Ned Nickerson seems to be a bit more nervous and reluctant to engage in investigations, but he also comes through for Nancy when she needs him. Season of the show, Bess Marvin eventually does show up and we can see a bit more of a distinction between her and George.) Of course, I'm just happy to even have these characters appear at all in any form.
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Sometimes I find I just have to accept a certain character as this particular depiction of them for a series or movie, etc. But in spite of differences from the books, I still enjoy all the casting of the characters. From what I recall of the books, I think George has generally been portrayed as more of an adventurous and daring character and athletic as well. I like Jean Rasey's portrayal of George, but she does seem to be a bit like an amalgamation of George and Bess, in that she generally seems to be afraid to go with Nancy when investigating a possible ghost and such. In any case, it's not something that is generally played up much during the series. (She corrects both George and Ned when they refer to her as a detective- I guess Nancy prefers this term because perhaps it makes her sound more professional.)īut at least Ned still has an attraction to Nancy and they have perhaps a budding romance going, but it's generally Ned who wants to be Nancy's boyfriend but Nancy thinking of him mainly like an older brother.
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(Though of course we know from the books that Frank and Callie are a couple, though this is not mentioned in this series.) However, with Nancy Drew, we also find Ned Nickerson working for her father, Carson Drew, and so has a relation with Nancy in a professional sense, since Nancy also works as a part-time investigator, as she says. Callie Shaw works for Fenton Hardy and mainly relates to Frank and Joe in that sense, just as a friend. We have sort of a reverse and interesting dynamic here from the setup with The Hardy Boys.
Nancy is dancing with this friend who threw the party, Brandon, and Ned Nickerson is gazing at her longingly with George Fayne noticing and encouraging him to admit his feelings for Nancy and ask her out. To start off the scene, we are first introduced to Nancy Drew at a beachside party in the evening, at a friend's house on a cliff overlooking the beach.
(Though Nancy comes closer to an actual possible haunting of the lighthouse by a ghost.) For The Hardy Boys, it was "The Haunted House" and for Nancy Drew, it's a haunted lighthouse. I noticed that both pilot episodes for The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew involve a haunted place of some sort. There are a few more moments during the daylight here, but mostly the action takes place in the cover of darkness for a lot of the episode, which of course just adds to the mood. "Tonight on Nancy Drew- Nancy Drew in "The Mystery of Pirate's Cove")Īs with The Hardy Boys' first episode, this introductory episode for Nancy Drew primarily happens in the evening and at night. And of course, the credits end on a shot of Nancy Drew running up to the camera with the announcer announcing the title of the episode. While I'm talking about the credits, let me also take a moment to point out that for this episode, the opening credits and theme song are mostly the same, but since this episode features Nancy Drew, Pamela Sue Martin is credited first and then Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson get their credits, to acknowledge the three series' leads. Perhaps it's just in the second season that those credits were moved to the start of the episode. Larson and his credit and the acknowledgement that the Nancy Drew episodes of the show are based on the Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene both came during the end credits. I noted that this episode was also written by Glen A. Thus far, I seem to be keeping with the original airdate of Sunday evenings for this show, though definitely not at the same time slot.īut anyway, I'll try to briefly note a few of my impressions of this episode, the pilot episode for the Nancy Drew half of the series.
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