The CW’s “Riverdale,” loosely based on the Archie Comics series, cracked the code that what people wanted was a show that had Twin Peaks flavor - small-town quirk, winking awareness of its own outsizedness, affected nostalgia existing right next door to cynical contemporaneity - even if it wasn’t interested in, and couldn’t achieve, actual Lynch. It’s roundabout because it’s not actually “Twin Peaks,” David Lynch’s brilliant, flawed soap opera about trauma, Americana, and, ultimately, itself that’s doing the influencing. Between the talented young cast and compelling mysteries, I for one am more than ready to watch Nancy break out her flashlight and get to work.In a roundabout way, “Twin Peaks” may be the most influential show in today’s teen TV. Lewis's George will no doubt be a fan-favorite, and it's hard not to get sucked up in the crackling chemistry between Nick and Nancy. This time in Nancy's life also allows McMann to explore the character's issues with opening up to people (chiefly Nick) and bringing her walls down long enough to let her new, ragtag set of friends help her.Īlthough the first two episodes stumble here and there - so far Wolf's Carson Drew doesn't have much to do, something that will hopefully be rectified as Nancy digs deeper into the Lucy Sable mystery - there's a lot about Nancy Drew to love. The CW's adaptation wisely checks in with Nancy not on her first foray into crime solving, but when she's a seasoned teen detective, sparing us the usual precociousness that goes hand-in-hand with the character.
I have to hand it to creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage ( Gossip Girl, Runaways), who clearly couldn't decide on just one genre for Nancy to root around in - they gave her basically them all.Īnd yet the kitchen sink approach works, putting an interesting spin on a beloved fictional icon who's been churned through the Hollywood reboot machine over and over again, as recently as last year's Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase. Like Veronica's seaside hometown of Neptune, Horseshoe Bay is rife with crime and income inequality, as well as extramarital affairs, a potential murder cover-up, and seedy backstories for just about everyone. 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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