This updated modernization of the ND book series has grown on me with each passing episode. The characters are being built up beyond cardboard cutouts, and
the mystery in the show is steadily drawn out, episode by episode, which makes me want to come back each week to find out more.
Initially I was a little put off that Nancy hooks up with Ned "NICK" Nickerson in a grungy garage (where Nick works) less than ten minutes into the pilot episode. And that George is a bossy diner owner that has anger issues and wasn't even friends with Nancy. And that Nancy and her lawyer dad Carson Drew are not even that close to a cozy family feeling. That's NOT AT ALL like it was in the books I read as a child. But that initial weird vibe has passed as the show gained ground. Now I'm happily enjoying the new take on the mystery series and accepting all its novel ideas. Plus Nancy is still that hardened detective we grew up loving, working arduously to uncover clues each week.
And I absolutely love the homages to the original books. Names such as Larkspur Lane, The Golden Pavillion, Pine Hill, Blackwood Lodge and Hidden Staircase are just a few of the name drops of locations that have already been part of the show. For the reviewers who shot down the show after the first episode, I say.... you just didn't give it a fighting chance.
Initially I was a little put off that Nancy hooks up with Ned "NICK" Nickerson in a grungy garage (where Nick works) less than ten minutes into the pilot episode. And that George is a bossy diner owner that has anger issues and wasn't even friends with Nancy. And that Nancy and her lawyer dad Carson Drew are not even that close to a cozy family feeling. That's NOT AT ALL like it was in the books I read as a child. But that initial weird vibe has passed as the show gained ground. Now I'm happily enjoying the new take on the mystery series and accepting all its novel ideas. Plus Nancy is still that hardened detective we grew up loving, working arduously to uncover clues each week.
And I absolutely love the homages to the original books. Names such as Larkspur Lane, The Golden Pavillion, Pine Hill, Blackwood Lodge and Hidden Staircase are just a few of the name drops of locations that have already been part of the show. For the reviewers who shot down the show after the first episode, I say.... you just didn't give it a fighting chance.