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Just somewhat mystified that a contest that was supposed to recognize the Northeast had TWO people from Pennsylvania, one from New York, one from Washington, DC., and NOBODY from all of New England. I guess Boston, with its many first-class chefs, is not on the East Coast. Also, if nobody in Boston was qualified for this episode, what about the great chefs all over New England.

I was so disgusted that I couldn't even watch what the contestants were cooking. If you are going to choose someone to represent a whole area of the country, at least start with a representative sample. I, for one, will not watch the finale of the so-called All-American Showdown, because it isn't.

I loved the previous Murder She Baked/Hannah Swenson TV movies. Not this time. First, how typically Hallmark to wipe previous family members from existence, in this case dropping in a new one as if she had been there all along. I guess this happened in the first movie called "Hannah Swenson Mysteries" but for me it did not hit home at the time.

How about, "Michele, it's so great to have you home after you were away so long getting your college degrees." Or, "Hey, I hear from Andrea last night. She and Bill are settling into their new life in New Hampshire. Bill loves his Deputy Police Chief job." It's just like Hallmark 's Good Witch series that, by the unwatchable final season had dropped, by my count, 4 or 5 family members. Does Hallmark think everyone is a newcomer to a series that had been on for many years?

I was also very disappointed in Hannah's behavior. In her obsession with playing detective, she wass oblivious to the position she put Mike in with both his professional ethics and his place in the police department's hierarchy. The only reason I rated this as high as a "5" was in the probably vane hope that Hallmark will clear up these issues in the future.