Hallmark's Mistletoe Murders - S1 E2 - Poison in a Pear Tree Pt. 2

In this episode of Pour the Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry and Amy unwrap the second chapter of Mistletoe Murders: Poison in a Pear Tree, Part 2! Emily’s inner detective is sleighing the game as she stumbles into a blizzard of secrets, blackmail, and identity mix-ups. Can she crack the case of Marcus’s mysterious demise before someone else gets stuffed in a stocking? Tune in now as they unravel this tinsel-wrapped whodunnit!

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Transcript

Welcome to Tinsel Tuesdays

Amy 0:08

welcome to for 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 and I'm gary and I think you should , pour the was that a little loud in the mic .

Garry 0:24

I'm sorry , let me back away from the mic . You're not supposed to kiss the mic , you're just supposed to talk into it . Oh my gosh .

Amy 0:34

All right , sorry , that took me a little by surprise . That was very aggressive .

Garry 0:38

Yes , it was , I'm sorry so . I'm going to be pouring a cab salve , a cab salve .

Amy 0:44

And while I'm doing , that ?

Garry 0:46

why don't you tell the people out there in podcast land what we are going to be reviewing today ?

Amy 0:52

I don't know if I have it in me right now . Welcome to Tinsel Tuesdays , where we review all things Christmas . Today we're going to be reviewing episode number two of the popular series Mistletoe Murders .

Garry 1:06

Yes , we are Ho , ho ho .

Amy 1:08

Ho , ho , ho . And you know what ? What ?

Garry 1:11

We would love it if you would click that follow button 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 . Hopefully it's a positive one .

Amy 1:25

And you have not had a thing to drink .

Garry 1:28

Yet right , I have not .

Amy 1:30

Oh my gosh , we are on a roll tonight , okay .

Garry 1:33

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Amy 1:41

Yes , go ahead and head on over there to the social media sites and let us know what you think about mistletoe murders . Maybe you watched it when it aired last fall yeah , and you already know

Episode 2: Poison in a Pear Tree

Amy 1:53

and we're not in the know . Yeah , so we we're . We don't know what's going to happen . And boy was I surprised by this episode which we're going to talk about yes , we are .

Garry 2:02

So today we're going to be reviewing the second episode of mistletoe Murders Poison in a Pear Tree .

Amy 2:08

What is it with you ?

Garry 2:10

Point two , part two . I promise we haven't had a lot to drink which , like you said , aired November 7 , 2024 on Hallmark Plus .

Amy 2:22

Yes .

Garry 2:23

So are we adding anybody new to this particular episode ?

Amy 2:26

We are not . You can listen to the entire cast list at the beginning of our review of episode one . But when we do meet new characters or actors along the way which maybe we will , I don't know we will definitely add them in at this point in the podcast .

Garry 2:41

Yeah , I think we hit them all last . Yeah , I think we did so . Do you want a trivia question ?

Amy 2:46

Oh gosh , it's been a night already . Sure , let's go for it . Okay , let's do this .

Garry 2:52

You know this one , which Hallmark Channel series follows the life of a woman named Casey Nightingale .

Amy 3:00

Oh , that's the Good Witch . Ding ding , ding ding . I know that one is such a good series if you have never watched it .

Garry 3:08

And Bert tell her what she won . Oh my gosh , do , do , do , do , do , do , do , do , do , do , do do .

Amy 3:15

Oh boy , we are here all night , people , we're here all night .

Garry 3:19

Yes , anyhoo , you got the question right , that's good .

Amy 3:22

I assume so Wow , but Good Witch is a really good series .

Garry 3:27

Yes , it is Good Witch , good series . We enjoyed it . That's another one you got me hooked on .

Amy 3:32

Yes , it's very . If you've never seen it , you should definitely go watch it , it's on . Hallmark Plus right now . I'm not sure where else it's available , probably other places , but you can go catch . It's just good . Just good tv , just enjoyable , not too heavy , some heartfelt moments , well , lots of heartfelt moments . Really just smooth and easy and nice a little bit of magic and a little bit of magic thrown in .

Garry 3:56

Yeah , so it's good so is it time to drop this enough I would say so .

Amy 4:01

Okay , all right . Emily continues to investigate the tree farm murder , drawing

Unpacking the Tree Farm Mystery

Amy 4:07

Sam's attention .

Garry 4:09

Is that it ?

Amy 4:10

That's it , woo . Short and sweet and to the point Wow .

Garry 4:15

We'll probably give away some spoilers , so if you haven't watched it yet , go watch it . Then come back to our review .

Amy 4:23

I am 100% certain we're going to give away spoilers in this one .

Garry 4:26

Well , we usually do .

Amy 4:28

Go watch it if you don't want to know what happens and then come back because we are going to be spilling the beans , probably in this one Spilling the beans Roll that beautiful bean footage there's not really a choice . I mean really .

Garry 4:41

No , it's not . I mean , there was a lot going on in this particular episode .

Amy 4:46

So we left off in episode one . Where did we leave off at the end ? Gordon was poisoned . Yep Right . Yeah , we don't know if he survives right at the end of episode one .

Garry 4:57

No , you don't know , we don't know .

Amy 4:59

We see a flashback from four years prior of Emily running out of a building and then the building explodes .

Garry 5:04

Yeah , I'm interested to find out what that is .

Amy 5:06

Yeah , so she obviously has some sort of past that she's running from , but we don't know what Marcus was going to purchase the farm from Gordon .

Garry 5:14

Yep .

Amy 5:16

We learned that in the last episode , lizzie is pregnant , which is Marcus's ex .

Garry 5:20

Yes .

Amy 5:24

And Trent is the daddy allegedly . Yes , and Trent is the daddy allegedly yes , and we also learned that Trent used a pseudonym at the tree farm for the carriage ride .

Garry 5:31

Yes .

Amy 5:32

But he ends up not going on the carriage ride .

Garry 5:34

Correct we find out .

Amy 5:35

So I here's part of the spoiler had no idea that we were going to get the murder wrapped up in this episode . I know right , I did not know that this was a series like that .

Garry 5:47

So I guess it's a two-episode per murder mystery , yes , per murder Murder .

Amy 5:55

Yes , so after this episode , after we watched episode number two , I went and looked at the names of all the rest of the episodes and there's four more episodes , four more , yeah , so it's a rest of the episodes and there's four more episodes Four more yeah .

Amy 6:05

So it's a total of six and each one's like a part one , part two , so I guess there's a murder in each one , and then I had no idea it was like that and I guess we'll learn more about Emily's past as we go , but each murder will be different , so maybe we will be adding more actors , more characters . I don't know . We didn't listen to the Audible original series so I'm not sure how that went , if it was two episodes per murder , per murder .

Garry 6:34

Well , we're going to find out , right ?

Amy 6:36

I think so .

Garry 6:37

Because I'll tell you what . What . Who doesn't love a secret pregnancy , a contested farm deed ?

Amy 6:46

You're doing air quotes like people can see you . Oh , you know what . What are you doing ? I don't know what's wrong with me today .

Garry 6:50

Oh Jesus , Take the wheel .

Amy 6:55

He's doing air quotes . I don't even know if those are appropriate there , supposedly a poison cookie that everyone in town thinks was used to kill Marcus . That's right , we had the poison cookie .

Garry 7:06

I mean , what damage can that do to your cookie business ?

Amy 7:09

A lot , I would think , if you had a poison cookie .

Garry 7:12

But you know what's funny , I think ? Every time Emily gets deeper into the case , it seems like she risks exposing the secrets from her past .

Amy 7:26

Yeah . So I think that's a pretty cool twist , right yeah that definitely is a common thread throughout both episodes so far , because I think she says something like at the beginning , like getting involved is an unforced error . Yes , and she said self-sabotage , thy name is Emily .

Garry 7:43

That was so funny . That line was so funny .

Amy 7:45

Yes , yeah , so you can see she's doing things that are going to make people think she's smarter than the average bear . She's obviously into .

Garry 7:54

Something . Something we just don't know what , and the more she picks locks and asks questions and yeah , and what's funny is that at the end of each episode she seems like she gets a gift from . Is it Ray ? Who's the furniture ?

Amy 8:11

owner . That's at the end of this one . Yeah , yeah .

Garry 8:12

Because at the end of the last one , doesn't she like open up her little cubby hole and breaks out the case with the laptop .

Amy 8:19

Yeah , that's right .

Garry 8:20

We learned she's got secrets , but we don't know what's in this particular case , this time Right , we have to wait she gets a case , right , right .

Amy 8:27

Well , she didn't get that other one as a gift .

Garry 8:28

She just opened it up from her , not a gift , but you know , it's Some mystery box , some mystery box , mystery box .

Amy 8:37

So I guess we should we keep saying murder yes and I was thinking maybe we should explain why we say it that way yeah , you explain you ? You want me to explain ?

Garry 8:45

yes , because you're the one that told me about it .

Amy 8:47

So there was . There was a tv series called city confidential and it ran from 1998 to 2023 actually , and it was a real-life crime story documentaries , right , mostly about murders , so the late actor Paul Winfield used to narrate it , and so it would crack me up , because every episode started like it was a small town , the kind where children played outside , people didn't lock their doors until there was a murder .

Garry 9:22

And I didn't lock their doors until there was a murder and I didn't believe you and you're like , okay , we're gonna go find one of these episodes .

Amy 9:26

I had to look it up because every episode it was like it was a smile , a small , quaint little town yes , and I rolled , laughing his voice is so perfect when he said it since 1998 . That is how I've been saying murder .

Garry 9:40

So if you hear it , like that .

Amy 9:41

it's like there's a murder . Oh my goodness , All right . So , anyway , that's just a little . And he passed away , unfortunately , in 2004 . So he narrated that series from 1998 till his death in 2004 . And then there was another narrator , who I forget who it was , but it's never the same .

Garry 9:56

It never the same , it never the same .

Amy 9:57

He's the icon of that series . So City Confidential Go check it out .

Garry 10:02

Check it out and see what we're talking about . You will laugh .

Amy 10:05

All right , anywho , anywho , all right , let's get to .

Garry 10:08

But you know what else is funny ? What's ?

Amy 10:09

that .

Garry 10:10

Emily always gets caught at the scene .

Amy 10:13

Oh , you know what ?

Garry 10:20

That's point . You know , sam is always catching her can you imagine being sam going ?

Amy 10:21

oh my god , what is with this woman ? That is true because at the beginning , um you know , gordon was poisoned and we find out he survived . Yeah

Lizzie's Pregnancy and Blackmail Reveal

Amy 10:26

, and sam is like , what were you doing at the tree farm ? Because she was there , right , she found , or she's the one who called , yeah , the police , right , so you're right , she is kind of in the wrong place at the wrong time often .

Garry 10:40

She is that type of person that you know she does it and then she asks for forgiveness later .

Amy 10:46

Well , maybe I don't know .

Garry 10:47

Yeah , yeah , she can't help herself , she can't get out of her own way with the investigation part .

Amy 10:54

So well , let's get into some of the big revelations of this episode .

Garry 10:58

Okay , Some big revelations , some big revelations , some big revelations .

Amy 11:00

Again if you haven't watched it . Spoiler alert push pause , go watch and come back .

Garry 11:05

Yes , please do so . We're about to play that . The first revelation is what was the first one ? Gordon survives .

Amy 11:11

Gordon survived the poisoning .

Garry 11:13

He's not murder .

Amy 11:14

He's not death by cookie , yeah , that we know of .

Garry 11:18

Yet Right , right , right Okay .

Amy 11:19

So Gordon , gordon does survive . Yeah , he lives to see another day . Yay , trent , you want to talk about biggest revelations with Trent ? Yes , so we find out and Emily goes to interview Trent .

Garry 11:33

Yes .

Amy 11:34

And during the course of that interview she confronts him about knowing that he used a pseudonym at the tree farm .

Garry 11:43

Yes , joey Vaughn , joey Vaughn .

Amy 11:46

Yes , so she knows about that and she basically wants to know what he was doing there . And he actually thought that Lizzie was meeting up with her ex Marcus .

Garry 11:58

Yes .

Amy 11:59

So he went to look and check it out .

Garry 12:02

Right , he made a reservation and when he ? Got there , he realized that his inclinations were wrong .

Amy 12:09

Correct . Correct that it was wrong .

Garry 12:12

Right .

Amy 12:13

So he realized that he was wrong about that . So he left the tree farm Right . So that eliminates him as a suspect in the murder the murder of marcus . Yes , right because he left the tree farm he ran into . He says he ran ran into anna at the gas station right right , so um , and then that's when emily asks him about the ford , or asking if there was a withdrawal right .

Garry 12:38

Right am I .

Amy 12:38

If she can see that , if she could see his account and how much was withdrawn , and that's where we find out it was forty thousand dollars forty thousand dollars but she did she .

Garry 12:52

The reason she found out he was actually there was a the coat from the Right .

Amy 12:58

She was looking at social media right .

Garry 12:59

Yeah , she was looking at the Right right , and then when she was going to see him , she was across the street and he was talking to someone else and he had the exact same coat on , and that's when she confronted him . She picked up on the clue .

Amy 13:10

She recognized the coat , not him , in the pictures of the farm that day . Yes , on social media . Social media will get you every time .

Garry 13:17

Hey .

Amy 13:18

It gives a lot of evidence . I'm telling you .

Garry 13:20

You put it up there , it stays up there , yep , yep .

Amy 13:24

So that's how she knew he was there .

Garry 13:26

For sure , right right , you're right , so that eliminates .

Amy 13:29

Trent . So that eliminates Trent . So then we have let's see Lizzie and Marcus , lizzie and Marcus . The Lizzie and Marcus , lizzie and Marcus , the Lizzie and Marcus story . Yes , so this time the mystery came to her . Lizzie went to .

Garry 13:45

Emily's shop Store .

Amy 13:47

Or store . Yeah , yeah , because she's curious about the cookie , right ? I believe she's trying to figure out where it came from do you think ?

Garry 13:53

Yeah , I think so .

Amy 13:54

So Lizzie goes to the store and Emily's just coming , she . So Lizzie goes to the store and Emily's just coming .

Garry 13:58

She's coming home . Home , she wants to go and relax , hug her kitties , drink some wine , take a bath . Right when she looks over and she actually sees Lizzie . So she walks up to her and says , can I help you ? And Lizzie was like , yeah , I'm kind of hungry .

Amy 14:15

Craving because I'm pregnant . Blah , blah , blah , yep . So they go inside the store , right , right and that's when Emily confronts Liz about the baby .

Garry 14:27

Help me the baby , okay .

Amy 14:28

Yeah , I'm like you're looking at me like I'm like the . Are we doing charades here that no one can see too , I know ?

Garry 14:34

right , you're right , I know right , you're right , so , emily .

Amy 14:37

So we find out that the baby is actually Marcus's , and Lizzie hadn't told Trent yet , because Trent thinks it's his baby .

Garry 14:46

Right .

Amy 14:47

Right , because they got together shortly after her and Marcus split up . And then we find out that Lizzie did tell Marcus .

Garry 14:56

Yes .

Amy 15:01

That he was the baby's daddy and they were trying to figure out what to do right and how they meet in , like the restaurant , in the cafe , and they , they discuss it . And marcus is , you know , he's not mad at lizzie , he's just like , we'll figure it out , we'll move forward . And in the meantime , marcus is in love with june and he's what engaged to her and all this other jazz .

Amy 15:18

And then we find out that lizzie was being blackmailed right for forty thousand dollars yes , she tells emily that she was being blackmailed and that marcus was murdered because of her , because she needed the money , and that's why marcus withdrew the cash right of $40,000 so he could give it to Lizzie to give to the blackmailers . But we don't know who the blackmailers are yet .

Garry 15:45

Did I miss anything ? Both of them were at the tree farm at the same night , on the same ride .

Amy 15:53

And Marcus had said I have some business to take care of , so he was really deep down . A good guy ? Yes , he was . He was trying to take care of Right , so he was really deep down a good guy ?

Garry 15:58

Yes , he was . He was a really good guy . He was trying to help her out .

Amy 16:00

Yes , and then you find out that we also find out this is an aside that Marcus did tell June . Yes , june didn't know and she wasn't upset . I kind of like that you know , because Marcus and Lizzie were together and they didn't get back together after they split up . But she was pregnant and you know it happens right .

Garry 16:18

He was an open book with her .

Amy 16:19

Right , right , so June did know that . Is there anything else during that Lizzie meeting ?

Garry 16:24

Well , we then find out that Marcus had given Lizzie a piece of the cookie in the woods .

Amy 16:31

Yes , that's a big part of it , thank you .

Garry 16:33

And that's when we find out that the cookie wasn't poisoned .

Amy 16:37

It was not murder by cookie it was not , you're right .

Garry 16:42

And she's telling Emily this in the store , right . And then Emily is like wait a minute , you had a piece of the cookie . And she was like yes , and she goes . Well , then the cookie wasn't poisoned , right . And then that's when she asked Lizzie to do one more favor for her , and that was to go to the police to get June off of the Well to tell them to tell them that Marcus was tell them the whole story .

Amy 17:07

Right , right and then that , yeah , then they realized that June didn't do it by cookie .

Garry 17:13

Yes , by cookie Right .

Amy 17:15

So that the cookie wasn't wasn't Poison , because the cookie wasn't there .

Garry 17:21

Right , right , it was gone . It was gone . Just the wrapper was there . It wasn't on the scene .

Amy 17:24

It wasn't on the scene anymore . The actual cookie .

Garry 17:27

Right , so

The Cookie Wasn't Poisoned

Garry 17:28

that's okay . So that covers Lizzie and Marcus and Marcus . So let's move on to Anna .

Amy 17:34

Oh wait June .

Garry 17:35

Oh , june , june is released , june is .

Amy 17:37

And she goes and meets Emily at the cafe .

Garry 17:41

Correct .

Amy 17:42

And that's where Emily has another . Oh my gosh .

Garry 17:46

Oh , my gosh moment .

Amy 17:47

Oh my gosh moment . And she goes to the tree farm .

Garry 17:50

Yes .

Amy 17:51

To confront dun dun dun Anna . So now we're thinking maybe Anna did it .

Garry 17:58

Right .

Amy 17:58

Maybe Anna killed Marcus Because she doesn't know , we don't know . We don't know what's going on , so she is looking for the cash at the tree farm .

Garry 18:08

Anna's not there yet Emily is , and Anna's not there and Anna catches her . Digging behind the counter .

Amy 18:12

Digging behind the counter and looking for a bag of cash right .

Garry 18:16

And then she wanted to know what are you doing here ? And then that's when Anna did .

Amy 18:20

Anna , what are you doing here ? And then that's what .

Garry 18:21

Anna did , and I wanted to know what Emily goes into . I know you saw Trent at the gas station . He told me that he told you about the $40,000 . What I'm confused about is and she lifts up the duffel bag , here's the duffel bag , but there's no $40,000 . So what did you do with it ? Right , and at first she , anna tried to say it wasn't her , maybe it was her dad , but Emily wasn't having any of it .

Garry 18:45

So , anna , finally confessed that when she was at school , the gamblers that or that the people that he owned , that Gordon , her dad owed money to from gambling debts , had come to school and told her if you don't get us $40,000 , we're going to kill your dad Right Right . So Anna comes up with this idea that she's going to text Lizzie saying I know that that's Marcus' baby and if you don't give me $40,000 .

Garry 19:19

Yeah , I mean it's really complex All these storylines going together and we still don't know who did it right at that point , right right so and emily figures that part out because she knows that gordon is not a tech guy , so she knows right , he couldn't have sent the text message lizzie , because lizzie says she got a text message right and so she knows yeah , emily knows that gordon doesn't even have a cell phone right or or has a flip phone or whatever that he would not be doing the texting .

Amy 19:48

And that's when Anna fesses up .

Garry 19:50

Yes .

Amy 19:50

That she was the one blackmailing Lizzie and she gave the money to the Gamblers or the people he . I guess they're probably not gamblers , but yeah , whatever , I don't know .

Garry 20:01

Whatever they are , they're the mafia , mafia .

Amy 20:04

And that's who you see in the first episode that comes out of the bar .

Garry 20:07

Yes , yes , because they have a duffel bag and they're getting in the car and taking off , so that solves that particular mystery .

Amy 20:18

So then we have the biggest reveal of the episode , which is who did it , who did the murder . So Emily's in the barn , right , she's go ahead .

Garry 20:29

So , after talking with Anna and telling her she needs to clean up her own mess , she leaves the store and as she's walking down the steps she hears the horse in the barn . Oh , right , and you know the horse sounds startled , so you know Emily being the detective that she is . She goes over to the barn and she's like hello is there anybody in here ? And the thing that catches her eye is a ladder that's coming down from the second floor to the first floor .

Garry 21:00

Right and she's like huh , that wasn't here before , that wasn't here before and Gordon had said it wasn't .

Amy 21:02

sturdy up there Right and she's like huh , that wasn't here before . That wasn't here before and Gordon had said it wasn't sturdy up there .

Garry 21:06

Right , it's not safe to go up there . Not safe to go up there , and what does she do ?

Amy 21:10

She goes up there . Yeah , would I go up there .

Garry 21:12

No , no , hell , no , I'd be like Anna .

Amy 21:15

Do you know what kind of have you ever ?

Garry 21:19

been in a barn .

Amy 21:20

My grandma had a barn .

Garry 21:21

My grandpa built a nice barn . They had some critters , huh .

Amy 21:23

Well , I'm just saying , going up in the loft area was scarce , scarce .

Garry 21:28

Yeah , I bet it was Especially as a little kid right ?

Amy 21:29

Yeah , I wouldn't do it as an adult Are you kidding me as little as I like bugs and there's no lighting , that's true . No , thank

The Real Culprit Revealed

Amy 21:39

you . Now , the horses are great on the lower level , but going up , nope , no , thank you , but anywho , emily goes up there . Yeah , because she is .

Garry 21:48

Like a cray-cray .

Amy 21:49

Like a cray-cray , because she is a detective and she wants to know what's going on .

Garry 21:54

Yes .

Amy 21:54

So she goes up and she discovers that Rowan yes . Rowan's stuff is up there .

Garry 22:01

Yeah , like he's been staying there .

Amy 22:02

And Rowan's stuff is up there , yeah , like he's been staying there and she sees his backpack .

Garry 22:05

Right , right , which she goes through , she dumps out onto the blanket .

Amy 22:09

And what dumps out .

Garry 22:12

It's the . Let me see if I can pronounce this Pentobarbital .

Amy 22:17

Yes , yes , so it's the anesthesia for animals , right , but that's what was used to kill Marcus .

Garry 22:25

By accident . Well , that's what they found in his system Right . That's what killed him .

Amy 22:30

Right Was this pentobarbital ?

Garry 22:33

Right , and when she actually finds it , rowan appears behind her with a pitchfork Right . And Emily gets up to walk away and , as she does , she steps on a board and falls right through it falls through the floor right to the bottom floor , just like gordon said , it wasn't safe up there right , but she didn't listen there , but she didn't listen so right , so she gets knocked out . She's knocked out and when she comes to she's tied up , and she notices that across from her anna's also tied up . Right gordon's daughter's there ?

Amy 23:03

yeah , she's , she's tied up and she notices that across from her anna's also tied up , right gordon's daughter's there yeah she's , she's tied up and and um rowan gosh , his name just escaped me for a second .

Garry 23:11

I thought we just said it um .

Amy 23:13

So he's , he's basically prepping the right to murder them the pentobarbital right , yeah however you say it , he's prepping that because he's going to murder them and he's going to set it up like Anna killed her .

Garry 23:29

Right .

Amy 23:30

And then killed herself .

Garry 23:31

I guess Because she couldn't take the fact that she killed Emily .

Amy 23:36

Right , right it was . Yeah , it was a little convoluted , but in that talk with Emily , you know , and Emily is trying to figure out what to do , like she's evaluating the situation . She's biding time . She's trying to figure out how they're going to get out of that situation . Right , you can see it in her look .

Garry 23:53

Right .

Amy 23:54

She's looking around , she's trying not to and she's keeping him engaged in conversation Things that I've learned by watching detective movies . Things that I've learned by watching detective movies Detective Detective , right . So yeah , so she's . So in the course of those conversations , you find out that Rowan had lost his home , or he .

Garry 24:12

I forget that part where yeah , he was staying there because he didn't have anywhere to stay .

Amy 24:16

Right , so basically , yeah , he didn't have anywhere to stay and he was upset at the fact that Gordon was going to sell the farm .

Garry 24:25

Right . Or sell the yeah , yeah , the tree farm , the tree farm yeah .

Amy 24:29

And so he put the poison in a flask . Right and because Gordon is an alcoholic . He was supposed to drink it , but who picked it up instead ?

Garry 24:38

Marcus .

Amy 24:39

Because Marcus is a good guy and he didn't want Gordon drinking Right While he was driving the carriage around with people in the back or in general , right , yes , so we find out that Marcus actually took the flask .

Garry 24:51

Right and While he was waiting for whoever was blackmailing Lizzie Right .

Amy 24:59

He took a sip and Emily says it was because he probably needed courage to face these guys who were blackmailing , not Emily Lizzie .

Garry 25:05

Lizzie , Lizzie right .

Amy 25:08

And so you find out that you know , okay , Marcus's murder was a mistake , but he was still going to murder somebody .

Garry 25:15

Right right , he was going to murder Gordon .

Amy 25:17

He was going to murder Gordon . So in the meantime , Emily's trying . Did I forget any other revelations ?

Garry 25:23

during that Well , that's when she was like . Well , the flask wasn't on his person when the cops found him and he told her or Rowan told her that they had a search party and he was the first one that found Marcus laying on the ground . Oh , that's right . And he saw the flask and he picked the flask up .

Amy 25:41

Because he realized Marcus had drank from the flask that he had put poison in . Right , okay , that's right , that's right . So then Emily is trying to get her hands on . They're really taped together , right ? So she's trying to get them loose . Yeah , cut and cut the tape . And in the meantime she kind of motions for anna to make some noise right while rowan is in the horse stall yeah , right with the .

Amy 26:09

I can't remember the name of the horse oh , I don't either , but so then anna makes no she she pushes like a shovel over or something which hits a pail . Yeah , and it makes a loud noise and it startles the horse and the horse ends up knocking Rowan out . Yay , giving them time to get away .

Garry 26:26

Yes .

Amy 26:27

And for her to call 911 and you see , sam is trying to call her anyway . Yes , yes . So that was the big revelation it was Of all of that , so that was . That's the big revelation of all of that , and Emily was involved in every bit of every storyline .

Amy 26:41

Yes , she was that she investigated and she found some things out . You know , because you know the well , I guess the blackmail was part of it , but it was also like a side story , right , right and the Trent thing . That was like a side story where you kind of think maybe he did it maybe he didn't .

Amy 26:58

It a side story where you kind of think maybe he did it , maybe he didn't , it's almost like everybody did it . But no , she eliminates everybody , right , so then ? So then , at the end rowan or rowan rowan gets arrested right for murder for murder , yeah right and .

Garry 27:10

And then sam is sitting there talking to emily as they're watching lizzie give or Anna give . You know the cops , whatever .

Amy 27:19

Right Information .

Garry 27:20

Right and he kind of hints to Emily that he's glad that she's okay .

Amy 27:27

Okay , yeah , you know .

Garry 27:28

And cause she was like so are you mad at me for you know not calling you ? And he's like no , we'll say that for another day .

Amy 27:35

Right , not calling you , and he's like , no , we'll say that for another day , right , right , and you kind of get the feeling that he's starting to have feelings for her Right , right you ?

Amy 27:41

can see that kind of developing a little bit . I mean , it's kind of you know , that's the big reveal and we haven't really talked about . You know , emily and Sam throughout the whole thing kind of have a good banter too . She's got a lot of good one-liners , like when we have the Lizzie revelation and she has Lizzie go to the police station , right , and he's like of course you were Sam's , like of course you were involved , and she's like you're not going to give me credit for this , are you ?

Amy 28:06

Yeah , you know , you're not even going to give me this one and he's like no , no , I'm not . No , it was really cute . And then we also had , you know , sam and his daughter growing closer and , yeah , we had some cool scenes with them and his daughter's growing up . And she understands now that her dad is even though he you know they , he needed to be divorced from her mom that he's kind of missing the old life too , their old traditions and she's like let's start new ones .

Amy 28:35

You know , let's . So it was really cool to see a teenager kind of yeah , see that and her dad and so not , there's just a lot going on , yeah yeah , yeah , she's , and I like that . They made her a good kid too . Yeah , you know , I mean she's gonna do kid things , but they kind of made she's got a good head on her shoulders .

Garry 28:52

She's kind to her dad , you know , so it's kind of cool yeah , it was kind of funny where at the beginning she didn't want to do the karaoke . Right , but in the end when she tells her dad that it's okay , we don't have to do the family traditions , we can make our own . And as she's walking out of his office , she turns around and goes but we can do the karaoke .

Amy 29:12

Well , she sees that he's a little bit sad Right , like he's kind of looking like oh , and then she says , hey , I know what we can do , and it just makes him brighten up , which is really cool . It's really cool .

Garry 29:23

Yeah .

Wrapping Up the Case

Amy 29:24

And then I think I don't know if we mentioned this or not how Emily gives Ray who owns ? The furniture store , ray is like her partner in crime .

Garry 29:34

Yes , that's going to be interesting to find out what's going on there .

Amy 29:36

And at the end they're exchanging gifts right , yes . And that's where she gives him a postcard that says something like here's to keeping each other's secrets . So he's got some secrets that he's hiding . Yes , and he gives her a new box , so we're waiting to see what's in that box . I mean , there's a lot going on even though a murder was solved .

Garry 29:55

Right .

Amy 29:56

So we still have more to go .

Garry 29:57

Yes .

Amy 29:58

And I'm just I don't know . I think it's kind of a cool way to storytell .

Garry 30:01

Yeah , it is In two-part episodes like that . I'm enjoying it actually .

Amy 30:03

It's kind of like Murder . She Wrote , only they're taking two episodes instead of one .

Garry 30:07

Right , right , and then Murder , she Wr .

Amy 30:11

we'll see what happens yeah .

Garry 30:14

I think we will yeah , so yeah Out of five .

Amy 30:18

Before we do that , what was your tinsel , did you ?

Garry 30:22

have a tinsel topped moment . I . I actually when they when she figured out that Anna was the one that said who Emily ? Emily found out that Anna was the one that text .

Amy 30:33

Oh yeah .

Garry 30:37

Because Gordon couldn't . Oh yeah , yeah , because Gordon couldn't text . Oh yeah , that was kind of . I thought that was a pretty good catch . Yeah , and I didn't catch it . Yeah , neither did I , so I thought that was my tinsel top moment . What about you , your tinsel ?

Amy 30:45

top moment . Well , we just talked about it . In fact , you brought in this episode and but I just really liked that moment . And then she's like , hey , I have an idea we can go , let's go to karaoke night . And he's like , okay , and they're just , I just thought that , that I really liked that . I thought that was yeah they did . So I thought that was cool . That was cool . And then you know , we're left with the mystery . We don't know what's in the box and we don't know what's going to happen next .

Garry 31:20

No , we don't . So you got to stay tuned for season one , episode three .

Amy 31:25

That's right . That's right . Out of five ornaments , how many would you hang on your tree for this one ?

Garry 31:39

I'm going to give this a three and a half .

Amy 31:40

Oh okay , what about you ? I'm gonna give it a four , okay , okay . No , I thought it was good . No , I thought it was really good . I I was not expecting to wrap up the

Final Thoughts and Rating

Amy 31:44

murder , this episode at all .

Garry 31:45

I had no idea we were gonna find out , and then I was like oh crap , we just found out who did it yeah , we did we found out why .

Amy 31:52

We found out all the information . What is ?

Garry 31:54

happening . What are they gonna do now ? What are they gonna next ? But they're setting up for another murder .

Amy 32:00

So yeah , I think it's kind of cool .

Garry 32:02

Okay , but is that a wrap ?

Amy 32:03

That's a wrap .

Garry 32:04

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Amy 32:24

We would . We would really appreciate it . It would help us so much if you would take the time to leave a review and comment . Go on our social media and comment and we'll talk back . Yes , we'll comment back when we can .

Garry 32:36

Yes . We do have full-time jobs outside of this , so I do comment when we can .

Amy 32:42

But yeah , that's right , very cool . Join us next tinsel tuesday when we review episode number three , peril of the bells , part one , which I'm sure will be followed by episode four , peril of the bells , part two . You can catch the entire season of mistletoe murders on Hallmark plus , so go check it out and then come back for our weekly reviews . You can also tune in on Wednesdays for our Hallmark movie reviews yes , Until then , fill up your glasses and push play . Thanks for listening .

Garry 33:12

Cheers .