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The Best Episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

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Best episode
S2E4 The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
7.8110 votes
Worst episode
S2E21 Arson and Old Lace
6.476 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.3avg
Binge time
1d 12h
46 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 4 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
    7.8/10(110 votes)

    S2:E4

    Nancy and famous criminologist Arlo Wetherly find mutilated photos of themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 15 - The House on Possessed Hill
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    S2:E15

    Townspeople revile a psychically gifted girl (Melanie Griffith) who has a mysterious tie to an eerie mansion.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 1 - The Last Kiss of Summer (1)
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    S3:E1

    After Joe Hardy's fiancée is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the FBI won't let the police arrest the man until their own case against him is finished. Joe takes the law into his own hands and goes undercover as a rich gambler with underworld connections.

    Director:Vince Edwards
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson

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  4. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 2 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (2)
    7.7/10(104 votes)

    S2:E2

    Allison Troy's Transylvanian rock concert has locals fearing a reawakening of their most notorious denizen.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson

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  5. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 2 - The Last Kiss of Summer (2)
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    S3:E2

    Joe Hardy is still haunted by memories of his dead fiancee, but has to focus his mind on the case when Jocco's girlfriend overhears him talking to the police on the phone. Meanwhile, Frank Hardy tries to help Joe by going undercover too, but Jocco finds out and traps Frank in a shark-infested area.

    Directors:Vince Edwards, Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe, Glen A. Larson

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  6. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 5 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)
    7.6/10(101 votes)

    S2:E5

    Frank & Joe team up with Nancy Drew again in Los Angeles to attend the 14th Annual Detectives' Convention at a TV & movie studio. Joe pursues an illusory figure through the back lot of the studio's stage 24.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  7. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 8 - A Haunting We Will Go
    7.5/10(120 votes)

    S1:E8

    The stage is set for mystery when Nancy and her friends decide to produce a 20 year old play in order to raise money for a youth center. The play is to be presented at the allegedly haunted Palace Theatre. When members of the original cast arrive in town, strange events begin to occur both onstage and off. Nancy must figure out why the actors have come together to appear in her modest production, or the drama might just end in real life tragedy.

    Directors:Glen A. Larson, Jack Arnold
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson

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  8. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 7 - Defection to Paradise (1)
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S3:E7

    When the daughter of a Russian official defects to the U.S. by hiding in one of the rock band Bread's speaker cabinets sent to Hawaii, the Hardy Boys must track her down before the KGB does.

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Steven E. de Souza

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  9. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 8 - Strange Fate of Flight 608
    7.5/10(67 votes)

    S2:E8

    Frank and Joe are invited to join a charter flight which passes over the Bermuda Triangle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Christopher Crowe

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  10. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 6 - Scorpion's Sting
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    S3:E6

    Frank and Joe Hardy are assigned to go to Puerto Rico to protect a senator's daughter from an international blackmailer known as the Scorpion.

    Directors:Dennis Donnelly, Ray Austin
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson

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  11. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 16 - Sole Survivor
    7.4/10(88 votes)

    S2:E16

    Joe awakens in a Hong Kong hospital and is led to believe that he has been comatose for a year and his father and brother are dead.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Christopher Crowe

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  12. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 3 - Assault on the Tower
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    S3:E3

    Joe and Frank Hardy go to London to find their missing father, but when Frank goes missing as well, Joe and an agent from the British Ministry must find a traitor together.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Steven E. de Souza

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  13. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 6 - The Secret of the Whispering Walls
    7.3/10(104 votes)

    S1:E6

    An unseen intruder breaks into the Drew home, stealing documents that will allow Nancy's aunts, Ruby and Lela, to sell their farm. While Nancy's father goes to the State Capitol to replace the papers, Nancy heads to the Farmhouse where she is plunged into a series of strange events that lead her deeper and deeper into danger.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Glen A. Larson

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  14. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 12 - The Mystery of Ghostwriters' Cruise
    7.3/10(93 votes)

    S1:E12

    Nancy's relaxing vacation cruise is interrupted when one of her fellow passengers, a mystery writer, receives threats against his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 17 - Voodoo Doll (1)
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    S2:E17

    While in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Frank and Joe's wallets are stolen; Nancy works under cover as a magician.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writers:Christopher Crowe, Mark Griffiths

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  16. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 8 - Defection to Paradise (2)
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    S3:E8

    Marla falls for an American agent, but Soviet killers pursue her.

    Directors:Ray Austin, Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Gil Grant

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  17. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 2 - The Mystery of Pirate's Cove
    7.2/10(137 votes)

    S1:E2

    Nancy and her friends see a beam of light coming from an abandoned lighthouse. When they call the local sheriff, he thinks they're imagining things because the light has disappeared. It's up to Nancy to Expose the strange mystery that surrounds the desolate structure. Soon, she finds herself in a deadly web of crime that could threaten her very life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 7 - The Creatures Who Came On Sunday
    7.2/10(89 votes)

    S2:E7

    The Hardy boys spot peculiar, alien-like people on an old missile site being guarded by federal agents.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 14 - Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    S1:E14

    Nancy and her girlfriend, George, attend a victory party where they find a star football player, standing over a prostate girl, with a broken crystal vase in his hand. Only the ever persistent Nancy can unravel who's out to frame the player and why.

    Director:Andy Sidaris
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 3 Episode 5 - Dangerous Waters
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    S3:E5

    Frank and Joe Hardy journey from the South of France to the Caribbean to find a girl who disappeared while hunting for pirate treasure.

    Directors:Dennis Donnelly, Richard Benedict
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe

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  21. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 20 - Death Surf
    7.1/10(58 votes)

    S2:E20

    While windsurfing in Hawaii, Frank tries to rescue a girl named Maryann (Maren Jensen) who disappears and is claimed to be dead. He then begins to become obsessed with finding out what happened to her, but someone, who is also on her trail, is watching him.

    Director:Ray Danton
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 10 - Nancy Drew's Love Match
    7.1/10(74 votes)

    S2:E10

    Nancy goes under cover to keep a light-fingered tennis star out of trouble.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 12 - Will the Real Santa Claus..?
    7.1/10(80 votes)

    S2:E12

    Nancy is determined to restore the honor of a dear old gentleman who claims to be Santa Claus when he is accused of burglary.

    Director:Michael Pataki
    Writer:Michael Sloan

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  24. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 1 Episode 7 - The Flickering Torch Mystery
    7.1/10(96 votes)

    S1:E7

    The Hardy boys uncover a plot to kill the nation's top rock star.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season 2 Episode 1 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1)
    7.1/10(140 votes)

    S2:E1

    Nancy and the brothers team up to find Fenton Hardy, who disappeared while investigating a series of European art thefts.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writers:Michael Sloan, Glen A. Larson

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)" is the best rated episode of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries. It scored 7.8/10 from 110 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Michael Sloan, it aired on October 2, 1977.

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