Hallmark Cafe – Details, episodes & analysis

We welcome the immensely talented Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe to the Cafe. While many know her from her iconic role as Rita Haywith-Dorman in the much beloved, Signed, Sealed, Delivered series and movies, she recently made her mark as a director for Hallmark. With Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes in the lead roles, Shifting Gears was an impressive debut for Yan-Kay and an immediate hit with viewers. Join us at the table as we talk acting and directing with her and get a tease of her next movie where she has directed Hallmark favorite Alison Sweeney.

Join us in the cafe and find out why our main course, The Magic of Lemon Drops, has instantly become one of our favorite Hallmark movies ever. And stick around for dessert for our take on the new Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith mystery movie, Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement. There's room at the table for your entire party, no waiting!

Apples and honey are on the menu today as we dish up 2022's "The Secrets of Bella Vista" with Rachelle Lefevre and Niall Matter followed by the delicious new "For Love and Honey" starring Andrew Walker and Margaret Clunie. As a side dish, we toss in some history about the origins of apples and bees in North America. It's all courtesy of The Hallmark Cafe, join us at the table!

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We are so excited about the new Tipline Mysteries movie starring Holland Roden and Chris McNally (which we watched on Hallmark Movies Now, streaming) that we gave it its own show. (don't worry, we tossed in a great tip for dessert) Join us at the (no spoilers as usual!) table for this exceptional movie!

Today in the Cafe we discuss Hallmark's latest mystery starring Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny. It's a doctor and detective meetup. And a first for us, we discuss two recent episodes of the long running Hallmark hit, When Calls the Heart. Join us at the table!

In this episode, we join the guests at a medieval castle who've come for dinner but wind up suspects in a bizarre murder. But Goldy and Tom are on the case so the twists and turns in this installment of Curious Caterer are filled with surprises. For dessert, we make our own short movie with Dianne in the director's chair making her dramatic directorial debut with her original script, Morning Shadows. Your table is ready!

Our main course finds Viv Leacock and Natasha Burnett joining forces to find the missing half of an antique locket with a colorful past. For dessert, we take a trip to beautiful Niagara Falls where recently jilted Jocelyn Hudon meets handsome tour guide Dan Jeannotte who may or may not be ready to fall so easily in love again. Grab your slicker and join us at the falls on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

We catch up on our reading with Blind Date Book Club starring Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley then we peel back the clues in One Bad Apple, the latest Hannah Swensen Mystery with Alison Sweeney and company. Your table is ready!

We wrap up season two of The Way Home with a lively discussion of the exciting and surprising finale. Season three will have a lot of explaining to do! Join us at the table!

On this episode we head to Paris and the world of fashion with Brooke D'Orsay to solve a stylish murder that has the Paris Police baffled in Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. For dessert, we find out if Tyler Hynes and Katherine Barrell can restore their love and a couple of classic cars at the same time in Shifting Gears. Join us in the Cafe!