By analyzing the architects in five TV movies, we’ll be one step closer to cracking the code.

Tia Mowry plays Taylor, an architect up for a big promotion in another city.

The only thing standing in her way is a life-size gingerbread house building contest.

The cast of “A New Orleans Noel”

Lifetime’s next architect-Christmas crossover is 2022’s “Merry Swissmas,” starring Jodie Sweetin.

However, it’s common for both archetypes to have Scrooge-like tendencies.

Though, of course, she tries to find a soft spot in the stoney architect.

Jodie Sweetin in Merry Swissmass

In this case, the perfectionistic streak that make for a good architect can manifest in frightening ways.

Lifetime’s 2013 movie “Deadly Revenge” also combines danger with architectural ambitions.

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