Category: TV Reviews

A Sunshine State of Mind – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writers: Jennifer Kassabian, Keri Ferencz

This one starts with the gals gathered at Frankie’s office, complaining about the heat wave gripping the city. Trudy’s mom (Mildred) comes in to tell them she’s bought a place down in Florida, in a resort called Miami Springs. Mildred admits she spent a lot on the place (and some of Trudy’s aunts and uncles bought in as well), but she’s happy to have a nice vacation property and Trudy seems quite thrilled too. Frankie gets a call from her mom (Nora), who tells her she bought property in Miami Springs as well, and is the one who talked Mildred into investing. Unfortunately, Miami Springs is a scam; Nora isn’t worried about the money she lost, but she does feel bad for getting Mildred (and her family) mixed up in a fake deal. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 10”

A History of Violins – Director: Cal Coons/Writer: John Callaghan

This one starts with Frankie and Trudy attending a violin concert featuring a famous (but somewhat reclusive and eccentric) violinist named Natasha Petrov. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 9”

Ward of the Roses – Director: Stephen Reizes/Writer: Andrew Burrows-Trotman

This one starts with Frankie arriving at the local campaign headquarters of Etta Rose, who’s running for alderman for the Ward. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 8”

Out on a Limb – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writer: Carol Hay

This one starts with a couple of very attractive women dancing on the roof of the Tiptop Club. It’s a publicity stunt put on by the club’s owner Jake Irwin, a New Yorker who’s brought some of his money north. Later, we see the two dancers talking on the roof and one of them (Josie Timmins) seems rather upset about something. Her friend tries to cheer her up, but it apparently doesn’t work because the next morning Josie’s body is found on the street in front of the club. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 7”

Life on the Line – Director: Adriana Maggs/Writer: Keri Ferencz

Frankie and Flo are hanging out, talking about Flo’s upcoming tests to become a doctor. Flo’s worried she may not handle living patients as well as she does the corpses in the morgue, but Frankie reassures her. They come across a guy who’s preparing to jump off a railway bridge and try to talk him down. He says someone’s been trying to ruin his business (and his life) and Frankie convinces him she can find out who it is. Frankie and Flo drag the guy off the bridge, but he says he’s reserving his gratitude until after they find out who’s wrecking his life. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 6”

Things Better Left Dead – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writer: Cal Coons

This one starts with Frankie bringing some guy back to her office at night. It looks like they’re about to bang right there on the steps, but there’s blood on the floor and their passionate moment is shattered when Frankie sees Trudy’s lifeless body on the floor. Yeah, apparently Trudy’s dead. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 5”

School Ties, School Lies – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writer: Jennifer Kassabian

This one starts with Flo giving a talk to a class at Briarlane Girls’ School. She shows them some preserved bodily organs and lets them know that medicine isn’t an easy profession for women, but urges them to stick with it if that’s what they love. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 3”

No Friends Like Old Friends – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writer: Carol Hay

This one starts with Frankie in London, having a motorcycle race with her old friend Louise Barton, with whom she served as a dispatch rider in the Signal Corps. They reminisce about the War before heading back to Louise’s place. She doesn’t seem to be enjoying married life too much (and her husband James is kind of a dick to Frankie). Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 3, Episode 1”

Well, that’s another season of Frankie Drake finished and I’m still really liking the show. The 1920s setting is great and I love how they bring in real historical characters to interact with Frankie and the gang. This season gave us a bit more insight into the characters, although we still haven’t learned exactly what happened to Frankie during the War. I hope they get to that eventually.

The main development for Frankie is the “will-they-won’t they” thing between her and Detective Greyson. The whole trope of people arguing and then falling for each other is a bit of a cliché, but maybe they can make it work. Frankie’s real nemesis seems to be Bessie Starkman, but they’re actually more alike than they’d care to admit, so I hope we see more of that interaction. Trudy’s still a great character, and the only one who can keep Frankie in line when she gets headstrong. I’d like to see more of Trudy’s family, especially her mom. Mary is still my favourite, so I hope she gets to take the spotlight in a few episodes. Flo is probably the one we know least about, but maybe they’ll delve more into her life in Season 3. My first review of the third season will be up next Wednesday and I hope everyone will check it out.

Now You See Her – Director: Ruba Nadda/Writer: James Hurst

This one starts at a magic show, with the warm-up act (Ben Sellers) and his lovely assistant (Winnie Hudson) doing several tricks that wow the audience. Continue reading “Frankie Drake Mysteries Reviews: Season 2, Episode 10”