Predictably Unexpected

This week on Predictably Unexpected, we review our Predictability Scorecard results for Hallmark’s Who’s Coming for Christmas? Did we nail the guest list, or did the holiday houseguests show up uninvited and ruin our season?  Then we move on to Hallmark’s Holiday Unplugged, a movie we’re predicting using nothing but the title, since we haven’t seen a single frame. The title has us curious. Is some...

Like bundling up for a snowy small town Christmas market, this episode has layers and we are not apologizing for any of them. This week we are finally putting the tiebreaker to rest after last week delivered an outcome so unexpected it almost broke the show. We break down the results of Hallmark’s ’Tis the Season for Setups, compare our Predictability Scorecards, and figure out who owns the tiebre...

The Countdown to Christmas has officially begun, which means it’s time to put on a cozy sweater and ignore all of our responsibilities. We’re kicking off the season the way every Hallmark couple starts a movie: stuck in a situation we did not plan for. Our tiebreaker ended in an actual tie, a twist so unexpected it would get cut from a Hallmark script for being too dramatic. To settle it, we pulle...

It's a mega episode, and yes, we're calling it that because the Countdown to Christmas calendar is enormous and our scheduling spreadsheet has filed a formal complaint. First, we break down the full release calendar and try to figure out how Hallmark expects anyone to finish dinner between now and December. Then it's the Season 2 tiebreaker, where the Predictability Scorecard faces...

Season 2 is officially preseason, and love found us exactly where we expected it to. This episode is dropping a little later than planned, but in true Hallmark fashion, we knew it would find you eventually anyway. This week we break down Hallmark's Love Finds You, giving our full unfiltered opinions on whether the plot surprised us even once (spoiler: it did not). We're also taking a fir...

We're back! After a long winter's nap since the last Countdown to Christmas wrapped, Season 2 is finally here, and we're easing back in with a preseason special before the real competition begins. This week, there's no Predictability Scorecard on the line and no official predictions to defend. Instead, we're taking a first look at Hallmark's 2026 "Fall Into Love&...

After a full season of predictions, scorecards, and extremely scientific math, the moment has finally arrived. This week, we break down the final Predictability Scorecard results for Hallmark’s A Make or Break Holiday and The Christmas Baby , reviewing how our predictions actually stacked up once the movies aired. With those last scores locked in, we tally the season-long results and officially cr...

This week, we’re holding ourselves accountable — briefly — before confidently predicting the future all over again. We kick things off by reviewing last week’s Hallmark offerings, A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World! , and putting our Predictability Scorecard to the test. Which tropes showed up right on cue? Which emotional beats hit exactly when we said they would? And did Hallmark surpri...

In this week’s episode, we savor the festive flavors of Hallmark’s latest entries in the holiday movie canon. We start with a results recap from last week—She’s Making a List and Single on the 25th—where we compare what we predicted based solely on the titles to what actually unfolded on screen. Were we holiday-prophets? Were we misled by the promise of yuletide puns? Or did the movies deliver cla...

Welcome back to another tinsel-covered episode of our Hallmark holiday deep dive, where we take festive movie titles far too seriously and use our Predictability Scorecard like it’s a scientifically validated diagnostic tool. (Maybe one day.) We kick things off by revisiting last week’s trifecta of holiday cheer: We Met in December, The Snow Must Go On, and An Alpine Holiday. Did our predictions m...

Hallmark has unleashed a blizzard of movies, and frankly, even we have limits — so in this episode, we’re changing things up to survive the holiday onslaught. And yes, we know this episode is dropping later than planned — consider it fashionably late, Hallmark-style. First, we review our Predictability Scorecard results for last week’s premieres: Hallmark’s Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story an...

Fluff up your favorite holiday blanket—it’s time for another cheerful romp through the Predictability Scorecard! We start by revisiting last week’s festive double feature, Hallmark’s: Three Wisest Men and Tidings for the Season . Did our predictions hold up like sturdy Christmas stockings, or did they sag a little under the weight of unexpected plot twists? We unwrap the tropes, celebrate the hits...

The tinsel is twinkling, the snow is suspiciously foam-like, and our Predictability Scorecard is ready for another test. This week, we’re checking in on Hallmark's  Christmas Above the Clouds and A Keller Christmas Vacation to see if our predictions soared or totally crash-landed in a snowbank.  Then we turn our merry gaze toward Hallmark's  Three Wisest Men (yes, they made a third one!)...

The Hallmark machine keeps cranking out Christmas cheer — and we’re here to decode it one predictable plot at a time. This week, we revisit our predictions for Christmas on Duty to see if we nailed the tropes, misread the mistletoe, or underestimated Hallmark’s ability to recycle its own storylines. In true holiday fashion, we forgot something on our list — Hallmark’s A Newport Christmas! This Hal...

The countdown continues, and we’re back on the front lines of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas movie predictions! This week, we’re reviewing our battlefield results from A Christmas Angel Match and Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! —two festive missions full of angels, a weatherman, and more small-town charm than a snow globe factory. How accurate were our guesses? Let’s just say our Predictabili...

Buckle your sleigh belts and grab your glitter glue — we’re back with another tinsel-covered episode of holiday hot takes! First, we saddle up and spill the eggnog on our Predictability Scorecard for Hallmark’s A Royal Montana Christmas, where tiaras meet tractors and we answer one of life’s most important questions: How many royal secrets can one ranch handle? Next we flap our metaphorical angel...

In this special Halloween episode, we temporarily ghost our traditional Predictability Scorecard (don't worry, it'll haunt us again soon) to simply discuss Hallmark's spooky-season offering: Haul Out the Halloween. Join us as we unwrap this cinematic candy corn of a film — complete with autumn clichés, supernatural small-town charm, and romantic misunderstandings. We’re not here to...

Mount up and curtsy, cowpokes — this week we’re blindly predicting A Royal Montana Christmas , the latest Hallmark holiday export straight from the wild blue yonder. We don’t know the plot, but we’re pretty sure it involves royalty, horses, a flannel-loving local, and at least three montages involving hay, cocoa, and unresolved emotional baggage. PLUS: We saddle back up to see how our wildly confi...

Surprise! It’s a bonus episode—because our hearts (and DVRs) just couldn’t wait. The Hallmark Christmas Movie Season has arrived like a surprise snowstorm on Christmas Eve, and we’re here with your essential preview of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas holiday movie calendar. In this festive frolic, we sleigh through Hallmark’s upcoming lineup of snow-glazed love stories, magical misunderstandings...

In this week’s episode, we’re revealing the final results of our Predictability Scorecard for Adventures in Love and Birding — where romance meets the great outdoors. We’ll recap the film, share our honest review, and break down how we scored to reveal who owns the tiebreaker! (**potential spoilers**) What’s awaiting us this week? Fall leaves, football season, and maybe… a campus romance? We’re ra...

Welcome to Predictably Unexpected — the holiday romcom podcast you didn’t know you needed! In our very first episode, meet your hosts Holly and Scottie, a married couple who love the holiday season almost as much as they love each other. (Almost.) We’re kicking things off with a look at who we are, how this merry little podcast came to be, and why we’re obsessed with predictably heartwarming Chris...

Grab your pumpkin spice latte and settle in for a cozy, leaf-crunching episode as we dive into our latest Hallmark fall movie obsession: Adventures in Love and Birding . Love and birds, what else do you need? Tune in as we break down our predictions that will serve as the tiebreaker that could determine who wins our Hallmark movie face-off at the end of the season. Does birdwatching lead to true l...