The Countdown to Christmas has officially begun, which means it’s time to put on a cozy sweater and ignore all of our responsibilities. We’re kicking off the season the way every Hallmark couple starts a movie: stuck in a situation we did not plan for. Our tiebreaker ended in an actual tie, a twist so unexpected it would get cut from a Hallmark script for being too dramatic.

To settle it, we pulled in Hallmark’s ’Tis the Season for Setups and re-predicted from scratch, then compared our Predictability Scorecards to see who may own the tiebreak for the entire season. Expect bragging rights, shaky logic, and at least one person insisting their scorecard was “technically correct.”

Then we predict Hallmark’s Mr. & Mrs. Christmas using only the title. Our predictions are sealed, our confidence is unearned, and the title gives us just enough to be dangerously wrong. Will we nail the plot or embarrass ourselves in front of the whole town? Press play to find out.

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It's a mega episode, and yes, we're calling it that because the Countdown to Christmas calendar is enormous and our scheduling spreadsheet has filed a formal complaint. First, we break down the full release calendar and try to figure out how Hallmark expects anyone to finish dinner between now and December. Then it's the Season 2 tiebreaker, where the Predictability Scorecard faces its toughest test yet: A Knight to Remember. Will there be a castle? A charming stranger with suspiciously good hair? A small town that desperately needs saving? We make our predictions based on the title alone, because that is how we live.

Fair warning: Holly has some thoughts about this title, and they involve a very different kind of night. Armor is not involved. Neither, apparently, is the dictionary.

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Season 2 is officially preseason, and love found us exactly where we expected it to. This episode is dropping a little later than planned, but in true Hallmark fashion, we knew it would find you eventually anyway. This week we break down Hallmark's Love Finds You, giving our full unfiltered opinions on whether the plot surprised us even once (spoiler: it did not). We're also taking a first look at what's coming next with Hallmark’s Much About Love, setting the stage for our Predictability Scorecard as the season heats up.

Plus, Holly debuts her first attempt to “paint the picture” with the poster art, and let's just say the brush had more confidence than the technique. We're calling it "abstract" so nobody's feelings get hurt.

Grab your pumpkin spice something and settle in, because Fall Into Love is warming us up for the main event: Countdown to Christmas.

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