The Winter Escape event wraps up with one last adventure, with Kristoffer Polaha & Emilie Ullerup leading the charge! 

ABOUT MISSING THE BOAT

Strangers Kelly and Parker both end up on the same Italian cruise, but after missing the boat during a stop, they're forced to team up and race across southern Italy to catch up.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR MISSING THE BOAT

January 31, 2026 | Hallmark Movies Now

CAST & CREW OF MISSING THE BOAT

• Emilie Ullerup as Kelly
• Kristoffer Polaha as Parker

BRAN’S MISSING THE BOAT SYNOPSIS

Welcome to the Port of Rome, Italy. Kelly boards the cruise ship, happy as can be. Already on board, we meet Parker and his sister, Emily. Parker is there on business with his boss, Adam—whom he absolutely hates. He works for Crandall Cruise Lines, which is potentially merging with a much larger company.

Kelly is also there for work. She represents that larger company and is onboard to inspect the cruise and report any issues she finds.

She bumps into Parker, and they immediately hit it off. When the ship docks in Palermo, they decide to spend the day together and actually have some fun. They go on a donkey ride, but the donkeys wander off and leave them stranded. When the van meant to take them back to the ship won’t start, they realize they’re running late… and they miss the boat. OH NO.

They try to rent a car, but none are available, so they rush to catch a train. Things are going well until, in the middle of the night, the train workers go on strike. Kelly gives an impassioned speech about how Parker missing the ship would be disastrous, and somehow it works. They reach the port—only to discover that a massive storm has forced the cruise ship to relocate.

They end up staying at one of Crandall’s hotels, where they spend a wonderful evening drinking wine and talking about life. Meanwhile, Parker’s boss tells him to do everything he can to keep Kelly off the ship—he’s discovered who she is and why she’s really there.

Parker can’t bring himself to do it. Even though he’s forgotten his passport in the hotel room, he sends Kelly ahead in a taxi. But she can’t leave without him. She comes back for Parker, and they finally kiss.

They take a tiny boat, then a scooter, and eventually make it back to the ship. When they arrive, Parker’s boss apologizes to Kelly for making Parker stall—something she didn’t even realize had happened. To make matters worse, Kelly’s own boss fires her, and she blames Parker for the whole thing. He insists he never actually stalled, but it’s too late.

Parker confronts his boss, who apologizes, so… small win.

Later, Kelly looks through photos of the two of them and realizes Parker was telling the truth all along. She goes to find him, they make up, and she’s brought into the merger pitch after all. Just as the deal is about to be signed, the company owner backs out, admitting he actually loves cruising and doesn’t want to sell.

Parker and Kelly celebrate with a kiss.

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