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He's why I couldn't abide the movie. They made him such an asshole from jump that I ended up disliking her because, what the fuck are you doing with this putz anyway. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I'm not sure why the show would be canceled. It's about a woman who can see ghosts, they've never said no one else could ever see them. And Jay getting the short end of the stick is NOT the cornerstone of the show for me, it's the relationships. And Jay's glimpse may have been enough for you, but it wasn't for me and I'm allowed to feel that way.

The scene when they were in the store and Zach and Seth were talking about Zach possibly liking Rachel, and she sneaks up on them and is all 'Hey, whatcha doin?' and Zach jumps and gets all twitchy cracks me up every time lol! 😂

Last night's episode set up the perfect opportunity to have Jay be able to see the ghosts, even if not all the time. They could make it be an effect of his soul being separated from his body for a prolonged period of time. I would accept that ghost logic to allow Jay more interaction with the rest of the cast because now that I've seen him do it, I don't want to go back. 🤷🏽‍♀️

While I did enjoy last night's episode, it also made me sad for Utkarsh. I am one of those that absolutely wants Jay to be able to see the ghosts too, and the scenes last night where he got to interact with the other actors just made me keep thinking about how his character doesn't get to have the same emotional beats and growth as everyone else in the cast. I'm sure the paycheck is great but from an acting POV, he only really gets to stretch himself during these 'very special episodes' and I wonder how fulfilling (outside of the paycheck of course) this role actually is for him. So once that got in my brain, it wouldn't leave and colored my view and enjoyment because now we're just gonna go back to Jay standing around while Sam and the ghosts have whole ass conversations without him. It's not funny to me anymore, and this episode showed me why. I also wonder why Bela is still the only person they've told about Sam's ability, besides Eric of course. I hope the parents come back, I feel like they would understand and be accepting of it.

The comic store guys and scenes were gold. I adored how they were always so accepting and ready to help in all the loops. I hope she acknowledged them in the book. 😉😁

He is SO much hotter than a bunch of the leading men they've had on display this season. I'd take him over Christopher Russell, Daniel Lissig, and Corey Sevier any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Another fave from last year that I will watch again and again (watched last night) and one I will choose over most of the 2024 offerings. And I'll ask again - why isn't Mark Ghanime in more of their movies? He's hot and can act. I loved that whole scene when they were decorating their Good Night trees and Mark brought all those elephant ornaments. When he heard the catch in Kimberley's voice when he asked if she needed help and she said "All that I can get" and immediately went to her, I knew their kiss was gonna be good. It had humor and heart, the stepmom was hilarious in all her reserved glory (great casting there) and we got Bongo Santa. 10/10 all around.

And I'm the opposite. After 4 years and all that Jay has put up with from them and his wife, for me it is time. Jay being everyone's afterthought has become an old and tired joke. We've seen body swapping before, that's not new. What would be new is Jay seeing the ghosts for real, as himself. For me, that opens up a whole new world of storytelling possibilities. The body swapping is just mining the same well we've already been to. So for me, it's no more nonsensical than a show about a woman who can see ghosts. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Looking at the previews tonight, it appears Jay gets electrocuted and falls into Sam and they body swap. I guess that's how Jay will see them, so it's not permanent. I don't like that.

So this is the 3rd HM movie this season where a parent is an extreme asshole to the significant other. I know that happens in real life but I don't watch HM movies for real life and these over the top parents this season are not cute or fun to watch, I just kinda wanna slap them. Get it together, HM. 😒

I'll say it again, HM holiday movies this year have been seriously underwhelming. There are only maybe 3 or 4 I enjoyed enough to want to watch again. Last year there were at least 12-13 movies I know I've already watched multiple times. The only movie left that I'm looking forward to is The Santa Class because I can watch Kimberley Sustad read the newspaper and be entertained. The ones I can say for sure I'll watch again are The Finnish Line, The Christmas Quest, and Scouting for Christmas. I missed Three Wiser Men and a Boy so I'll have to catch that to see if it will be added to the rotation or not. It feels like they leaned heavily into their 2nd and 3rd string actors and some newbies, and it hasn't paid off for me. I really wanna see those ratings..... Both those movies were on Hallmark Mystery, although there was nothing particularly mysterious about the storylines. They did much better last year with Mystery on Mistletoe Lane, which turned out to be one of my faves and a movie I'll watch repeatedly.

I liked the episode well enough, I did laugh at several bits, but I am so so tired of Sam siding with the ghosts over Jay. I did not like the 'shotgun' bit at all. Pete is a fucking GHOST, Sam, he shouldn't get to ride in the front seat of a car that your husband is helping pay for! If I was Jay, I would've said they have to stop for fast food for him on the way, at the very least. And, then look how he tries to come through for Sam and the ghosts by helping forge the journal, even after getting relegated to the back seat. He can't even sneak and eat without the ghosts watching him and then telling on him. Jay deserves so much better than Sam and the ghosts and I will stand ten toes down on that. 😒 Alberta was really funny again with her observations. When Thor was talking about not eating/eating the snail, her follow-ups to his 'assurances' were hysterical. Nice callback for Hetty to washing machines, ever since Flower showed her the way back in S2 lol. Aw, Trevor. 😭

It's on tonight at 10:01 ET. Imma try to stay awake to see Marco's sexy ass again....

Agreed. And, I actually like Hunter, but they do have other actresses that are as good or better, and it's silly to only focus on a single actress. Lacey, Kimberley Sustad, Erin Krakow, Nikki DeLoach and others all came up together and had great, memorable movies at the same time so I don't understand why it looks like they're putting the majority of their eggs in a single basket. That never works out the way you think it will. They should've had several of their xmas movie stars in commercials this year. They've got Jonathan Bennett in that one car commercial and he's not even in a movie this year. Just weird choices all around this holiday season, and a good portion of them have been a bust. HM seriously needs some new ideas and direction.