The Hardy Boys (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

1
Die! Die!
You've come to the River Caine.
- Treasure awaits inside the castle, if thou art
- Why are you reading this?
We've been here, like,
ten times already.
We've got the boots of Hermes.
Jump the lava, get the treasure.
No, Joe, you only get to
use the boots once.
There's a trick to this.
It's never that simple.
The only trick is not being lame.
- Give me the controller. Give me the controller!
- I'm not being lame, you dweeb.
- Get off of me, butt head!
- Bite me, barf bag!
Joe, Frank, enough. Knock it off.
Frank, can you go back out my car, please,
before Dad gets home?
- Really?
- Yes, really.
You love it.
Touch it, and I'll end you.
Okay.
Go.
Are you serious?
- Go, Joe.
- Mom, that's like, two hours!
Fine, he's gonna win. Go, Joe.
I'm not gonna hurt him.
I'm not gonna hurt him.
- Yeah, you're gonna hurt him. I know you're gonna hurt him.
- Joe!
- I'm gonna hurt you. Aah!
- Mom
Joe, go.
Stop! Ow!
- No!
- No, no!
Oh. Game over.
Is that bad?
Why do you do this?
Joe!
Get off me. No!
- Joe!
- No, no!
There's an authentic
fisherman, right there.
- Cut the engine.
- We're caught on something.
Got it. Got it!
Ah. What happened?
We got something here!
- You've gotta cut her loose.
- She's liable to take us down.
You're the only one light enough.
Hop to it.
Watch yourself.
That might snap back.
Hold steady, there.
You got her.
Steady, steady.
Easy, now.
Hey!
There's something inside.
Just cut the line and come down.
What is it?
It's a box!
Get it.
I can't reach it.
It's too far. Yeah, yeah!
Jason, keep her steady!
Holy smokes.
What is it, Cap?
I don't know.
Back to work, all of you.
All right, fellas,
let's let's go below deck.
This is Captain Ben Carter
of the Astghik.
Do you read?
I read you clear.
I found it.
Proceed to the assigned coordinates,
and standby for further instructions.
Copy.
We got company.
- Drop anchor!
- Dropping anchor!
There's been talk.
But I never thought anyone
would actually find it.
Look, the only reason why
I called you first
is 'cause you said you'd pay
more than the others.
I lied.
- Yes! That's it.
- That's the rotation.
You are gonna blow them away
with your million-dollar fastball.
Uh-huh. Right until they hit it
with their two-million-dollar swing.
- No, you know what I told you.
- You gotta get into their head. Okay?
Everybody's got a tell,
and once you spot it,
you've got them.
Now show me your curve ball.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
You're a winner.
You're a winner, winner,
chicken dinner.
Frank, stop.
- Frank!
- Hi!
- No, no, no, no, no, no!
- Get dressed. Yes.
Get up!
Um, okay.
Okay, um, stay there,
and I will I'm coming right now.
Um, yeah, Marnie, I gotta go.
The kids are ready.
All right, I'll, I'll see you later. Bye.
- Who was that?
- It's just, uh, Marnie. Just
I forgot that I have to meet her tonight.
Mom, everybody's got a tell.
- What? It's nothing.
- I'm just meeting her.
You're gonna make it
to the game though, right?
- Of course.
- Oh, my gosh.
Uh, holy smokes, I almost forgot.
- Mom, stop.
- It's our thing, and if I don't,
then you'll lose. So here.
Yeah.
Okay, so I'm gonna meet her,
and then I'll come to the game.
Go get your dad, okay? Joe!
- Dad!
- Coming!
And don't forget your lunch, buddy.
Tuna? Really?
I'm gonna smell like I'm 50.
Well, if you wanna live that long,
you'll eat what I make you.
- Fenton!
- Yeah, right here.
Dad, just so you know, I'm strongly opposed
to going to school in the summertime.
Well, I guess you should have been strongly
opposed to flunking math then, huh?
- Have a great day.
- Bye.
What are you wearing?
- Clothing. I need your car.
- Bye.
Again? What are you up to?
Me? Up to something?
- Okay, clothes. The car.
- You're onto something.
They should give you the gold shield.
Yeah, they should.
Okay, can you just please be careful,
'cause I really could not handle
those two without you.
I love you.
Love you.
Bye.
Uh, I'll see you at the game.
All right. Out.
- Out.
- Come on, Frank. We're in here.
See you tonight, Dad.
- Dude, pass it. Come on!
- Back here, back here!
- Here, I'm open!
- Come on. Let's go.
Okay, I'm good. I'm good.
- Hey, here! Here, look!
- Oh, come on.
Hey, farty. Pass the ball.
- This ball?
- Yeah.
Don't call me farty.
Get him!
I got him on your three.
He's heading to the trailer.
- Keep an eye on him.
- We're gonna take him down today.
- Fenton, we tossed the car.
- There's no money.
The guy just bought a house
with a pool. All cash.
How do you do that on
a city inspector's salary?
Maybe he's good with the ponies.
Taking a closer look.
Careful, man.
These guys aren't big fans.
You got a bogey coming.
He's coming around.
Ten feet.
Five feet.
Your line's out.
I gotta get something from my truck.
See anything?
I know he's got it on him.
So you didn't see a hand off?
Maybe I did.
Fenton!
Fenton, don't do this, man.
Yeah, I know.
But when he comes down,
just let him know they need to
see him in the shop.
Like, when he's done?
Yeah. Yeah, okay.
Hey, Aucoin!
Hey, how ya doing? Can I talk to you?
What do you want?
I'm the police.
You're a funny guy.
- Get out of here.
- Yeah, I'd like to arrest you for bribery.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Go ahead. Search me.
Search my car.
And when you're finished,
maybe I'll call City Hall
- and get your badge taken away.
- Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
I don't need to search ya.
I think you went in there
with a blue thermos,
and you came out with a green one,
and now, oh, no, no, no, no.
That's not coffee.
When was the last time
I saw them play live?
I saw them play live,
I think it was in '76, '77.
- Something like that.
- Ha ha! That's amazing!
And I could have swore
that I remember seeing you there.
Right up against the stage
More to the right.
More to the right.
Let's go, boys!
There's a big game today.
Big game today, guys. Come on!
- Hey, you.
- Hi.
- You ready?
- Think so.
- Hey, Sandra.
- Oh. Hey.
- I'll see you after the game.
- We can celebrate.
You're gonna do great.
- Emma, stop.
- I'm totally gonna hurl.
All right.
Hey, what's wrong?
- It's nothing. It's all good.
- I'll see you after.
It's the bottom of the third.
Your Dixon City Tigers
in the lead, one to nothing.
Look alive! Look alive in there!
- Strike!
- Swing and a miss.
Strike's out.
Next up at bat for the Sluggers
Okay, as much as I'm not into
the whole, romance, you know,
human affection thing
I guess it's pretty cute
he keeps looking at you.
- He's not looking at me.
- He's looking for his mom.
That's weird.
No, it's not.
I think it's sweet.
- This is the Hardy residence.
- Leave a message.
Hey, honey. Um, this isn't the way
that I expected the day to go down.
I'm Guess I'm not gonna
be able to make the game.
But, um, hopefully Frank
will pitch a no-hitter.
Okay, I gotta go.
I'll, I'll talk to you soon.
Fent.
It's Laura.
What'd I miss?
- Bottom of the ninth.
- Two out, but we're up by one.
Frank was a little tight in the first.
Super rough in the seventh,
but we got this.
So we're winning. Got it.
Next up at bat,
number 52 for the Sluggers,
center fielder Tomlinson.
Come on, guys!
This guy doesn't look that tough.
Looks like someone's stepdad.
Strike one!
Foul ball. Two strikes.
That was too close.
Here we go, Tigers. Here we go!
Yeah! Woo! Tigers!
Strike three. You're out of there!
The Dixon City Tigers,
winning five to four.
- Did you see Mom or Dad?
- No.
Gonna need the jaws of life!
Uh, you're gonna
have to hang on for a second. Hold it.
- Stay here.
- Detective
- Dad?
- This way. I'm so sorry.
Okay, Steve, bring out the board.
Hold it, hold it!
Mom.
Officer, could you examine this, please?
Yeah, coming through
Come here.
The hardest thing
a parent can do in this world
is to bury their child.
Even though distance kept us apart
for far too long,
I knew my daughter still had so much
she wanted to do.
When Laura believed in something,
she stood her ground.
She was a fighter.
And I know if she were here now,
she'd still be fighting
for those people she loved the most.
Thank you for letting me speak, Fenton.
Meant a great deal to me.
And please, if there's anything at all
that I can do, don't hesitate to ask.
I, I'd love to have the boys any weekend.
Thank you. I'll keep that in mind.
I'll see you back at the house.
I've never been to a funeral before.
I don't really know what to say.
Um, I'm gonna get you some water, okay?
Hey.
Hey.
You've grown into
such a handsome young man, Francis.
Yeah.
Nobody understands, do they?
What it's like to lose someone like this.
No goodbyes. No preparation. Just
One minute they're there,
and then the next minute they're
- This doesn't feel real.
- No.
This might seem like
a strange time for gifts.
But
this belonged to your mother
when she was a little girl.
I think she would have
wanted you to have it.
Excellent powers of observation.
Just like your mother.
Hug for the road?
You'll be fine.
Oh, and Francis?
There's more than one secret
in that little box.
Joe?
Everybody's leaving.
Good.
They're just here for the show.
- That's not fair.
- They cared about Mom.
- They cared about us.
- Yeah, maybe they cared about you.
"Frank's so smart.
Frank's so good at baseball."
All Mom ever talked about
was your baseball.
And if you hadn't forced her
to go to all your stupid games
Don't!
Don't say that.
Come on.
Get your hands off me.
Here's the mug I gave Dad
for his desk at work.
It's all from his desk.
Photos of Mom and us.
- What's all this stuff doing here?
- I don't know.
This is Mom's accident.
What's he doing with these?
Come on.
Hey. Just looking for you guys.
Some people want to say goodbye.
- We were just
- Yeah.
Yeah, I get it. It's a lot of people.
Yeah.
I need you boys to pack up
your stuff tomorrow.
In the morning.
I'm taking a leave from work,
and, uh, we're gonna move
to Bridgeport for the summer.
What?
Yeah, Aunt, Aunt Trudy's gonna
make up rooms for you. We
You know, we need to get out of the city.
- Dad, our friends are here!
- I
- Emma's here.
- Frank, I understand that,
but I don't know how to do this
without your mom.
- You didn't even talk to us.
- Well, I'm talking to you now.
What do you want to know?
You can start by telling us
why you're carrying around files
of Mom's accident.
Those No. That's nothing.
Those, those are just for insurance.
- Dad, I'm 16 years old.
- You can't lie to me anymore.
That's right. You're not grown up,
and you don't need an answer
for every single thing that happens in the
world You can tell us what's going on!
- Enough! We're going.
- And that's that.
Pack up your stuff in the morning.
Frank, what's going on?
Nothing.
You're lying.
Just like him. What is it?
Joe
My dad says
it's just for the summer.
So we'll be back for school, okay?
Yeah, I know. You said
Hey! Hey, hey.
Hey, um, your aunt has
long distance, right?
Yeah.
Come here.
- And you'll call me?
- Every day.
Enough, already. We get it.
I'll miss you.
I'll miss you, too.
You're gonna be fine.
Okay.
Bridgeport, here we come.
Licorice?
Seat belt.
Yeah.
Hey!
Come give your Aunt Trudy a hug.
- Hey, Frank.
- Hey, Aunt Trudy.
Okay, so there are two rooms
up for grabs,
and they're both upstairs.
- How you doing?
- Oh, you know.
The boys are mad at me.
Wasn't really asking about them.
It's smaller than I remember it.
Wait, this is Aunt Trudy's old room.
I wanted Dad's old room.
Whatever.
Joe.
It's all yours, buddy.
Hey, boys?
I need you to go to town
and get some things for me.
Bikes are in the garage.
Oh, and grab some ice cream
from Wilt's.
We didn't bring locks.
If someone wants a purple bike,
they can have a purple bike.
Hi.
Where are you guys from?
- Where are you from?
- Here.
And you?
Not here.
No, duh.
Okay, then.
No, no
I'll grab the ice cream,
you get the peaches?
Hey.
What can I get ya?
Uh, tub of chocolate. Tub of vanilla.
Tub of chocolate. Tub of vanilla.
- Who even are you?
- Biff.
What kind of name is that?
First day of kindergarten,
I couldn't say my name right.
I said "Elizabiff." It just stuck.
It's kind of weird.
You're kind of weird.
What do you want?
I don't know. Gum ball?
If I get you one,
will you leave me alone?
Maybe.
All right.
Okay. It's fixed, Wilt.
But can this be the last time, please?
What? It's Phil.
Lay off the machines, Phil. Yeah?
What can I say? I'm passionate.
You're Frank Hardy, right?
Uh, yeah. How, how do you
I'm Callie.
I know your grandmother, Gloria.
That's it. You're Laura's kid.
I-I was so sad to hear of her passing.
It's, uh
She was a good egg, your mother.
Yeah.
Chet, you ready to go?
Um, Chet.
The former champion of
Legends of the March.
Okay, shut up, Phil, okay?
- That's, that's Phil.
- Excuse me?
The reigning champion of
Legends of the March!
- Really? Just had to rub it in, huh?
- Okay.
Is everybody normally
this friendly around here?
What, people don't make friends
in the city?
Yeah.
I mean no. I, I guess
Don't worry about it.
She's just giving you a hard time.
Here you go.
Uh, and these, too.
- That'd be great.
- Okay.
What do I owe you?
Oh, no, no. Uh
This one's on me,
Frank Hardy.
- Really?
- Yeah.
But, uh,
if you're looking for any
part time work, uh,
I could sure use a hand around here.
Just think about it.
Yeah. I will.
Thanks.
No, Trudy was called the
Bride of Bridgeport Okay
- Have you ever wondered
- There was a reason for that.
- No, let me finish my story first
- The Bride of Bridgeport?
She was called the Bride of
Bridgeport, no No, more importantly
- I thought I locked the door.
- Boys, you're here!
Guess what? I brought dessert.
Hello, Francis. Hello, sweetheart.
Trudy. I brought cherry pie.
- That's so thoughtful.
- But we have dessert.
Ice cream.
Ice cream?
Ice cream is not a dessert.
It's a side. Get some plates, would you?
By the way, I have scheduled
a "welcome to Bridgeport" barbecue
at my place tomorrow night.
Nothing fancy. Just meet and greet.
Now, I imagine
you boys having lived
in the city all those years,
you probably know the best way
to survive a new place
is to learn the lay of the land.
And that's why I'm here.
Well, I could show them that, too.
I grew up here, also.
Yes, I know.
But we might not show them
the same things.
Oh, Fenton, I remember when
Laura first brought you home to meet me.
- Yeah, I remember that, too.
- I think you said that
you thought she found me
in the forest.
- That's funny.
- You remember that?
That's funny. So, Francis,
I understand that you are
looking into universities.
- Making a short list.
- Uh, yeah.
I mean, still got a few years.
Well, I've begun to make
some arrangements.
You know, pad out your resume.
Get you to meet all the right people.
- Uh, that's great.
- Mm-hmm.
Uh, me and my dad were
thinking about schools
close to home in the city.
Nonsense. Think bigger.
Think biggest.
Think Rosegray Preparatory Academy.
Now, young Joseph,
I have been making
some plans for you, too.
Uh, thanks, but I don't really
wanna pad my resume.
No, I was thinking
more along the lines of
active summer diversions.
How would you like to learn
to ride horses?
- Horses?
- Mm-hmm.
That's pretty awesome.
Is Grandma, like,
the Queen of Bridgeport?
No, Joe.
Yes.
Hey, there you are!
Hello. Hello.
Welcome. Hello, sweetheart. Hello.
Hi, hi, hi.
Nice to see you. Hi.
Thanks for having us. Thanks
for coming. Thank you, thank you.
Hi, Trudy.
Uh, friends and neighbors,
listen up for a moment.
Thank you all for being here.
I wanted you to meet my grandsons,
Francis, and Joe.
I'm just thrilled to have them
here with me.
So I hope you get a chance
to say hi to them
during the course of the evening.
Thank you so much.
Go get some food, you guys.
Thanks for coming. A lot.
Just when I thought this town
couldn't get any uglier.
Wait, is that little Jesse Hooper?
Hey, you're a cop.
For a while now.
She's my deputy.
- Hey, Ezra.
- Hey.
I'm, uh, real sorry about Laura.
Thank you.
I'm telling you, it was a naval mine.
A naval mine? In Bridgeport?
Yeah. From the war. They're everywhere.
You know, the chains rust off,
they would float to the surface, and
"Kaplowie."
I don't think mines go "kaplowie."
Okay, Biff. What sound
does a mine make, then?
I don't know.
So what are we talking about?
The fishing boat that went down
a couple of weeks ago.
Did they say what happened?
Cops think it was a gas fire.
Or someone could have
done it on purpose.
Yeah, you're right.
Hey, your dad's a detective.
Maybe he knows.
But maybe he only deals with
big city crimes.
My dad's actually from here.
You know any of his tricks?
Showed me how to dust for prints once.
I can pick locks.
Really? You'll have to
show me that one time.
Yeah, all right.
You boys making some new friends?
Oh, Callie! Don't you look sweet.
Thank you, Mrs. Estabrook.
Could I steal you away for a moment?
Yeah. Yeah.
And that is my father.
George Estabrook.
He made the discovery
that made all of this possible.
And that's him, too.
With his beloved plane.
He was a pilot?
That's a story for another day.
What's that?
That is the beast
that got your Uncle Harry.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna go get some air.
Oh, Joe.
Joe, it, it's okay.
Joe, the dog!
- Joe!
- Peppermint!
Somebody stop him!
Peppermint!
Peppermint!
Gotcha.
Joe?
Whoa, whoa. What are you doing?
Get off of him, man!
Turn off the lights.
Ern?
He's, he's okay.
- He's okay. He's fine.
- Turn them off! Now!
What do you want?
Do you know the lady
that owns this house?
Go get her, and bring her to the stables.
I'm not going anywhere
without him, okay?
Now!
Whoa. 'Kay!
And just her.
No one else.
I'm watching.
Joe, I'll be right back, buddy. Okay?
- Francis.
- Grandma.
Did you find Peppermint?
I need you to come with me, okay?
Come with you where?
It's Joe.
Ern!
I brought her. Now let him go.
Are you Ms. Estabrook?
What is going on here?
Please put down the knife.
Ma'am.
I'm sorry to do this.
I was on your fishing boat. The Astghik.
I don't recognize that name.
Your boat didn't sink.
- It blew up.
- What?
Yeah. These men, they came on board,
they killed the captain.
Shot the entire crew.
Well, that's terrible.
I was the only one who survived.
You okay?
You all right?
I'm good.
Sure you're not hurt?
So, you owned his boat?
Yes. Yes, I, I, I may own it.
I don't manage these things myself.
Then who does?
I will look into it.
What's important is that you're okay, Joe.
Now, come on. Let's get out of here.
Frank.
I wish you would have found me first.
It all kind of happened really fast.
I'm fine.
Look, Joe, I think he was just
really shaken up.
He wasn't gonna hurt you.
You know, I can talk to Ezra
and Jesse, and
you know, we'll look into it.
Bridgeport's got a weird way
of welcoming people.
Yeah, it does.
But
The ice cream can't be beat.
Armed and dangerous.
- Yes.
- Are you kidding me? No, no, no.
- Oh, man.
- This is good.
That one's mine.
That one's mine.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How'd you sleep?
Fine.
What are you doing up here?
Just going through boxes
of Mom's old stuff.
This is from when you were a baby.
What do you think she was thinking?
I know she wanted a girl.
No, no.
In the car.
I don't know.
Can't believe we're never
gonna see her again.
Daddy took the camera.
Look at Joe. Hi!
Look it. That's Dadda.
Can you say hi?
- Hi.
- Give him a kiss.
Aw, you're such a good boy.
Oh, my God.
You've gotta let go
of my hair, though.
Oh. Hi!
You laugh like her.
Oh, my gosh. Hey, Frank.
How's it going? How's the maze?
See the stars?
Do you wanna dance with me?
I'm gonna dance with my baby.
Do you hear that?
Is it from the garage?
It's probably just Trudy.
It's gone.
It didn't sound like Trudy.
Who's that?
I don't know.
You heard about my reputation.
You probably heard what my family's
going through right now.
Well, that's why I'm here.
It's about your wife.
My nephew Rupert
was in charge of
much of our company's interests,
but he started acting strange.
Paranoid, even.
Then three weeks ago, he disappeared.
Travel records show that
he came to Bridgeport.
And the day your wife died,
phone records from the hotel
show that he called her three times.
Excuse me?
Your wife was a journalist.
Yes?
No, not, not in
the last couple of years.
I believe she was still working.
She was investigating something,
and Rupert was her source.
I think that whatever he told her
It got her killed.
Where's your nephew now?
That's why I'm here.
After he checked out of the hotel
in Bridgeport, he disappeared again.
An associate said that
he saw Rupert back home,
but all my attempts to find him
have been fruitless,
and I just want to get to him
and get him help.
And I believe you're the man to find him.
I just, I can't really pick up
and go overseas right now.
Well, if you want to
find your wife's killer,
it's a trail that must be followed.
Call me when you make a decision.
I'll be staying in Bridgeport
the next few weeks.
And
Make your decision quickly.
I believe that time is of the essence.
Frank.
What's going on? What does she mean?
It wasn't an accident.
Somebody killed Mom.
We need to do something.
We gotta help Dad.
We're gonna find out what happened to Mom.