Mistletoe Murders Season 3: First Look Photos and What’s Next for Emily and Sam

The useful part

What's Next for Emily & Sam Damian Holbrook September 15, 2026, 4:30 pm 6 Comments Exclusive Hallmark Media 'Tis the season to start getting ready for the holidays. There is never a better place to start than the Hallmark Channel, which is gifting us with a third season of their deliciously devious mystery series, Mistletoe Murders. If you are new to the show, strap in because this is more than your average cozy rom-com confection (which we also love).

How it works

• "We started on our Hallmark+, so we had a little more flexibility," says showrunner Ken Cuperus, who created Mistletoe Murders as an Audible series with wife and co-EP Michelle Melanson.
• "And they've just been [great]… They have certain rules we need to follow and that's awesome, but they've been really open to letting us do a little bit more, pushing the boundaries a little bit of what...
• "How do you fill in the gap of Emily not being in town?" Hallmark Media Yes, Under the Mistletoe is stocked with Hallmark realness, confesses Cuperus.
• 1 M Mistletoe watch 5 days ago Thought the show was very interesting and kept me waiting to see what was next for Emily.
• Gourmet Detective had a good ending, but now you're messing with my Mistletoe show.

What to take from it

Because as we've learned over the last two seasons — as Emily has fallen for dreamy local cop Sam Wilner (Peter Mooney) while helping him crack the town's alarmingly frequent homicides — she is actually a former member of a hacker group known as Chimera that morphed into a domestic terror cell. So take a look…and keep a lookout for news on when Season 3 is headed our way! Hallmark Media "Emily is really trying to navigate the fact that the walls are closing in on her," says Drew.

Example or evidence

• Cuperus says that Emily's past may force her to "give up her life" in Fletcher's Grove.
• Hallmark Media Emily's friendship with Sam's daughter Violet (Sierra Marilyn Riley) will be impacted by Em's possible move, says Cuperus.
• "What they do is, every year, they send us just a bunch of boxes of stuff and at the end of the season, we send it back to them and then they refresh it for the next year." Hallmark Media Hold on to your...
• That really kind of sets the tone for the whole season." Hallmark Media Can Emily and Sam handle the arrival of her former partner?

Details worth keeping

'Mistletoe Murders' Season 3 Exclusive Photos, Plus Scoop on. Sarah Drew (Grey's Anatomy) stars as Emily Lane, a seemingly cheery young woman who has moved to the so-Hallmarky hamlet of Fletcher's Grove in Upstate New York, where she runs a year-round Christmas shop, as well as an inner monologue that belies her sunny exterior. Not exactly Tyler Hynes kissing Hunter King at a Chiefs game, right?

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