The Spell of the Burning Bride

The Spell of the Burning Bride
Season	2
Episode	10
Overall	28
Series	Nancy Drew (2019 TV series)
First aired	March 31, 2021
Written by	Jesse Stern
Directed by	Amanda Row
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The Spell of the Burning Bride is the tenth episode of season 2 of The CW television series Nancy Drew, and the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall. It aired on March 31, 2021.

Synopsis

Official synopsis of The Spell of the Burning Bride from The CW:

THERE'S A NEW GHOST IN TOWN - Nancy picks up a new investigating job involving the local florist and is pleasantly surprised when Gil Bobbsey is able to offer some assistance. Meanwhile, Ace receives a cryptic text message. Scott Wolf, Leah Lewis, Maddison Jaizani, Tunji Kasim and Riley Smith also star.

Cast and characters

Starring:

• Kennedy McMann as Nancy Drew
• Leah Lewis as George Fan / Odette Lamar
• Maddison Jaizani as Bess Marvin
• Tunji Kasim as Ned "Nick" Nickerson
• Alex Saxon as Ace
• Riley Smith as Ryan Hudson
• Scott Wolf as Carson Drew (credit only)

Guest-starring:

• Ryan-James Hatanaka as Abe Tamura
• Teryl Rothery as Celia Hudson
• Praneet Akilla as Gil Bobbsey
• Rukiya Bernard as Valentina Samuels

Co-starring:

• Shannon Kook as Grant
• Anja Savcic as Odette Lamar
• Mercedes de la Zerda as Officer Hampton
• Kathleen Duborg as Reverend Carter
• Lisa Chandler as Noah/Ghostly Bride
• Ellie Harvie as Lily
• Anastasia Roberts as Frail Woman

Mentioned:

• Hannah Gruen
• Josiah Hudson, Ryan's uncle who's really into the family tree
• Temperance Hudson, Nancy's ancestor involved with the bridal dress

Additional:

• Ace's unnamed half-brother
• Unnamed bride who killed her husband in 1919

Quotes

“Being in this state, it increases blood flow and raises body heat, but what does that mean? Is it making me feel attracted? Or is it intensifying feelings of attraction that I already had but was repressing just in the moment that I need to stay chaste because I want to keep my clothes on because I want to get into college?!”

— Nancy (about being under the dress's curse)

Trivia

• Jesse Stern live-tweeted the episode via the Nancy Drew Writers Twitter account.
  • "The biggest curveball was writing a team-up for Nancy and Detective Tamura when (at that point) I’d only met @RJHatanaka briefly over zoom. It was great to be able to play him as a skeptic since Nancy and the Crew have gone full ghost town."
  • "I like that Nick and Ace get to be relatively calm (and occasionally lovingly objectified) in the face of Hurricane Nancy. I like that in the midst of all this chaos when everyone’s having all these complicated feelings, here comes Gil who’s just… not."
  • “For some reason, I just love when Nancy asks George and Bess to get her out of the police station and they instantly know what to do even though she was supposed to be there to pick them up.”
  • “Thanks to @AmandaMRow for the sexy-cam visions, particularly the crucial use of the wind machine. This episode is different from any we’ve done so far & Amanda made sure it landed smack dab in the fun zone. Cuz it coulda easily gone totally off the rails.”
  • " 'I could melt all this stuff' may be the weirdest movie reference I’ve ever dropped in anything, from My Blue Heaven. I probably spent half the season pitching the torch and welding mask bits. I think there was a cheer when that actually made the board."
  • "In this episode, I thought lemme give @kennedymcmann something she can fight against and let her try to figure out what’s happened to her out loud. It’s so cool how she swings back and forth between being out of control and trying to get a handle on it."
  • "I’ve been writing tv since 2003 and Nancy Drew is the first writing staff I’ve been a part of that is majority women. I’m honored to be one of the only men in this incredible group."
• Kennedy McMann described The Spell of the Burning Bride as her favorite episode, as she had the most fun filming it then any other episode.
• This is the first episode of Nancy Drew in which Nancy is affected by anything supernatural.

Gallery

Images

Video

Nancy Drew - Season 2 Episode 10 - The Spell Of The Burning Bride Promo - The CW

Behind the Scenes

External links

• The Spell of the Burning Bride on The Internet Movie Database