The WORST episodes of Nancy Drew (2019)
Every episode of Nancy Drew (2019) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nancy Drew (2019)!
18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy strikes and holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation that uncover secrets that run deep in her hometown of Horseshoe Bay, Maine.
#1 - The Return of the Killer's Hook
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/21/2023
Nancy runs into an old friend who is in town directing a remake of a horror film called “Longhook,” where strange things are happening on set. She’s hoping that solving a new case will help get her out of her funk, and a worried Ryan offers to help Nancy since he is a self-proclaimed expert on the original version of the film. Meanwhile, Ace helps Bess rehearse for her role as Victim #1 in the movie. Lastly, George and Nick discover that they were both stood up for meetings by councilwoman, Brie, which gives them both an uneasy feeling.
#2 - The Ballad of Lives Foregone
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/2/2023
Carson and Ryan work together to help Nancy.
#3 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2019
Nancy’s reawakening brings her into conflict with her widowed father, Carson Drew, who is dating Detective Karen Hart. And, when a supernatural presence begins to haunt Nancy’s investigation, she discovers that the current crime has an astonishing connection to the long unsolved murder of a local girl. Whether the ghost is here to help, or hinder Nancy remains to be seen, but one thing’s for sure: Nancy’s going to have to unravel the clues from both the living and the dead to solve the crimes.
#4 - The Heartbreak of Truth
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/16/2023
Nancy and the Drew Crew head out to the graveyard after she receives a mysterious call.
#5 - The Celestial Visitor
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2021
As things begin to go haywire at The Claw, a striking stranger appears looking for Nancy, and announces himself as the billionaire Tom Swift. Meanwhile, Ace has issues with the way Nancy insists on handling things with Celia.
#6 - The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/14/2023
Nancy and Ace share a sweet moment while working together to find a way to break the curse. Meanwhile, Carson and Jean continue growing closer, but a recent conversation leaves him with an unsettled feeling. Lastly, Jesse and Birdie devise a plan to teach the school bully a lesson.
#7 - The Web of Yesterdays
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/5/2023
Nancy and the Drew Crew work together to identify a creature. Meanwhile, Bess reaches out to Carson after receiving a cease-and-desist letter. Lastly, Tristan ends up stealing Nancy's thunder during Career Day at the high school.
#8 - The Maiden's Rage
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/7/2023
Ace senses that Nancy is holding back and presses her to give him more information about the curse. Meanwhile, Bess is determined to prepare the perfect meal for Addy's parents, and Nick schedules a brunch date with someone new. Lastly, George's plan to let Judge Abbott know how grateful she is for the opportunity to be his clerk takes a shocking turn.
#9 - The Reaping of Hollow Oak
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/12/2023
Nancy and Ace each show up at Nick’s loft interrupting his brunch date with Jade. Their behavior leads Jade to wonder if Nick might be up to something shady. Meanwhile, Carson and George help Bess prep for her statement.
#10 - The Sinner's Sacrifice
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/9/2023
Ryan shows up just in the nick of time to help Nancy. Meanwhile, Nick is thrown by a statement George makes. Lastly, Bess is left feeling concerned after speaking with Ace.
#11 - The Memory of the Stolen Soul
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/26/2023
Nancy and the Drew Crew prepare to battle a Sin Eater.
#12 - The Burning of the Sorrows
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2021
Nancy, Bess, Agent Park and Temperance have to join forces when an attempt to trap a killer ends up unintentionally unleashing a deadly supernatural entity that feeds on people’s sorrows. Meanwhile, Ace and Ryan discover a haunting at the Historical Society, and George meets a friend from Nick’s past who may have secrets of her own.
#13 - The Secret of the Old Morgue
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2019
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. Meanwhile, Bess and Ace enlist the help of a stranger in an attempt to help Nancy. Lastly, the town gathers to participate in the annual bucket ritual done on the last night of the Summer Festival.
#14 - The Oracle of the Whispering Remains
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/28/2023
The Drew Crew discover a clue in an unexpected place and call in someone from George’s past to help find answers.
#15 - The Bargain of the Blood Shroud
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2021
Nancy and the Drew Crew strike a deal with Gil Bobbsey. Meanwhile, Carson runs into a distraught Bess.
#16 - The Dilemma of the Lover's Curse
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/31/2023
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. Meanwhile, Nancy struggles with yearning for Ace, the man she loves. But when a slow-burning attraction begins between Nancy and the son of Ryan Hudson's newest enemy, Nancy must decide whether this love interest is worth the ire of both her father and Ace - whose own heart may be tempted by a new relationship too.
#17 - The Crooked Banister
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/19/2023
Nancy sends a group text to the Drew Crew asking them to meet her at The Claw ASAP. Meanwhile, Ace’s dad tries to get him to open up about Nancy. Lastly, Carson makes plans with Nancy to mark the one-year anniversary of losing her mom.
#18 - The Voices in the Frost
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2021
Nick, George and Bess unravel the truth behind a college student’s mysterious death, while unexpected obstacles prevent Ace from working with Nancy and Agent Park as they grow closer and investigate the hidden origin of the Frozen Hearts Killer.
#19 - The Hidden Staircase
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2019
Nancy and the Drew Crew desperately search for George’s missing sister, Ted, whose kidnapping eerily mirrors the investigation that started Nancy’s sleuthing career. Meanwhile, while revisiting the trauma of her past, as a means to solving the present-day mystery, Nancy finally reconnects with her father just as an escalation in the Lucy Sable investigation threatens to separate them forever.
#20 - The Case of the Wayward Spirit
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2019
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. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger, Owen, wanders into The Claw and asks the gang to cater a charity gala happening at the country club that same day.
#21 - The Beacon of Moonstone Island
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/2021
Gil insists on helping Nancy investigate a hunch on Moonstone Island, but Ace and Amanda are forced to step in when he is unable to be there for her. Meanwhile, Nick begins questioning Nancy's loyalty. Lastly, Odette is getting on George's last nerve.
#22 - The Gambit of the Tangled Souls
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2021
While Nancy and her friends race to find the relic that could finally untangle George’s soul from Odette Lamar’s, Carson and Ryan are affected by a mystical substance that prompts a temporary return to the lowered inhibitions of adolescence.
#23 - The Vision of the Birchwood Prisoner
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2021
After a major setback in the Frozen Hearts case, Nancy asks Temperance for help with an occult approach to getting answers from a murder suspect. Meanwhile, the Bobbsey entanglement creates a world of trouble for Ace, and George has a long-overdue confrontation with someone from her past.
#24 - The Path of Shadows
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2019
Nancy and the Drew Crew discover that the car wreck that left one of their own at death’s door was no accident. While simultaneously hoping to solve the crime, the crew investigates the physical evidence of sabotage to the car and take a supernatural detour into the metaphysical world.
#25 - The Siege of the Unseen Specter
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/2021
Nancy's birthday dinner with Carson is cut short when Detective Tamura shows up with a warrant to arrest her for contempt of court. Meanwhile, George, Bess and Ace work together to summon up one of their ancestors to help locate Odette's Englishwoman lover Mary's soul amongst billions in the spirit world.