Hallmark's Caught By Love

On this episode of Pour the Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry and Amy jet off to Malta and dive into Hallmark’s Caught By Love. What begins as a wellness getaway quickly turns into a lighthearted whodunit when Annie (Rachel Leigh Cook) and Jake (Luke Macfarlane) join forces to crack a jewel heist. Between sun soaked views, aerial yoga, and a dash of rock climbing, they narrow down suspects and uncover the truth, all while falling for each other in the process. Is their connection more spark than slow burn? Press play and find out! 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:07

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

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Yes.

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You can also send us an email to pour the wine. It's romcomtime at gmail.com and let us know your thoughts about the winter escape movies. We have now seen four of the five, right? Yes. So we are we are really deep into the winter escape movies soon to be Love You Air movies. Those are right around the corner. Let us know your thoughts about those or anything Hallmark related. We would love to hear from you.

SPEAKER_00 1:17

Yes, we would, because so far Hallmark has been doing a pretty good job.

SPEAKER_01 1:20

I've been doing pretty, pretty good. Well, today we're going to be reviewing the fourth winter escape movie of 2026, Caught by Love. It originally aired on the Hallmark channel on January 24th, 2026, and it stars Rachel Lee Cook and Luke McFarland.

SPEAKER_00 1:39

Yes, Luke. Yes, Luke. We loved him. You know, he had that unscripted um TV series. Home is where the heart is. I love it. Loved it. Loved it.

SPEAKER_01 1:51

He did. He had we it was so good, and he worked with a designer, Olivia Westbrooks. If you like unscripted series, this one is very sweet. Yes. And he is so great in it. He's actually, he has carpentry skills. Yeah. It's very emotional. He really does. And it's an emotional series. And Olivia's really great. She's the what um in interior the designer. Interior designer. Or the designer. Right. So it is such just such a good show with lots of heart, even though that's in the title, Homes where the heart is. We really, really enjoyed that one. Yeah. And he's we were re-watching, um, I'm re-watching, but we're watching um Brothers and Sisters, which Luke McFarland was in eons ago. No, catch me if you claws. We love that one with him, too, right? And Rachel Lee Cook, she um, of course, from She's All That.

SPEAKER_00 2:48

Yeah, all that.

SPEAKER_01 2:49

She's all that with Freddie Prince Jr. That's a classic rom-com. But she was in what last year she was in Sisterhood Inc., yeah. And then maybe the year before that, rescuing Christmas.

SPEAKER_00 3:00

Yep, I believe so.

SPEAKER_01 3:02

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it was pretty cool to see them paired up in this one.

SPEAKER_00 3:06

I know again, Hallmark pairing some pretty high-level uh actors right here.

SPEAKER_01 3:11

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we really, we really like both of them.

SPEAKER_00 3:16

Yeah, we do. So let's drop the synops on this one.

SPEAKER_01 3:19

Let's drop the synops. All right. Do you want to talk about who directed it and who wrote it first before I drop the synopsis?

SPEAKER_00 3:28

You know what? You're absolutely it's so simple.

SPEAKER_01 3:32

You either forget to drop the synops or you bring it in too early.

SPEAKER_00 3:37

Okay. So Caught by Love was directed by Kevin Fair. And he wrote um ten of the sign sealed delivered movies.

SPEAKER_01 3:49

That's so cool. We love those. Oh my gosh. We have to get back to it.

SPEAKER_00 3:54

So glad he did he he did this one.

SPEAKER_01 3:56

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 3:57

Because it kind of has that little mystery going on.

SPEAKER_01 3:59

Well, it definitely does.

SPEAKER_00 4:00

You know, like with the letters and stuff.

SPEAKER_01 4:03

But um Oh, the letters and sign sealed. Right, right. Yeah, yeah. So The Dead Letter Office, yes.

SPEAKER_00 4:09

Very fun, very fun. And Marcy Holland is the writer, and of course, she wrote one of our favorite all-time Christmas movies, A Biltmore Christmas, and drumroll is writing the new Biltmore movie, A Grand Biltmore Christmas.

SPEAKER_01 4:29

That is so cool.

SPEAKER_00 4:30

Which is going to be a part of Countdown to Christmas this year.

SPEAKER_01 4:35

This year, 2026. I bet, you know, since we really, really loved a Built More Christmas, we're gonna really, really enjoy what do you what is what is it called?

SPEAKER_00 4:45

A Grand Yeah, a grand built more Christmas. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 4:49

Yeah. I bet we will.

SPEAKER_00 4:50

I I know we will.

SPEAKER_01 4:51

Since it, especially since it's the same writer. I'm glad they've brought on the same writer for that because you know, when we first heard about it, we were kind of like, uh, and it's not that you know, we object to a sequel and it's not even really a sequel, right? It's an entirely different story, which is which is really great. And first you're kind of like, Biltmore is so popular. Can they bring the magic again? You know, and with Nile Matter and um who else is in it? Holland, Holland Roden, yes, right? With them. I mean, I think they're gonna be able to. I mean, I I'm kind of excited.

SPEAKER_00 5:28

You got two heavy hitters again.

SPEAKER_01 5:30

Yes, yeah, it's gonna be so good.

SPEAKER_00 5:32

And it's its own character, anyways, right? So you actually have to be able to do that. Big characters. Actors in this thing, right? Yeah, love to build more. So let's drop this synopsis now.

SPEAKER_01 5:45

Do you want me to drop it now? All right, the synopsis. While on a journey of self-discovery, a resort guest gets swept into an undercover investigation for stolen jewels that turns into an unexpected and adventurous romance.

SPEAKER_00 5:58

Ooh, chun tun.

SPEAKER_01 6:02

There wasn't murder, but there was a mystery.

SPEAKER_00 6:05

There was almost a death, but not quite. So what do you think? What are you talking about? Well, we'll talk about it later.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_00 6:14

When they actually find out who I don't remember that one. You don't remember?

SPEAKER_01 6:20

No.

SPEAKER_00 6:20

We'll talk about it. Anyways, uh, what do you think?

SPEAKER_01 6:24

You're gonna have me go first, huh?

SPEAKER_00 6:26

I love it when you go first.

SPEAKER_01 6:29

You want me? Uh but we have to do that.

SPEAKER_00 6:31

You need a sip of my wine, anyways. You know?

SPEAKER_01 6:33

Um, I I mean, I enjoyed this one. I I think that Hallmark, you know, I think we've gotten some really solid movies for, you know, the winter escape, some really great ones. And and this one I thought, I mean, I enjoyed the ride. I enjoyed Rachel Lee Cook in it. I really enjoyed Luke McFarland in it. I don't know that I got the whole um, I think they had good chemistry, but I didn't think it was like fire chemistry between the two of them. Although I enjoyed, you know, a little bit of the banter and and that. So, and of course the actual mystery itself. I mean, I have to say they had a great ensemble cast.

SPEAKER_00 7:14

Yes, they did.

SPEAKER_01 7:15

Which, you know, we really haven't we didn't talk about at the top, but um, you know, the cast of characters is really good, and I really didn't know who it was gonna be. We kept guessing, you know, and they kept eliminating there's so there's a fun part about it. So basically what it is is there's the jewel heist, right? Yeah, and Luke McFarlane is the private investigator who has who has discovered that someone's gonna be there at the resort that they're it's like a wellness retreat type of resort, right? So he and he's there separately as a PI with his partner in crime, and Rachel Lee Cook is there to get away from everything, right? So she's there, she's taken the place of a friend of hers who was supposed to go, but she's there, and they and she eventually finds out that he's trying to figure out who is buying the stolen jewels, right? Right. So she then, you know, decides to help him and he allows her to, I guess. So that's the basis of it. But so throughout the whole thing, you're trying, and I I did like that they, you know, showed the different guests at the beginning. You kind of get a sense of who everybody, there's a couple, there's a single um woman, there there's actually a few single women, a single man, right? You know, influencer. So in that part, I I enjoyed. I mean, I I thought it was I thought it was pretty good. It wasn't as good as I thought the first two were.

SPEAKER_00 8:40

Right.

SPEAKER_01 8:41

Um better than the last one, Love on the Amazon. So I mean it's kind of ranking up there, but yeah, I mean, I enjoyed it. What about you?

SPEAKER_00 8:49

Um, yeah, I liked it. Uh that's a lot of rambling.

SPEAKER_01 8:52

I just did, by the way. It's been a long day.

SPEAKER_00 8:54

Have a sip of wine like I did. Um, no, I liked it. I I enjoyed the um excursions that they had uh um throughout the movie. I enjoyed the the mystery part of it uh with them when she does actually find out you know who he is and what he's doing. Um she seemed to really get into it at that point and helping them try to find out or eliminate suspects. I thought that was a fun thing for me to watch. And I also like the fact that you know sometimes you gotta step outside of your comfort zone. But I don't know. Would you go to a resort area by yourself though? I mean, or a retreat or a retreat like this was.

SPEAKER_01 9:40

I think if you're if you're single, I I would I would do it.

SPEAKER_00 9:45

Right.

SPEAKER_01 9:46

I think I I don't know that I would go to another country because they did film, well, the it it's in Malta.

SPEAKER_00 9:52

Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_01 9:53

Um the resort is, and that's where it's like. Um, so I don't know that I would go to another country um to do it. I might stay in the United States just because I'm a little scare scared to do that. But um, but I I think I would do it. I think if you are, I mean, when you're single, you still travel and you, you know, right by yourself if you want to. You have meals by yourself, out at restaurants, go to the movies by yourself. So yeah, I mean, I I think I would. Would you?

SPEAKER_00 10:26

Maybe, maybe.

SPEAKER_01 10:28

And that's and that's in particular a wellness retreat, right? So you're going to kind of you know, find yourself and yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:36

What do they what do they call it? Sound sounds bath and yoga, yoga, aerial yoga, which we'll talk about. Climb inside of a hill, yeah, all that good stuff.

SPEAKER_01 10:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:47

But I mean, you know what it'd been cool if this was the type of resort where she was part of a like a um she didn't know it, but she was part of a like a reenactment type thing, and she was the main person. I think that would be a pretty cool twist if that would be a good idea.

SPEAKER_01 11:06

Well, sort of like one of those live not murder mystery, but live mystery type of things. Yeah, where her friend set it all up. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that would have been crazy, right?

SPEAKER_00 11:15

See, see, that would have been cool, right?

SPEAKER_01 11:18

Yeah, well, we're gonna talk about that. Her friend, her going in her friend's place, because I have thoughts about that too. But I didn't mention um at the top too. I loved her outfits. Oh, I loved her outfits, especially that first one.

SPEAKER_00 11:32

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_01 11:33

Yes, it was it was so good. Annie, Annie's her character name, right? Annie and Jake.

SPEAKER_00 11:38

Yep, and Joanna was her friend that she took the place on.

SPEAKER_01 11:42

Right, right. So Annie, yes, Annie's outfits were actually Joanna's outfits, but they were really good. Right. She was like, I know, wasn't that funny? That was funny.

SPEAKER_00 11:53

So um Yes. So what do you think of the Meat Cute?

SPEAKER_01 11:59

I okay, the Meat Cute. We gotta come up with some kind of rating system of the Meat Cute. Um I thought it was a little bit cheesy.

SPEAKER_00 12:10

Right.

SPEAKER_01 12:10

Um, because so she she's walking into the resort, right? She's headed towards what the the check-in or the front desk, yeah. The front desk, thank you. Duh.

SPEAKER_00 12:21

The concerning.

SPEAKER_01 12:22

Okay. The front desk. And you know, she's wearing heels that she doesn't normally wear because they're her friends, you know, heels or whatever. And so she trips and she falls right into them. I just that scene was a little I'm trying to think of the right word for that. Yeah, I just thought it was a little too used up. Well, I mean, that doesn't bother me so much, but I felt like it was a little too quirky for me.

SPEAKER_00 12:47

Right.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

A little too, yeah. What do you think?

SPEAKER_00 12:51

Um, I I felt the same because it was funny because she comes walking in there all fashioned up and strutting, right? Like she's on a catwalk or something, and then slips and falls right into them, and then the contents of her purse kind of fall out, spill out onto the floor.

SPEAKER_01 13:06

Right.

SPEAKER_00 13:06

And what was the book? Do you remember the book?

SPEAKER_01 13:09

The book. I thought I didn't I jotted it down.

SPEAKER_00 13:14

Maybe I didn't, but it was kind of a pun off of um like chess.

SPEAKER_01 13:19

It was um chest, yeah. Uh drag edge or oh gosh.

SPEAKER_00 13:24

God, I'm so mad at I can't remember. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:27

But go ahead, keep talking. I'm gonna look at it well, anyways.

SPEAKER_00 13:30

It was kind of a pun off of um uh what was it, Sal or Soul or oh man. Anyways, um I oh I found it. It was the dressage detective, foul foul foul play? F-O-L.

SPEAKER_01 13:45

Full, like a full, like a horse, F-O-A-L. So it kind of makes you feel like we were saying foul play at first. I'm like, that's not how that's spelled.

SPEAKER_00 13:52

Right, that's not how it's spelled. Yeah, because you were sitting there going, that's not how it's spelled.

SPEAKER_01 13:56

That's not foul.

SPEAKER_00 13:58

So that was kind of a cute little pun off of it. But yeah, like you, I I I just felt like it was okay. And we will come up with a rating system for the meet case. Right, right.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

It kind of would have been probably on the lower side just because I felt like it was just yeah, yeah, right. It didn't, I mean, it worked for that moment, and then of course, um, Jake, Luke McFarland's character, he sees some contents in her purse, right? And that's when he sees the initials on her luggage, and that sort of helps him identify who she is, or so he thinks. Right. So, I mean, there are some key points in that particular meat cute to pick up on. It just it was okay. Yeah, yeah, it was all right.

SPEAKER_00 14:44

Well, I'm gonna have another sip because it was just all right.

SPEAKER_01 14:47

Right, right. So let's talk about favorite scenes. What was one of your favorite scenes?

SPEAKER_00 14:51

Okay, I'm gonna jump right to the aerial yoga.

SPEAKER_01 14:55

Yes, yes, I have that as a favorite scene, also.

SPEAKER_00 14:59

Whatever you call it, hammock. I don't know what they call them, but she was just making noises, spinning around.

SPEAKER_01 15:06

It was so funny. You know, going upside down.

SPEAKER_00 15:09

It was fun.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

First of all, I'd probably fall out. Number one. Number two, yeah, because they have a cloth hanging and they try to, yeah. I am not that coordinated, and I would just probably cry by the end of that because that would not be my thing.

SPEAKER_00 15:23

It was it was just so funny, and it looked like effortless, like it was natural that she actually could not do that, right?

SPEAKER_01 15:33

Well, maybe she couldn't. I don't know. That's that would have been that'd be a good question for Rachel Lee Cook.

SPEAKER_00 15:38

Right. So that was um That's interesting.

SPEAKER_01 15:40

That's one of your favorite scenes.

SPEAKER_00 15:42

Yeah, that was one of my favorite scenes.

SPEAKER_01 15:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:44

So what was one of yours?

SPEAKER_01 15:45

Um, when she when Annie it I think they went on one of those excursions, maybe it was the bike ride or whatever, and they stop and she's talking to people, and you see where she kind of how she remembers people's names, and she's like, Jim, Jim, Jim likes to swim, you know, and then that's when Jay goes up to her and he's like, What are you doing? You know?

SPEAKER_00 16:07

Yeah, yeah, no, apparently a lot of people do that.

SPEAKER_01 16:10

A lot of people do that, yeah, yeah. No, it's a good way to it's actually a really good way to remember people's names. I don't do it, but I just thought it was kind of cute. And he's, you know, and that's where he's kind of like, Well, how what did you do for my name? And she's like, You just what does she say? You just look like a Jake.

SPEAKER_00 16:27

Right.

SPEAKER_01 16:27

Like, or just you're just Jake, you know, and he's like, Oh, okay, whatever, you know, which comes back around later, right? So and then she's like, you know, she asks him, what does she say? She says something about Carolyn, because Carolyn is one of the suspects, right? Right? She's the spouse of Carolyn and Peter, are a couple that are there. And she says something like Carolyn couldn't find her sunglasses, and she's like, pair of sunglasses, pair, care, Carolyn. You know, that's how she makes the association. I just thought that was a really cute little scene. I do think Rachel Lee Cook played that character so well.

SPEAKER_00 17:03

She did.

SPEAKER_01 17:04

So well. Because she's like this, you know, what would you say? Um by the rules, she doesn't get outside of her comfort zone.

SPEAKER_00 17:15

Right.

SPEAKER_01 17:15

She does things, you know, she she doesn't really venture too far, you know, from the norm. And she's there, but she's really trying while she's there. And I thought that that was really great. And she's so like, you know, she's like, hey, I'm here, I'm gonna do it. She's kind of bubbly a little bit. She just she really nailed that role. I do, I do think.

SPEAKER_00 17:34

I think she did too.

SPEAKER_01 17:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:36

And I think Luke did too.

SPEAKER_01 17:37

Yes, he's he was really good also.

SPEAKER_00 17:40

I mean, we have to talk about the pool scene, right?

SPEAKER_01 17:42

The pool scene.

SPEAKER_00 17:43

He's he's swimming across and then he comes up and you know flips his hair across. You know, the iconic swim scene.

SPEAKER_01 17:51

Yeah, yeah. I have that, I actually have that as one of my um favorite scenes, not because he comes up and flips his hair. Right. Um, they're discussing he and Annie are in the pool, I think, or by the pool, by the pool side, pretty much, and they're discussing Carolyn and Pete. And he thinks Carolyn can be an accomplice. And she's like, you know, do you always think the worst of people? And he basically says, in my line of work, people are motivated by greed and jealousy. So yeah, and then she's, you know, she says, I hope someday, you know, someone surprises you, right? And they're not the worst person. And he's like, I hope so too. And I just I really like that genuine moment between the two of them. I thought that that really worked too for both their characters, yeah. Also, yeah. What about you? Any other favorite scenes?

SPEAKER_00 18:39

Yeah, another one of mine, and this is kind of a scene where they uh rule people out, and it's when um Annie was following, following Colin, who I think he was a venture capitalist or something.

SPEAKER_01 18:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:56

And he was down at um on the water on a yacht, and she was kind of overhearing him talking about, you know, he needs to buy it now. And then you you find out later that he's buying the the boat, the yacht itself, and not the the stolen jewels. Right. But in the meantime, the boat leaves the dock with her on it because they notice she's down there because her phone rings, and they, you know, invite her up on the boat.

SPEAKER_01 19:25

She's not she was not a very good spy.

SPEAKER_00 19:27

No, and so Luke, and she's texting Luke, right, and shows him a picture, and he takes off because again, he was doing the aero aerial yoga.

SPEAKER_01 19:36

He was trying the aerial yoga.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

So he he takes off and he jumps in the water because the yacht had already left the pier, and he's swimming, and then when he finally gets up there, she's like, Yeah, he's buying it.

SPEAKER_01 19:48

He's not the guy. He's really just buying a boat. Yeah, she's kind of like, I mean, I made a mistake, you know.

SPEAKER_00 19:54

So that was a that was a fun little little scene there. You have another one?

SPEAKER_01 19:59

Um One of my other ones was when she's it's towards the end of the movie, and she's saying, you know, I don't want to leave here with any regrets.

SPEAKER_00 20:07

Right.

SPEAKER_01 20:08

And so I thought she was practicing to tell Jake that, right? Like I thought she was practicing. And then it kind of pans out and she gets, she's, she's doing the aerial yoga because she wants to nail it that time.

SPEAKER_00 20:21

Right.

SPEAKER_01 20:21

Right. And it, you know, it turns out it she's talking to the sling for the aerial yoga and not anyone else. Yeah. And then she does it. And then when she's done, she gets off and she does this like giddy, like, yeah, like, oh you know, she's like a little kid, you know, she's so cute. That's why I said she's so good in this role, you know, and she just she's so excited when she gets off. I just I thought that scene was adorable. I I loved that scene.

SPEAKER_00 20:46

Yeah, and Luke was standing off in the background just smiling at her because she was watching her. Yeah, that was that was my last, my last favorite scene.

SPEAKER_01 20:57

You took it. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_00 20:59

No, that's that's fine. That's fine.

SPEAKER_01 21:01

So you have any other uh um no, that'll be it for that's it for this one.

SPEAKER_00 21:06

Well, what about some cheers? Did you have any cheers?

SPEAKER_01 21:10

Um, I thought the location shoot was beautiful. We had a lot of beautiful shots. I am so glad. I don't know if there I didn't notice any green screens. Did you?

SPEAKER_00 21:19

We talk about this a lot, but no, there may have been one, but it wasn't that noticeable.

SPEAKER_01 21:25

Right. So beautiful location, you know, shoots. I I thought um, you know, learning how to take risks when you're a rule follower, just really opening up. And I really liked that he part of it too. There's a scene between I I probably should talk about this one too, between Annie and Jake, where you know, she's she's basically like, if you're so good at reading people, read me.

SPEAKER_00 21:51

Yes, I remember that one.

SPEAKER_01 21:53

And I had that one, but you know, and then you find out that she was gonna, she wanted to be a lawyer. You know, she was gonna do these things, but her mom got sick. Her mom is still alive, which I'm glad they, you know, reiterated that no dead parent, at least not the mom. And she um, you know, and and she basically admits that she got comfortable. She got a banking job and she sort of got comfortable and she just went with it. And no, because then she didn't want to rock the boat. And I thought, so many people, you know, do that, settle. You get comfortable. You and I mean I've been guilty of it, you know, before where you get comfortable and you don't want to, you don't want to go outside your comfort zone. You don't wanna, you know, she doesn't want to go back to school to be a lawyer, even though that's what she really wanted to be, because it's so expensive now, and she's, you know, and I just thought that that was a really good scene because so many people I think could probably relate to that.

SPEAKER_00 22:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:51

You want to do one thing, but you, you know, you kind of sweat. I mean, short of being like a musician or an actor where it is really, you know, it's like one in a million shot, right? Um, you know, you you just kind of do what works, or if a parent gets sick, yeah, you know, and you have to take care of them, and then you're you're making it work with what you have and where you are in that moment in time, and then you just tend to not go back to what you wanted. Yeah, yeah. So I just I I appreciated that. That would be another cheer for me just to go back to it, do what you do what you really want to do, try it, just try it, you know. And if it doesn't work out, then you can go back to your complacency, you know. Yeah, um, I really enjoyed, we didn't talk about this too much, Annie's giddiness and helping Jake. Like she was just super excited to well, she just had a good her character was just a kind, yeah, giddy person. Yeah, yeah. Cause she was like, I want to help, you know, and and then he lets her for a while and then they have a conflict. But um, you know, she's a rule follower, and the whole vacay is, you know, outside of what we just talked about, her comfort zone, but she dives in. So I kind of I enjoyed that.

SPEAKER_00 24:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:03

Uh what about you? Cheers for you.

SPEAKER_00 24:05

Um, I was gonna say her character, um, like you said, she was giddy, but she also liked to help. And I love the scene where she went down to the pool to help this older gentleman open up his umbrella. Um, and you can see that Luke was like, oh, because he at that point was suspecting she might be the buyer.

SPEAKER_01 24:24

Yeah, she was one of the right.

SPEAKER_00 24:27

And she was she was just so kind, but I also like how the whole reason he was there was he received a letter and it was signed X, right? So, and you kind of forget about it throughout the movie.

SPEAKER_01 24:42

But you don't want to give yeah, you're not gonna give away the ending, right?

SPEAKER_00 24:45

But it's very, very cool how they ended it. So those were my two cheers.

SPEAKER_01 24:50

That was a big clue, right? But you don't realize it, and then it comes around at the end, and yeah, that was good.

SPEAKER_00 24:56

So you have any more cheers?

SPEAKER_01 24:58

Um, no, that was it.

SPEAKER_00 25:00

All right, what about jeers?

SPEAKER_01 25:02

Um, jeers, I I was questioning the book at the beginning because I didn't I didn't entirely get it. I mean, okay, it's a mystery, so maybe that's why she likes to dive into the mystery of it all. That's why she wants to help. Like the book is like a mystery book, but it's about horses. So I didn't I thought horses was gonna come back into it. I thought the book might come back into it at some point and it didn't. So I wasn't that would be just maybe a little jeer for me. Um, I was really confused about why she was all in on her friend's stuff. Now I understand taking the trip, right? Right? Like, okay, you transfer an airline ticket or whatever, and you know, going to this resort, her friend, you know, but I didn't understand why she didn't pack her own stuff.

SPEAKER_00 25:53

Like, yeah, it almost seemed like a line. Did her friend not go?

SPEAKER_01 25:56

Like literally, she was about to board the plane and was like, Oh, I can't go. And then, you know, Annie, the character was like, she said, Oh, Annie, do you want to because I was like, Why did she bring her? I was just that confused me a little bit. Right.

unknown 26:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:10

I was like, because she's you know, she's wearing some of her clothes and she's got her watch, her watch, which is really fancy, and that's not normally what she wears. And I just I didn't maybe I missed that at the beginning. I just didn't understand that. I was I was a little thrown off by that.

SPEAKER_00 26:26

Yeah, I did it.

SPEAKER_01 26:27

But those would be those would be my my cheers. What about you?

SPEAKER_00 26:31

Um, I would go with the scene where she walks up on Jake taking pictures of a bird and then he's shooting down at the beach.

SPEAKER_01 26:39

You actually said this out loud.

SPEAKER_00 26:41

He has a 200-400 uh lens on the camera. Uh-huh. And she, I think she kind of confused the lines because she's like, You might want to put, do you have a 200-400 in your bag? Because when that bird takes off, you're going to want to get the the shots. But he already had it on the camera. So I don't know if that was a mistake or what. But yeah, so that would have that was one of my years.

SPEAKER_01 27:06

Yeah. I mean, I think, I think overall, not really a cheer, but just I know we're going to rate it in a minute. But I mean, I enjoyed the mystery of it a little bit. We got a little, you know, I I felt like, you know, at the end, when there's some sort of resolution and there's a little bit of a fight, so to speak. And I felt like that was so homarchified. You know, it was just so it had potential. It was, you know, good-ish. Right. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 27:37

It just I agree with you.

SPEAKER_01 27:39

Yeah. I mean, and Luke was great, and Rachel, you know, she was great. And the supporting cast, they they were really good, but there was just something sort of missing in my mind. And especially I didn't, I didn't really get too much comedy. I mean, I thought it was cute, right? But I didn't get a lot of like, you know, laugh out loud moments. And I didn't the romance just didn't land for me really.

SPEAKER_00 28:04

Yeah. No, it didn't.

SPEAKER_01 28:05

The the sparks, I didn't feel the sparks from it.

SPEAKER_00 28:08

So it was kind of like Love on the Amazon type of a relationship.

SPEAKER_01 28:14

Although I think it was a little better than love on the Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:18

Yeah. So I I agree with you.

SPEAKER_01 28:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 28:22

So out of five quarks, how many?

SPEAKER_01 28:25

I'm gonna let you go first on this one.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

I'm gonna give this a three and a half.

SPEAKER_01 28:30

Three and a half.

SPEAKER_00 28:31

Three and a half.

SPEAKER_01 28:32

I think I would go. I said it was a little better than love on an Amazon, but I can't remember what I rated Love on the Amazon at this point.

SPEAKER_00 28:41

I do.

SPEAKER_01 28:42

I mean, oh you do? What did I rate it? Three and a half?

SPEAKER_00 28:44

I rated it at three and a half.

SPEAKER_01 28:46

Three and a half. That's what I thought. I thought I thought that's what it was. So I would go a 3.75.

unknown 28:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 28:52

Because I enjoyed it.

SPEAKER_00 28:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:54

No, it was amazing. And I enjoyed Love on the Amazon. It just, you know, there just needed to be something else. I don't know what that is.

SPEAKER_00 29:02

It needed to be more of a romance.

SPEAKER_01 29:04

A little bit more oomph to it.

SPEAKER_00 29:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:06

You know, it was cute, it was light, it was funny. It not funny. It was, it was, you know, it was kind of fun to try to figure it out, but it was just missing.

SPEAKER_00 29:17

I know we we got it wrong all the way around.

SPEAKER_01 29:20

Every time it's like oh, who it was? Yeah, I know. We couldn't, I didn't know who it was.

SPEAKER_00 29:24

And usually I figure it out, but I just yeah, I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 29:26

Yeah. So all right.

SPEAKER_00 29:28

Well, is that a wrap?

SPEAKER_01 29:30

That is a wrap.

SPEAKER_00 29:32

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SPEAKER_01 29:37

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