Tag: Lauren Lee Smith
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Things Better Left Dead (Season 3 Episode 5)
Frankie Drake Mysteries delves into spiritualism in Season 3 Episode 5, “Things Better Left Dead,” an installment that tries to fake the death of one of the series’ leads to…well, let’s just call it mixed results.
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: A Brother in Arms (Season 3 Episode 4)
Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 4, “A Brother in Arms,” uses the arrival of Frankie’s secret half-brother to tell the upsetting story of the 1919 anti-Chinese riots in Halifax and the legacy of racism they left behind.
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: School Ties, School Lies (Season 3 Episode 3)
Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 3, “School Ties, School Lies” is a story all about exceptional women, from a precocious preteen detective to Mary dressing up as a man to best the boys at the police department’s physical fitness competition.
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Counterpunch (Season 3 Episode 2)
Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 2, “Counterpunch,” feels like a return to form for this plucky little mystery show. Our favorite ladies are reunited and Frankie gets to punch multiple people – what’s not to love?
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: No Friends Like Old Friends (Season 3 Episode 1)
Frankie Drake Mysteries returns for Season 3 with an installment that feels fairly different from the series’ first two seasons. Whether that will be a good thing or not, we’ll have to wait and see.
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Dealers Choice/Now You See Her (Season 2 Episodes 9 and 10)
Frankie Drake Mysteries’ second season goes out on a particularly high note with a pair of episodes that not only gives our titular heroine a chance to shine, it establishes the recurring antagonist she really needs.
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Dressed to Kill/Extra Innings (Season 2 Episodes 5 and 6)
Trudy, Mary and Flo are all trailblazers in their own ways and the show is all the better when it acknowledges that. But, let’s be real, a lot of us originally tuned in for the sassy, fearless Frankie, and this pair of episodes give her a real chance to shine. Read on for our review!
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Radio Daze/Emancipation Day (Season 2 Episodes 3 and 4)
The second season of Frankie Drake Mysteries continues with a pair of episodes the further push the idea that this time around, the show is much less focused on its titular leading lady. (And that’s not a bad thing.) Read on for our review!
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: The Old Switcheroo/Last Dance (Season 2 Episodes 1 and 2)
Frankie Drake Mysteries kicks off its second season with a pair of episodes that offer a more mature and team-based feel on Season 2 Episode 1, “The Old Switcheroo,” and […]
Frankie Drake Mysteries Review: Anastasia/Once Burnt Twice Spied (Season 1 Episodes 10 and 11)
Frankie Drake Mysteries wraps up its first season with a charming origin story that takes us all the way back to the beginning. Read on for our review!