Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Not as bad as the last one, but there is still too little Hannah and too much Delores. If you are going to feature Barbara Niven, just change the titles so we know what to expect.

When did Andrea get a new husband (she calls herself Andrea Swenson Bennet)? Why is she suddenly back in Lake Eden? Supposedly she moved to Seattle - how does she afford to fly back to Minnesota so frequently?

The Chad-Hannah dynamic is better, but the fainting at the end was too contrived to be believed. It was nice to see them behave like normal people and date.

I'm puzzled by Chad's job - isn't he an attorney, not a detective?

While ke both Alison Sweeney and Victor. Webster, the characters just don't have the same fit as Hannah and Mike did. Hannah's cat, who liked no one in the past, is now everybody's best friend. I'm not sure how many names Delores gave Hannah, but she's gone from calling her Hannah Joann in " Just Desserts " to Hannah Louise in " A Pie To Die For". Andrea's last name has changed from Todd to something else. Since Alison is credited as an author on this episode, shouldn't someone have been checking for consistency through the history of the series?

Again, Delores's character is outsized and needs revamping. Delores has gone from scatterbrained and pushy, trying to control her daughters, to being off the rails with the PI stuff. There is some consistency with Delores though- she's always more than a bit of a diva!

"Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swenson Mystery" is a great movie! I'm surprised that there are no reviews yet. Cameron Mathison was great in the early "Murder She Baked" movies. I don't remember exactly when he left the Hannah Swenson movies, but I was really upset that he left Hallmark for Great American Family. Victor Webster was not a good replacement for Mathison at first, but he is a great replacement now. He is really stepping into the role. This was a great and funny movie. Barbara Niven is at her best, as always. She is hilarious! She always steals the show from everybody! The sister Andrea and co-worker Lisa are great, too. The ending is a huge surprise. I never would have guessed it. This movie is a 10!

Hannah Swenson (Allison Sweeney) is back in "A Pie To Die For" on Hallmark. Sweeney is a charming actress. Her character runs a bakery, The Cookie Jar.

This series Murder, She Baked can be classified as cozy mysteries. They're light, amusing, and have good energy.

In this film, the favorite local actress is found murdered when Hannah delivers her pies for a party. She of course is all over the murder scene and involved in whodunit. Her mother (Barbara Niven) was a rival of the actress and becomes a suspect.

Victor Webster is slowly becoming Hannah's latest love interest. They make a good couple.

My only problem is that the series at some point became dependent on Barbara Niven as Hannah's zany mother. This time it was toned down, a little. I know Allison Sweeney finds her hilarious, and she is a wonderful and fun actress, but the character has been an author, a private detective, and now an actress. It gets to be too much.

This was good, and the romance is starting to ramp up. I will say when your dieting its not a great show. Hannah's baked goods are mouthwatering!

Another Hannah Swensen Mystery ruined by Barbara Niven's character. These are supposed to be Hallmark style murder mysteries, but it doesn't really know what it is. It's Hannah and her family, Hannah and her staff, Hannah and the Sheriff's Dept., Hannah and the DA... The cast has gotten too large and the comedic elements aren't really funny.

It was better when it was Hannah and a detective that focused on a case, now there are subplots running. The bread and butter of writers are relationship stories, but this is a crime drama and they need writers who know how to write that genre. Who green lights these multi-movie series, they don't work. I think that Hallmark has run out of steam, I expect to hear one day soon they've been bought out or sold off.