Though Nancy Drew is undeniably a spiritual sibling of Riverdale thanks to its moody palette, foggy atmosphere, and teenagers prone to endless expository dialogue, the similarities to Veronica Mars and its title character's teen sleuth exploits don't end with Nancy's prickly personality. Is it a hallucination? Merely a manifestation of Nancy's grief? Or is "Dead Lucy" legit? From there they all get pinned as suspects and soon decide to solve the crime themselves, digging up dangerous secrets and potentially awakening the vengeful ghost of Lucy Sable, who seems to be following Nancy wherever she goes. This all changes when socialite Tiffany (Sinead Curry) is mysteriously murdered just outside of the diner while Nancy and her coworkers - the prissy Bess (Maddison Jaizani) and sarcastic George (Leah Lewis) - are inside a few feet away serving Tiffany's wealthy husband, Ryan (Riley Smith). Instead she spends her days waitressing at a seaside diner and hooking up with the charming and enigmatic Ned 'Nick' Nickerson (Tunji Kasim) to pass the time.įall TV Preview: A Handy Guide to All the Shows You Don't Want to Miss And then we flash forward to current day Nancy, who's put both her plans for college and reputation for solving mysteries on hold following a family tragedy. Nancy seems stable, with no major problems in her life to contend with.
She, her boyfriend, and her friends complete a graveyard ritual that pays homage to Lucy Sable, a dead Sea Queen in a blood-splattered gown who fell to her demise years earlier and now haunts the sleepy coastal town of Horseshoe Bay (or so they say). The pilot begins by giving us a glimpse of a bubbly, happy Nancy who's still in high school, fresh off of her win in the local Sea Queen pageant.
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Unlike Riverdale, which dances around its ghostly elements, or its sister series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, where dark magic is the focus of the show, Nancy Drew explicitly weaves the supernatural into the story without letting it overtake Nancy's crime-solving sensibilities. The rest of the series is held together by a reliable set of factors that all but guarantees addictive TV: a former heartthrob playing someone's dad (Scott Wolf, replacing Freddy Prinze Jr.), a cast of hot young stars prime for shipping, and an eerie, potentially supernatural murder mystery. She's not quite operating with Veronica Mars levels of angst, but she's close.
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