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It's Marvel Monday and we're heading to Wakanda!

ABOUT BLACK PANTHER

T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR BLACK PANTHER

February 16, 2018 | Theatrical Release

CAST & CREW OF BLACK PANTHER

Director: Ryan Coogler

Writers: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee

Cast:

Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther

Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

IT's time for a little history lesson, ok? So, a massive meteorite made of vibranium crashed into Africa Five tribes go to war over it until one warrior consumes a mysterious heart-shaped herb altered by the vibranium and gains incredible abilities, becoming the first Black Panther. 

He unites the tribes and establishes the hidden nation of Wakanda. Over generations, Wakanda becomes the most technologically advanced civilization on Earth while hiding in plain sight.

In 1992, King T’Chaka visits his younger brother, N'Jobu in California, where he has been working undercover. T’Chaka discovers that he has secretly helped a black-market arms dealer steal vibranium from Wakanda. When confronted, he turns violent, forcing T’Chaka to kill him. To protect Wakanda’s secrets, T’Chaka abandons N’Jobu’s young son in America and covers up the truth.

Got it? Good. Years later, the King is killed and Prince T’Challa returns home to be crowned king of Wakanda. During the event, M’Baku of the Jabari Tribe challenges T’Challa for the throne in ritual combat. T’Challa wins but spares M’Baku’s life. I'm sure that's for no reason though.

Soon after, this dude name Claw shows up in London and steals an artifact from Wakanda at a Museum. Oh and some dude named Erik Stevens is with him. T'Challa goes to this party to try to capture Klaw but it doesn't go well and leads to a massive chase through the city. This dude that works for the government named Ross ends up being quite hurt, so T'Challa ends up rescuing him and bringing him to Wakanda to heal him with their neat tech.

Zuri tells T'Challa some juicy info about how they left this kid in Oakland with no father and that kid grew up to be Erik Stevens and he now goes by Killmonger cuz of how many people he's killed and he's probably coming for us so hide your kids, hide your wife. 

Killmonger murders Claw and delivers his body to Wakanda, earning an audience before the tribal elders. Revealing himself as son of N’Jobu and wants to challenge for the throne. T'Challa agrees and loses and is thrown off a waterfall cliff.  He is now the king. 

Killmonger prepares to send vibranium weapons to operatives around the world to begin a global revolution.

T'Challa's family leaves to asks M'Baku for help. Turns out, he has T'Challa on ice b ut in a good way. They use the heart-shaped herb to bring him back and restore his powers. 

T’Challa returns to Wakanda for a final battle. T’Challa and Killmonger have a creazy fight and T'Challa is able to disable Killmonger suit. T'Challa offers Killmonger a change to live but he choses death instead, but T'Challa lets him watch one last sunset. 

T’Challa decides Wakanda can no longer hide from the world. He opens an outreach center in Oakland at the very place where N’Jobu died. T’Challa then appears before the United Nations and reveals Wakanda’s true technological power to the world. 

And then to connect it all to the Avengers, his sister Shuri helps Bucky Barnes continue his recovery in Wakanda.

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

Today, we're releasing an episode from Nov 20, 2019 that we recorded for Bramble Jam + subscribers covering the Disney+ movie, Noelle. Do you want more exclusive content from us? Head to bramblejamplus.com

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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 3)

During Sookie's wild bachelorette party, Lorelai impulsively calls Rory's father Christopher. This leads to her sad realization that Max is not the right man for her.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 3)

October 16, 2001 | The WB

CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 3)

Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore

Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 3) SYNOPSIS

The Gilmore girls are sampling a TON of cake because the wedding is approaching quickly! Naturally, that means there's more wedding stuff to attend to, such as hiring Kirk to be the wedding photographer.

Rory and Dean are hanging out, arguing about when their anniversary is. Rory says Why not two anniversaries? Fair.

Max is over and it's just a nice night with Lorelai and Rory. Dinner, movie, it's nice. Max ends up staying over which freaks Lorelai out. So she wakes up Rory in the middle of the night - she's never had a man spend the night with Rory there. She realizes their life is about to change.

The next morning, they go to Luke's diner. Luke freaks out because Taylor is having a traffic light installed.

That night, Lorelai and Max go on a double date with Rory and Dean. They eat a ton of food and still have room for ice cream. Max can't believe it. Dean is like you have much to learn, brother. And he gives them some insight on what life is like with the Gilmore girls.

When they get home, Max and Lorelai get in an argument. Max wants to know what he should do if Rory is outside making out too long or comes home drunk. Lorelai is like I don't expect you to do anything. I just want you to make garlic bread and be my boy toy. She talks him down and they kiss goodnight.

It's bachelorette party time! It's the gang - Lorelai, Rory, Sookie, Miss Patty, and Michel, naturally. When they get in, she's shocked to see that Emily is there. Michel is like I invited her, naturally. Emily shares about how much her and Richard love each other. This leads to everyone contacting their significant others to tell them they love them. Lorelai decides not to call Max. Instead, it's Christopher. She tells him that she's getting married.

The next day, Lorelai is quite hungover. Max comes to the inn. He's frustrated. He needs to get in the house but he still doesn't have keys. She apologizes and he's like I just wish you would think about someone other than yourself a couple times a day.

Later, Luke surprises Lorelai with a chuppah for her wedding. They have a moment talking about marriage and what not.

Lorelai in a frenzied state, comes into Rory's room and says pack now, we're going on a trip. She's like you're getting married this weekend...right? She says no. Rory is like why? Lorelai says I didn't want to try on my wedding dress every night. That's good enough for Rory. They pack and hit the road and naturally, hit the red light heading out of town.

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It’s time for another Festive Fridays episode as we cover a unique new spin on a holiday classic.

ABOUT EBONY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

Three spirits visit a bitter winery owner, helping her confront her past and find her lost Christmas spirit.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR EBONY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

November 24, 2025 | Streaming

CAST & CREW OF EBONY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

Ebony Tates as Ebony Scrooge

BRAN’S EBONY CHRISTMAS CAROL SYNOPSIS

Meet Ebony Scrooge. It’s the holiday season and she wakes up absolutely miserable. She’s out here wearing all black, so you KNOW she hates Christmas.

She walks out of her room to find her assistant Maggie has decorated the house for Christmas. Ebony’s response? “THROW IT AWAY!” To her, Christmas is only good for boosting sales.

We then meet Nate, an aspiring winemaker who dreams of making his own wine someday. Unfortunately, for now he just works at Ebony’s winery.

Ebony storms into the office and cannot believe everyone is trying to decorate for Christmas. She reminds everyone that she has very clear rules: no Christmas music, no decorations, no jingle bells, and absolutely NO Mariah Carey.

That night on Christmas Eve, Ebony falls asleep and is awakened by her Aunt Pooch, who warns her that she’ll be visited by three ghosts. Ebony is not impressed.

First up is the Ghost of Christmas Past, who shows Ebony her childhood. Growing up, her family never had much money, which made Christmas hard for her to enjoy. Her parents worked really hard to make the holidays feel special, but young Ebony could never really appreciate it.

Then the Ghost of Christmas Present arrives…and he’s hot. He shows Ebony how much her employees dislike working for her. He also shows her parents — who are very much alive — sadly talking about how she never visits anymore and how much she hates Christmas. This one actually gets to her.

Finally, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows her a future where she dies and nobody really cares. Not even Nate. Brutal.

Ebony wakes up changed. She rushes to the winery, apologizes to her employees, gives everyone time off, and hands out bonuses. She also finally reconnects with her parents.

Then she throws a huge Christmas party for the staff where she spends an aggressively long amount of time backing that thang up on Nate.

Eventually, she pulls him aside, tells him she wants to help launch his wine, and then they kiss — because obviously these two have had feelings for each other the entire movie.

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Jacks joins us this week to continue our journey into Hope Valley: 1874.

ABOUT: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8)

Gearing up for the boarding house's opening, Rebecca and Tom look for a thief.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8)

May 7, 2026 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF: HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8)

Bethany Joy Lenz as Rebecca Clarke

Benjamin Ayres as Tom Moore

BRAN’S HOPE VALLEY: 1874 (SEASON 1 EPISODE 8) SYNOPSIS

The British fella, Mr. Maxwell, comes downstairs and when Rebecca questions where he came from, he gets weird and decides to take his breakfast up to his room.

The prospectors are in a bit of a frenzy - gold nuggets are going missing at an alarming rate.

Tom comes in and starts to help with the decorating for the party. When Rebecca sees a picture of her husband, she starts to be a little less warm to Tom and he notices.

Suddenly, a bunch of the prospectors come into the boarding house looking for Alexander. They want to report the missing gold.

Tom meets with a guy who wants to sell him his land. Tom is ready to expand.

Rebecca notices that her ring is missing. Where are all these things going?!?!?!

Rebecca begins to suspect that Mr. Maxwell is up to no good.

He goes to leave one night and Rebecca decides to follow him. Naturally, Tom is like oh I'm so in.

Doyal brings a good bit of gold into Hattie's to cash out. Naturally she becomes a bit suspicious of him. Perhaps he's the gold thief.

Tom and Rebecca track Mr. Maxwell into the woods and find this weird dirty area that it appears he's using to mark something. BUT WHAT?!

Rebecca, feeling the chemistry with Tom, tells him I don't know how to move on without letting go of the past and she doesn't know how to let go. He says he understands.

The next day, Rebecca once again goes into Mr. Maxwell's room and starts snooping through his bag. When he gets back, she asks him to open his bag. There's a ton of rocks in there, but nothing stolen. She's like well you're not looking for gold, what are you looking for? He tells her coal.

Alexander and Tom go to look for the guy that was caught trying to steal gold from one of the prospectors. They stop him - it's Jeremiah, one of the guys who left working with Tom to prospect. He was selling stuff and sending that money to his fiancée. He's also sold Rebecca's ring. So Tom goes to try to get it back.

It's party time! Tom and Alexander show up with the good and bad news. They're all shocked. Tom tells them all that Jeremiah is going to work for him and they'll all get their money back from his wages. Alexander then returns Rebecca's ring that they were able to retrieve. Tom told him not to tell her that it was him that paid to get it back.

Alexander and Olivia dance together just as Clayton walks in. She tells Alexander about the school. He tells her that she has to go. Clayton comes to cut in. She tells him and he's like you can't go. But if you do, please come back.

Rebecca finds out that Tom is no longer buying that land. Apparently he's a little short on cash.

Doyal tells Tom that he bought the land. He's bummed. So Rebecca goes to dance with him. She asks if he gave up the land for her. She tells him that she's gonna hold onto it for a little while longer and then eventually pass it on to Sarah. He tells her to let it go when she's ready.

The episode ends with another mountie coming into the party. He tells Alexander that he's here to arrest Rebecca, for being a thief. Alexander does it and she yells at Tom to protect Sarah.

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