Window Wonderland

Two department store window designers vie for a promotion while doing the unresolved sexual tension dance. This one was little surprising; from the premise it appeared that the nausea factor would render it unwatchable (i.e. Tis The Season For Love), but it's actually less objectionable than average. Chyler Leigh (Grey's Anatomy) and Paul Campbell (Battlestar Galactica) are pretty engaging leads and have some good chemistry. Campbell got the likable wiseass bit down and Leigh is just so damn cute (even with the ill-advised pixie-cut) she's always sparkling. There's a predictable opposites attract trope in use here; she's the reserved one and he's the unfiltered word cannon, but there's also an interesting art debate in play. She's the design school graduate who meticulously plans everything out, he's the natural talent who scribbles ideas on napkins at the last minute and does just as well. Is Hallmark calling it even on the nature vs nurture debate? Doubtful their intentions are that deep, it's just another predictable romance. But the leads are engaging and the window design aspect makes good use of the season. Nausea factor moderate. Christmas factor high. MSG approved.