The gang has to use memory-erasing gas and has to follow Momento-esque clues about who they are. There’s more of this in the second season. It’s something so silly and ridiculous that you could see it in the best seasons of Buffy or the most over-the-top moments of the original Charmed.
It ends up putting her sex drive into overdrive, with her seeing male love interests in full Blue Steel, hair-blown-back, under-the-spotlight mode. In one episode of season two, Nancy gets blasted with the lust of dozens of brides-to-be from a cursed wedding dress. It just harkens back to a kind of supernatural teen drama that we haven’t really seen in a while. People get angry with each other, but they’re also there for each other if they’re needed. Yes, there are some growing pains early in season one, but once a groove is found between the cast and the writing team, it shines.
More importantly, the series is just … fun. Nancy Drew doesn’t ignore a revelation just because the audience could possibly piece together the implications. When there is an ongoing mystery, the clues and revelations are built on in a way that makes sense. Big turns and surprises are built toward rather than being shoved in for the shock factor.
The stories are always interesting, and the writers’ room for the series is under-appreciated. Nancy Drew takes time to connect the pieces. It’s a coming-of-age story taking place in a small, horror-filled town. Even as Nancy and her friends deal with these “cases,” from a god that needs to be forgotten to be powerful to a girl taken care of by the ghosts of pirates, the storylines are focused on family, friendship, first love, trying to find a place in the world. In season two, however, a season-long mystery takes a backburner to more episodic fare, with supernatural happenings and cursed artifacts on the loose in Horseshoe Bay, Maine. The whole thing revolves around Nancy (Kennedy McMann) and her friends looking into Lucy, now haunting Nancy, and how her case meshes with death of socialite heiress Tiffany Hudson. In the first season, the majority is focused on the case of Lucy Sable, “Dead Lucy,” who died a mysterious death by falling from a cliff into the ocean. The thing about Nancy Drew is that it strikes a good balance between episodic television and a serialized story. Is it on the level of Breaking Bad or WandaVision? No, but it does deserve a larger fanbase that what it seems to get, mainly because Nancy Drew harkens back to those early days of series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where there is a mystery to solve every week, a creative foe to take down, and a cast of lovable characters determined to keep the supernatural nonsense from taking over the world. Here’s the thing, though: The CW’s Nancy Drew is really good and deserves a lot more credit.
So when The CW announced Nancy Drew, most folks went, “Oh great, another Riverdale clone,” and then proceeded not to watch it. From the endless “WTF” vibes of The CW’s Riverdale to just waiting for the announcement of another stab at Scooby Doo, popular properties are getting makeovers again and again in this media landscape. Remakes, revivals, and efforts to bring classic characters into the “modern age” are definitely getting a bit overplayed. Shahi is repped by CAA, McKeon-Myones Management and attorneys Meyer & Downs.Let’s be real. “Drew” hails from CBS Television Studios and writers Joan Rater and Tony Phelan (“Grey’s Anatomy”) who will exec produce with Dan Jinks. Prior to “Person of Interest,” Shahi starred in USA Network’s “Fairly Legal.” She also played substantial roles on “The L Word” and “Chicago Fire.” Abrams has hinted that the fifth season would be the last, and with Shahi’s casting in a hot pilot at CBS, it seems likely “Person of Interest’s” fate is sealed. Though that series’ cancellation has not officially been announced, exec producer J.J.
Shahi is a familiar face to the network, as she has starred in the network’s crime drama “Person of Interest” since its second season. Ford, an NYPD lieutenant who finds Nancy’s confidence and willingness to stand up and disagree with him unnerving. “Graceland’s” Vanessa Ferlito will play Nancy’s former NYPD partner George in the pilot “ER” alum Anthony Edwards will portray Nancy’s father, Carson, who graduated at the top of his class at Yale Law and Felix Solis will appear as Lt.