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Erica is busy working on her first novel with her name on it and it's harder than she thought it would be now that its her name on the cover. Nico and her have been dating for 5 months and he proposes! She says yes! And Anna surprises Erica by being there for it! But she can't stay long because she's off to Spain to eat some food and review it for her blog which has really taken off. She finds out about this spice, Saffron. She tries to find out what it is but it's a secret. She meets a man named Javier whose family runs the saffron farm and he refuses her request for an interview. His family isn’t in it for the fame and the hype, and their methods are a well-kept secret. Despite that, he and Anna hit it off when they end up sitting together at a restaurant.
After dinner, she's like I could talk to you all night and he's like well why don't we? They get ice cream, he holds her hand, and he says he wishes he could grant access for an interview but his family is kinda mad at him right now but won't say why. She's like I don't want to talk about that right now. Instead, they jus KISS! IT's like before the first commercial break. I don't really know what to do with that info.
The next day, she gets a call from her agent and she tells her that there's this big magazine that is potentially interested in hiring her for their international food reviews. All she has to do is write about something that no one has ever written about before and submit it. No big deal.
She decides she's gonna go to Portugal to find something but her car battery dies. Anna’s car breaks down right outside Javier’s village the next day, and he offers her a bed to sleep in until the car can be charged.
Typically, you wouldn't think that to be a big deal, but when her family discovers that there is a random women in the family guest room. Things go nuts!
Javier explains that the day he met Anna, he was supposed to be meeting with a matchmaker who was going to set him up with a wife because he’s not allowed to inherit his family farm until he’s married. Standard.
Javier only has until the next harvest to get married, or else he loses his claim to the farm. There's a lot of rules here. So, naturally they assume that she is his fiancée.
So they make an agreement - she’ll stay and live there through the harvest pretending to be his fiancée, if he’ll let her write an article about his family farm for her website.
Erica ends up showing up still thinking Anna’s broken-down car needs help, and she’s pulled into the ruse too.
Anna starts to really enjoy living with Javier’s family though – she has no family of her own back home – and starts to wish it was all real.
And Erica starts to be inspired as well by Javier's family and is using them as inspiration for her book.
Ultimately, everything comes out and it's a whole thing and Erica and Anna end up getting in a fight.
They end up making up and we see Erica get married. And Anna and Javier make ip and the family gives her the ok to publish the story and they decide to give the relationship a real start and they kiss.
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The movie kicks off with an IMF agent running on a roof, shooting back at people. He jumps off and lands on a inflatable and somehow doesn't stick around to jump on it. He spots his target but it's too late - she shoots him first. Tough break.
Cut to Ethan Hunt. He's in a Moscow prison. Suddenly, Dean Martin begins to play over the loud speaker and his cell is unlocked. It's all Benji. He's outside in a truck watching on the camera. For some reason, Ethan doesn't go through the next open door. Instead, he goes to free someone and take him with him and Benji and very confused. But it works. They get to the room, the floor explodes and they escape.
Ethan knew that dude was his informer would be tortured and killed, so he rescued him and granted him his freedom. Jane is new and she tells Ethan that guy at the beginning of the movie was Agent Hanaway and he was killed while intercepting a routine courier drop. The courier was carrying Russian nuclear launch codes & these were now in the hands of the assassin that killed him.
Hunt knows that IMF has been looking for an extremist, code name Cobalt. Cobalt is known to have a nuclear device and with the theft of the launch codes, his identity is now top priority for the IMF. Cobalt was a nuclear strategist for Russian intelligence. So Ethan has to go to Russia to break into the secret Kremlin archives and locate files identifying Cobalt. Easy right? Well apparently Cobalt is already on his way to the Kremlin, which gives Ethan 5 hours to complete his mission.
This mission is going great but when he gets to the archives, he finds out that what he needs is already missing. Then someone taps into the IMF frequency and their cover is blown. So Ethan aborts the mission. Suddenly, a bomb destroys the Kremlin which knocks Ethan out and he awkes up in a Russian hospital. He finds out that he is now a wanted man, so he has to escape.
The IMF picks Ethan up and catch him up to speed but their vehicle is attacked. One dude dies but another dude named William Brandt survives with Ethan. He finds out that the Russians have called the attack an undeclared act of war and the US president activates "Ghost Protocol", which disavows the entire IMF.
Based on Ethan's description of who he saw in the Kremlin with a briefcase, they identifies Cobalt as Kurt Hendricks. They believe Hendricks bombed the Kremlin and got the Russian nuclear launch-control device, and now needs its codes from the Dubai.
So off to Dubai they go! Ethan has to hack the server room. Obviously the only way to do that is from the outside with him using these special gloves hundreds of stories in the air.
The plan is to make Wistrom, who is there on Hendricks behalf, believe he is getting the real codes, which are actually from Ethan and Brandt who are with the actual real codes in another room acting like they're the buyers. It's a whole thing. The plan is going great until the code women realizes that Brandt is taking pictures with his eyes. Wistom is getting away, so Ethan chases him into a sand storm. Turns out, Wistom is just Hendricks in a mask and he gets away! This is bad news.
The team is all mad at each other. Hendricks got away and Jane accidentally kicked the seller out of a window. Whoops. It's at this point that Ethan accuses Brandt of keeping secrets from them because his fighting skills show that he's not just an analyst. Brandt admits he used to be an agent on the field. He was actually security detail to Ethan and his wife Julia. Julia was killed by a Serbian hit squad, prompting Ethan to pursue and kill them before he was caught by the Russians and sent to prison, where he was at the beginning of the movie. Brandt blames himself and never wanted to be out on the field again.
They get word on where Henricks is going to be next. So off to Mumbai they go. They go to a party being thrown by Indian telecommunications guru. They believe he has struck a deal with Henricks and that he's going to use his sattelite. So Brandt breaks into the server room to take the satellite offline while Jane gets hot shot tech guy to reveal the satellite override code.
But Hendricks takes the servers offline before they can finish the plan.
He fires a nuclear missile on San Francisco from a Russian submarine which would look like retaliation for the Kremlim bombing. The only way to stop the missile is via the abort sequence on the launch device that Hendricks is carrying. Hunt pursues Hendricks and the launch device while the other team-members attempt to bring the broadcast station back online so that the abort command will transmit.
Hunt and Hendricks fight over the launch-control and he's able to hit the button and the power turns back on with 1 second to spare. No Nuclear war today! Plus, the IMF is proved innocent.
The team comes together to celebrate and he gives them all a new mission. Brandt refuses at first until Ethan explains that Julia isn't actually dead, it was all a cover, so he doesn't have to worry about it. Off to the next mission they go.
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It's the night before and an elf band is out in the snow and they beginning playing an absolute banger of a song and that's when Dan found out this movie was a musical. Santa begins to sing a song all about preparing for Christmas. It's showtime baby! There is one letter that got left behind, so these elves run to try to get it to Santa before he takes off. One of the reindeer, Robin, gets sick and has to stay home. The elves come running out just in time and Santa opens up the letter. It is from a little girl, The Princesss of Hearts, in Wonderland who is hoping Santa will finally visit them this year. He decides that they're going to visit Wonderland first. The reindeer aren't having it. They've read the book. Wonderland is mad! Santa reminds them that he's Santa and everyone deserves a gift!
Robin realizes that Santa left the reindeer SOS button behind, so they fly off.
We head to Wonderland and we find out that some of the folks in Wonderland secretly celebrate Christmas but hide it from the Queen because she's outlawed Christmas. She heads off to sleep just as Santa lands on the roof. Her cat hears some commotion on the roof and won't stand for it. So they go invisible mode, sneaks downstairs and knocks over a lamp to wake the Queen up. She comes downstairs and finds Santa and she says OFF WITH HIS HEAD! He runs off and she fall out the window. Santa tries to find the princess but ends up opening a door which causes him to fall through the door and into a maze. It's mad out there! He discovers a girl named Alice who is also there and she's a giant - she's been eating the apple shrooms. Luckily, she's given a potion which shrinks her back to regular size. They go to enjoy some tea and treats with the Mad Hatter. But the Queen isn't too far behind.
We find out that the Queen tried to send a letter to Santa when she was a kid, but the White Rabbit goofed on getting it to the mailbox in one piece. Since Santa never came to Wonderland, she began to hate Christmas. she catches up with Santa and he is put on trial. It's in the trial that the Queen finds out that St. Nick has only just now discovered her letter.
Via song, we find out all she really wanted was a bandersnatch. She gives it some thought and decides to give St. Nick one last chance to give her the bandersnatch she's always wanted.
But Santa and the gang took some of the shrinking juice to escape from jail.
When Queen gets to the jail, she finds it empty and gets real sad. She tracks Santa down and he gives her the gift and it's coal. He explains that's what happens to a gift if you haven't been nice. The only way to get the gift is to be kind. So she decides to let Alice go but keep Santa in jail until the gift turns back. Alice helps the Queen learn how to be kind again. She finds Santa and tells him to give the gift to someone who deserves it and they all enjoy tea together.
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This week we're reliving the best DTH moments from 'Christmas Holidate' (May 27, 2024) through 'Snow 2: Brain Freeze' (July 31, 2024)
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Grace Anderson's new job as a nanny, for the mayor's family, turns into a nightmare when a murder rocks the town, and she starts receiving ominous messages. She starts to question what deadly secrets are lurking in her hometown?
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We see Erica walking around the streets of Barcelona, speaking Spanish no problem. Cut to Anna who is the author of a book that is absolutely flopping. It's a book about falling in love in Barcelona. For some reason, though, the book is flopping everywhere except for Barcelona.
Erica walks into her favorite book store and is talking to the owner, Nico. He tells her about this book that is selling like crazy and calls it the best book he's ever read. He tells her that he's trying to get the author to come to do a reading at the store. He calls her his literary crush.
The problem here is that Erica actually translated the book and actually made some changes to the book without the author's permission and made the book better which is why it's selling so well in Barcelona. But per her contract with the publisher, she can't disclose to anyone that she translated the book, much less made any changes to it.
But it doesn't take too long for Anna to figure out what Erica did once Nico starts talking about all of his favorite parts of the book and Anna has no idea what he's talking about.
Nico asks Anna if she would be willing to write a short story and she agrees and then tries to convince Erica to help her with it so that she can impress Nico more because she's liking him. So Erica is in a tough spot here because she's liked Nico for a long time.
So Anna begins to explore Barcelona, especially the food, to become inspired for her book. And obviously hanging out with Nico a ton. The problem is Anna just can't write anything - she just wants to write food reviews.
They work together to write this short story and Erica sees that Anna is working on a food review website.
They get into an argument about Nico and all is lost. But Anna shows up and does a reading of her book and she realize how beautiful the words Erica wrote are, so she finally tells that Erica really wrote the book.
Nico realizes that she’s the one he loves and they kiss.
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The movie kicks off mid stand off. This dude is asking Ethan for the Rabbit's Foot. Ethan is like I gave you to the Rabbit's Foot. He's like you have until the count of 10 or I kill your boo thang over here. There's yelling. It's serious. Ethan is like I'll help you find the Rabbit's Foot but you gotta let her go. Dude says 10 and it cuts to the Mission Impossible music, back to form!
Cut back a bit. Ethan is just living a normal life and he is engaged to a women named Julia. She's not Nyla and we'll never hear from her again. We're at their engagement party when Ethan get's a call. He knows it means to meet at the gas station, so he goes to "get ice". At the gas station, he sees his buddy John from the IMF. He tells him about a mission to rescue one of Ethan's proteges, Lindsey Farris, who was captured while investigating arms dealer Owen Davian, who is the guy from the beginning of the movie.
Normally IMF would disavow captured agents, but Farris may be their only clue to get to Davian who is a high priority for the IMF.
After a night of sleep, Ethan decides he in. He's met by his old pal Luther and a couple of other folks. They raid the warehouse where Lindsey is. She tells Ethan that she needs to talk to him but there's no time. They get to the helicopter and Lindsey begins to complain about serious pain in her head. Ethan uses his fancy head scanner and discovers a micro-explosive implanted in Lindsey's head. He tells her he needs to use a defibrillator to disable the decide. But before they can charge it, it goes off and she dies.
When he gets back to the IMF, he is in big trouble. IMF director Theodore Brassel tells him that he's lucky to even be alive now.
Ethan finds out that IMF technician Benji Dunn recovers enough from the damaged laptops that they took from the warehouse. He finds out that Davian is gonna be at the Vatican City to get the "Rabbit's Foot", something he's planning to sell for 850 million dollar.
So Ethan once again has to tell Julia that he's gotta travel for work. Before leaving, he and Julia have an impromptu wedding at the hospital's chapel and then kiss big ones!
And off he goes to infiltrate the Vatican City and capture Davian. The plan goes perfectly, complete with masks, switch em up, it's a whole thing. And they all escape on a boat. It's a perfect plan. They even make everyone think that Davian died in a car explosion.
On the flight back, Davian wakes up and immediately threatens to kill Ethan and his wife. This makes Ethan very mad and when Davian won't share where the Rabbit's Foot is and who his buyer is, he dangles Davian out the plane.
After landing, Ethan learns of a video of Lindsey warning that she believes IMF Director Brassel is working with Davian. Just then, the convoy that has Davian is suddenly attacked and Davian escapes. Ethan is able to get his hands on the briefcase though that contains the location of the Rabbit's Foot.
Ethan is very concerned about Julia. So he rushes to the hospital to warn her but it's too late. Davian calls Ethan to give him 48 hours to recover the Rabbit's Foot for Julia's life, but then Ethan is captured by IMF. Brassel holds him there and calls him a rogue agent. His buddy Agent John Musgrave from the beginning comes in to "question him" but really is there to mouth instruction for how to escape and get to the Rabbit's Foot's location and gives him a knife to help him escape.
Armed with a delightful disguise, Ethan hops on a plane to Shanghai and meets his team, which Musgrave sent there under the guise of another operation. Ethan and his team raid the building where the Rabbit's Foot is secured and tell Davian that they have the Rabbit's Foot.
Ethan goes to deliver the Rabbit's Foot with almost no time to spare. Davian tells him to arrive alone. He tags the Rabbit's Foot and send the info to Musgrave so he can track it.
He is forced to show up alone with the Rabbit's foot. He is then given a liquid to drink that knocks him out. When he wakes up, he is injected with the same micro-explosive Lindsey had in her head. Suddenly, we're back to the beginning with Davian questioning where the Rabbit's Foot is which Ethan is confused by because he had it in his hand when he drank that stuff. It's not good enough for Davian and he shoots and kills Julia.
Musgrave then walks in. Turns out, it wasn't really Julia. It was Davian's head of security in a Julia mask. They put a Julia mask on her to force Ethan to tell the truth about what he brought. Musgrave reveals himself as the mole, not Brassel. He explains to Ethan that all of this is to get the US to attack the middle east in order to make sure they don't use the Rabbit's Foot.
But Musgrave knows about Lindsey's message. He demands to know what it was. Ethan won't tell him. So he calls up to show that he does indeed have Julie captive. Ethan bites his hand. He calls Benji and asks him to track where the last call from Musgrave's phone was to. Benji gives him the info despite Ethan being a wanted man.
He stays on the phone with him and leads him through Shanghai to get him to Julia. Unfortunately, Davian is also there. He tells Ethan he's going to kill Julia in front of him. But Ethan fights back, pushes him out onto the road, rolls Davian on top of him so he gets hit by a truck that passes over Ethan perfectly.
He runs back to free Julia but Ethan has that micro-explosive in his head. He stumbles around trying to find a defibrillator. So he makes a handmade one, teaches Julia how to use a gun, asks her to exlectrocute him and bring him back to life. She proceedes to do all of that perfectly, including killing Musgrave. She punches Ethan in the chest until he comes back.
He explains to Julia who he really is and brings Brassel the Rabbit's Foot. Brassel tries to convince him to stay on but all Ethan says is "I'll send you a postcard." The whole office cheers as Ethan and Julia walk off together.
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Trish Moore is a jewelry designer who is at a bar, watching this couple hug. It inspired her to beginning sketching at ring idea. Suddenly, her blind date shows up and spills her drinks. His name is Booker and it does not go well. She's very by the book. He's very loosey goosey. She ends up leaving and breaks another glass. And then bumps into a guy holding Christmas presents. She is not well.
The next day at work, she is finishing up some rings for a wedding. The box that it's in ends up getting in this box of boxes that are being picked up for delivery after she falls on them while flirting with the pick up guy. So that box ended up getting mixed up in those boxes and taken by the pick up guy.
Booker then shows up much to Trish's surprise. He's actually the best men for the wedding the rings are for and that's when she discovers that the rings have been picked up. So they decide to go to the delivery company and try to figure out where it ended up since it didn't have an address on it. He has no idea but gives them the addresses that were along the route. Maybe it somehow got dropped on on the route. IT did not.
But Trish and Booker are kind of enjoying each others company until they aren't. They end up getting into a huge argument and she goes off to meet another guy but the sparks just aren't quite there.
She comes up with another set of rings for the wedding and Booker comes by to pick it up. He ends up sticking around to play his Christmas board game. After hanging out for a while, she comes back to her office and lays on the ground and finds the rings.
She brings them to the wedding and at the reception, Booker asks her to dance. They dance and talk and kiss.
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Daisy Lu is an aspiring graphic designer and a big fan of dogs. She wants to start her own business and adopt a dog but all she can handle right now is to foster. She works at her best friends coffee shop that also helps get dogs adopted from the local shelter. She finds out that Jace James is moving back into town and she does not like Jace James. Well, she used to like Jace James. He makes furniture and had a show with his girlfriend where they would do interior design for the stars but they've broken up. But he used to live here and he had ideals that Daisy believes he's abandoned. As she's ranting about Jace James, he walks up behind her and overhears it. He's like "it's good to be home". He decides he wants to adopt the dog that Daisy has been fostering named Patches. She decides to pitch helping Jace like market a new image for himself and then they can enter that rebranding into this design expo that has a 50k cash prize? I dunno man.
She keeps showing up. At first, it's to help him get used to having a dog. But then it's to help give him pointers on how to interior design his house. Then to just hang out. She starts recording videos of him building a dog house out of refurbished wood and she thinks there might be something good there.
After having an argument with her mom, she rushes over to Jace's house and is shocked to see that his ex is there. She saw the video of the dog house and saw how happy he was and she realizes that she really missed him. Daisy ends up sticking around for dinner and then she overhears the ex talking about how dumb this expo is that she's entering because you can't enter a person into the design expo.
Daisy leaves and looks it up and she's right - you can't enter a person into the design expo. She goes to tell Jace to forget that she ever existed.
He ends up sending her a yarn sweater from the yarn bomber - and that's enough to convince her to still enter the contest. She gives the presentation and she is, predictably, disqualified.
Also, she finds out her mom is the yarn bomber.
A video of her presentation goes viral - people are calling it the future of marketing. Turns out, it was Jace who posted it.
They make up and kiss and go into business together.
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