The Mystery of Pirate's Cove

Nancy Drew and her friends see a beam of light coming from a supposedly abandoned lighthouse, and a professor tries to convince her that it is haunted. The local sheriff thinks they're imagining things, so it's up to Nancy to solve the mystery.

A good Episode with an effectively creepy lighthouse and atmosphere- it sort of like a live animation of Scooby doo with Nancy and co snooping. The setting is striking, and the set pieces too. The scene with the deluge of water breaking through the door entrance is well done. Monte Markham stars as the professor who doesn't appear all that he seems. He says looking ghosts - but in reality he's looking for treasure. Or is he?

Nancy and her friends see a light coming from a lighthouse that's been abandoned for years. Nancy begins investigating only to discover the lighthouse has recently been sold to a professor specializing in paranormal research. Could the light have been some sort of ghostly light? Nancy is determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious lighthouse.

It was impossible for me to watch this The Secret of Pirate's Cove and not compare it with the previous episode. Unlike the first Hardy Boys episode in the series, the first Nancy Drew episode hits all the marks. This episode, The Secret of Pirate's Cove, has everything that I argued was missing from the previous episode, The Mystery of the Haunted House. For starters, there's a lighthouse that is supposedly haunted. There's also a legend of pirate treasure and men being buried alive. Add to that the mystery of the dying fish, tunnels under the lighthouse, and footprints that disappear - all the ingredients are here for a top-notch Nancy Drew mystery. It doesn't hurt any either that, unlike the first episode, we as viewers are included in all the plot details from the beginning. And, it doesn't hurt that the story is smaller in scale involving a local legend.

Overall, a very nice episode (I'll have to see if ends up being one of the best) that I'll easily rate an 8/10.