Jacks joins us this week to begin our journey into Hope Valley: 1874.

When Tom refuses to provide lumber for the boardinghouse, Rebecca gets creative.

April 2, 2026 | Hallmark Channel

• Bethany Joy Lenz as Rebecca Clarke
• Benjamin Ayres as Tom Moore

Rebecca is helping Sarah out with a boo boo, but no worries...she's got all the natural remedies. They're working hard on the boarding house and Sarah is insistent that Rebecca not sell her ring. She promises she won't because she's making piesssss.

The prospectors are moving to a different stream to keep looking for gold which makes Tom happy.

Clayton goes to the trading post to talk to Olivia. Hattie is like you should really organize your shopping list so you don't have to come here all the time. He's like...I don't mind, winky face.

On his way out, Alexander pulls back into town. He asks Clayton if he is good at drawing, he says no but Olivia is. He walks in and Olivia is pumpeddd to see him.

Rebecca is teaching Peggy how to read but she's busy thinking about a new business idea - cook the prospectors some hearty meals. Sarah wants to help but she tells her to stay put which makes her sad. She misses doing everything with her mom.

Hattie is talking to Olivia and she's worried that she hasn't seen Phoebe Taylor in a while. She wants to go pay her a visit.

Tom gets to work and none of his work hands are there. He finds out that they're down at the stream looking for gold. Tom is not thrilled.

Hattie gets out there to check on Phoebe and she's like I'm fine. Scram.

Rebecca bumps into Tom and she encourages him to talk to his workers again, but this time listen to what they have to say.

Rebecca is working on her first meal - it's gumbo time baby. Sarah is all mopey and she tells her mom how she's feeling. No one is buying the gumbo, so Rebecca and Sarah make up by passing out samples for free. It's a big hit.

Tom comes to talk to his boys again and tells them he'll give them a day off each week to search for gold.

A big storm comes and knocks down their mess tent. Luckily, Phoebe Taylor comes to help.

The episode ends with Alexander looking at the drawings Olivia did including one of Rebecca. He now has her picture.

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We're back with some more Gilmore Girls! Join us in this journey on social media - @gilmorethemerrierpod.

Upset over Dean, Rory becomes angry with Lorelai, who didn't tell her that she's dating Max again. Meanwhile, Dean tells Lorelai that he left Rory because she couldn't say I love you.

May 3, 2001 | The WB

• Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
• Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore

We're at Luke's and Rory is very tiredddd. To cheer her up, they play 1, 2, 3 He's Yours. You know the rules, you love it. Lorelai passes on the first 2 guys, so she's stuck with the 3rd guy...who is Kirk. Big laugh. Funny funny. Rory agrees to play and Dean walks by first, so now she's just sad.

Later in the day, Max calls Lorelai. He says we've been having phone convos for a couple weeks, let's do the next call in person on a date. She agrees.

Rory is hanging out with Lane, actively avoiding Dean. But things are about to get real weird when Lane and Dean have to meet up to work on a school project together.

Lorelai sees Luke walking out of the cat store. She gives him a hard time when she finds out that he's planning on giving Rachel a cat pot holder for Rachel's birthday. She says let me go shopping for you and get her something she'll actually like.

She brings him all the stuff but also surprises him with a bunch of clothes for him to wear. He's not thrilled.

At school, Max pulls Rory aside to talk about how he's gonna go on a date with her mom. That's how she found out. And she is not thrilled. NO ONE IS THRILLED!

She's helping Luke with his new clothes when Rachel walks in. And it's awkward.

When Rory gets back to Stars Hollow, she blows up at her mom. Lorelai says we'll talk more about it when we get home, but when she gets home, Rory is nowhere to be found.

We find out that Rory went to EMILY AND RICHARD'S, literally the meanest thing she could possibly do to her mom.

Lorelai gets home and is freaking out. Can't find Rory anywhere. She gets a call from her mom and finds out where Rory is. Emily encourages her not to come.

Max is there and he finds out that all of this is because he talked to her about them before Lorelai did but then he's like wait why didn't you tell her and that turns into a whole thing.

Lorelai thinks all of this has to do with how hard of a time she's having since the break up, so she goes to tell Dean off and that's when she finds out they broke up because she didn't say I love you back.

Armed with that info, she goes to talk to Rory and tell her that she doesn't want her to be afraid of commitment just because she is.

They head home and she calls Max and tells him that she's gonna tell everyone she knows that she's with Max Medina.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!

An aspiring writer takes over her late grandmother's bookstore and finds love.

April 4, 2026 | Hallmark

Director: Terry Ingram

Writer: Jennifer Wolfgram

Cast:

• Emily Tennant as Elise
• Carlo Marks as Max

Max is in the apple cider business and business is booming. He's considering expanding even though his dad says it's a bad idea. The big news in town though is that the book store is up for sale.

We meet Elise. She kills plants. Her temp contract is expiring but her boss wants to bring her on permanently. But that's not her passion. She's an aspiring author. But she accepts the position anyway. She just needs a few weeks to finalize the sale of her grandma's book store.

When she gets to the shore, she's shocked to find that the only worker is a teen named Molly and a neighborhood cat.

She goes around town, drinking some cider, and ends up spilling all of it on Max. They clearly know each other. But she can't stick around long. She has to get ready for the Blooms and Books event her grandma threw every year. Except, she knows nothing about blooms. Max offers to help. But he wants her to help him write his story. She's reluctant to say yes because she's never written anything successful. But she ends up saying yes which leads to them hanging out, sparks begin to fly, they play on a tire swing. All normal adult stuff.

As they get closer, he tells her that he wants to read her manuscript she had been working on.

Bad news tho - the folks that want to buy the book store want to gut it and build condos. Elise is not thrilled and asks the real estate agent to ask them to reconsider.

Elise is making cider with Max and he pitches her staying in town to run the store and write and be with him. He doesn't understand why she'd wanna leave. It's a whole thing.

Bad news - a storm is coming. This could mess up everything. It wipes out all of Max's apple blossoms. This could mean no festival. No cider. No nothing. She encourages him to use his emergency apples that his dad set aside and he finally agrees to let him do what he wants with the business.

She ends up deciding to stay and live her dream and they kiss.

One year later, her book is published and they're a happy couple.

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