The Worst of the Hardy Boys, 8 August 2019
The Quick Pitch: Joe and Frank get mixed-up with a deaf woman who may have “overheard” a plan to blow up a casino.
It’s been awhile since I last watched an episode of The Hardy Boys, but I don’t remember any being as bad as The Mystery of the Silent Scream. It’s just plain old Gawd awful! I’ll start with the plot – ridiculous. It makes no sense that these two goofballs were able to solve the mystery behind the bombing so easily or that the police would even let them. And what about the bomber’s motivation? Again, it makes no sense. Second, the dialogue is painful. No one in the real world talks like that. The scene where Joe tricks the deaf girl into kissing him – cringy beyond belief. Third, why make the bomber’s accomplice a mystery? The reveal isn’t much of a surprise when there are only two other people in the episode with speaking parts. Fourth, and this is a problem with the entire series, the ADR is about as bad as you’ll see in an American made TV show with English speaking actors. Finally, when your “guest stars” are Larry Storch and Trini Lopez, that pretty much says all you need to know about the quality of what you’re watching.
There are several other Hardy Boys episodes I’ve never seen. I hope they aren’t be as bad as this.
2/10
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