Nancy Drew
Episode Title: The Hunt for the Missing Locket | Episode Location: Between episodes 2x10 and 2x11
Logline: Nancy teams up with a visiting detective team to solve a missing item case. Meanwhile, the rest of the Drew Crew take on a case of their own, racing against time to stop a supernatural mystery threatening Horseshoe Bay.
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi | Run time: 60 minutes | Page Count: 48 pages | WGAW #: 2124155
Episode Summary
After several back-to-back paranormal cases, Nancy takes on a case involving a missing locket and an unknown will beneficiary. At the same time, Hannah Gruen encounters a missing artifact from the Historical Society’s archives that may be bringing unwanted danger to the residents of Horseshoe Bay. Nancy enlists the help of Ace, Bess, George, and Nick to take on the supernatural force causing havoc in their hometown while she handles the locket case. All is well until the locket case meets its own challenging roadblock: two detectives are in from out of town working the same case, but for her client’s brother.
Previously on…
Nancy and the Drew Crew have just wrapped a particularly supernatural-heavy case with a hexed wedding dress that led to a hexed Nancy, so they have taken a few days off from cases. At this point in the series, George has been possessed by Odette LaMar for long enough that she feels comfortable talking about it more openly. Ace and Nancy have been experiencing a building tension between the two of them due to navigating their own feelings for one another after the hexed wedding dress caused Nancy to show (possibly latent) affection towards Ace. There is also the added tension of each of them dating a Bobbsey twin and not being fond of the others' choice in partner. This tension has slowly begun working its way into their daily interactions.
Nancy and Carson's relationship is slowly on the mend after a loss of trust drove them apart, stemming from Nancy discovering that Lucy and Ryan were her biological parents. Through time, they have been able to start patching things up. Nancy has just recently asked Carson to move back home with her, so they are working on understanding that dynamic again. Ace is also exploring family dynamics after finally making contact with his long-lost brother.
Just prior to the events of this episode, Ace was planning to meet his brother face to face, but his brother didn't show, only leaving a photo of their dad as proof that he is actually his brother. Ace is struggling with what to do about this new relationship and the anonymity surrounding it. The events of this episode are in direct correlation to the events that took place on the night that George died and was subsequently possessed by Odette when she was resurrected with the death shroud. A number of artifacts were no longer under high security after Nancy broke the security system to steal the death shroud and save George. As a result, these artifacts have started to cause havoc on Horseshoe Bay (one example being the hexed wedding dress from the previous episode) as well as a number of other items from this season.