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The Spirit of Halloween takes A Christmas Carol, trades December for October, and hands Meghan Ory three ghosts and a firm grudge against Halloween. Eric and Andrea both landed on 4.5 stars for this Hallmark movie, and Eric went a step further, calling it one of the top three Hallmark movies of the year. The only real split is over which moment made it: Andrea says the ghosts, Eric says the ending.

What You'll Hear:

• Why a story everyone already knows still plays fresh as a Halloween movie, and how it skips the usual mid-movie lull

• Meghan Ory carrying the whole film, and why Eric says this is the first time he has seen her go from good to great

• Three ghosts with three completely different energies, including the "small old man from Up" line that made Andrea laugh out loud

• Andrea's late realization about who played the Ghost of Halloween Future (Lachlan Quarmby)

• A cheating scene Hallmark almost never puts on screen, and why Andrea thinks it worked

• The gripes: a storyline that hit a little close to home for a solo parent, an end-credits song even Siri could not identify, and one snarky party line

• Why Eric thinks the dance party finale is one of the best endings Hallmark has done in a while

• What to watch next: A Nashville Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Ghost of Christmas Always

• Trivia on Meghan Ory and Lachlan Quarmby, writer Nicole Baxter's track record, and how viewers voted on A Night to Remember

Chapters:

0:00 - Trick or Treat? Halloween Back When Parents Checked Nothing

1:02 - Welcome, and the Halloween Movie Hallmark Missed Last Week

2:23 - The Spirit of Halloween: Plot, Cast and Andrea's Rating

3:43 - Meghan Ory Carries It (Plus a Murder in a Small Town Detour)

5:17 - The Small Old Man From Up and the Ghosts Arrive

6:11 - Eric's Verdict: A Top 3 Hallmark Movie of the Year

7:24 - Three Ghosts, Three Energies, and the Lachlan Quarmby Reveal

9:55 - The Cheating Scene Hallmark Never Shows

10:45 - The Gripes: Solo Parenting, a Mystery Song and One Snarky Line

13:36 - Standout Moments: The Ghosts vs. the Dance Party Finale

15:41 - The Romance: Meghan Ory and Kevin McGarry

17:23 - What to Watch Next: Three Christmas Carol Picks

18:46 - Trivia: Meghan Ory's Black Belt and Lachlan Quarmby's D&D

19:36 - Writer Nicole Baxter's Hit List

20:38 - Viewer Poll Results: A Night to Remember

21:02 - Next Week: 'Tis the Season for Setups and Holiday Touchdown

Eric and Andrea agreed on the rating but not the highlight. Was it the three ghosts or the dance party finale that sold you on The Spirit of Halloween?

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Hallmark's 2026 Countdown to Christmas has 34 new movies, and Jenny Forwark, Hallmark's former Chief Fan Officer, is back for her annual visit to help Eric and Andrea pick the five they are most looking forward to. Three lists, fifteen slots, and only two movies managed to land on more than one of them. Along the way, everyone also names the movies they are dreading, the pairings they can't wait to see, and one sleeper hit apiece.

What You'll Hear:

• Why Eric's age-gap rule knocked Eight Nights for Love out of his top five, and why Andrea isn't buying it

• Jenny's case for Christmas Delivered with Autumn Reeser and Wes Brown, despite its Thanksgiving Day slot

• Rachael Leigh Cook playing twins in Double Booked for the Holidays, the one movie two of the three couldn't resist

• Eric's behind-the-scenes word from the sets of Noelle Nomads and Save the Date for Christmas

• Amy Acker and Luke Macfarlane in My Christmas Cowboy: Eric calls it fire, Andrea is nervous about another Western

• Three different number ones: The Nights Before Christmas, The Christmas Eve Feast, and A Season of Promises

• The least anticipated list, from Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story to Winter Wonderlanes and The Snowflake Effect

• Sleeper picks What If Christmas, An Angel in My Stocking, and Barking All the Way (and its scene-stealing dog, Twizzler)

• The end-of-season banger streak, the loss of Finding Mr. Christmas, and high hopes for Mistletoe Murders season 3

Chapters:

0:00 - Jenny Forwark Returns for the Annual Preview

2:22 - First Impressions of the 34-Movie Lineup

6:57 - Eric's Age-Gap Rule (and Andrea's Eye Roll)

9:10 - #5: Christmas Delivered

11:13 - #5: A Danish Christmas and a Hygge Lesson

14:27 - #5: Noelle Nomads

16:45 - #4: Double Booked for the Holidays

18:43 - #4: Return to Santa

20:13 - #4: A Danish Christmas, Round Two

21:34 - #3: Holiday Unplugged

26:04 - #3: Who's Coming for Christmas?

28:02 - #3: Our Holiday Playbook

31:07 - #2: Double Booked Gets a Second Vote

32:28 - #2: My Christmas Cowboy

35:09 - Detour: Amy Acker in Crashing Through the Snow

37:46 - #2: Save the Date for Christmas

40:03 - #1: The Nights Before Christmas

42:02 - #1: The Christmas Eve Feast

44:43 - #1: A Season of Promises

46:08 - Jenny's Jake Foy vs. Jake Epstein Mix-Up

47:00 - All Three Top 5 Lists Recapped

48:40 - Least Anticipated: Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story

50:14 - Least Anticipated: Our Holiday Playbook

51:30 - Least Anticipated: Who's Coming for Christmas?

52:17 - Least Anticipated: Winter Wonderlanes

54:44 - Least Anticipated: The Snowflake Effect

56:29 - The Pairings Everyone Is Most Excited For

1:01:18 - Sleeper Pick: What If Christmas

1:03:50 - Sleeper Pick: An Angel in My Stocking

1:05:25 - Sleeper Pick: Barking All the Way

1:07:19 - The Final-Movie Streak and No More Unscripted Specials

1:10:57 - Mistletoe Murders Season 3

1:12:36 - Early Verdict on 'Tis the Season for Setups

Which of these three lists is closest to yours? And is Our Holiday Playbook a top three pick, like Eric says, or a bottom two dud, like Jenny says?

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Eric and Andrea review A Knight to Remember, Hallmark's October rom-com where museum conservator Emily (Julie Gonzalo) kisses the statue of a 1400s English knight and accidentally brings Sir Griffin (James Trevena) to life in Chicago. Andrea gives it 2 stars and found it slow going. Eric lands at 2.5, calling it corny, light Hallmark fun with two leads who were better than the script. Neither of them is calling it memorable, but they don't agree on how forgettable it is.

What You'll Hear:

• Why both hosts think James Trevena has the comedic timing to keep landing Hallmark leads, even if a 1400s knight wasn't the role to show it off

• The Chris McNally cameo at the archery contest, opposite his real-life wife Julie Gonzalo, that Andrea completely missed

• The tone problem: an ex-boyfriend FBI subplot that stalled whatever whimsy the movie managed to build

• Andrea's case for more magic and more fish-out-of-water chaos than one quick joke about indoor plumbing

• Whether Emily and Griffin worked as a couple, or felt more like a woman taking on a 600-year-old project

• Similar watches: 2023's Made for Each Other, 1987's Mannequin and Making Mr. Right, and Life-Size with Tyra Banks and Lindsay Lohan

• Trivia on two Southern Hemisphere-born leads starring in a movie set in Chicago

• Instagram poll results for Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta

• News on Private Eyes West Coast coming to Hallmark+ and a first look at next week's The Spirit of Halloween with Meghan Ory

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro: A Knight to Remember

0:23 - Private Eyes West Coast Lands on Hallmark+

1:32 - Coming Up: Christmas Movie Preview with Jenny

2:56 - The Recap: A Kiss Brings a Statue to Life

3:08 - Andrea's 2 Stars and James Trevena as Griffin

5:06 - Eric's 2.5 Stars: Leads Better Than the Script

7:04 - The Chris McNally Cameo Andrea Missed

8:10 - What Didn't Work: Too Serious, Not Enough Magic

10:52 - Standout Characters

13:29 - The Romance: Did Emily and Griffin Work?

15:21 - If You Liked This: Made for Each Other

16:02 - 1987 Throwbacks and Life-Size

17:55 - Trivia: Two Southern Hemisphere Leads

19:24 - Instagram Polls: Garage Sale and Pumpkin Regatta

20:47 - Next Week: The Spirit of Halloween

Andrea wanted Griffin to be far more lost in the modern world. Which piece of 21st century life should a knight from the 1400s have struggled with on screen, and did this one land closer to 2 stars or 2.5 for you?

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