This is an advanced review of The CW’s Nancy Drew out of New York Comic Con. Nancy Drew premieres on The CW on Oct. 9.
Taking cues from the sexy and supernatural Riverdale and its Netflix cousin Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The CW’s Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) is not the Nancy Drew you grew up with. More mature and spooky than its source material, the show centers on a Nancy who’s past the age of being the lovable, sleuthing wunderkind we’re familiar with. Now she’s an off-track young adult, who finds herself embroiled in a murder that may or may not involve a prom queen ghost.
We first meet Nancy at the bottom of a downward spiral. Originally on the fast track to Columbia University, her entire life was derailed when her mother died suddenly of pancreatic cancer. Now college is a distant dream, and Nancy works unhappily as a waitress at The Claw, the local diner in her sleepy town of Horseshoe Bay, Maine. Disconnected from her friends and father, Nancy’s only real relationship is with the ex-con mechanic Ned “Nick” Nickerson (Tunji Kasim), who longs for more intimacy than Nancy is willing to give.
Source: IGN.com The CW's Nancy Drew Premiere Review