peggy how to read. The episode ends with Alexander writing a field report about this place. He says nothing of note except one woman who is a bit suspicious. Why would someone leave with her daughter to come to open a boarding house? UH OH! Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod. ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 19) Emily is shocked to see Lorelai's living conditions while raising Rory. She responds by creating a perfect bedroom for Rory in her own house, hoping to make amends. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 19) April 26, 2001 | The WB CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 19) Lauren GrahamAlexis Bledel BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 1 EPISODE 19) SYNOPSIS We're at Friday night dinner and Rory and Emily agree to hang out on Saturday. Lorelai is busy doing literally anything else. Saturday morning is here and they go to Luke's for breakfast. Rachel is still there and shows Lorelai some pictures she took around town, including a picture of her and Luke at the Firelight Festival. But Lorelai is more taken aback by this abandoned house that she took a picture of. She immediately thinks it might be the perfect inn. When Lorelai gets to work, she's shocked to find Rune is there. You remember Rune - Jackson's cousin. Sookie asks Lorelai for a favor - give Rune a job and let him stay at the inn so he can get out of Jackson's place. She reluctantly agrees. Emily shows up in Stars Hollow and they go on their way. They're having a great time until Rory shows her the little shack that she grew up in and Emily storms out. Lorelai goes to check out the inn in the pictures with Rachel. It's perfect. So she starts hanging out with Rachel more. Luke tells Lorelai to not get attached. She always leaves. Lorelai is like I think she wants to stay this time. Luke is like you don't know what you're talking about. That night, Lorelai and Rory see Luke and Rachel at the movies, so I guess he listened to her. At Friday night dinner, Emily is excited to show Rory that she's remodeled a room to be all hers - full of boy band posters and Cosmo magazines. Lorelai is confused and after Rory walks out, Emily and her get into an argument about how Lorelai wanted to be anywhere but with them after Rory was born including a worn down shack. They go to Luke's afterwards and Rachel tells Lorelai the big news - Luke has given her a drawer. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review! ABOUT A ROYAL SETTING Ruby, a world-renowned gemologist is hired by Prince Luca to restore the crown jewels and design his crown challenging tradition and complicating his relationship with his mother, the queen. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A ROYAL SETTING March 28, 2026 | Hallmark CAST & CREW OF A ROYAL SETTING Director: Bradley Walsh Writers: W. Stewart, Ansley Gordon Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Ruby's done it! She found the jewel her client is looking for! But it makes sense. Because Ruby's good. She's getting great buzz for being quite the gemologist. The buzz has made it to the Kingdom of Gullian and they want her to come and restore their crown jewels. She has a week to restore a vault full of jewels. Ruby isn't sure she can do it but her mom is. When she arrives in Gullian, her car has a flat and the driver isn't very helpful because this has never happened before. She decides she's just gonna walk it. She comes across a couple fellas out on a jog who point her towards the right direction. Little does she know that one of those joggers was Prince Luca! So when she is introduced to Prince Luca at the palace, she's shocked. Prince Luca really wants to push things into the future but there's pushback there. Things between Prince Luca and Ruby progress quickly. He asks her to design his crown and asks her to join him for the centennial celebration. So they start hanging out more, really digging each other. But ultimately, she's fired for giving the royal family too much press. They are very much against any sort of press. Luca is very sad and his mom begins to realize that maybe she's goofed. But Ruby realized she goofed too. There's still work to do. So she comes back and finishes his crown. He comes to see her and he's like yay you're back. His mom tells him they're ready to make some changes. And Ruby and Luca kiss. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Marvel Monday and the Avengers are back to face their greatest threat yet(?)! ABOUT AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON May 1, 2015 | Theatrical Release CAST & CREW OF AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Director: Joss Whedon Writers: Joss Whedon, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Cast: BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS Meet the Avengers — back together again because apparently no one else can handle a simple “let’s raid a HYDRA base” situation. Their mission? Break into Baron von Strucker’s operation, stop some deeply concerning human experimentation, and get Loki’s scepter back where it belongs. Easy enough… until they run into Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, a pair of enhanced twins with super speed, mind games, and enough power to make everyone very uncomfortable. After recovering the scepter, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner do what Tony Stark and Bruce Banner always do: they mess with something they absolutely should not mess with. Hidden inside the scepter is the advanced intelligence they think can finally complete Ultron, a global peacekeeping program Tony has been dreaming about. Unfortunately, Ultron wakes up with exactly one idea in mind: humanity has got to go. He destroys J.A.R.V.I.S., wrecks Avengers Tower, steals the scepter, and heads out to build himself a better future… one without people in it. Ultron recruits Wanda and Pietro by showing them Tony’s greatest hits in collateral damage, and together they set out to collect vibranium for whatever nightmare project he’s cooking up. When the Avengers try to stop them, Wanda gets inside everyone’s heads and forces them to confront their worst fears. Things really go off the rails when she manipulates Bruce into becoming the Hulk in the middle of a city, leaving Tony to suit up in the Hulkbuster armor and punch his friend through several buildings. Not great for public relations. With the team shaken, divided, and freshly hated by the public, Hawkeye brings everyone to the one place no one saw coming: his secret farmhouse, where he casually reveals that he has a wife, kids, and a whole hidden life none of them knew about. It’s a surprisingly grounding stop for a team on the verge of collapse, and it gives them just enough clarity to realize Ultron’s plan is much bigger than they thought. Once Wanda sees that he’s not trying to save the world but end it, she and Pietro switch sides and join the Avengers. Things escalate quickly when Ultron kidnaps Natasha, forcing the team into another rescue while also arguing over whether they should trust the strange new synthetic body Tony and Bruce have been building. Thor returns just in time to supercharge the process, explaining that the gem in Loki’s scepter is tied to something far more powerful: the Infinity Stones. The result is Vision, a mysterious new being who immediately earns everyone’s trust by casually lifting Thor’s hammer like it’s no big deal. The final showdown takes the team to Sokovia, where Ultron has used vibranium to turn an entire chunk of the city into a floating extinction-level weapon. If he can lift it high enough and drop it, humanity is done. So naturally, the Avengers split up to save civilians, battle an endless robot army, rescue Natasha, and stop the apocalypse all at once. Nick Fury even shows up in a Helicarrier because if the sky city is going down, he’s not about to miss it. The battle comes at a cost. Pietro sacrifices himself to save Hawkeye and a child, Wanda unleashes her grief in spectacular fashion, and Hulk ultimately chooses to disappear rather than risk hurting Natasha or anyone else again. In the end, Tony and Thor destroy Sokovia before it can wipe out the planet, and Vision finishes off Ultron for good — or at least as “for good” as these things...

Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic. To celebrate the ending of Season 13 of When Calls the Heart, let's head back to Season 1, Episode 1 of our journey to Hope Valley. Originally airing on Jan. 7, 2021, we ask all of the pa's to forgive us. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jacks joins us this week to begin our journey into Hope Valley: 1874. ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 1) The day of the long-awaited trial arrives for Bill and Nathan; Lucas contemplates his future. AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 1) March 15, 2026 | Hallmark Channel CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 1) Bethany Joy LenzBenjamin Ayres BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 1) SYNOPSIS 300 red coats are officially becoming mounties. They've finally done it! We meet Rebecca and her daughter Sarah. They're heading west on their horse and carriage but the carriage wheel breaks. So they have to ditch the carriage so that they can keep going, but she stumbles upon an old, broken carriage on the path. So she takes that wheel and brings it back and replaces her broken wheel with that one. We find out that they're on their way to buy a boardinghouse that she saw was for sale in the papers. They stop for water at a stream where some gold miners are. While Rebecca is getting water, some explosives go off in the distance, scaring the horses. They run off with Sarah still in it. Luckily, a dude named Tom is there. Now there is something you need to know - Tom is hot. He's a rancher and he goes to tell this gold miner Doyal to cut it out with the dynamite and Doyal didn't appreciate it. Tom sees the wheel and is like uh oh, that's not in great shape. I can help ya fix it. Back at the mounties, we meet Alexander Vaughn. He just graduated top of his class and is being stationed in the gold zone. So, Tom gives Rebecca and Sarah a ride into town. They are greeted by some other folks who live there. We find out that Rebecca's husband passed recently. And later, when talking to her daughter, we find out that they fled from where they're from to get away from some people. The next day, she helps Tom with this big cut on his hand that he got when helping stop her horse. She meets Hattie - a fellow widow. She's nice I guess. Rebecca asks Tom if he can help her find the boarding house. He is like oh no girlfriend...you got swindled. He takes her to what we know as the Saloon in When Calls the Heart and it's an absolute disaster. We meet Lars and Rachel Yost - potentially Ned's parents? They sell some stuff to Hattie who makes sure that they have enough to get by. That night, a massive storm comes, so Tom invites them in from their tent to stay dry. The next day, she finds her daughter helping Tom feed a baby cow. She decides to tell her daughter about how they were scammed. Rebecca is quickly thrown into the fire - she has to help Rachel give birth. It is indeed Ned. She goes out on horseback to look out at the mountains and it is beautiful. This gets her thinking....maybe she should stick around, try to fix the boarding house up. She tells her daughter they're staying and then promptly forces her daughter to go make friends. Doyal ends up showing up and picking a fight with Tom but right as they're about to fight, the new mountie shows up. He tells them to cut it out and Tom is like who are you? He's like I'm the law and we see Rebecca give her daughter a worried look. Watch the show on Youtube - www.deckthehallmark.com/youtube Interested in advertising on the show? Email bran@deckthehallmark.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.