- 8.2/1048 votesLoading...
#1 - The Last Kiss of Summer (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1978
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
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
- 8.1/1040 votesLoading...
#2 - The Last Kiss of Summer (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1978
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.
Director: Winrich Kolbe, Vince Edwards
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe
- 7.9/10109 votesLoading...
#3 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1977
Nancy and the brothers team up to find Fenton Hardy, who disappeared while investigating a series of European art thefts.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
- 7.9/1084 votesLoading...
#4 - The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1977
Allison Troy's Transylvanian rock concert has locals fearing a reawakening of their most notorious denizen.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
- 7.9/1089 votesLoading...
#5 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1977
Nancy and famous criminologist Arlo Wetherly find mutilated photos of themselves.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 7.7/10100 votesLoading...
#6 - A Haunting We Will Go
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/1977
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.
Director: Glen A. Larson, Jack Arnold
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
- 7.7/1074 votesLoading...
#7 - The House on Possessed Hill
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/1978
Townspeople revile a psychically gifted girl (Melanie Griffith) who has a mysterious tie to an eerie mansion.
Director: Daniel Haller
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1081 votesLoading...
#8 - The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1977
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: N/A
Writer: Michael Sloan
- 7.6/1040 votesLoading...
#9 - Assault on the Tower
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1978
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
- 7.5/1069 votesLoading...
#10 - Sole Survivor
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1978
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
- 7.4/10110 votesLoading...
#11 - The Mystery of Pirate's Cove
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/6/1977
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1057 votesLoading...
#12 - Strange Fate of Flight 608
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1977
Frank and Joe are invited to join a charter flight which passes over the Bermuda Triangle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Christopher Crowe
- 7.3/1062 votesLoading...
#13 - Voodoo Doll (1)
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1978
While in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Frank and Joe's wallets are stolen; Nancy works under cover as a magician.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Christopher Crowe, Mark Griffiths
- 7.3/1027 votesLoading...
#14 - Defection to Paradise (1)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1978
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
- 7.3/1025 votesLoading...
#15 - Defection to Paradise (2)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1978
Marla falls for an American agent, but Soviet killers pursue her.
Director: Ray Austin, Sidney Hayers
Writer: Gil Grant
- 7.2/1082 votesLoading...
#16 - The Mystery of Ghostwriters' Cruise
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/1977
Nancy's relaxing vacation cruise is interrupted when one of her fellow passengers, a mystery writer, receives threats against his life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1076 votesLoading...
#17 - The Creatures Who Came On Sunday
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1977
The Hardy boys spot peculiar, alien-like people on an old missile site being guarded by federal agents.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votesLoading...
#18 - Scorpion's Sting
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1978
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.
Director: Dennis Donnelly, Ray Austin
Writer: Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan
- 7.2/1026 votesLoading...
#19 - Game Plan
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1978
A woman executes a securities scam from Atlantic City casinos using a code that the Hardy Boys must break.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1084 votesLoading...
#20 - The Secret of the Whispering Walls
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/1977
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: N/A
Writer: Glen A. Larson
- 7.1/1053 votesLoading...
#21 - Oh Say Can You Sing
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1978
The lead singer of a rock band runs down investigative reporter Jerry Morgan.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1036 votesLoading...
#22 - Dangerous Waters
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1978
Frank and Joe Hardy journey from the South of France to the Caribbean to find a girl who disappeared while hunting for pirate treasure.
Director: Dennis Donnelly, Richard Benedict
Writer: Michael Sloan, Christopher Crowe
- 7.0/1084 votesLoading...
#23 - The Flickering Torch Mystery
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/1977
The Hardy boys uncover a plot to kill the nation's top rock star.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1067 votesLoading...
#24 - Will the Real Santa Claus..?
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/1977
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
- 7.0/1056 votesLoading...
#25 - Voodoo Doll (2)
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1978
The brothers find a dead man in a coffin in their hotel room.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Christopher Crowe, Mark Griffiths
The Best Episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Every episode of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries!
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Last Kiss of Summer (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries". It scored 8.2/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Vince Edwards and written by Glen A. Larson, Michael Sloan, it aired on 10/2/1978. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Last Kiss of Summer (2)".