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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!

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as...
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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)".

  • The Last Kiss of Summer (1)
    8.2/1048 votes
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    #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

  • The Last Kiss of Summer (2)
    8.1/1040 votes
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    #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

  • The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (1)
    7.9/10109 votes
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    #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

  • The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (2)
    7.9/1084 votes
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    #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

  • The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (1)
    7.9/1089 votes
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    #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

  • A Haunting We Will Go
    7.7/10100 votes
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    #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

  • The House on Possessed Hill
    7.7/1074 votes
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    #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

  • The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom (2)
    7.6/1081 votes
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    #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

  • Assault on the Tower
    7.6/1040 votes
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    #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

  • Sole Survivor
    7.5/1069 votes
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    #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

  • The Mystery of Pirate's Cove
    7.4/10110 votes
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    #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

  • Strange Fate of Flight 608
    7.4/1057 votes
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    #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

  • Voodoo Doll (1)
    7.3/1062 votes
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    #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

  • Defection to Paradise (1)
    7.3/1027 votes
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    #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

  • Defection to Paradise (2)
    7.3/1025 votes
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    #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

  • The Mystery of Ghostwriters' Cruise
    7.2/1082 votes
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    #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

  • The Creatures Who Came On Sunday
    7.2/1076 votes
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    #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

  • Scorpion's Sting
    7.2/1030 votes
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    #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

  • Game Plan
    7.2/1026 votes
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    #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

  • The Secret of the Whispering Walls
    7.1/1084 votes
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    #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

  • Oh Say Can You Sing
    7.1/1053 votes
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    #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

  • Dangerous Waters
    7.1/1036 votes
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    #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

  • The Flickering Torch Mystery
    7.0/1084 votes
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    #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

  • Will the Real Santa Claus..?
    7.0/1067 votes
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    #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

  • Voodoo Doll (2)
    7.0/1056 votes
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    #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