The pilot begins by giving us a glimpse of a bubbly, happy Nancy who’s still in high school, fresh off of her win in the local Sea Queen pageant. She, her boyfriend, and her friends complete a graveyard ritual that pays homage to Lucy Sable, a dead Sea Queen in a blood-splattered gown who fell to her demise years earlier and now haunts the sleepy coastal town of Horseshoe Bay (or so they say). Nancy seems stable, with no major problems in her life to contend with. And then we flash forward to current day Nancy, who’s put both her plans for college and reputation for solving mysteries on hold following a family tragedy. Gone are her boyfriend and her gal pals. Instead she spends her days waitressing at a seaside diner and hooking up with the charming and enigmatic Ned ‘Nick’ Nickerson (Tunji Kasim) to pass the time.
This all changes when socialite Tiffany (Sinead Curry) is mysteriously murdered just outside of the diner while Nancy and her coworkers — the prissy Bess (Maddison Jaizani) and sarcastic George (Leah Lewis) — are inside a few feet away serving Tiffany’s wealthy husband, Ryan (Riley Smith). From there they all get pinned as suspects and soon decide to solve the crime themselves, digging up dangerous secrets and potentially awakening the vengeful ghost of Lucy Sable, who seems to be following Nancy wherever she goes. Is it a hallucination? Merely a manifestation of Nancy’s grief? Or is “Dead Lucy” legit?
