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Season 1 – Frankie Drake Mysteries

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This drama series, set in stylish 1920s Toronto, follows the female-only agency Drake Private Detectives, led by the eponymous Frankie Drake and her partner Trudy Clarke. Incorporating a brand of justice that doesn't always follow the law, Frankie and Trudy investigate mysteries and crimes that either the police refuse to take on, or that their clients cannot take to the police at all. Against a backdrop of social change, radical politics and jazz music, the series is immersed in both the real Toronto of the 1920s and the world of mystery and suspense conjured by creators Carol Hay and Michelle Ricci.
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Hanh Nguyen IndieWire 07/02/2019
B
Frankie Drake Mysteries unwhitewashes history, little by little. Go to Full Review Johanna Schneller Toronto Star 11/13/2017
It's fun to sit back and watch women in flowy pants, print dresses and head wraps run their own show Go to Full Review John Doyle Globe and Mail 11/10/2017
The show breezes along and won't cause anybody to have deep thoughts. Nor will it put anybody to sleep. The sense of lightness and convivial wit is constant. Go to Full Review Lacy Baugher Tell-Tale TV 07/02/2019
3.5/5
The kind of enjoyable series that will make everyone glad they watched it, even if it doesn't necessarily end up on anyone's Best-of lists this year. Go to Full Review Bill Brioux Brioux.tv 11/10/2017
Frankie Drake Mysteries is not deadly serious like PBS’s Sherlock. It works best when it is played broad in every sense of the word Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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susan j @CallMeLulu 11/14/2021 Ugh. The creators/writers/director don't even try to make it have any historical integrity...or any other sort of integrity for that matter. Hair styles and makeup from 2018 but it's supposed to be 1918? and hyped, aggressive unlikeable characters who bark out fake snappy dialogue. Not smart. Not fun. Force feeding fantasy history of what somebody wish life and people were like 100 years ago. Useless and unentertaining. See more 03/02/2020 A must watch if the world becomes devoid anything remotely interesting. A pretentious piece of rubbish. See more 01/13/2020 Don't waste your time. See more 11/15/2019 This series blatantly violates that oh-so-necessary ingredient that leads to the heralded "suspension of disbelief" needed to engage: plausibility. It's completely lacking, from the hackneyed mugging trying to pass itself off as acting, arch but unfunny and stilted dialogue, bizarre and anachronistic body language, to the wrong length of hemlines and rock'n'roll-tight trousers! Feels like the producers just threw a lazy dart at a "what's current?" board, hoping to ride on the coat-tails of better programmes that take care with setting, plot, characterization. (Like the much-better period dramas Father Brown, Midsomer Murders, Bletchley Circle, and especially the 1920's-set Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, to which it inevitably and unfavorably compares.) Really weak attempt to horn in on serious topics like racism and misogyny; instead undermines any value to overcoming such hardships by shrugging "piff-tosh!" at them, so the audience has no investment in travelling along with the cast's journey. Writers, you missed that dart-board by a mile! Conclusion: Terrible dialogue + unbelievable period details = worst PBS mystery series ever. See more 06/16/2019 Each time you politicise & not make it about the art you fail. See more Read all reviews
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Lauren Lee Smith

Frankie Drake

Chantel Riley

Trudy Clarke

Rebecca Liddiard

Mary Shaw

Sharron Matthews

Flo

Emmanuel Kabongo

Moses Page

Grace Lynn Kung

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 6, 2017 Mother of Pearl After she becomes a suspect in a jewelry heist, Frankie is forced to partner with an unlikely ally. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 13, 2017 Ladies In Red A factory owner hires Frankie and Trudy to get rid of communists working at his plant. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 20, 2017 Summer in the City After the discovery of a body in a young man's luggage, Frankie and Trudy team up with a reporter to clear the young man's name. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 27, 2017 Healing Hands The ladies wind up in Toronto's jazz scene while trying to protect a faith healer. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 4, 2017 Out of Focus In an attempt to solve a seemingly impossible murder that occurred on a movie set, Frankie and Trudy go undercover. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 11, 2017 Whisper Sisters Frankie and Trudy are led into the world of bootlegging after a shooting injures the son of a friend. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 8, 2018 Ties That Bind An investigation of a missing teacher leads Frankie and Trudy to family secrets, Chinatown and murder. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 15, 2018 The Pilot The infant son of an aviator gets kidnapped during an air show. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 22, 2018 Ghosts Frankie reunites with a traumatized friend during an investigation into a soldier's murder. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 29, 2018 Anastasia A young woman claims to be a Russian princess and demands protection from those who want her dead. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 5, 2018 Once Burnt Twice Spied Mary finds out how Frankie and Trudy met and how Drake Private Detectives was formed. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Cal Coons
Screenwriter
Carol Hay, Michelle Ricci
Network
CBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Crime, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 6, 2017