The Hardy Boys (2020 TV series)
The Hardy Boys is a mystery drama television series, based on The Hardy Boys book series created by Edward Stratemeyer. The show is produced by Nelvana and Lambur Productions.[1] The first season was released on Hulu on December 4, 2020,[2][3] and the second season was released on April 6, 2022.[4] The series has been renewed for a third and final season on July 26, 2023.[5][6]
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| Based on | The Hardy Boys by Edward Stratemeyer |
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| Composer | Edo Van Breeman |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Cinematography | Fraser Brown |
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| Production companies | Nelvana Lambur Productions |
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| Original network | Hulu (United States) YTV (Canada) |
| Original release | December 4, 2020 – July 26, 2023 |
The series stars Alexander Elliot, Rohan Campbell, Keana Lyn, Riley O'Donnell, Bea Santos, and Adam Swain as the main characters. Filming took place mainly in Ontario, Canada, with featured locations including Cambridge, Port Hope, and Hamilton.[7]
Premise
The Hardy Boys follows two brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, alongside their friends and father, trying to disclose the truth about something quite menacing happening right in their own town of Bridgeport.
Cast and characters
Main
- Rohan Campbell as Frank Hardy
- Alexander Elliot as Joe Hardy
- James Tupper (season 1) and Anthony Lemke (seasons 2 and 3) as Fenton Hardy
- Keana Lyn Bastidas as Callie Shaw
- Linda Thorson as Gloria Estabrook
- Bea Santos as Aunt Trudy
- Adam Swain as Chet Morton
- Cristian Perri as Phil Cohen
- Atticus Mitchell as JB Cox
- Riley O'Donnell as Elizabeth "Biff" Hooper
- Krista Nazaire as Belinda Conrad (seasons 2 & 3)
- Sadie Munroe as Lucy (season 2)
- Laara Sadiq as Kanika Khan (season 1)
Recurring
- Janet Porter as Laura Hardy
- Stephen R. Hart as The Tall Man
- Saad Siddiqui as Rupert Khan
- Rachel Drance as Stacy Baker/Anastasia Nabokov
- Tara Yelland as Olivia “Kowalski” Sparewell
- Jennifer Hsiung (season 1) and Alli Chung (season 2) as Jesse Hooper
- Frank Licari as Paul McFarlane
- Bill Lake as Ezra Collig
- Philip Williams as Wilt
- Ric Garcia as Stefan
- Charolette Lai as Sandra
- Jim Codrington as Sam Peterson
- Sean Dolan as Ern Cullmore
- Tara Paterson as Shawna Meyer
- Joan Gregson as Anya Kowalski
- Mark Sparks as Nigel
- Philip Craig as George Estabrook
- Marvin Kaye as Sergei Nabokov
- Vijay Mehta as Ahmed Kahn
- Milton Barnes as Brian Conrad
- Jake Epstein as Adrian Munder/Mr. Munder
- Bailee Madison as Drew Darrow (season 3)[8]
Episodes
Season 1 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Welcome to Your Life" | Jason Stone | Steve Cochrane | December 4, 2020 March 5, 2021 (CAN) | |
| After a fishing boat is raided and a lockbox containing a radioactive Egyptian idol is stolen, a mysterious man kills the captain and crew of the boat, with only a sailor named Ern surviving. Joe and Frank's father, Fenton, begins his day normally by investigating a corrupt construction site worker. Meanwhile, Joe and Frank's mother notices that she's being followed on her way to Frank's baseball game. After winning the game, Joe and Frank are met by a police officer who informs them that their mother is dead. Fenton arrives at the house when the kids are mourning their mother, and tells them that they will be moving to Bridgeport for the Summer with him. Though outraged, the group moves in with their Aunt Trudy. Later that day, they meet a girl who takes them to a diner and tells them her name is Biff, short for Elizabeth. She and Joe kindle a friendship, but Ern arrives at a welcome party and informs Gloria of the disaster, then accidentally scares the woman away. Then, the brothers spy on their father, who is being confronted by a strange woman, who says that her nephew said something to Laura that was the reason she died. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Where the Light Can't Find You" | Jason Stone | Jason Stone | December 4, 2020 March 12, 2021 (CAN) | |
| On a plane, one man jumps to the ground with another man's bag, taking whatever was inside with him. Back in Bridgeport, Fenton does not want Frank and Joe to investigate Ern, who ran off the previous night. However, the boys start to dig deeper into the mysterious, and Fenton leaves for the airport to investigate a case. After seeing Biff come into the store looking strange, he follows her into the woods and sees her delivering supplies to the man who jumped out of the plane. Fenton finds Laura's connection to the missing person but is attacked, though he escapes. The man Joe found gets a radio and pinpoints a location in town. His leg is injured so he sends Joe and Biff out to deliver a message. Frank and Callie visit a hotel for information, and Joe opens the letter to see what's inside. He reseals and delivers the letter, and the team finds Ern is in the basement. The tall man whose bag was stolen and raided the fishing boat, arrives to find Ern. Joe figures out who the man who jumped out of the plane is, but the guy warns Joe to stay away. At dinner, Trudy demands to know where the boys were all day. The boys find Laura's case notes. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Of Freedom and Pleasure" | Jason Stone | Sandra Chwialkowska | December 4, 2020 March 19, 2021 (CAN) | |
| Frank finds a book from the Bridgeport library that was last checked out by his mother. However, it has a chapter missing, and Frank tells Phil and Callie about the mystery. Meanwhile, Joe accidentally breaks the artifact and discovers a little piece of metal inside it. He attends the annual carnival with Biff, who warns him about spending money to play rigged games. However, he wins every game and claims a variety of prizes. The man from the plane sneaks into Trudy's house for the idol but the Tall Man arrives, interrupting his search. Frank and his friends find the psychic who wrote the missing book chapter, but she is reclusive and does not want to talk to them. At the carnival, they see a lousy performance about how the psychic's father died when he saw a demon and go straight back to her to find out more. Frank and the psychic, Anna relate to their parents' deaths and grow closer. The Tall Man realizes that Joe took the radioactive metal bolt from the idol and searches the carnival. He chases Joe, who grows afraid until the man from the plane shows up and electrocutes the Tall Man. Anna tells Frank that her father didn't find a demon, but actually a box—the same one that Ern found during his time on the Astghik. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Secrets and Lies" | Jeff Renfroe | Avrum Jacobson | December 4, 2020 March 26, 2021 (CAN) | |
| The police—including Jesse—investigate the man from the plane's campsite. They collect evidence, and Joe spies on them. However, he is caught by Biff, and he tells her that he worries that Jesse might find his name on one of the tools he lent the Plane Man and he will be arrested too. Meanwhile, Frank calls his girlfriend Emma to tell her that he thinks it would be best if they take some time off due to him being in Bridgeport, but she breaks up with him instead. A crestfallen Frank then goes to the library to investigate the book his mother checked out prior to her death and learns that when she came in for the book she had coffee, so Frank goes to Wilt's to investigate further. Wilt tells him that Laura was upset about "joining the family business." Meanwhile, the Tall Man remains alive at the hospital. Frank talks to Gloria, who said she and Laura had an argument about Frank's schooling the day she died, and Joe and Biff sneak into the police station and reclaim the toolbox, however in the process they learn that the police know more about Plane Man than they thought. Upon their return, Joe and Frank share their discoveries, and Trudy, worried sick, sets more boundaries with them. Later, Biff arrives with more menacing news about Plane Man and the Tall Man escapes the hospital. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Drop" | Jeff Renfroe | Mike Kiss | December 4, 2020 April 2, 2021 (CAN) | |
| Frank meets with Fenton's partner, Sam, to investigate the J.B. Cox, the man from the plane, and learns that he is actually a thief for hire. Joe tries to decipher a message left by Cox while Trudy worries about Fenton. They realize that the words on the paper they have are all flowers, and they realize further that Cox and his beer will be meeting at the Matthew Brothers warehouse, that closed years ago. Joe and Frank investigate the warehouse, and when The Tall Man arrives, they barely escape with their lives, but run into Cox, who warns them to stay away from the case. While Trudy and Gloria share their grievances about the brothers and Laura, Joe creates a fake version of the object in the idol to lure The Tall Man away. The Tall Man follows them to an isolated farm. The gang traps The Tall Man in a makeshift cage and calks the police. Jesse brings the boys home to Aunt Trudy and explains what they did, to Trudy’s sick and amazement. Jesse attempts to interrogate the Tall Man but he doesn’t reveal a thing. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "In Plain Sight" | Jeff Renfroe | Jennifer Daley | December 4, 2020 April 9, 2021 (CAN) | |
| Fenton Hardy is following a lead to a country estate but is captured by a group that is also looking for Kanika Khan’s nephew. Fenton manages to escape…barely. Joe and Biff go to the town tailor and discover that the fabric came from a police-type overcoat. Frank and Callie take the entrance exam to Rosegrave college and are the final two that qualify to take the last test. It’s an escape room challenge. Time is running out when Frank figures out it’s a musical clue and opens a secret door in the study. Inside the room, they find a locked door with the symbol that Frank’s mom drew. Now they know that their grandmother is involved in what’s happening somehow. The Tall man comes after Joe and Biff again on the street. They manage to elude him by running into a theater. Joe hides the artifact in the theater behind the big screen. Kanika comes to visit Gloria and it’s revealed the Tall Man is working for her. Gloria warns her not to harm another member of her family. Joe tells Frank about the Tall Man and that the fabric came from a police coat. Frank tells Joe that he saw the symbol in the secret room at Gloria’s house. They discover Rosegrave’s Dean McFarland was their mother’s old boyfriend. Fenton finally calls and the boys reveal what they’ve found out. Fenton tells them to stay out of it and stay safe, but the boys have no intention of doing it. The Chief of Police comes to report to Gloria meaning he’s working for her. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "A Figure in Hiding" | Melanie Orr | Sabrina Sherif | December 4, 2020 April 16, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 8 | 8 | "What Happened in Bridgeport" | Melanie Orr | Jay Vaidya | December 4, 2020 April 23, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 9 | 9 | "The Key" | Melanie Orr | Ken Cuperos | December 4, 2020 April 30, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 10 | 10 | "The Secret Room" | Casey Walker | Avrom Jacobson | December 4, 2020 May 7, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 11 | 11 | "No Getting Out" | Casey Walker | Mike Kiss | December 4, 2020 May 14, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 12 | 12 | "Eye to Eye" | Jason Stone | James Hurst | December 4, 2020 May 21, 2021 (CAN) | |
| 13 | 13 | "While the Clock Ticked" | Jason Stone | Sabrina Sherif | December 4, 2020 May 28, 2021 (CAN) | |
Season 2 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 14 | 1 | "A Disappearance" | Jason Stone | Chris Pozzebon | April 6, 2022 April 4, 2022 (CAN) |
| 15 | 2 | "Conflicting Reports" | Jason Stone | Heather Taylor and Nile Seguin | April 6, 2022 April 11, 2022 (CAN) |
| 16 | 3 | "The Missing Camera" | James Genn | Madeline Lamubour and Laura Seaton | April 6, 2022 April 18, 2022 (CAN) |
| 17 | 4 | "A Clue on Film" | James Genn | Sabrina Sherif | April 6, 2022 April 25, 2022 (CAN) |
| 18 | 5 | "Heading for Destruction" | Melanie Scrofano | Chris Pozzebon | April 6, 2022 May 2, 2022 (CAN) |
| 19 | 6 | "Hunting an Intruder" | Melanie Scrofano | Chris Pozzebon | April 6, 2022 May 9, 2022 (CAN) |
| 20 | 7 | "The Doctor's Orders" | Melanie Orr | Nile Seguin | April 6, 2022 May 16, 2022 (CAN) |
| 21 | 8 | "A Midnight Scare" | Melanie Orr | Heather Taylor and Laura Seaton | April 6, 2022 May 23, 2022 (CAN) |
| 22 | 9 | "Captured!" | Jason Stone | Ramona Barckert | April 6, 2022 May 30, 2022 (CAN) |
| 23 | 10 | "An Unexpected Return" | Jason Stone | Chris Pozzebon | April 6, 2022 June 6, 2022 (CAN) |
Season 3 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [9] | Directed by [9] | Written by [9] | Original release date [10] |
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| 24 | 1 | "A Strange Inheritance" | Jason Stone | Chris Pozzebon | July 26, 2023 |
| 25 | 2 | "A Vanishing Act" | Jason Stone | Chris Pozzebon | July 26, 2023 |
| 26 | 3 | "A Promise of Trouble" | Felipe Rodríguez | Laura Seaton | July 26, 2023 |
| 27 | 4 | "The Crash" | Felipe Rodriguez | Ramona Barckert | July 26, 2023 |
| 28 | 5 | "Revelation" | Jason Stone | Ramona Barckert | July 26, 2023 |
| 29 | 6 | "The Spider's Net" | Melanie Orr | Madeleine Lambur | July 26, 2023 |
| 30 | 7 | "At The Old House" | Jason Stone | Chris Pozzebon | July 26, 2023 |
| 31 | 8 | "A Wild Ride" | Melanie Orr | Chris Pozzebon | July 26, 2023 |
Production
The series was announced in September 2019, and slated to be released on streaming service provider Hulu the next year. At the same time, Jason Stone and Steve Cochrane were set as part of the show's development.[11][12][13] The Hardy Boys is based on the fictional book series of the same name written by multiple authors. A trailer was released in November 2020.[14] The first season of The Hardy Boys premiered on Hulu in the United States on December 4, 2020, and consisted of 13 episodes. It began airing weekly on March 5, 2021 on YTV in Canada.[15] The Hardy Boys was filmed in Ontario, Canada, with Cambridge serving as a featured location,[7][16] and other settings including Port Hope and Hamilton.[17][16] Almost the entirety of the cast were announced at once upon the series' December 4 release.[18]
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