Nancy Drew (TV Series)

Pilot (2019)

Tunji Kasim: Ned 'Nick' Nickerson

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• Nancy Drew : Nick and I are seeing each other. He seems to have an issue with me not acknowledging this publicly and has decided now is the time to rectify this.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Consider it rectified. I feel much better.

• Bess Marvin : Why don't they let us go already?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : They're trying to decide if we're just witnesses or if they have enough to charge us.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Charge us? With what?

  Nancy Drew : The death of Tiffany Hudson.

• Chief E.O. McGinnis : [Nancy and her friends were found at a crime scene]  So, what do you five have to say?

  Bess Marvin : I'd ask you to check the cameras in the storeroom, because I'd totally be on there, time-stamped, looking for wine. But we don't have any cameras in the storeroom.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : I was in the ladies' room, and it's a single stall, so yeah... by myself.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : I already said the repair shop was closed. I figured that implied it was empty. That's why I was headed here for dinner.

  Ace : Ryan Hudson can verify my whereabouts. I delivered food to him and his friends when the lights went out. Yeah, since the waitresses were nowhere to be seen. Not that I think they did anything wrong.

  Nancy Drew : I found her. My fingerprints will be on her plate. Other than the person who may have done this, I believe I was the last one to see her alive.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Ace here has an alibi.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : What?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Bring the rest down to the station. Tell Mr. Hudson and his friends they are free to leave.

• Nancy Drew : Can we go now? We've told you all we know. We're not suspects.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : I disagree with your opinion. I'm looking at a decent four-pack. Town screwup, ex-con, city girl, and... Nancy Drew.

  Bess Marvin : Why does he say your name like that?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : She used to complicate my job.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : You mean do it for you?

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Ah, Miss Fan. I haven't thrown your mom in the drunk tank this month. How's she doing? Say hi. And for the rest of you...

  Bess Marvin : Yeah, it was one count of shoplifting. I never did any hard time.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : Didn't say you did.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : But good to know.

  Chief E.O. McGinnis : By "ex-con," I meant him.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Happened when I was a minor. Record's sealed, and time served.

  Nancy Drew : You never told me you went to jail.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : One of the many things you never asked about.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Oh... so this is a thing.

• Nancy Drew : [narrating over her and Nick having sex]  His name is Ned Nickerson, but he goes by Nick, which is definitely the right call. No offense to all the Neds out there. All I know is that when I'm with him, I don't think of anything else, and that's a good thing.

  [out loud as she gets dressed] 

  Nancy Drew : Sorry. I, uh, never do this.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : You say that every time.

  Nancy Drew : Also never thought I'd be wearing this.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : I'm not exactly where I thought I'd be, either. And that would be freshman tailback for University of Florida, which is where I'm from, if you're curious.

  [she finishes tying her shoes] 

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : You don't ask a lot of questions, do you?

  Nancy Drew : What can I say? Girls love mystery.

• Georgia 'George' Fan : Welcome to the Claw. Glad that murder didn't affect your appetite.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : I'm just here for coffee. Usually, Nancy brings me one, but this morning, she didn't show. I thought maybe learning about my past might have scared her off.

  Nancy Drew : I thought that you were gonna wait for me at the police station so you could explain...

  [glancing at George] 

  Nancy Drew : ...more fully and in private.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : Oh, you had no problem talking about my sex life back in high school.

  Nancy Drew : I never spread any of those rumors.

  Georgia 'George' Fan : No. You just listened to your friends and smiled. Right?

• Nancy Drew : [theorizing about Tiffany Hudson's death]  Was either of them on medication? Is there a secret cell phone? Is-is there a new will? A-A post-nup? An insurance policy?

  Ace : Gambling debt. A strange addiction.

  Bess Marvin : I thought you were Team Ghost.

  Ace : I am Team Ghost.

  Nancy Drew : Is the stolen ring evidence of a botched robbery?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Or is that what it's supposed to look like?

  Nancy Drew : Exactly.

  [thinking] 

  Nancy Drew : Except I don't do this anymore.

• Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : [after Nancy breaks into Ryan Hudson's home]  I didn't take you for such a badass. You think that guy killed his wife and you break into his house?

  Nancy Drew : Yeah. To try and help our case. What were you doing there, following me?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Hearing you talk today, thought you might do something dangerous. And you know what? You're welcome. Because yes, I have a record. And yes, I put myself at risk going in there.

  Nancy Drew : Why?

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Because it was worth it.

• Nancy Drew : I don't think it's a good idea for us to start anything serious. Um... I mean, this time next year, I'll be in college.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : And what? I'll still be here? Fixing boats in Horseshoe Bay, going nowhere fast?

  Nancy Drew : Nick, that's not what I meant.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : [a little hurt]  Yeah, yeah. Maybe you're right.

  Nancy Drew : I'm sorry.

  [he drives off] 

  Nancy Drew : See, this is why it's better not to talk!

• Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : When I heard my knee pop, I knew it was over. Scholarships, future, all of it. For a long time, thought my life was done. Maybe things are starting to turn around.

  Nancy Drew : So, was that before or after you went to jail?

  [awkward pause] 

  Nancy Drew : You know what? It's okay. You don't have to tell me now.

  Ned 'Nick' Nickerson : Why? 'Cause girls love mystery?

  Nancy Drew : Because I can wait until you're ready.