The chefs face a blind taste test; in a special dinner service, both teams must prove they have what it takes to stay in the competition.
Santa and Mrs. Claus are enjoying a yuletide seaside vacation, where the mermaids make merry, and the sharks stuff their stockings with care. Hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson invite four seaworthy cookie makers to reveal how sea creatures celebrate the season. The cookie maker who flounders will wash out of the workshop, while one cookie maker will reel in an advantage for the next challenge. Then, it's more festive fun in the sun as the cookie makers build 3D Christmas sandcastles, complete with crushed cookie sand. To give their cookies a taste of the tropics, they'll have to use papaya, mangoes, coconuts or guava. The cookie maker who crafts the jolliest Christmas sandcastle will swell with pride as they win $10,000 and the Golden Ornament.
Matty works on a case with Julian in which a young woman sues after experiencing severe symptoms from a clinical trial. At the company holiday party, Olympia learns a secret about Julian's past.
Juliette sets out on a dangerous quest to retrieve a suit so she can return home and save her silo. Mechanical plans a meeting with Judge Meadows.
When Sam's book publisher requires source material for her biography on Isaac, she and Jay take a field trip to find a diary he claims he hid when he was alive.
As Christmas draws closer, Emily continues to solve the scavenger hunt while also tracking a killer. Violet plans a surprise for Sam. Emily's mysterious past complicates her future.
While acclimating to their new roommate, Bela takes a chance on a nice guy, Kimberly gets adventurous, and Whitney fumbles with a professor.
When Eli discovers photos of a mysterious farmhouse, he sets out to find it.
Celebrity Christmas curators Dirk and DeeDee Dashers go from tinsel to tragedy after Dirk is killed in a freak accident and Elsbeth begins to suspect his wife is behind the death. Meanwhile, Elsbeth gets a holiday surprise courtesy of Wagner and Kaya.
Inspired by the legendary Forbidden Forest outside Hogwarts, hosts James and Oliver Phelps challenge the baking teams to create a 3-foot-tall grand showpiece that celebrates the dark arts. Plus, one of the two tasting elements must have at least 10 layers and feature an enchanting effect that appears to defy gravity! Judges Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef are joined by Harry Potter alumna Evanna Lynch.
Georgie joins a church to sell tires to the congregation and Mandy worries there is more to it than that.
Vic interviews intergalactic warrior Jukebox (Chris Redd) and learns about the future war.
Glamour Dolls Inc. is an independent makeup brand trying to make a name for themselves when they get the opportunity of a lifetime: a collaboration with Lisa Frank! Their fundraising campaign goes viral as nostalgia for the 90s surges, but soon red flags abound.
While celebrating her birthday in Korea, Jentry realizes she can still shoot fire from her hands — and that a ruthless demon's out to steal her soul.
Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money.
Rika rather abruptly invites Takuya on a date, and what she has in mind is unconventional to say the least. What's her actual goal for the day, and what happens if things don't play out the way she envisions?
After a sleepless night, Taiki asks Haryu for relationship advice. Later, Chinatsu realizes her recent behavior might hinder her dream and trouble others.
A portal to the underworld in Texas opens the door to unwelcome guests. A burning secret makes Jentry's first day at Riverfork High School even harder.