ABOUT: MISTLETOE MURDERS – DON'T FEAR THE WREATHER - PART 1
Emily and Sam investigate a wreathmaker accused of murdering her husband, while Violet and June nominate Emily for town Cheerman, hoping to convince her to stay in Fletcher's Grove.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: MISTLETOE MURDERS – DON'T FEAR THE WREATHER - PART 1
November 5, 2026 | Hallmark Channel
BRAN’S MISTLETOE MURDERS – DON'T FEAR THE WREATHER - PART 1 SYNOPSIS
We picked back up right where we left off last season. Aaron is there. Obviously he knows that he didn’t kill her way back when. He tells her that Chimera is back - someone is running it. He thought she should know. After he leaves, Sam shows up and she starts crying and they hug. She tells him everything. She says she has to leave. He says I’ll go too. She says you’re a cop - you can’t go where I’m going. She says she’ll only be gone for a month or so. And they kiss big ones on the couch.
She closes up the shop, packs her bag, and off she goes.
Cut to 11 months later. We meet a family. The dad, Richard, is having an argument with his adult daughter, Ruth. She leaves and he gets back to decorating the outside of the house for Christmas. His wife, Helen, is inside working on a wreath. We see that Richard is up on the roof. Someone lays the ladder on the ground. Next thing you know, Richard starts talking to someone on the roof, saying “you shouldn’t be up here.”
Ruth shows up later to find Richard on the ground clutching a red mitten, much to her shock. Helen comes out and is also shocked. WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?!
Sam gets the call and comes out to examine the scene. We find out that Helen is Ruth’s stepmom. She was married to Richard for less than a year.
We meet the neighbor, Albert, who seems concerned. But also very annoyed at how bright the Christmas lights are.
Sam goes to talk to Helen. We see she has the other mitten. And then we hear her mutter under her breath “I never should’ve married him.” She says she can’t talk right now.
The next day, he’s at the diner and sees Ruth. Apparently she’s been coming to the diner daily since she came to town. Helen comes down to the station. He asks about how Richard ended up with one of the mittens in his hand. She says she doesn’t know. She does say that things have been rough since Ruth came back to town.
Sam drives and sees the lights are on at Emily’s shop. SHE’S BACKKKK. They hug and he says you’re back! She’s like... it’s complicated. They agree to meet up later to talk. Via narration, we find out that she’s made promises over the past year that she has to keep, even if it means hurting Sam.
Sam goes to talk to Ruth at the diner. She tells Sam that after the wedding, she noticed her dad getting distant and secretive. Then she got a text from an unknown number a month ago that said that Helen was dangerous. So she had to show up and she witnessed firsthand the friction between the two of them. He asks if she had an argument with her dad last night. She says she just asked him to be careful and take precautions which he didn’t like.
We find out that Emily is having an “everything must go” sale. Naturally that means she’s gonna need to hire Violet.
Emily finds out that Brooke is already running for Chairman now that Richard is dead. Naturally, that means Emily is gonna investigate. She knows Helen because she makes her a wreath for the shop every year, including this year.
In a wild turn of events, Famous Ray is now the mayor! Sam is having a conversation with him when he hears someone yelling demanding an arrest. Sam asks what’s up and he says Helen killed her husband and she’s done it before. He knows this because she was his stepmom before she killed his dad. He was the one that texted Ruth. A lot of good that did!
We see a flashback to Emily training for that shadow ops thing. She was only supposed to be a cyber ops agent but they see potential in her out on the field.
Mayor Famous Ray isn’t happy that Sam is keeping the investigation open. Richard was his friend and he doesn’t want the investigation to make Helen look guilty to the town.
Emily goes to talk to Helen and she admits that she killed her ex-husbands...via her inaction. She believes she’s cursed. She asked Richard not to propose to her because she believed it was a death sentence. Emily is like oh you silly.
When she goes to leave, Sam shows up. The neighbor Albert is being weird again. Maybe he did it. Maybe he’s just weird.
Violet & June nominate Emily for Chairman. Brooke is PEEEVED and Emily is like I can’t accept.
Emily sees Ruth & her stepbrother at the diner. He goes on a full rant about how Helen is a murderer to make sure that everyone hears him.
Sam calls Emily and asks her to join him to talk to Helen again. On their way, he gets a call. There’s a home invasion at Albert’s house. They go and...IT’S HELEN!