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Ryan joins us this week to head back to the pond for another episode of The Way Home.

ABOUT: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 4)

When Nick arrives back in Port Haven, Del throws a party like old times. Alice has to keep her distance from Young Colton and Del, but tries to learn more.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 4)

May 10, 2026 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF: THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 4)

Chyler Leigh as Kat Landry

Evan Williams as Elliot Augustine

Sadie Laflamme as Alice Dhawan

Andie MacDowell as Del Landry

BRAN’S THE WAY HOME (SEASON 4 EPISODE 4) SYNOPSIS

Jacob is busy working at a bar as a bartender. This guy and gal come in to order an espresso martini. Jacob is like we don't do that, we're old school. After they leave, the ghost of Thomas asks him how long he's going to hide for.

Alice and Elliot are talking about how Kat is still not home. He catches her up to speed about how his mom did come back at least long enough to write a letter. Just then, Nick comes in! What up old Nick! He's moving back to Port Haven! Him and Claire are moving home.

Sam asks Del if she's considered his offer to move in. She says I'm not ready. I want to put that idea on pause. She seems shocked by how cool he is with that.

Kat is still behind bars. Cliff shows up and is like alright, spill. Who are you? No ID, no nothing. She doesn't have time to spill before Fern shows up.

Nick tells Del that he wants to buy Colton's boat and isn't gonna give up without a fight!

Nick's biological father Julian shows up and he takes quite the liking to Del. Do I smell a season 4 love triangle?!

Kat questions Fern about Tainted Love again and Fern insists that she's known that song for ages and still doesn't know no Tessa. She also tells Kat that she's the one who drugged her. It was the only way to protect her from the Augustine boys. For some reason, they have it out for her. Kat says well you know they're working for your fiancé Grayson. Fern doesn't believe that. Kat jumps in the pond, both of them upset with each other.

Kat gets home and while talking with Elliot and Alice while looking at the bullet. She notices some engraving on it that match engravings on Grayson's gun. She is more convinced than ever that Grayson is a bootlegger.

Alice and Kat are talking with Del and she's telling them how she and Colton used to throw the best parties before Alice was born. Del is like maybe we should throw a good ol' party, in honor of Nick's homecoming.

Del then gets a knock on the door - there is a flower delivery...from Julian.

Kat continues to try to contact Jacob but he still won't answer. So she gets back to looking at Evelyn's old files. She wants to learn more about who Grayson really is, not just what the town's history books say.

Alice jumped back in the pond and sees Tessa and Vic showing up for one of Del & Colton's parties. She hears them talk about how they're getting married. Tessa sees Alice looking on from behind a tree. Alice asks her to not tell anyone that she was there or else she'll tell everyone about how she took money from Coyle's that one day.

Kat finds a marriage certificate of Grayson's to someone in 1926, but it's not Fern. She also finds out that Grayson had a sister who died young.

Alice can't stop herself from sneaking into the house to watch the party. Evelyn gives Del some wine but she doesn't drink it, so she suspects Del must be pregnant.

In the present, it's party time! Sam finds out that Julian sent flowers and is like oh hmmm that's interesting.

Back in the '80s, Fern comes in and sees Tessa looking at the family almanac and freaks out. She's like YOU'LL NEVER BE FAMILY! Colton is like she's marrying an Augustine. Fern storms off. Everyone is like wtf was that about.

In the present, Kat announces to the party that she's closing down the newspaper. She is going to focus on writing a history of Port Haven. Then Julian recites some Shakespeare.

Alice walks outside and tries to talk to Fern who is still freaking out. Del comes out and tells her to go to bed and then throws her wine out. Alice overhears Colton come out and ask how they're BOTH doing! They talk about waiting to tell people since it had been such a journey but Colton is convinced 1979 is their year. Alice is like uh oh...knowing that Kat wasn't born in '79.

Alice runs back home and gives present day Del a big hug. There's a phone call. It's Jacob, but when she hears singing and laughing in the background, he hangs up. He tells the ghost of Thomas that they're happy, they don't need him.

Later that night, Alice tells Kat about how Del was pregnant in 1979. This is news to Alice.

The next day, Del and Sam talk. She tells him that he seems too chill with Julian's attention towards her. Makes her feel like he doesn't care about her. She wonders if their relationship is just a distraction from the Jacob situation. When he says if that's what she wants, she's like see you don't fight for us. He says he doesn't want to have to wonder what's going on with her. He doesn't want mystery, he wants her.

Elliot surprises Jacob and asks him what's up and asks him to come home and tells him that he's being dumb. He tells Elliot to leave.

Alice tells Kat more about the Fern freaking out thing and she figures out that the handwriting for 1800's Jacob's entry is the same handwriting as Tessa's letter to Elliot. AND it's the same for Fern's birth entry. The hypothesis is that Tessa time traveled back to the 1800's with Griff but he left her there which is why she was there in the '20s. They need someone from Tessa's era to come and rescue her. So Kat decides to jump again and decides to bring Nick with her to make sure she's safe.

The episode ends with her on horseback. She thinks she sees Colton walking into the woods, so she tries to get her horse to follow. But the horse is freaking out heading into the woods and bucks her off and she's knocked out.

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It's Tuesday AND ERIN IS HERE!

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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