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Mistletoe Murders: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Presented by Aura Frames)

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Episode 1587

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Alonso is back to finish our journey through Season 2 of Mistletoe Murders with a double-episode breakdown of 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Part 1 & Part 2).

ABOUT: MISTLETOE MURDERS – 'TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Part 1: Emily shelters a suspect while investigating a fancy restaurant owner's murder to prove their innocence. Sam is rattled by his ex-wife's unexpected arrival.

Part 2: Emily and Sam investigate a murder before a Christmas restaurant event. Emily faces danger, shares her past with Sam and stops running. Violet bonds with her mother.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: MISTLETOE MURDERS – 'TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

November 21, 2025 | Hallmark Mystery Channel

CAST & CREW OF: MISTLETOE MURDERS – 'TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

• Sarah Drew as Emily
• Peter Mooney as Sam

BRAN’S MISTLETOE MURDERS – 'TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS SYNOPSIS

We’re at a restaurant and Emily gets attacked by someone with a knife! WHAT’S HAPPENING?!

Flash back one week: Emily is full of Christmas spirit, singing Jingle Bells. Famous Ray stops by to tell Emily there’s a new fine-dining spot opening across town. His friend is opening it and asks if she’d help come up with a Christmas meal for the soft launch.

Cut to the restaurant, where they’re still scrambling to get it ready. The owner, Danny, is in a huge argument with the contractor because he owes him a lot of money. Danny can’t afford anything and his wife, Lauren, is not thrilled. Danny introduces Emily to Carrie, their sommelier, and Chef John Mark. John Mark is not impressed with her Victorian cookbooks, so she leaves—only to witness Danny and Famous Ray arguing.

Later, Sam gets a call: there’s been a murder. Danny is dead in the snow, his knuckles red.

Emily goes to talk to Famous Ray to ask more about Chimera and notices his knuckles are red. I’m sure it’s nothing. She asks if he went straight to the Chimera source. While they’re talking, he gets a call—Danny is dead.

Flashback: Emily in her Chimera days, stealing money from a billionaire—“You gotta do bad to do some good.” She kisses Aaron (the guy from the last episode).

Sam brings Lauren in to question her. She hopes Sam won’t shut them down because “this is Danny’s legacy.”

Sam asks Emily what she knows. She mentions the contractor… and the argument she saw with Famous Ray.

That night, Emily gets home and finds Famous Ray waiting inside (totally normal, very chill). He’s like, “Listen, I can’t have the police poking around my business. I did punch Danny, but that’s it. He was fine when I left.”

The next morning he makes pancakes but has to hide when Sam drops by. Sam tells her Famous Ray left town and to call if she hears anything.

Emily checks in on the staff. She discovers the chef and Lauren have a past—and he took the job to be close to her, even though it was a step down. Emily also witnesses a big argument between Chef John Mark and Carrie, the sommelier.

On her way out, she sees Sam—and Sam is shocked to learn that Violet’s mom (his ex), Monica, is in town.

Flashback: Aaron tells Emily he’s the one who framed their principal back in the day. He was “just trying to protect her.”

Violet meets with her mom but doesn’t stay long. Clearly, there are feelings there.

Emily goes to get her cookbooks from John Mark and sees the place nearly empty. So she snoops—naturally—and finds paperwork showing Lauren owns 100% of the business. Weird, huh. She tries to

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