World famous girl detective Nancy Drew is returning to The CW for a second season, with the season premiere having Nancy and her friends dealing with the Aglaeca. However, co-showrunner Melinda Hsu Taylor has revealed that Season 2's story structure will differ from that of Season 1 in a big way.
While speaking to EW with her collaborator Noga Landau, Taylor revealed that Season 2 will feature more standalone episodes than Season 1 due to a desire to "design it so that it was a lower barrier to entry."
"Season 1, which I love and I'm so proud of, was about a unified mystery that became two unified mysteries," Taylor said. "There was a lot to keep up with week to week, in a really fun way."
She went on to explain that in the next season, "...We have more of a kind of chapter feeling, where there's definitely through-lines through the whole season and there are so many payoffs for the evolving relationships, but you can also drop in to literally any episode this season and feel like, 'I'm getting a really compelling and enjoyable story I'm getting a really compelling and enjoyable story ... I feel like I got that story's end also in these 42 minutes, but now I want to keep watching because there's this other stuff going on in the background.'"
The synopsis for the Season 2 premiere of Nancy Drew, "The Search for the Midnight Wraith," can be found below.
THE DREW CREW IS BACK FOR SEASON TWO! – Nancy (Kennedy McMann) and the Drew Crew are still reeling from witnessing the visions of their deaths. They realize even more so now that they need to come up with a plan to stop the Aglaeca before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Detective Tamura (guest star Ryan-James Hatanaka “Nurses”) shows up at The Claw to bring Nancy in for questioning as she is now a suspect in a mysterious comatose girl’s assault. Scott Wolf, Leah Lewis, Tunji Kasim, Riley Smith and Alvina August also star. Larry Teng directed the episode written by Noga Landau & Melinda Hsu Taylor (#201). Original airdate 1/20/2021.
Nancy Drew stars Kennedy McMann, Tunji Kasim, Maddison Jaizani, Scott Wolf, Riley Smith and Alex Saxon. The series returns for Season 2 Jan. 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.
Source: EW