Nancy Drew (TV Series)

Pilot (2019)

Maddison Jaizani: Bess Marvin

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Quotes 

• Nancy Drew : Guys? I, uh, tend to do these sorts of things by myself.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : You wouldn't even know about that medium if it wasn't for my extensive knowledge of maritime lore.

  Bess Marvin : Plus, you don't believe in ghosts, which a medium will pick up on right away.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Admit it, Drew. We're helpful.

  Nancy Drew : [thinking]  I admit nothing.

• Nancy Drew : We need evidence of his motive.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Which we'd find where?

  Nancy Drew : In their house... In their room. Husband and wife, it's an intimate relationship. I mean, to start, were they even sharing a bed?

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Well, if she liked her sex like she liked her fish, that would be dry and flavorless. So I would say: nope.

  Bess Marvin : Mean.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : But relevant.

• Bess Marvin : Why don't they let us go already?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : They're trying to decide if we're just witnesses or if they have enough to charge us.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Charge us? With what?

  Nancy Drew : The death of Tiffany Hudson.

• Nancy Drew : [pouring Ryan Hudson's wife a glass of wine]  Please tell me this isn't the last box.

  Ace : Sorry, I was thirsty.

  Bess Marvin : I will go check the storeroom.

  Ace : I'm growing on her.

  Nancy Drew : Like a fungus, Ace.

• Chief E.O. McGinnis : [Nancy and her friends were found at a crime scene]  So, what do you five have to say?

  Bess Marvin : I'd ask you to check the cameras in the storeroom, because I'd totally be on there, time-stamped, looking for wine. But we don't have any cameras in the storeroom.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : I was in the ladies' room, and it's a single stall, so yeah... by myself.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : I already said the repair shop was closed. I figured that implied it was empty. That's why I was headed here for dinner.

  Ace : Ryan Hudson can verify my whereabouts. I delivered food to him and his friends when the lights went out. Yeah, since the waitresses were nowhere to be seen. Not that I think they did anything wrong.

  Nancy Drew : I found her. My fingerprints will be on her plate. Other than the person who may have done this, I believe I was the last one to see her alive.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Ace here has an alibi.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : What?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Bring the rest down to the station. Tell Mr. Hudson and his friends they are free to leave.

• Nancy Drew : Can we go now? We've told you all we know. We're not suspects.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : I disagree with your opinion. I'm looking at a decent four-pack. Town screwup, ex-con, city girl, and... Nancy Drew.

  Bess Marvin : Why does he say your name like that?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : She used to complicate my job.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : You mean do it for you?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Ah, Miss Fan. I haven't thrown your mom in the drunk tank this month. How's she doing? Say hi. And for the rest of you...

  Bess Marvin : Yeah, it was one count of shoplifting. I never did any hard time.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Didn't say you did.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : But good to know.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : By "ex-con," I meant him.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Happened when I was a minor. Record's sealed, and time served.

  Nancy Drew : You never told me you went to jail.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : One of the many things you never asked about.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Oh... so this is a thing.

• Georgia 'George' Fan : Mr. Hudson, welcome to the Claw. I don't believe that you've been in here before.

  Ryan Hudson : [with a group of friends]  Thank you. We need a, uh, quiet table for a private conversation.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Of course. Right this way.

  [leading them to a booth] 

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Bess, do the fork thing.

  Nancy Drew : [narrating]  Ryan Hudson, heir to his family's business empire, carrying on their tradition of summering in Horseshoe Bay.

  Ryan Hudson : And, uh, can you bring something to my wife? She's outside in the car.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Oh, your wife is here?

  Ryan Hudson : Yeah. Uh, and make sure it doesn't have a bun; um, salt, sauce. Basically anything that makes it taste remotely good.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Got it.

  Bess Marvin : This is your salad fork, and this is your fork for your main course.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : [going over to Nancy]  Wife needs food. I need a minute. Little help, please.

  Nancy Drew : [thinking]  Since when does George need help with anything?

• Bess Marvin : [Nancy inadvertently recorded a murder on her phone]  Tiffany Hudson, murdered by a ghost.

  Nancy Drew : Okay, you've seen it three times. Can I have it back?

  Georgia 'George' Fan : You're the one who asked for our opinion.

  Nancy Drew : Because I thought you would help me find another explanation.

  Ace : I think my girl Bess nailed it.

  Bess Marvin : Not your girl. Never will be.

  Ace : And not just any ghost. Dead Lucy.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Okay, not sure she's a credible alternative suspect here, Ace.

  Bess Marvin : You all know this ghost?

  Ace : Lucy Sable. She was crowned Sea Queen in the year 2000. Disappeared after the celebration, never seen again. Blood on the rocks, a little scrap of her pink dress.

  Bess Marvin : It's definitely her.

  Nancy Drew : Except definitely not.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Ghosts aren't real, Bess.

  Ace : You guys, Lucy gets blamed for a lot of stuff around here. Kid puts a baseball through a window. Dead Lucy. Wife finds a strange earring in bed, husband blames Lucy. Never had a murder pinned on her, though.

• Bess Marvin : [serving a table of customers]  This is your salad fork, and this is your fork for your main course. Can I interest you in an amuse-bouche?

  Georgia 'George' Fan : [irritably]  I told you, they get one fork. And keep your bouche shut. It amuses no one.

  Nancy Drew : [narrating]  Bess Marvin. Not from around here. As if the Cartier watch and Chanel flats didn't give it away. Taking a gap year from life in the city, crashing with her rich aunt in a mansion by the bluffs...

  [Bess accidentally drops silverware on the floor] 

  Nancy Drew : ..and not a natural at the hospitality game.

• Nancy Drew : [theorizing about Tiffany Hudson's death]  Was either of them on medication? Is there a secret cell phone? Is-is there a new will? A-A post-nup? An insurance policy?

  Ace : Gambling debt. A strange addiction.

  Bess Marvin : I thought you were Team Ghost.

  Ace : I am Team Ghost.

  Nancy Drew : Is the stolen ring evidence of a botched robbery?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Or is that what it's supposed to look like?

  Nancy Drew : Exactly.

  [thinking] 

  Nancy Drew : Except I don't do this anymore.

• Bess Marvin : [Nancy manages to open Tiffany Hudson's locket]  It works.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Don't sound so surprised. Too bad there's nothing but junk inside.

  Nancy Drew : [thinking, recognizing a seahorse shape from Lucy Sable's grave]  It isn't junk. I've seen this before.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Wait, there's an address on here. 725 Gallows Lane.

  Nancy Drew : [looking it up on her phone]  It's a medium.

  Bess Marvin : Medium what?

  [thinking and connecting the dots] 

  Bess Marvin : Oh! Because Tiffany was being haunted.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Wait. Maybe Tiffany was like Bess. If she believed in ghosts, she could've tried to communicate with one. Or protect herself from one. Even though that's crazy. Also like Bess.

  Nancy Drew : If this medium met with Tiffany for any reason, that's a lead worth following.

• Georgia 'George' Fan : You broke into Ryan's house?

  Nancy Drew : It was a spur-of-the-moment thing.

  Bess Marvin : You stole Tiffany's jewelry?

  Nancy Drew : Coming from the known ex-felon.

  Bess Marvin : It was a misdemeanor, and I'm just saying, I'm impressed.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Hate to admit it, but so am I.

  Ace : I'm also impressed.

  Nancy Drew : It was in a hidden compartment in Tiffany's nightstand. With a note.

  Bess Marvin : [taking the note]  "For your protection"? From what? And who's "H.G."?

  Georgia 'George' Fan : We gotta crack this thing open. I bet there's a clue inside.

  Nancy Drew : [George walks away]  Where are you going? That's mine.

  Bess Marvin : Technically stolen property.

  Nancy Drew : [thinking]  This is why I work alone.