Nancy Drew

Previously on Nancy Drew...

I'm hosting a press conference

to announce that I'm a Hudson,

and take over Hudson Enterprises as its rightful heir.

I had this dreamscape experience with you at the Bluffs.

Nancy? If you're looking for Ace,

you just missed him.

He and Amanda are off

on this romantic road trip.

So I have this friend who is hosting

the spirit of a dead lady.

Your friend probably has

no more than a decade left.

I may not be able to move on and leave your body,

but I can stop coming out.

There's nothing I can do here

that is worth stealing another second from you.

I want to be more like you.

And start living my life now.

Will you marry me?

Temperance Hudson, come no farther.

You think your barrier can keep me

from entering Horseshoe Bay again?

Ryan Hudson doesn't have any children.

I was a secret until this very moment.

This thing's drawing blood really fast.

Is it gonna kill her?

Keep going.

It's not every day you get to meet

a long-lost blood relative.

But if I've learned one thing from a long life,

it's that it's full of turns in the road.

And the longer you're alive,

the harder those turns become to predict.

Hopefully, we get to see each other again soon.

Good morning, Horseshoe Bay.

We're at the annual Town Carnival

with our brand-new host, Nancy Hudson.

Or do you prefer Nancy Drew?

Oh, uh, either one. So, you're a long-lost heiress

about to head off to college.

I haven't actually been accepted yet,

but the early decision notifications

are coming tonight.

And I'm gonna be an heiress for all of about five minutes.

I'm dissolving my grandfather's corporation

and redistributing its assets to the victims of his crimes,

with my biological father's blessing.

Whoa, Ryan Hudson without money.

What does that look like? Oh, you know...

You spent $600 on weekly groceries?

Yeah. I wanted us to have some culinary variety.

Wait, I lost my watch.

Did anyone get my sorbet? You got five...

We didn't even need mustard!

Did anyone get my sorbet?

Seven nights in a row.

Someone is definitely messing with us.

I'll file another complaint.

Must've lost my watch at the grocery store. Let me see...

Wait, what-what were you saying about sorbet?

Hmm?

We're adjusting.

What are you gonna miss most about Horseshoe Bay?

The many opportunities I've had to participate

in the local hospitality industry.

Uh, is that for the interior of the youth center?

I like the green. Oh, yeah, thanks.

Drew, tell those jockstraps they can't bring a cat in here.

It's a health code violation.

Hey, you, uh, you can't have your cat in here.

It's a health code violation. That's Kegstand.

Our house mascot. Where I go, he goes.

Hey, aren't you, uh... Nancy Drew?

That girl detective person?

Yeah.

"Thanks for showing us your clams, Ginger"?

Also, tell Bess to stop parking her conquests out back.

They're blocking the fire door.

Okay. It was nice to meet you.

At least buy her breakfast, you work at a restaurant.

You scared me.

I am not the one you should be scared of.

You got nothing to be scared of.

It's not like I asked one of you two to marry me a week ago

and you still haven't responded.

To be fair, you did ask Nick

to think about it for a week; You insisted.

Yeah, because I didn't want a pity yes

on account of my shortened lifespan.

You have to leave home if you want to grow up, right?

Thanks so much for pitching in, you guys.

It feels really weird to be hosting

the Town Carnival this year.

Well, your family of origin has been hosting

the Town Carnival since the 1800s.

So, sometimes it's okay

to give the people what they want, Nancy.

Yeah, plus it's the first year all the carnival proceeds

go to Everett's victims, so you can feel good about that.

Yeah, and with no mysteries to solve,

and no supernatural entity hunting you down,

it must be keeping your mind off Columbia.

It was.

I'm sorry.

You ready to leave us so soon?

More like I'm ready to hit the refresh button on life,

clear my browser history.

As long as we're not a permanent part of that history.

That's not possible.

Hello?

Oh, my God.

Our murder victim was a John Doe.

No cell phone, no ID, no wallet.

There were no signs of a struggle or blood

by the corpse, which means the body was moved after death.

What does Detective Tamura say?

He is tied up in Augusta on the Everett Hudson case,

and nobody at the station will answer any of my questions

except to say that there's a specialist coming from Boston.

Ah, but who needs a specialist, right?

Especially when this can distract you

from thinking about Columbia.

Yeah, there was a body dropped on my family's land,

so I need to find out why.

Weird to hear you call the Hudsons your family, but okay.

All we have to go on is

what we have seen on the victim.

He was not dressed for the weather.

He was wearing a polo and a light jacket.

Mm, definitely from away.

Tourists do not understand layers.

He had tobacco stains on his fingers,

so he was a smoker.

I already called around to a bunch of local hotels,

and Airbnbs. Nobody remembers seeing

a guest that looked like him.

Could've been staying with a friend.

Or maybe he was a transient. There was something

about his shoes.

On the treads of his sneakers, there was pine needles

and sand and wood ash.

Maybe he was camping.

We should check all the oceanfront campsites

where a tourist could've smoked in peace. Yeah, I'm on it.

Okay, so, Connor the coroner,

he said this is a one-time favor

because we saved his son from an undead creature.

But then he confirmed that the heart

was missing from the corpse.

But the, uh, surrounding icy chest cavity suggested

that the heart was frozen solid

before being ripped from the body.

That's grotesque, but also useful to know.

Anyone seen Bess?

She went on a coffee date.

Oh, sorry. I was supposed to relay that message.

Hey, Jesse, would you like to work a double

to cover Bess's lunch shift? Uh...

I can if carpool drops Charlie and Ted here after school.

Yes. Thank you for tag-teaming childcare with me

while Victoria treks around China on Grandpa Fan's dime.

Okay, I'll let you know what I find.

He's just... just gonna leave like that? Just like...

Are you... Did you see that?

I shouldn't blame him.

Right after I asked Nick to marry me,

I told him my Odette soul-share means

I have ten years to live.

Probably felt like a bait and switch.

Nick doesn't see it that way.

You know this based off of his deafening silence?

Silence doesn't mean he's not thinking about you.

Hey, Darlene, so

the victim was probably from out of town.

Have you heard any complaints about odd tourists?

The only complaints I hear about are how long it's taking

to fix the electrical grid

after that weird blackout last Friday.

The paint is still wet.

We have 12 hours

to stop the next murder.

Really? You want me to come investigate a murder with you?

Like... like father-daughter time?

Yeah. The body was found on our land,

so if our family is being targeted, I want to know why.

Let's go. Now?