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ABOUT UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS

A family's perfect Christmas reunion is upended when old rivalries, secrets, and romantic mix-ups come to a head.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS

November 7, 2025 | Starz

CAST & CREW OF UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS

• Lil Rel Howery as Richard
• DomiNque Perry as Marissa
• Reagan Gomez-Preston as Kerry
• Terrence Terrell as Michael
• Trell Woodberry as Kyle
• Cecelia Friday as Alicia

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Richard and Marissa are hanging out in bed, they're having funnnnnn. They're dating and Marissa is like what are we? Richard is like we're having funnnnnn. That's not enough for Marissa. But after he goes to the restroom, his bag falls and a ring pops out! HE'S GOING TO PROPOSE! She's very happy now and now she wants him to come to family Christmas with her in Texas.

We meet more of her family - there's brother Kyle. He's married to Alicia. Alicia and Kyle aren't doing great. Kyle is just always too tired for the fun times.

And then there's Kerry who lives out in LA. She works in real estate, buying up buildings to build new business centers and what not. She finds out that the next purchase she needs to help push forward is actually her parents' church in Texas. She claims it won't be a problem. She gets a call from someone named "DO NOT ANSWER". Whoever is on the other line is shooting his shot and trying to get back with her which she agrees to.

Richard comes over and breaks up with Marissa. She's heartbroken. But off to Texas she goes to be with her family.

And Marissa is shocked when her sister shows up with her boyfriend....RICHARD!!! That's right.

It's an absolute mess. So she called up her gay best friend to have him come and act like her boyfriend to make Richard mad.

We find out that Marissa & Kerry are actually step sisters - Marissa's mom married Kerry's dad shortly after her dad passed away and Marissa has always been pretty mad about it.

One night, Marissa and Richard are able to talk and he promises that when he was with her, he and Kerry were on a break.

Richard is like next in line in his father's doctor practice thing and Kerry is always like you need to go ahead and make that official but Marissa is always like you do what you wanna do.

Well, one night, everything blows up. It comes out that Richard isn't going to follow in his dad's footsteps and Kerry isn't mad and he's like Marissa always supported me. So now everyone knows. And everyone is fighting. While that's happening, Alicia and Kyle are also fighting because she thinks he's cheating on her with a girl who is texting him. Turns out, it's just his therapist checking up on him because he apparently has yet to tell his wife that he has ED. And now the entire family knows. It's a mess.

Ultimately, Richard scrams, the sisters make up, Kerry quits her job because she doesn't want her family to sell the church that brings them so much joy, Alicia and Kyle make up, and everyone has a merry Christmas.

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