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alaffy · 2 years ago

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Nancy Drew, Ex.1x05 – The Case of the Wayward Spirit

Yeah, the characters are growing on me a little bit more. But, at the moment, I love Victoria. The actress, Liza Lapira, is really great. I mean, I’m glad that Lapira ended up as part of the main cast on another show, but I would have loved to see her pop up on this show more often. Of course, I am assuming that nothing happens to the character this season (I just read that Victoria was in one season, not what happened to the character).

Well, we’re just jumping right into it this episode. Tiffany, who’s possessed George’s body, goes back to Tiffany’s home. There she cuts her her/George’s finger with a razor and writes “I know” on the bathroom mirror. Fun times. (Bye the bye, prop department needs better flake blood. That is clearly paint).

The next morning, Nancy is thinking about her next steps. Clearly Lucy wanted her to find the photo, which means Nancy needs to find out why. She decides the only thing she can do is talk to Karen. Apparently, Nancy is going by the Riverdale method of investigation. (You live in a small town; you literally can talk to anyone else. Someone will know). Of course, Nancy is thwarted by the evils of…leaving a message (Seriously, everyone screens their calls. Leave a message).

Ok, so George is wondering if they have any smaller band aids at the restaurant…because she woke up and her finger was all bloody. Where’d she wake up at? Like we saw she has a home, so why wouldn’t she fix her finger there? Anyway, a guy comes in asking if they can cater the Hudson’s charity event, held in Tiffany’s honor, at the last minute. Which, George says yes.

George gets a call from Ryan, demanding to know why she was in his house list night. Of course, George doesn’t know what he’s talking about. That is, until he mentions a message written in blood. George looks at her finger and quickly ends the call.

Nancy goes to the police station to talk to Karen, who isn’t in. Long story short, Nancy finds out that they may be opening a case into Tiffany’s death because of what her father said about the autopsy. Nancy isn’t able to find out more, however, as she gets texts from both Ace and Bess, asking her to come to The Claw as George is acting strange.

Nancy goes to The Claw and is told that George cut her hand while preparing food and, long story short, locked herself in her office. Nancy tries to talk to George, but all George does is make a guttural…noise. Nancy is able to force open the door and the three of them see George sitting on the floor. She’s got a bunch of photos around her of herself and she’s basically scratching her face out of the picture.

They get George out of the office and she sits at the table, staring blankly. Nancy wonders what might be causing this; Bess realizes George may be possessed. And, again long story short, they check George’s locker and find the mirror she was supposed to put on Tiffany’s body. I mean, I understand why Nancy wants to be skeptical; but at this point….

Meanwhile, Nick comes into The Claw looking for Ace. He knows that Ace and Laura are close (not sure how, but ok). He tells Ace about how Laura broke into his loft and stole the hard drive. Now, as the box was meant for Nick, the drive probably was as well, and Nick wants Ace to help get it back. Nearby, George/Tiffany turns to pay attention to the conversation. The movement makes Nick notice George is there.

Nancy and Bess come out of the back, and they all watch George get up and start to rip at a paper with Tiffany’s picture on it. Nick wonders what’s going on and Bess tells him that George is possessed by Tiffany. Nick says that’s impossible; but as he says that he notices that George looks like she’s trying to take a ring on and off, just like Tiffany did when she was upset. Bess shows George the mirror, but all Tiffany sees is herself. Nancy has a hunch and takes a photo of George with her phone. She shows Tiffany and Tiffany faints, leaving George in control of her body.

Of course, George doesn’t remember anything about it. But then she sees the cut on her hand, and she realizes that something’s wrong. The others tell her that she’s possessed by Tiffany, and they show her what she did to the pictures (well, Nick still doesn’t quite believe). Anyway, Nancy suggests they take her home and, maybe, they can talk to her mom.

We learn that George is pretty much the breadwinner of the family and has two younger, much younger, sisters. When it comes to the spiritual, George’s mom clearly has a lot of knowledge. George’s mother, Victoria, needs George to explain everything that’s been going on. Bess shows Victoria the picture and she asks George why Tiffany would hate her so much. George admits to the affair, which is really bad for George as it’s clear that the ghost’s anger towards George will…look, Tiffany may have found a new body and George may no longer exist soon.

But, because the plot has to move on, George’s mom and Bess will be working on a way to get Tiffany’s spirit out of George’s body. Meanwhile, George and everyone else (including Nick) will be working the catering event. Nancy is told to call Victoria the moment Tiffany’s spirit comes out (which probably won’t be long considering where they’re going). I’m sure Nancy won’t take this as an opportunity to find out what happened the night Tiffany died.

So, the dude that hired them, Owen is there to help them (and cause tension between Nancy and Nick). Also, damn dude, I know your jealous; but maybe this isn’t the time for loud noises and unnerving stares.

Nancy follows George out into the garden to hands out hors d’oeuvres and to watch George; all while acting normal. That is until she hears the creepy children and sees something clearly buried in the yard. She goes over to the pile and starts to pull out the pink dress; until she’s grabbed by a hand. She pulls away and stumbles back into Karen. Nancy looks back and the mound of dirt is gone. Nancy shows Karen the picture of Karen and Lucy together and demands to know why Karen lied. Karen said it’s because of guilt. They were best friends until after a party during their junior year; at which point Lucy pulled away. Some kind of underground thing and Lucy is why Karen became a cop. We…we’re not supposed to trust Karen, are we.

And then Owen swoops in, in a business suit. Oh, I guess he’s rich…he’s a Hudson, isn’t he? Oh, no, he’s a Marvin (and I think we just found where Bess is going to get her DNA sample).

Back in the kitchen, we find out that Ace has gotten the drive, but Laura has come with it. Laura says that Tiffany was collecting evidence to take the Hudson’s down, but then stopped talking about it. Nick believes that Tiffany was protecting Laura that’s why she gave him the drive, but Laura counters that it was in a place that Laura would know to find it. Ace suggests working together, but Laura makes it clear she’s only there to get the password. One more try and she’s locked out. Ace suggests to Nick they ask George; which Nick thinks is crazy (And I’m with Nick. Not because I don’t know George is possessed, but because this can go really bad, really fast).

Ah, so Owen is our exposition guy this episode. Ryan meets up with Owen to talk about a deal they had. However, Owen isn’t so sure as he checked with Ryan’s father; who tells Owen that Ryan has lost the Hudson corporation hundreds of millions of dollars; basically, Ryan’s fortune at Hudson’s. Rayn says he’s on his way to making it back, but Owen won’t take the risk.

Meanwhile, George sees Ryan and that’s enough to make Tiffany possess her again. Tiffany grabs a knife off a table and heads to where Ryan is, making sure she’s not seen. But then she sees her clothes in a van and stops.

Ace, Nick, and Nancy realize George is missing. They call Bess, who’s bringing Victoria, and they go to look for George. Well, Ace almost does; but he sees Laura. She starts to dance with him (uh, there’s dancing at the party. This isn’t some random thing) and asks what he was saying about her sister. He tries to pretend he didn’t say anything important, but she knows he’s lying. She wants him to tell her everything. She may want to sit down first.

Beth comes but without Victoria. She runs into Lisbeth, the woman Bess was interested in a few episodes ago. Long story short, Bess gives Lisbeth her number. Then Bess sees George has changed into one of Tiffany’s dresses and is walking around with a large knife in her hand. Bess makes some…well she says she has to go and goes running into the kitchen. Nancy sees her and asks where Victoria is. Bess lets her know Victoria is on the way and that George is clearly possessed. Nancy says she’s going to text Ace to let him know and go find Tiffany to get her answers.

Tiffany is walking down the stairs towards Ryan. Ryan runs up to her, thinking it’s George, and demands to know why she’s there. Tiffany lets him know she knows about the waitress and kisses him. Ryan is upset because there are people there….who clearly haven’t seen a thing even though Ryan and Tiffany are right in the middle of them all. As this is a show that has the supernatural in it, I’m going to assume that’s what’s going on. Nancy runs up to them and tells Ryan that someone is looking for him inside; giving him a chance to escape. Nancy then says that people are looking for Tiffany and leads her away.

So, they go into the kitchen and, well, Nancy is trying to get Tiffany to tell her about the night she died. Victoria has arrived and she’s getting ready to get Tiffany out of George’s body. And Tiffany has no idea that she’s dead and in the wrong body. Then, Nick comes in the room. Taking a chance, Nick asks if Tiffany knows him. This seems to be enough for Tiffany to, well she starts playing with a ring on her finger indicating that she’s upset. And, so, Nick now Knows Tiffany is in the body. And, Tiffany, it seems is starting to realize that something is wrong; but doesn’t accept she’s dead or murdered.

At this point, Ace and Laura run into the room. Laura realizes that her sister is in there and tells Tiffany that they’re going to help her. Of course, Bess says the worst thing possible and tells Laura they are banishing Tiffany’s spirit (Why not just tell her they’re helping her find peace?). Laura tells Tiffany that she’s in the body of the woman who slept with her husband (basically, she deserves to keep the body?) and then knocks over the incense that is needed for the ritual. Laura tells Tiffany to run, and she does; just after she grabs the knife she had put down. Laura tries to go with her, but Ace grabs her.

Tiffany runs down the hall and into Ryan, who manhandles her into a room. He’s pissed because he knows if his father finds out about what happened in the garden, that Ryan will be disowned. George is able to break free for a moment and ask for help, but then Tiffany takes control again. Nancy and Victoria burst into the room and Victoria tells Tiffany to leave George. Ryan, not knowing what’s going on, thinks Victoria is talking to him and decides to go.

So, everyone else comes into the room and they start the ritual. Nancy promises to find Tiffany’s killer. Nick promises as well and promises to stay with Tiffany until the ritual is over. Tiffany makes Nick promise he will keep Laura safe, and he agrees. Then, she says Dantes. And then she is gone.

George wakes up on the floor. At which point Victoria makes one of the best exits ever. Nancy asks if Nick is ok. He says he is and that he understood Tiffany’s message. Nancy understands this means he has to go. George asks if Nancy got what she wanted. Nancy says she did because George didn’t die. I don’t think George really believed her. Bess wants George to spill her trauma, but George is like it was horrible and no.

Nancy realizes that if ghosts work on pure emotion, that means Lucy was attached to something. Nancy looks at the picture of Karen and Lucy. Lying on the ground, under Karen’s feet, is a poster.

Meanwhile, Ace and Nick are able to convince Laura to give them the drive. She trusts Ace, but it’s clear that she’s not happy with the situation (to be fair, she just lost her sister a second time).

Nancy sees Owen and, long story short, he’s into real estate and construction. She wants to know if he still wants to make himself useful and they leave together. Of course, Nick and Ace see them leave and Nick is jealous.

Ace and Nick go to The Claw. Ace is worried Laura will not forgive him. Nick is sympathetic, but also knows they need to get into the files first. The password is Dantes, the first book Tiffany gave Nick. And, holy hell, there’s a lot of info. Of course, the biggest worry is that some of the documents are signed by Owen. Nick calls Nancy, but she declines it.

She’s at a construction site where Owen is getting her something to dig a hole at her old high school. Um, she’s trying to unearth a time capsule.

At the end, Bess sends a message to Lisbeth to get dinner with her. George is depressed and traumatized. Nancy goes through the time capsule and finds a DVD. On the DVD, there a shot of Lucy and a young man. The disc starts to skip back and forth and the name Ryan is heard. So, Ryan may have something to do with Lucy’s death?

#nancy drew #george fan #victoria fan #bess marvin #ace #ned nickerson #tiffany hudson #ryan hudson #laura tandy #karen heart #owen marvin

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girl4music · 1 month ago

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Those last 2 episodes. Appropriately titled ‘Heart Part 1’ and ‘Heart Part 2’ because my heart is so full. I have so much to say and have no idea where to start with it.

So much happened. Every lead character’s individual arc was thoroughly concluded in a very satisfying way. Even some of the recurring ones got an endgame so there’s a lot to cover in this recap of a fantastic finale and I feel so fulfilled on great storytelling and great representation packed into a neatly tied up ending.

MAJOR SPOILERS: do not read this if you have not seen the finale of ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’.

I guess I’ll start with Shadow Weaver because she had an endgame that I had predicted. Well, sort of. I said that Shadow Weaver’s arc can only go in 1 of 2 ways. I said it was either personal attainment (villainy) or personal sacrifice (heroism). So I wasn’t surprised when it was the latter. But I wasn’t able to trust in her going that way sincerely until she started attacking that monster, told Catra that she was proud of her, took off her mask and then told them both ‘you’re welcome’. I couldn’t trust that she was sincerely helping them to achieve releasing and channelling the Heart of Etheria’s magic… which by the way, is what almost brought them to the brink of destruction the first time they tried to do it. However, I understood that because She-Ra was the conduit for that, that it could have a different outcome. Still destructive but destructive only to the opposition. I think anyway. I might have to rewatch that part again because I don’t think I fully understood what was going on there. But yes, Shadow Weaver went out in a heroes death rather than was the cause of her own demise out of hunger for power and a desire to attain the magic of the Heart Of Etheria for selfish aim. I was happy with it.

Glimmer and Bow: I decided to talk about these 2 lead characters together since part of their arc involves each other. It was no surprise to me that they would declare their love for each other. I mean Glimmer has always had a crush on Bow and they’ve been the very best of friends since they were children. I wasn’t sure about Bow at first but I knew intense romantic feelings would develop and I’m glad it was Glimmer who said it first. I am a bit disappointed that there wasn’t a kiss on the lips but I think I understand why that was. I’ll get there. Be patient. There’s way too much to talk about first and I really want to save Catradora until the very last section because I’ll have the most to say about them as a lot of their arc informs well… pretty much the whole TV show.

Glimmer individually had more of an arc in the TV show than Bow did so a significant amount of my meta goes to her. It was mainly how she was fairing as Queen but also how useful she could be to the team because of it. Then of course there was Micah. Reuniting with him but having to battle with him because he was an unwilling agent of Horde Prime. I laughed with pure joy when the influence on him ended and he said “Hi, I’m your dad.” I really felt for Glimmer when she was desperately trying to heal him and she said “I won’t lose another parent!” So it was so satisfying for me to realize she healed him and that she poured all the love she could into that heal and when she succeeded, the proud smile that he wore must have made her feel like Queen of the world, never mind just her little town of Brightmoon. She deserves it.

Likewise it was wonderful to see how proud Bow’s dads were of him when he gave that rousing battle speech to the reawakened masses of Etherians, telling them to be their own warriors and fight for their home. It was right that it was Bow to do that rather than Adora or Glimmer because that is what he had trained himself to do from the beginning. He wants to be an archer battling on the side of the greater good and not a historian. So to see his dads holding each other, proudly watching him… it brought a tear to my eye, I have to admit. So beautiful!

Hordak and Entrapta: I had no idea that I would get a closure for Entrapta, let alone Hordak. I did and I’m so happy about it because even though she was only a recurring character, Entrapta buried her way into my science, tech and engineering loving heart (with a spanner and a blowtorch? You will never know 🤣) but I am glad that she got over her obsession enough to focus on what really mattered. Saving her friends.

The fact that what stopped Horde Prime wasn’t Adora or Glimmer or who you would expect, but Hordak and Entrapta? That hit so hard with me. To give THEM the hero moment of defeating the villain. I was like “Oh my god! That’s brilliant!” Because it is. Think about it. Who do you think Horde Prime tortured the most? His Little Brother! I still don’t know if that was literally or not. 🤷‍♀️ Was he actually related or was he just another clone because he did call Catra his “Little Sister” too? That’s still so creepy to me. But yeah, for Hordak to get that moment of retribution was absolutely delicious for me and then for Entrapta to reach him when Horde Prime tried to take over through the Hive Mind? So, so, good! That made total sense and it was brilliantly executed!

Scorpia and Mermista: The only reason to lump these 2 characters together is because they were chipped and controlled the longest that they caused significant damage to Etherians. There’s not really much to say about them other than that they’re going to have huge headaches now that this is all over due to how far gone they were. I mean I’m glad that they were able to save them but I just don’t know what the aftermath will be for them or whether they will be the same ever again.

From the way I watched and interpreted the TV show, I understood that one of the main narrative themes of it was psychological conditioning and I’ve been in awe that this children’s show was brave enough to tell that very dark story,… let alone see it right through until the end because it’s an ambitious, elaborate and difficult narrative undertaking. Especially to do it properly,… which they definitely did. To tell the darkness of… well… basically radicalization and genocide but to do so in such a way that it could teach and motivate kids to develop on their innate judgement and discernment so if - god forbid - they ever end up in that situation, they’ll know exactly what to do about it. With team She-Ra being their idols, they’ll be able to fight conditioning. I can imagine that’s what the creators intended with this and I cannot acknowledge and commend them on it high enough. I think that ND Stevenson and the entire creative team are incredibly courageous and amazing to make this a main thematic narrative all throughout this TV show and handle it with skill and compassion that it does not once come across as too much for PG.

Catradora: (Yes, I’m using the ship name because the way they tie up their individual character storyline arcs seamlessly also ties in with their romantic arc and you do not know how hard it is to find this with WLW ships.)

First off, I want to point out something that may or may not have been pointed out before with Catradora but this is just how it came across to me in the narrative given I interpret psychological conditioning as a main theme within it. To me, a lot of the reason why Catra is the way she is as a villainous character when it comes to receiving love and affection has do with this factor. She’s so closed off and repressed to the point that she cannot even see that she’s corrupting and sabotaging herself. She is a lot like Xena in this way. But a major striking difference for Catra is that she physically loses the one person in the world that stops her from doing this, whereas Xena physically gains that one person. Trust issues, abandonment issues, parental issues all tie in together - but that was all tolerable when Adora was around her. As soon as Adora leaves her behind in the Fright Zone and, furthermore, begins to oppose her as the hero of Etheria, she spirals so hard and so fast that all of those issues - which were always issues caused by the abusive treatment from Lord Hordak and Shadow Weaver - come crashing down one by one on top of her because she no longer has the person who makes those issues just inconveniences for her. Not only that but … it feels like personal betrayal for her that Adora fights her. She genuinely does think that Adora hates her. I mean who wouldn’t if they were in her shoes (paws?) and had the “upbringing” and “nurturing” backstory she’s had? So Catra has this preconceived notion that Adora never cared about her and left her because she thought she was better than her and was chasing after heroic glory and believes that she was too weak to go with her. In a way it’s a personal vendetta out of misunderstandings Catra has against Adora and those feelings are intense not just because the Horde brainwashing is that deep and severe but also because her love is that deep too and she can’t differentiate which feelings are which. So she becomes She-Ra’s mortal enemy because in her mind, She-Ra is what has taken Adora away from her.

But obviously, from Adora’s side, She-Ra was sprung on her, Etheria was sprung on her. In fact her entire world upended once she recognized her life for what it was. A lie. That she was the villain brutalizing innocent people. She couldn’t go back to them even if she had wanted to because everything she had ever knew was fraudulent and she had been coerced and deceived into being a weapon. And what I really like about Adora’s individual arc is that eventually this was revealed to be true on both sides of the war. She was a weapon for evil and for the greater good. But all she wanted - as all heroes do - was just to protect and defend her loved ones. That’s it. Catra could never see it that way though and it makes sense that she couldn’t given her conditioning was even worse as it involved one-on-one attacks from Shadow Weaver as well as whatever the treatment was with the entire group. Catra’s psychological conditioning was much more personal, intimate and isolated so what was ingrained into her had much deeper and stronger layers added on to it. Hers was a solid brick wall built trauma complex. Those are always much harder to recognize and escape from but with the right therapy,… it can be done. Given her issues weren’t so bad when Adora was around her but got much worse when Adora left her… it is clear that Adora represented a sort of therapy for her. Adora helped her keep all the crippling thoughts of self-doubt and self-contempt at bay. But they were on full volume when Adora left and kept attempting to kill her.

Okay, so let’s finally get on to their romantic arc and how the finale not only concluded their individual character representation and development arcs but also ended their ship slow burn. It wasn’t until the fantastic episode of ‘Save The Cat’ did I realize they were going there. See,… to start with, I knew that they were going to become a canon WLW couple at some point otherwise I would have never started watching it. That was the draw for me. That they were both lead characters in a canon WLW ship in a children’s TV show. That floored me. But I was not prepared at all for what I got to see in the finale. It was groundbreaking. It was phenomenal. In fact I’m sure it was life changing for many queer kids to see that kiss happen the way it did. Or… just happen on-screen at all. Look, I am so used to the “implied” and “assumed” and “disguised” when it comes to WLW physical intimacy that I just do not ever expect blatant leaves-absolutely-no-doubt-whatsoever kisses. I certainly don’t expect WLW kisses written and portrayed as “the power of love” kind. It’s extremely rare. To see it in a children’s show nailed me to the floor. But furthermore - added on to that astonishing feat - is that both lead characters overcome all their issues and obstacles through that very act like… a fairytale story. It’s like… when the Princess kisses the Princess, all is well… there’s no stopping either from that point on. It seems corny but it all just depends on how it’s done. But the fact is you don’t see it done between WLW at all. So to see it done WELL alongside seeing it done at all… I mean Indy knew that he had an assignment with this but the phrase “he understood the assignment” doesn’t cover or justify what was accomplished with this and I can’t believe it’s took me this long to see it.

Every TV art/entertainment creator should watch this TV show and regard this finale as the perfect example of what queer representation can and should provide in TV because this was just the epitome of what true love is. But the fact it was between 2 female lead characters.

I can’t even begin to explain how much it meant to me but I will spend the rest of my life trying to express it because this really was a groundbreaking achievement and I will be adding this WLW ship to my very short list of WLW ships that shape and satisfy every piece of me.

I have had the best fucking time watching this TV show and I will be doing reruns of it for god knows how long because I am sure there is so much more there for me just like there is with Xena, Buffy, Charmed, Dragon Ball Z, Wynonna Earp and Arcane. All these beloved shows are timeless to me for a reason and She-Ra is the same.

I hope you all enjoyed reading my recaps of my very first watch of ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. 🎄

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