

When Army Colonel Griff Carson (Dean Cain) returns home from Germany on a two-month leave, he considers retiring if he doesn't get promoted to General. Being away on deployment has been hard on Griff, separating him from his wife Janet (Kristy Swanson) and two teenagers, Kim (Galadriel Stineman) and Ollie (Alec Gray).
Acting
Dean Cain's committed dad-bod energy carries the whole thing.
Practical Effects
Genuine baking sequences that'll make you hungry.
Production
Hallmark-level cozy aesthetics, accidentally soothing.

Director
Bradford May
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dean Cain and Kristy Swanson previously starred together in 1998's 'Mafia!', making this an accidental reunion 14 years later.
This aired on Hallmark Movie Channel during their 2012 pivot toward 'military family' content, capitalizing on post-deployment homecoming narratives popular in that era.