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It’s a Thursday in November which means there’s a new Hallmark movie to review, and Canada’s Christmas Prince, Tyler Shaw, joins us for the review!
ABOUT A SEASON OF PROMISES
Two estranged sisters, a buttoned-up hockey broadcaster and an aspiring stand-up comic, join forces to find their widowed dad a date by Christmas, honoring their late mother’s final wish.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A SEASON OF PROMISES
November 8. 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF A SEASON OF PROMISES
Director: Stacey N. Harding
Writer: Michael Grimm
Cast:
Brooke D’Orsay as Heidi
Ali Liebert as Sophie
James Denton as Ed
Edward Ruttle as Nurse Brad
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
It’s Christmas 1996 and we’re watching an old tape of these 2 sisters running downstairs for Christmas morning. One of the sisters loves hockey. One of them loves being a little goofball. 30 years later, not much has changed. Heidi works doing TV for the local hockey team...not play-by-play though. Not yet anyway.
We then meet Sophie. She’s a waitress who is pursuing her dream of doing stand-up comedy. Her boyfriend Adam is like hey so...your comedy career isn’t really taking off. I think it’s time for you to go back to a corporate job. She’s like nahh, I don’t want that, so they break up.
They get a call that their dad, Ed, is in the hospital and when they both show up, it’s clear their relationship is strained. We find out that they haven’t been in the same room together since their mom passed 4 years ago. Heidi is like ok cool, Dad is fine, I gotta get back to work and not be around you.
Sophie is taking the dad thing a lot more seriously. And she is comforted by a goofy nurse named Brad. He tells her about a program they offer that’ll help her dad talk about how he’s feeling in a casual way which she is all about.
She goes over to her dad’s house to clean up and put up his Christmas tree to surprise him when he gets home. When she pulls the tree out of the box, she finds a box that contains a thumb drive that is for Sophie & Heidi. It’s a video of their mom asking them to work together to help their dad get back out there.
The sisters talk about it and agree to get him to go on 1 date so that they can say they fulfilled their mom’s wish. Naturally, Nurse Brad is down to help.
They pitch Dad and he’s not about that life but they say 1 date before Christmas or else the sisters go back to not talking. Naturally, he agrees. 1 date. No online nonsense.
He ends up meeting up with a woman named Janice, a part of the “Lend an Ear” program. The first meeting doesn’t go great and he ends up leaving quickly.
The sisters give their dad a little makeover. Afterwards, he bumps into Janice and invites her to join him for a hike since he mentioned that he likes nature.
The sisters put Dad through first date boot camp with 3 practice dates with regulars at the restaurant Sophie works at.
Sophie starts hanging out with Nurse Brad more. He even comes to one of her open mic nights and laughs hardddddd.
Ed shows up for the hike with Janice and it goes way better.
He’s ready to get back out there and he ends up asking a woman out at the cafe. They tell him no rock talk. He talks exclusively about rocks.
It’s a big night for Sophie. A big comedy scout will be in attendance. And it’s a big night for Heidi. She is expecting the play-by-play gig to be announced at the Christmas party. She doesn’t get it and she grabs the mic and QUITS!!!
The date is going so well that they end up going ice skating but then he thinks he sees his wife and runs off.
He texts his daughters and Sophie leaves before her set starts. Both sisters are there and end up having a big argument about what happened when Mom passed away. Dad ain’t having it. But Sophie has to go to get back to the comedy club. But she gets up there and she can’t be funny. She just talks about how much her mom loved Christmas and then storms off the stage. Nurse Brad runs after her and tries to comfort her but she’s like I don’t want you around right now.
Ed decides to take Janice’s advice and go somewhere that makes him think of his wife. So he goes and talks to horses.
The sisters meet up at the town Christmas tree, sing O Holy Night, and make up.
They all spend Christmas morning together as Tyler Shaw sings to us.
Heidi ends up getting an interview with an NHL team. Sophie ends up getting back up on that stand-up stage and going out with Nurse Brad and they kissss. And Dad goes on some more walks with Janice.
One year later, Dad and Janice are kissing, Sophie and Brad are kissing, and Heidi...got the play-by-play gig and is still close to her sister.