Scripted series · The CW
Nancy Drew
You can't bury the truth.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kennedy McMann
Nancy Drew
62 eps
Leah Lewis
Georgia 'George' Fan
62 eps
Maddison Jaizani
Bess Marvin
62 eps
Tunji Kasim
Ned 'Nick' Nickerson
62 eps
Alex Saxon
Ace Hardy
62 eps
Alvina August
Karen Hart
18 eps
Riley Smith
Ryan Hudson
62 eps
Scott Wolf
Carson Drew
62 eps
Martin Donovan
Everett Hudson
3 eps
Teryl Rothery
Celia Hudson
10 eps
Adam Beach
E.O. McGinnis
7 eps
Sara Canning
Katherine Drew
5 eps
Katie Findlay
Lisbeth
8 eps
Stevie Lynn Jones
Laura Tandy
5 eps
Miles Gaston Villanueva
Owen Marvin
7 eps
Liza Lapira
Victoria Fan
5 eps
Kenneth Mitchell
Joshua Dodd
6 eps
Aadila Dosani
Amanda Bobbsey
8 eps
Geraldine Chiu
Jesse Fan
13 eps
Ariah Lee
Ted Fan
12 eps
Carmen Moore
Hannah Gruen
11 eps
Anthony Natale
Thom Hardy
10 eps
Rachel Colwell
Addy Soctomah
10 eps
Giacomo Baessato
Connor
9 eps
Ecstasia Sanders
Joyce Marquez
9 eps
John Harlan Kim
Nelson Park
8 eps
Ryan-James Hatanaka
Abe Tamura
8 eps
Erica Cerra
Jean Rosario
8 eps
Anja Savcic
Odette Lamar
8 eps
Zoriah Wong
Charlie Fan
8 eps
Henrique Zaga
Tristan Glass
6 eps
Olivia Taylor Dudley
Charity Hudson Dow
6 eps
Praneet Akilla
Gil Bobbsey
6 eps
Bo Martynowska
Temperance Hudson
5 eps
Shannon Kook
Grant Davis
5 eps
Nicole Oliver
Rebecca
6 eps
Trevor Lerner
Fred
6 eps
Stephanie Van Dyck
Lucy Sable
12 eps
Sinead Curry
Tiffany Hudson
7 eps
Sharon Taylor
Shelby Glass
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Nancy Drew actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Nancy Drew reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 62 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201918 episodes
6.4IMDbNancy Drew is a brilliant teenaged detective whose sense of self had come from solving mysteries in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine – until her mother’s untimely death derails Nancy’s college plans. Devastated by her mother’s passing, Nancy swears off crime-solving while crossing off the days until she can re-apply to college. But when a socialite is murdered, Nancy finds herself a prime suspect in the crime, along with a group of other teens present at the scene: Nancy’s nemesis from high school, George Fan; a rich girl with a mysterious past, Bess Marvin; Nancy’s secret boyfriend, Ned “Nick” Nickerson, and amiable burnout Ace. The five of them must team up to clear their own names – encountering emotional entanglements and even more mysteries along the way.
Best episode · S01E16 The Haunting of Nancy Drew
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202118 episodes
4.5IMDb
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
202113 episodes
3.0IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202313 episodes
1.0IMDbSeason four begins as Nancy launches a new investigation to find a group of missing bodies from Horseshoe Bay's cemetery that have been dug up and stolen—or have possibly risen. As Nancy is drawn into this ghostly case, a string of unexplained paranormal crimes leads the Drew Crew to believe that the literal sins of the town's past have returned to haunt the living.
Best episode · S04E03 The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
The Haunted Ring
As the funeral for Tiffany Hudson nears, her confused spirit seemingly haunts Horseshoe Bay. Nancy invites Bess to stay with her, allowing Nancy to figure out what Bess is hiding. Nick struggles with what he learned about Tiffany.
- Directed by Larry Teng
- Written by Céline Geiger
S01E03
The Curse of the Dark Storm
When a nor’easter hits Horseshoe Bay, Ace warns everyone that the storm has been known to blow restless spirits ashore. Meanwhile, Nancy confronts Nick about the secrets he’s been keeping.
- Directed by John T. Kretchmer
- Written by Jesse Stern, Lisa Bao
S01E06
The Mystery of Blackwood Lodge
While trying to uncover the truth about a long-buried history between Lucy Sable and Ryan Hudson, Nancy finds herself in the curious position of having to strike a deal with Horseshoe Bay’s newest and most suspect widower.
- Directed by Amanda Row
- Written by Andrea Thornton Bolden, Alex Taub
S01E01
Pilot
An 18-year-old Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college after high school graduation, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery.
- Directed by Larry Teng
- Written by Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz
S01E02
The Secret of the Old Morgue
When Nancy learns that Tiffany Hudson's corpse is being moved out of Horseshoe Bay for a private autopsy, she puts her investigation into Lucy Sable's dress on hold to pull off one of her most risky missions yet.
- Directed by Larry Teng
- Written by Noga Landau
S01E05
The Case of the Wayward Spirit
When Nancy realizes that George is possessed by Tiffany's spirit, she must act quickly to rid her friend of the ghostly passenger before it's too late. A mysterious stranger wanders in to The Claw and asks the gang to cater a charity gala.
- Directed by Claudia Yarmy
- Written by Katherine DiSavino, Melinda Hsu Taylor
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S04E13
The Light Between Lives
- Directed by Amanda Row
- Written by Lauren Glover, Melinda Hsu Taylor
S04E11
The Sinner's Sacrifice
- Directed by Melinda Hsu Taylor
- Written by Leilani Terrell, Alex Taub
S04E10
The Ballad of Lives Foregone
- Directed by Kristin Lehman
- Written by Lauriel Harte Marger, Hayley Munoz
S04E09
The Memory of the Stolen Soul
- Directed by Robin Givens
- Written by Lisa Bao, Tiffany Patterson
S04E08
The Crooked Banister
- Directed by Larry Teng
- Written by Jennifer Vestuto, Melissa Marlette
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Noga Landau
Showrunner
Stephanie Savage
Creator
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Alex Taub
Executive producer
Melinda Hsu Taylor
Executive producer
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Jennifer Vestuto
Writer
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Jesse Stern
Writer
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Katie Schwartz
Writer
Josh Schwartz
Writer
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Leilani Terrell
Writer
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Lauriel Harte Marger
Writer
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Andrea Thornton Bolden
Writer
Katherine DiSavino
Writer
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Lisa Bao
Writer
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Hayley Munoz
Writer
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Tiffany Patterson
Writer
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Erika Harrison
Writer
Céline Geiger
Writer
Lauren Glover
Writer
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Melissa Marlette
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Noga LandauExecutive Producer
- Alex TaubExecutive Producer
- Melinda Hsu TaylorExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jennifer VestutoWriter
- Jesse SternWriter
- Katie SchwartzWriter
- Noga LandauWriter
- Josh SchwartzWriter
- Stephanie SavageWriter
Direction
- Ruben GarciaDirector
- Jem GarrardDirector
- Greg BeemanDirector
- Ramsey NickellDirector
- Eduardo SánchezDirector
- Robin GivensDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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