ABOUT: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 5)
Encouraged by Knightly to seek out answers to the last few lingering questions about her past loves, Chelsea goes to Spain, and to Marcos's vineyard.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 5)
August 20, 2026 | Hallmark+
CAST & CREW OF: PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 5)
Lacey Chabert as Chelsea Martin
BRAN’S PARIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA (SEASON 1 EPISODES 5) SYNOPSIS
It's a beautiful day to be a billionaire. Chelsea's dad, Glenn, comes up to Marcos and tells him that "she's going to love them."
Chelsea is back in the room, telling Knightly her story on her phone. We get the original Chelsea and Marcos story. She arrived already homesick. But eventually, she stopped missing home and found a new home at this vineyard in Spain. She loved it. But it wasn't because of Marcos. She fell in love with Spain well before she ever met Marcos. One day, she's in town and Marcos pulls up. She didn't fawn all over him when he walked by and he liked that. Weeks later, he comes riding up next to her in his car when she's on her bike. He offers her a ride back to the vineyard which also happens to be his father's. Later, she brushes him off again. He's like why won't you talk to me? She says you're not my type. He says I'm everyone's type. She says no family should have the money you have. It's impossible to have your wealth and not exploit people. I mean, look at your car. That money could've been used for so much good. He then went to auction his car off and donate the money to an environmental charity - something he never told Chelsea that he did. They start hanging out and she could tell that he had really changed and she falls for him fast. This is the type of relationship she's always wanted. But then she gets the call about her mom. She breaks out crying and immediately leaves without telling him.
Fast forward again and she's back at the vineyard at Knightly's request. She sees Marcos and she tells him that there's another man. He's like well there was another man when we first met. She insists it's different and he's like mmhmm.
Back in Boston, Knightly is freaking out. His sister gives him a pep talk. He also tells her he's gonna pay the $10k it costs for her soccer club she joined.
Marcos tells her how he sold his other businesses because of the carbon footprint. She tries to tell him about why she left but he's like I'm not worried about the past, I'm just worried about the future and what I'm gonna do with this 48 billion dollars.
He asks if they can get dinner together. She reluctantly agrees.
At dinner, he asks Chelsea to help him give away his 48 billion dollars. He's starting a foundation and he wants her to run it. She'd have full control. He says I was looking for someone to do this and out of the blue you contact me. She says but I'd need to live in Spain? He says yes. And tells her I know you're not going to agree to uproot your life over dinner but promise to think about it, which she does.
She gets back to her room and calls Knightly. They both talk about how they miss each other and how she's sure that he's the one. He's like well then come home! She tells him about the gig. The conversation goes about as well as you could expect.
She promptly goes home. She's not taking the job.
She goes to the office to see Knightly and bring him some Dunkin. But before they can talk, her boss pulls her in. They have to make some cuts. She says ok I'll talk to Knightly. He says you can't. I need to let him go. She fights for him but it's not going to work so she quits. Knightly is who the ACC needs.
She walks out and sees Knightly. She looks like she's in shock. He says "you picked Spain. That's okay we can make it work." She says no we can't. It's too much too soon. She doesn't want to tell him the full truth because he'd see it as a handout. He says he loves her. She says I need to go clean out my office.
She packs up her house and before she moves to Spain, Chelsea and her sister go to her dad's house because he's going to proposeeeee.
We're back to the present for the wedding at the vineyard. Annabelle stops Chelsea before she can finish her recording because it's time for wedding photos for Barbara Niven.