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desperately tries to avoid the advances of both by sticking with Buddy, Darcy gets her memory back so a delighted Autumn pushes on with rehearsals and Brenda, who is being hounded by her friends to solve the case, suddenly cracks under pressure and ups and quits the teen detecting business!!!! Oh no!!!
in the second trip to the hospital, the girls are greeted by loony Nurse Wilder (Katie Garbett) who uses a very original shaking method to chase away the blues. Somewhat cheered by this unorthodox approach the girls begin to perk up only to discover that they have been ‘taking advice from a crazy lady’ as Mrs Wilder the patient - is carted offstage. Meanwhile, the mysterious Van Strander (who is top of the audience’s list of suspects as she has a rather manic laugh and reminds us of Cruella de Ville) has invited Brenda to the aptly named ‘Remote Cabin in the Woods’. Rightfully suspicious, Brenda goes along but wisely refuses a night cap of hot chocolate... ‘oh go on, one cup won’t kill you...’
scrap book Brenda discovers that Van Strander used to be a beautiful actress but she gave it up because of a man. Urging Brenda to follow her dreams, Van Strander persuades Brenda to get back on the case ... Hurrah! So with Van Strander out of the running (she may have seemed a mean old meanie but that’s just because she has been unhappy) who on earth ding dang did it?
Well...in a Scooby Dooesque denouement involving Darcy being tied up by a mysterious figure in black, a gun that changes hands every five seconds and some interesting photos, it turns out that ...Madeleine did it... remember the French exchange student who couldn’t It appears Van Strander summoned speak a word of English? Well it just so Brenda there in the dead of night happens that she isn’t actually French, because she had something to give her... she is in fact a Russian spy called could this be the end of our heroine? Oxanna who is attempting to infiltrate the Does Van Strander intend to give her a American Space programme and help blow to the head or a one way ticket to send Russia to the moon ‘before the never land? No... it seems Van Strander stinky American’s’ Mwah mwha mwha!!! has a softer side. Flicking through her
Left to her own devices, Jo Jo begins to put the pieces together... hang on, she knows who dropped the sandbag on Darcy’s head...but before she can tell us WOLLOP... Jo Jo gets the sandbag treatment. Strike 3! Things are getting serious, sinister and downright silly. They get even sillier when,