Frankie Drake Mysteries

Frankie Drake Mysteries is a Canadian drama following the cases of private investigators, Frankie Drake and Trudy Clarke, set in 1920s Toronto.
== Canon ==
Frankie Drake Mysteries primarily follows the lives and investigations carried out by four women: Frankie Drake and Trudy Clarke of Drake Private Detectives, Flo Chakowitz who works as a morgue attendant, and Mary Shaw, a morality officer. 
Frequently taking on cases that the police won't, the show draws on historical events and characters for a number of episodes, as the four work together to solve various crimes.
Frankie Drake Mysteries exists in the same universe as Murdoch Mysteries. Two years before season one of Frankie Drake aired, there was a webseries entitled "Frankie Drake Mysteries: A Cold Case" , where Frankie gets word her father could be involved with a cold case from 1905 conducted by Brackenreid and Watts. Each episode was 3-4 minutes long and remain available to watch at YouTube . George Crabtree would later appear as an older, retired detective in the Frankie Drake Mysteries, season one episode, "The Pilot".
After the show's cancellation, there was also a children's cartoon called 'Mary and Flo on the Go' which focused on Mary and Flo, traveling around the world to solve mysteries of their own. It also remains free to watch on Youtube .
=== Cancellation ===
In February 2021, during the airing of the fourth season, it was announced that Frankie Drake Mysteries would not be returning for season five, leaving the show to end on a cliffhanger'Frankie Drake Mysteries' to Conclude with Season 4 - Tellyvisions. March 8, 2021. (Accessed November 9, 2023).. There was some disappointment expressed amongst fans, with a few comparing the ongoing renewals of Murdoch Mysteries (which is on season 17 as of 2023) despite declining quality in some fan's views, to the much shorter run Frankie Drake Mysteries got .
== Fandom ==
While the show was discussed on various social media platforms and there was disappointment voiced at its cancellation, in fandom spaces like Archive of Our Own and Tumblr it is definitely a small fandom. As of November 2023, there is 1 work (a crossover) on Fanfiction.net and 89 works on Archive of Our Own, with 77 of them written by two people. 
=== Fan Commentary ===
=== Connections with Other Fandoms ===
Lauren Lee Smith, who played Frankie Drake, was a main character in both The Listener (TV) and Mutant X, both shows with small fandoms for them as well. Chantel Riley stared in Wynonna Earp (TV series) and voiced Layla Hassan in multiple Assassin's Creed games.
Multiple cast from Frankie Drake Mysteries, including Lauren Lee Smith, Rebecca Liddiard, and Shannon Matthews, made single episode appearances in Murdoch Mysteries, but unlike George Crabtree's cameo, these characters were never linked to the Frankie Drake series.
=== Shipping ===
The fandom on AO3 leans mostly sapphic, with 73 of the 89 works marked as F/F.
The most common pairings are:
* Frankie Drake/Mary Shaw
* Frankie Drake/Trudy Clarke
The only other romantic pairing with more than 1 work is the poly ship: Frankie Drake/Moses Page/Mary Shaw.
== Example Fanworks ==
=== Fanfiction ===
=== Fan art ===
* Frankie and Trudy for AU-ctober by sunshineracoon
* Frankie, Trudy, Flo, and Mary by teaofgan
== Archives and Communities ==
* Frankie Drake Mysteries tag at Archive of Our Own
* Franke Drake Mysteries search at Tumblr
== References ==
Category:Frankie Drake Mysteries