Hallmark’s The Chicken Sisters - S1 E3 This Is War, Ya'll

Grab a glass of wine and join us as we unpack the third episode of The Chicken Sisters, where family feuds simmer, restaurant rivalries heat up, and the clash between past and present takes center stage. And trust us—sweet tea sabotage is only the start of this Southern showdown.

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Amy 0:08

Welcome to Pour the Wine. It's rom-com time where we'll sip some wine and review all things rom-com on the Hallmark Channel. I'm Amy.

Garry 0:15

And I'm Gary.

Amy 0:15

And it's time to Pour the Wine.

Garry 0:20

So what do we have today?

Amy 0:21

Today it looks like we have another cab salve Shocking.

Garry 0:25

I know right.

Amy 0:26

And this one is C&B.

Garry 0:29

C&B.

Amy 0:31

Cartilage and brown.

Garry 0:33

Yep. That's a pretty good one, it's an inexpensive one, but it's pretty good. This is one of the lower end ones, if you're just looking.

Amy 0:43

Well, not lower end, it's just a little less expensive. A little less expensive, it's not bad. It's not bad and we enjoy it. Yes, we do, we do enjoy it, I think we've rarely met a wine that we didn't like, unless it's sweet.

Garry 0:56

We don't like sweet wines yeah, there have been some cabs that we were like no, but we would never name them.

Amy 1:03

Yeah, we would never name them. We would never name them.

Garry 1:04

No, we're not going to name them, no, we're not going to name them.

Amy 1:08

So today we are going to be talking about another episode of the Chicken Sisters the Chicken. Sisters. So what we're going to do is, if you want to hear the entire cast listing, check out our first two episode reviews, because we do a pretty thorough listing of the cast up to that point in the first two episodes and then moving forward. We're just going to add new people as they come on board.

Garry 1:39

The newbies.

Amy 1:40

Right, so we're not recapping the same ones, every single episode.

Garry 1:44

Yes, there's a lot of characters in this one. That's how we're tackling it anyway. Yeah, I think that's a good way to tackle it Right right.

Amy 1:50

So if you want the entire cast, please go and listen to episode one and episode two reviews by us our podcast.

Garry 1:57

Yes, listen to them anyway, I know, if you don't have anything to do, just sit back, put on some headsets and just listen.

Amy 2:05

And just listen.

Garry 2:07

Or make sure to follow us on your favorite podcast platform so you don't miss an episode If you listen on Apple or Spotify. You can also leave us a review, and hopefully it's a five-star review, or at least it's positive.

Amy 2:21

Hopefully it's at least positive. Yes, we don't want to tell you what to put as a review, how many stars, but we would like a five star.

Garry 2:29

Yes, we would, but hey, be honest, we can take it. Yeah, yeah. So, speaking of newbies, who are we adding to the list of actors and actresses on this one?

Amy 2:42

On this one. Well, we have two. I think they were just two. Did we see more than two? If we did, we'll add, We'll be sure to mention them. The next episode, but we saw two. Barbara Tyson plays Magnolia and according to IMDB she will be in five episodes.

Garry 2:57

Okay.

Amy 2:58

For Hallmark. She was in the Blessing Bracelet in 2023. You're Baking Me Crazy blessing bracelet in 2023. You're baking me crazy. 2023. I just like the title of that. Love on the sidelines in 2015 and how to fall in love in 2012? Oh, she was in a movie called how she caught a killer. In 2023, she was in a movie uh, the netflix movie devil in ohio.

Amy 3:21

In 2022, she was in one episode of fringe fringe, a series that I know that's a throwback right in 2010, and she was in one episode of er with my boyfriend, george clooney, in 1995 there's that george clooney again, he popped up again. I can always like six degrees of seven, seven bacon. I haven't even had a sip of wine yet. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon I'm wearing off on you.

Garry 3:47

I'm rubbing off on you.

Amy 3:48

I can relate it all back to George Clooney Gosh. Okay.

Garry 3:52

That is funny.

Amy 3:53

Matthew James Dowden plays Pastor McGregor and he also will be in five episodes total For Hallmark. He has just done a ton of Hallmark work. Yes, so I will just done a ton of Hallmark work.

Garry 4:04

Yes.

Amy 4:05

So I will just mention a few. He was in Debbie McComer's Joyful Mrs Christmas in 2024.

Garry 4:10

Okay.

Amy 4:12

The Holiday Sitter when Calls the Heart and A Second Chance at Love in 2022. And in when Calls the Heart, he was in two episodes. He was in North to Home in 2022. He was in seven Hallmark movies in 2021.

Garry 4:26

Ooh, he was busy. Seven Ooh let it go.

Amy 4:31

His very first Hallmark movie or series was in the movie Haley Dean Mystery, A Marriage Made for Murder in 2018.

Garry 4:38

That's awesome.

Amy 4:39

Some of his other work includes Cradle of Deception, which was in 2024. And he was in the series VC Andrews Dawn, two episodes in 2023. Do you know who VC Andrews is the author?

Garry 4:52

No.

Amy 4:53

Did you ever? You probably wouldn't have. A girl my age read it when we were young. We were probably too young to read it. The Flowers in the Attic series.

Garry 5:01

That sounds Petals on the Wind. No.

Amy 5:07

If there Be Thorns. No, I had to look up the years because I couldn't remember what years those were published, but it was 79, 80, and 81. I was reading some interesting stuff when I was young but a lot of girls my age were reading that it was so good. But it's about a family without giving too much away. They've made movies since TV movies and I think there was maybe a movie in the theater.

Amy 5:30

I haven't seen it, but this family, this man and this woman, are married and they have I don't know four kids and the husband dies in a car accident and the mom has to basically go groveling back to her parents, who have disowned her, and they're like multi-bajillionaires and the kids get locked in the attic oh my gosh, for years for years so, um, and there's a lot of stuff that goes on that, like I said, I probably shouldn't have been reading at that young age, but it's's a very popular.

Amy 6:03

It was a very popular book series man In our younger days Younger days.

Garry 6:10

Well, today we're reviewing the third episode of Chicken Sisters. This is War Y'all, which aired on Sunday, april 13th 2025. If you missed it, you can now catch it and all of the other episodes on Hallmark Plus.

Amy 6:27

Hallmark Plus.

Garry 6:28

Yes, you know, I forgot to get my little trivia question oh, you did.

Amy 6:34

Oh, we'll have to do it. Well, you know what?

Garry 6:36

We'll save that for the next episode. We'll save it for the next episode, okay.

Amy 6:39

Oh, bummer Okay.

Garry 6:41

So I guess it's time to drop this synopsis for season one, episode three Three.

Amy 6:48

All right, here we go. Franny and Mimi's crews try to one-up each other as the kitchen clash. Competition amps up, but their methods leave sisters Amanda and May conflicted. This is war y'all.

Garry 7:01

This is war y'all.

Amy 7:03

So what did you think? We'll start with you today um you know I don't know.

Garry 7:09

That's why I asked about the last couple episodes. You talked about the layers and peeling them back. Whoo, some of these layers got peeled back yes, I agree.

Amy 7:19

I agree, amanda.

Garry 7:20

Amanda and Mae. You know the whole episode as a whole. I really enjoyed it yeah.

Amy 7:28

Yes.

Garry 7:29

I did. What about you? Did you enjoy it Like you talked about?

Amy 7:31

peeling back more layers. Yes, more in this episode. That's sort of along the lines of what I was thinking. I'm loving the nuggets that we're getting about each character as they are peeled back, and I love the storytelling and just how well they're weaving the family drama, the restaurant drama, the competition drama with both heart and humor.

Garry 7:52

Yes.

Amy 7:53

So you're kind of seeing all that. It's really great. I like that we got a peek at Kenneth and Patrick's meet cute.

Garry 8:00

I know Sort of I thought that was really cool.

Amy 8:02

I love the Sex and the City reference.

Garry 8:05

Yes, the.

Amy 8:06

Cosmopolitan. Oh, you know, everybody goes to New York and orders that?

Garry 8:10

Did you see the waiter's face? I thought that was so good.

Amy 8:12

Yes, like an eye roll, and I just I really enjoyed it. I thought that was great he was like these are pre-made, so this episode was chock full of the pranks yes, right of course, amanda boy switching the team, and then you have may. She buys up all the chickens, and then amanda destroys the kitchen, and then something else happens.

Garry 8:34

So there you go I know yeah but hey, just for a second, because you've mentioned a couple of. Can we just take a moment and talk about Mae's guns?

Amy 8:46

Oh, I know Her arms. I know I did say that when we were watching it. Yes, she works out For sure If you're watching this show. She definitely works out. I'm impressed.

Garry 8:59

I'm jealous and impressed. I mean that one scene where she had her arm up next to her head and that bicep popped out. We both were like oh my gosh, Somebody's working out.

Amy 9:10

She's working out. That's pretty cool, pretty cool.

Garry 9:12

Yes, it was.

Amy 9:13

Should we dive in? You want to dive into the characters a little bit? Yeah, let's do it. See what happened this episode. Who do you want to start with? Let's start with May. Let's start with May. Yes, all right. So, they talked a lot about how May and Amanda are opposites which I think happens frequently right with sisters or siblings. Yeah, I like that. She was kind of impressed that Amanda pulled off the prank.

Amy 9:36

She's kind of like that was kind of impressive. She's kind of like, hey, that was pretty cool, because Amanda's like the good girl, she doesn't do anything, you know, know off-putting. She certainly wouldn't break any laws, you know, and the fact that she actually pulled off a prank yes, and can we talk about how serious southerners are about their sweet tea? I, I mean, I knew it was serious, but it is serious business. If you don't have sweet tea, and what do we drinkweet tea?

Garry 10:05

They would kick us out of the town, wouldn't they? They?

Amy 10:07

would? They would kick us out of the South. Well, we're kind of in the South, but you know.

Garry 10:11

Yeah, that was funny because I didn't think it was going to be something like that. I thought that she was going to put something that was nasty tasting, but I guess not having sweet Right, right, right.

Amy 10:20

So Amanda pulls off the prank where she switches the sweet tea with unsweet tea and all the patrons and Mimi's practically spit out the tea and they leave because there's no sweet tea. I mean, that is serious.

Garry 10:34

That is big time serious and we got to see the inside of Mimi's.

Amy 10:38

Yes, with customers for once.

Garry 10:40

Finally, finally, you've been saying that Two customers yeah. It only took three episodes, but we got our customers. I am so happy for that, yeah.

Amy 10:51

Any more about May.

Garry 10:53

Well, isn't it? Funny how you were saying. They're total opposites, where May, in her life, is always thinking about the future.

Amy 11:02

Right she's not present.

Garry 11:04

She doesn't care about the past. Well, she wants to forget about the past. She wants to forget about the future. Right, she's not present. She doesn't care about the past well, she wants to forget about. She wants to forget, she cares about it. Enough to forget about it, yeah, but she's all about the next big deal yeah and in this one you find out that she's she's doing this because she wants her own show yep, that's exactly right.

Amy 11:20

And you, yeah, yeah, go ahead. No, go ahead without you.

Garry 11:23

But sorry, yeah, and it was funny because when they're showing all of the the past scenes, she, she gets engaged and it's like no big deal, and then she gets down on the floor and starts sweeping up the rose petals.

Amy 11:37

It's like, uh, hello right, well, because she's a little ocd. You mean about that? Yeah?

Garry 11:42

yeah, she's a little OCD. You mean about that? Yes, yeah, she's a little OCD.

Amy 11:44

But yeah, she's, and you know, like you said, I'm really liking her relationship with Kenneth. Yeah, like her friend, she needs that person in her life. He grounds her.

Garry 11:56

Yeah.

Amy 11:57

Like we said I think before last week for episode two, he's like her conscience. Yeah, and he's like the Jiminy Cricket, jiminy Cricket, and he you know, doesn't put up with her stuff and when? She starts no he doesn't Kind of going off. He's like I'm out, bye.

Garry 12:11

Even when she goes to him in New York.

Amy 12:13

That whole Right, right, and we find out the whole scene on how he Kenneth meets.

Garry 12:19

And it's all because and she does confess to him that she worked at Donkeys, yes, and did the badonkadonk.

Amy 12:27

And he starts like well, yeah, because she acts like she's got this big confession and he's like I'm sure he was like did you murder somebody? Like what happened and she's like well, I worked at Donkeys.

Garry 12:38

He started laughing. He started laughing and she's like why are you making fun of my pain or whatever she said? And he's like why didn't you just tell me?

Amy 12:47

I thought it was cool when Gus admitted that she watched her show that was kind of a cool scene that made her, that made me, that made me, yeah, because she was kind of like do you watch my show, you know you think you're so hardened and you think you know if you're in a bout with your parents and you don't talk to them that much, you think they still don't care. But they never stop caring you know it's the truth and I thought that was telling of Gus.

Garry 13:11

Yes.

Amy 13:12

Who also you know, was kind of like of course, I watched it.

Garry 13:16

I watched one show you know, whatever she said, I watched it, but it was only one show, but it was only one episode.

Amy 13:23

So yeah, you want to go into Amanda.

Garry 13:25

Yeah, let's do Amanda who's? The opposite and just loves the past.

Amy 13:31

Yeah, she lives a little bit too much in the past. The glory days she's got all the memories.

Garry 13:37

you know she talks to her daughter about and she has stuff around the house that brings back memories and then all of a sudden, she loses it, right. Anyway, when she starts doing the pranks, I felt like wow, she's totally coming out of her shell.

Amy 13:59

Well, I think it's part of what she was talking about. Was she started? You're starting to see her feelings about being a mimi's girl like she went because mimi's girls had such a bad reputation or a bad rap stereotype. She went polar opposite. She says she was always a good girl, she got good grades, she did everything by the book and yet she's still in this town and you know her husband doesn't pay attention to her and her daughter's a snarky teen and she just wants some excitement.

Garry 14:30

Yeah.

Amy 14:30

And she thinks that it's going to happen by, you know, switching the tea out and vandalizing her mom's kitchen and, you know, boy, she kind of like did a complete 180, you know, and she's doing things now that she never would have dreamed of doing, things now that she never would have dreamed of doing. And it's kind of like Nancy in a way, in terms of her wanting to make that switch, because Nancy's always been, you know, the good girl, always done the right thing, stood behind the man, didn't stand out front. Only, you know, for Nancy, she's just becoming more outspoken and more confident.

Amy 15:04

She isn't going down the illegal and rural road, you know know she's still, you know, doing the right thing, even when she's upset, you know so and it boiled over in this episode yeah, for sure I do. I do have to say about amanda, when she was going to punish frankie for, you know, buying the oh, alcohol when she she says since your main hobby is reading, I've come up short basically with a punishment, because Frankie likes to read. Usually you punish your kids like you have to read this book. Give me a book report after, and kids are like, no, I don't want to do that.

Garry 15:41

And then Frankie kind of pulls a fast one on her mom and says oh, look at these beautiful pictures.

Amy 15:48

And Amanda was like you're not gonna.

Garry 15:51

Oh, look at this, yeah, she got her, so she got her. That was funny.

Amy 15:57

It's. You know, while we're talking about Amanda and you see her relationship with Frank Jr, you kind of, like you said, she glorifies the past. She wants to go back to when he paid attention to her, when they weren't stuck in this rut. And it reminded me there's a carly simon song called the stuff that dreams are made of, and I don't know if you've ever heard it, and if you've never heard it, you should listen to it because it's really good it's sort of a.

Amy 16:22

It's basically about appreciating what you have, and I kind of like one of the lines is you know, don't look at your man in the same old way, take a new picture. Just because you don't see shooting stars doesn't mean it isn't perfect.

Garry 16:35

Right.

Amy 16:35

And I just I keep thinking about that song. Now, of course this song is about you know, your prince is right in front of you and I don't know if Frank Jr is going to end up being the prince or if he's, you know, totally changed. So we'll see. But I just keep thinking about that song and I'm not going to sing it, I'm just saying the lyrics.

Garry 16:52

Sing it, sing it no, no, no, no, no. Okay, well, I kind of feel like Frank is kind of goading Amanda into doing these bad things, you know.

Amy 17:01

Oh, he totally is.

Garry 17:03

Yeah, but then he's telling Nancy his mom oh, it's all her.

Amy 17:08

You're absolutely right. He's totally like, hey, that's a great idea.

Garry 17:11

Let's do some bad stuff, just like a man.

Amy 17:13

Now, speaking of Frank. Did you think he was turning the corner this episode? What did you think of?

Garry 17:18

He put on some slacks and a button-down shirt and he was doing his job. He came to work dressed for success and then fell right back into it Fell right back into old habits.

Amy 17:31

Yeah, I mean, I really thought I mean because you're like, maybe we're seeing a glimpse of what he used to be like.

Garry 17:37

Yes.

Amy 17:38

You know caring, cared about his work, you know really just paying attention, dressing nice, kissing his wife on the way out.

Amy 17:49

I mean it was like a whole giving a wink again another 180, you know he's doing it and she and you can tell Amanda's digging it and like, oh, you know he's finally making an effort, and then only to find out towards the end that you know, was he changing? Was he faking it? I mean I don't know. You see him trying. Was he trying to change or was he just doing it? I mean I don't know you see him trying. Was he trying to change or was he just doing it? Just to do it to?

Garry 18:11

maybe I don't know I think he was trying to change and then, when he told everybody he would clean up, something snapped and he just started. He reverted right back to the old frank rude drinking chauistic. Did you hear what he said to Amanda? She was when she came back to do the second prank and he's like do it yourself.

Amy 18:46

He said something to the effect of you know, your mom should be thankful that you know I'm in the family, because it classes up the family tree. Yeah, it's classing up your family tree. I was like what? Okay, yeah, you're realing up your family tree. I was like what?

Garry 18:50

Okay, yeah, you're real classy there, frank, I know.

Amy 18:52

He's a little full of himself, a little bit, a little bit. So it's going to be interesting to see if he redeems himself eventually. I don't know, what do you think about Frankie and Lindsay, their relationship, the daughters?

Garry 19:05

You know, I thought that— the daughter of Amanda and the daughter of Sabrina Thank you. I thought that Lindsay was coming around. Lindsay, Lindsay, I'm sorry Lindsay was coming around. And then you find out later that her mom said if you want your phone back, then I need you to do this. We still don't know why she did it, whether she was being recorded, if she was recording Frankie to get some kind of B-roll or whatever.

Amy 19:35

Oh, maybe I didn't think about that. Maybe we'll find out in the next couple episodes, but there's something behind that. Well, and it's going to be sad too, because Frankie has her guard up at first with Lindsay, because Lindsay was kind of demeaning to her and her dreams and the small town and all that jazz. And then you know she so desperately wants to leave the small town and wants to become anonymous in a big town. It's like you always kind of think the grass is greener Sometimes. It is.

Garry 20:02

Sometimes it isn't.

Amy 20:03

You know and you know you have to get through some. You know you have to jump through some hoops sometimes, you know, to get to that greener grass. And you know, frankie might just be one of those souls that needs the big city, kind of like her Aunt May right. Like she maybe wants to follow in. That I mean, I don't know.

Garry 20:21

Well, you always said you know, take a year and go live somewhere else. You know. You're always telling the kids that.

Amy 20:27

I always thought that was a good yeah. I believe that you should always. You should live somewhere that you didn't grow up for at least a year. Yeah, just to experience a new city, a new town. It doesn't have to like if you're in a small town, you don't have to move to New York City. I'm just saying that you should live in a different state, in a different city for one year, get out of your comfort zone. I think everybody should do that, especially before you're married or have kids. That way you can kind of go, or even if you are married, you and your spouse go and live somewhere else for a year, if you can. You know obviously jobs and everything, but I think that's just really important for you to get out and see. I mean, people stay in their hometowns literally their whole life and there's nothing wrong with that, but I just think it's a good life experience. That's just my personal opinion.

Garry 21:21

Well, there's a lot out there in that big round world of ours.

Amy 21:24

Or at least try to travel a little bit. It doesn't have to be far, you can go for a weekend trip or just go and experience the life. And you know, Frankie may go to the big city and hate it.

Garry 21:34

Yeah.

Amy 21:35

You know, you don't know until you go. You don't know what you don't know. Yeah.

Garry 21:39

And then you don't have to spend the rest of your life going.

Amy 21:41

I should have. I would have you know what.

Garry 21:44

I mean, I agree with you. So let's go back to Gus. What do you think about? You know that one scene when May comes, you know, look at us. We were kind of the opposite.

Amy 21:58

We're not neat freaks, but we don't have any clutter, really Right. We keep things picked up and I mean, even when the kids lived with us, we weren't like clutterized, we were just I can't stand it, my brain can't being in that. But I know people do that.

Amy 22:25

There are different reasons and there are issues that they have to address you know, with the hoarding, I know it's a very serious issue and, um, I mean it's sad. Yeah, and you can understand why may hated it. Yeah, you know. And what do you do as a kid when you can't change? When you're young, you can't change your environment until you get a little bit older and leave you know, talked about how at night, if she would go to the kitchen or something.

Garry 22:53

It was like walking through booby traps.

Amy 22:54

Yeah.

Garry 22:55

Because she didn't know something was going to fall on her. Yeah, and you know, when you're a little kid you know in the dark it's scary.

Amy 23:01

I'm scared in the dark. Still I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I mean I'm a little bit scared.

Garry 23:06

If I'm by myself.

Amy 23:07

I hear a creak here, a creak there, yeah, but imagine all these things stacked up and you don't like. She said, you don't know if it's going to fall on you. And yeah, I thought that that was really. But I found in that scene too. You know, may kind of goes off on her mom.

Garry 23:21

Yeah.

Amy 23:22

Right. And then on Gus. And then Gus says are you finished? Yeah, and Mae says yes, ma'am. It's like she goes back to that polite you know, like you're an adult, but you go back to that. She was just yelling at her. But she goes back to that proper like yes, ma'am, I'm done. And then Gus just closes the door.

Garry 23:40

Yeah, and that whole scene transpired because Gus, when they were outside of Mimi's restaurant and Nancy and Amanda were there, amanda tells her mom the only reason she's here because she got fired from Sparkling Right, said or yeah, may have said prior to that that she came down here even though they were shooting the second season, started shooting the second season, right, but she didn't mean to say it, it kind of slipped out, yeah.

Amy 24:19

And then her mom was like you know, oh okay, like grateful that she had come down.

Garry 24:24

Yeah and then only to find out she was actually fired. Yep Well, she found out the real reason.

Amy 24:30

Yeah, I think along the Gus lines, you're really starting. You see more of the crack in the armor. You know, in her armor she, like we talked about, she admits she watched. She admitted she watches May's show. You can see her, you physically see her hurt. Yes, when May said, when she finds out that May is just there to advance her own career.

Garry 24:51

Yeah, really yeah.

Amy 24:52

Not to help her mom or the family or the business. And I thought it was a sad scene between her and May when she's, when Gus is discussing what her friend said you know eventually she'll leave, but she'll come back. And then she said and you didn't come back, no-transcript.

Garry 25:32

They pulled up to Mimi's and they were talking about oh May's back in town. And I think Pearl says oh May's back in town. The devil himself needs a cardigan.

Amy 25:44

Oh yeah, yeah, like hell froze over Yep, yep, so yeah, that was sad did we have any um gussisms this time? Like, don't pee on the seat. I think I remember she said that yeah, they said that was her only form of apology, nancy yeah, what did nancy say my days are. My days are more confused than a bat in sunshine.

Garry 26:06

Yeah, and she also. When they're standing out in front of Mimi's restaurant and she finds out what Amanda did, I thought it was funny because she got mad and she goes. You're a dang dang dong.

Amy 26:20

You're a dang dang dong, I'm going to use that.

Garry 26:22

Oh, she really got her.

Amy 26:23

But that's what I was talking about too. Like for Nancy, she really, you know she's continuing to gain her confidence but she still does what's right. So in that situation, when she finds out that Amanda did this prank and she was like I would never touch the sweet tea, I know.

Garry 26:40

It's like a sacred I would never.

Amy 26:42

I'd sooner spit on my daddy's grave than switch out the sweet tea.

Garry 26:47

That was.

Amy 26:48

So yeah, and then when Nancy kind of going to Nancy a little bit, she's trying to be supportive of Frank Jr but he just can't get out of his own way long enough. He tries for the day right and she's kind of hopeful and she's kind of excited that he's doing the right thing. And then when she finds out at the end of the day that he's drinking again and he's mean, he says such mean things to her and I mean he's really cruel to her.

Garry 27:14

But she's starting to give it back yeah, a little bit, and then I loved that when he says jody because she says I forgot my jody picot book yeah and he doesn't.

Amy 27:24

He say picot yeah, he said, and he said it's picot. Well, I had to listen to it today because I didn't know how you actually pronounce it, but it's Picot and I think it's great that she was like it's Picot, you know.

Garry 27:35

It is Jodi Picot the author.

Amy 27:36

I haven't read any of her books.

Garry 27:38

And she also. They had an exchange where he was telling her she walks around here like she's the boss, but she is not her dad.

Amy 27:50

She is not his dad, yeah.

Garry 27:52

And she goes, and neither are you.

Amy 27:53

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. She gives it back to him. I'm glad she gave it back, yeah.

Garry 27:56

Because that was he's so mean, yeah, yeah, what is wrong with his life? He owns a restaurant, right.

Amy 28:08

And it's pretty busy every time we see people. And he inherited it right. I mean he walked right but maybe he's miserable too. Maybe that's not what he really wanted to do, yeah, and he wasn't really good at it, and I mean, I don't know, maybe he really wanted something else too. And he's stuck.

Garry 28:17

He feels stuck could be and and now we also now with um sabrina. Right, we her layers are starting to peel apart because she's trying to shoot this TV series. She's got her daughter there. She's in the hotel room, the electricity goes out. She why I'm traveling and I don't like it and this and that, and it's like, oh, okay, so.

Amy 28:52

Yeah yeah, that was a pretty good.

Garry 28:54

She's not that hard shell, tough woman right.

Amy 28:55

But she's, but you find out. Yeah, she's got kinks in the armor too. And him, bruce Brewster Brewster.

Garry 29:02

Yeah.

Amy 29:12

I have to look him up. I believe we mentioned him in one of the first, the actor who plays him in one of the first two episodes, but yeah, that was another character that we saw a little bit more, that episode when he was fixing sabrina's computer.

Garry 29:17

yeah, for sure, I think so. Yeah, and it was one other thing um, you had mentioned and um, I think, uh, maybe, maybe, while you're thinking, I'm gonna take a sip of wine, yeah, have a sip, you've?

Amy 29:30

been drinking. I've been sitting here and just yapping.

Garry 29:31

Maybe it was the last episode we were talking about how Gus was holding her hands like she had arthritis or something and you had mentioned. Maybe that's what Jen is helping her with.

Amy 29:47

Like physical therapy, physical therapy. Or maybe he's trying to counsel her with Like physical therapy, physical therapy. Or maybe he's trying to counsel her for the hoarding stuff Maybe.

Garry 29:54

Hoarding stuff?

Amy 29:55

We don't know, I mean I'm still that didn't really come up again this episode.

Garry 29:59

No, with him.

Amy 30:00

I was just thinking about it, and Shawnee was in it a little bit, yeah, but she was only in like two scenes.

Garry 30:05

But she's still funny.

Amy 30:05

I think we're going to see more. I'm hoping we're going to see more of her because she's the comedic relief we have to For that first episode with her.

Garry 30:12

For Nancy, yes, yeah.

Amy 30:14

Yeah, are there any more?

Garry 30:16

oh, by the ways of this episode, no, I mean, I think we covered every character that showed up in this episode.

Amy 30:22

Well, I think it going to be interesting to see what ends up happening, and especially with the end of the episode, right when you see what amanda does, I guess maybe we shouldn't say, in case somebody hasn't seen it oh, you know, we didn't talk about what sergio oh, sergio, yeah, we didn't. Oh, in that last scene the last scene well, he's in it the whole episode. I know the last scene, the last scene, well, he's in it the whole episode. I know, but the last scene was like yeah, Because you start to see him.

Garry 30:51

He's becoming more of a focal point now, too, with the restaurant.

Amy 30:55

Right.

Garry 30:56

You know, and when he found out, we were sabotaged at Sweet Tea.

Amy 31:00

Oh right, yeah, that's right, he did Sabotage.

Garry 31:03

Dun, dun dun, I know.

Amy 31:08

And Sabrina's, like the camera, loves him. It's him. Yeah, you're right, you're right. And then we definitely see him towards the end.

Garry 31:13

Yeah, because then he catches Amanda in the restaurant tearing everything up and he's like are you? Really going to unplug the refrigerator?

Amy 31:23

He's a little bit mad at first and then he's not mad.

Garry 31:25

And then he's not mad.

Amy 31:26

We find out. He's really not mad.

Garry 31:27

And that's when Amanda comes back after having a little spat with her husband Frank.

Amy 31:36

And then all of a sudden, you know. But I'm wondering too if Amanda, if it's really something, or if she just needs to feel like someone is giving her attention, right, right.

Garry 31:48

Right.

Amy 31:48

Like if she's doing it just because it feels good when somebody's Paying attention to you. Paying attention to you, yeah, and likes you, and you know, whatever. I mean I'm not saying you should, you know, have an affair, but I'm just saying that, hey, you know, I'm just saying that maybe that's more of what it is, as opposed to she's falling in love with him, right, you know?

Garry 32:07

I mean, I don't know so we'll see where it goes, because then Nancy knocks on the window and it's like dun dun dun.

Amy 32:14

Yeah. Yeah, nancy got a little preview.

Garry 32:17

But it makes me wonder. Do you think that's what Nancy went through?

Amy 32:22

Oh, with her.

Garry 32:22

Yeah.

Amy 32:23

With Frank Jr's dad.

Garry 32:25

Yeah.

Amy 32:25

I don't know. I guess we'll find out. Yeah, maybe. All right, all right, cool. I'm looking forward to episode number four.

Garry 32:32

Number four.

Amy 32:33

Number four. So out of five corks, how many corks do you give this?

Garry 32:39

one. I'm giving this one a five too. I agree, I really enjoyed the episode.

Amy 32:43

I agree.

Garry 32:48

I would give it five quarks also. I mean they went between scenes. It was a nice flow and I really enjoyed it.

Amy 32:52

I think they're knocking it out of the park honestly, I do too, I'm loving it.

Garry 32:56

Oh and, by the way, if you're hearing noises in the background, it's our little puppers, our puppers, our golden doodle puppers. Yeah, miss B.

Amy 33:06

Miss B.

Garry 33:08

She is restless tonight. Yes, she is, but hey, so is that a wrap? That's a wrap, all right. Well, thanks for listening. Be sure to follow the podcast wherever you listen so you don't miss one. Also, follow us on social media. If you really really like the show and are listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a five-star review. On Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a five-star review. And if you didn't really really like the show, please leave a five-star review.

Amy 33:34

Or a positive review. Yes, positive, you know.

Garry 33:38

Positive.

Amy 33:40

Join us next Tuesday when we review episode number four. It's the Drop Y'all, which will air on Sunday, april 20th 2025 on the Hallmark Channel. Be sure to also tune in on Wednesdays for our Hallmark movie reviews. Until then, fill up your glasses and push play.

Garry 33:56

Thanks for listening, cheers.