The CW’s
Nancy Drew knows how to do a season finale right! After discovering the return of the Wraith, the Drew Crew banded together to find a way to save Nancy’s life. And in turn, “The Echo of Lost Tears” became a mind-bending adventure for our favorite detective to conquer her trauma and come face-to-face with her past. It’s a great metaphor for
Nancy Drew and a creative way of giving Nancy plenty of character development in a short amount of time.
Nancy Drew Season 2 ended on a high-note.
The trip through Nancy’s inner consciousness felt like a different approach to
"The Judgement of the Perilous Captive" was a concise and confined story that focused its energy on taking down one of the biggest villains on 'Nancy Drew.'
Would you be up for a
Nancy Drew spinoff? “The Celestial Visitor” teased the beginning of a new story venturing out of the
Nancy Drew universe. Genius tech billionaire Tom Swift came to town in search of Nancy’s help in locating a mysterious meteorite fragment that landed in Horseshoe Bay nearly a century ago. Hijinks ensued, Tom’s arsenal of gadgets was used, and a wave of exposition was unleashed for us to learn about this new character in a short amount of time. Tom was fun, quippy, and had great chemistry with the Drew Crew, and his focus on science-based solutions could prove to be a good balance against the supernatural mysteries of
The Aglaeca isn’t one to pass up a good deal on The CW’s
Nancy Drew. “The Secret of Solitary Scribe” dug deeper into the case of the Class of 1975 and their deal with the supernatural sea villain. These chapters are important because they tie up loose ends and double-down on the severity that the creature is coming to collect. No matter what Nancy and the Drew Crew do to appease their foe, the Aglaeca will arrive in two days to claim their lives. Samara Morgan from
The Ring would love this type of deal!
The main case involving AJ Crane (i.e., the missing member of the 1975 group) was one big red herring of a plot. Everything from the totems to the lore led the characters down a path that didn’t go anywhere. Granted, it was all for the false sense of hope before revealing the surprise twist that the Aglaeca wasn’t having any of it, but it would’ve been nice for some sense of victory in this curse. The characters are stuck at a standstill and at the same spot with no