# Mystery Girls

Mystery Girls is an American sitcom starring Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth that aired on ABC Family on June 25 through August 27, 2014. The series follows Holly and Charlie, former stars of the fictional 1990s TV detective series Mystery Girls who reunite to solve actual mysteries.
On September 8, 2014, it was cancelled after one season of ten episodes.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Tori Spelling as Holly Hamilton, a vivacious, ditzy and fame-hungry former TV star who opens a detective agency.
* Jennie Garth as Charlie Contour, Holly's practical, tough and witty former co-star; she is married with a teenage daughter, and joins Holly to put a little excitement back into her life.
* Miguel Pinzon as Nick Diaz, an enthusiastic and excitable Mystery Girls super fan who persuades Holly and Charlie to hire him as their assistant.

### Recurring cast

* Adam Mayfield as Michael, Charlie's husband
* Ryan McPartlin as Police Detective Dwayne Freeman

## Production

In October 2013, ABC Family announced Garth's addition to a comedy pilot co-created by and starring Spelling. Noting the project to be a reunion of the Beverly Hills, 90210 costars, the network stated that Spelling, Garth and Maggie Malina would be executive producers, and cited Shepard Boucher as Spelling's co-creator. The series pickup was announced in January 2014, and in March 2014 the premiere date was set for June 25, 2014. On September 8, 2014, Mystery Girls was cancelled after one season of ten episodes.

## Broadcast

In Turkey, the series aired on Dizimax Comedy. The show started on December 19, 2014.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Death Becomes Her" | Michael Lembeck | Elaine Aronson | June 25, 2014 (2014-06-25) | 103 | 0.76 |
| Holly enlists Charlie to help her retrieve an old sex tape of hers which has been put up for sale on the internet. |||||||
| 2 | "Partners in Crime" | Michael Lembeck | Shepard Boucher | July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02) | 104 | 0.45 |
| Holly and Charlie try to catch the perpetrators robbing celebrity homes. |||||||
| 3 | "Haunted House Party" | Rob Schiller | Sivert Glarum & Michael Jamin | July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) | 102 | 0.58 |
| Holly and Charlie stay the night in a haunted house. |||||||
| 4 | "Pilot" | Michael Lembeck | Shepard Boucher | July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) | 101 | N/A |
| In an interview with Nancy O'Dell, Charlie relates how she and Holly were reunited and their Mystery Girls detective agency was born. |||||||
| 5 | "High School Mystery" | Bob Koherr | Jay Baxter & Shaun Zaken | July 23, 2014 (2014-07-23) | 106 | 0.42 |
| Holly and Charlie go undercover at Holly's old high school to prevent a prank against the principal (Joe E. Tata). |||||||
| 6 | "Sister Issues" | Gil Junger | Erica Spates & Sam Littenberg-Weisberg | July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30) | 107 | 0.49 |
| Holly tries to impress her visiting sister (Kim Shaw) by using Nick and his acting class to stage a case in a bar. |||||||
| 7 | "Passing the Torch" | Rob Schiller | Andy Gordon | August 6, 2014 (2014-08-06) | 105 | 0.39 |
| Holly and Charlie become suspects when the two actresses set to star in a reboot of their old series disappear. |||||||
| 8 | "Bag Ladies" | Gil Junger | Shepard Boucher | August 13, 2014 (2014-08-13) | 109 | 0.55 |
| Holly and Charlie go undercover at a fashion show to locate a one-of-a-kind stolen purse. |||||||
| 9 | "Death Rose" | Bob Koherr | Sivert Glarum & Michael Jamin | August 20, 2014 (2014-08-20) | 108 | 0.41 |
| The prisoner whom Holly played in a TV movie is released. |||||||
| 10 | "The Killer Returns" | Michael Lembeck | Andy Gordon | August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27) | 110 | 0.54 |
| Holly and Charlie face a killer. |||||||

## Critical response

Allison Keene of The Hollywood Reporter said, "Playing up the meta appeal and jokes related to Spelling and Garth working together again, this show is silly and harmless fun." Gail Pennington of St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the show two out of four stars, saying "Before they know it, the two have opened a detective agency together... the first half-hour is devoted to that setup, so we have to assume further episodes will find the "Girls" haplessly solving various quirky crimes." On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an aggregated score of 69% based on 9 positive and 4 negative critic reviews. The website’s consensus reads: " Though the execution is typical, the corny jokes and broad acting make Mystery Girls a fun, sentimental throwback sitcom that benefits from the nostalgic reunion of Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth." On Metacritic, the series has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 11 critic reviews, indicating "Mixed to Average"