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* ChekhovsGun: The first season finale has a Chekhov's ''glitter bomb''; early in the episode, Lucas bemoans the fact that his fiancee has ordered a ton of glitter bombs for their wedding ceremony, intending to shower the guests in glitter. [[spoiler:Darby borrows one of them and uses it to distract the mobsters in the episode's climax.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: Darby and Lucas had previously dated. When they meet again though he's gotten engaged to Lindsay. Darby then starts dating Dez. It soon becomes apparent Darby and Lucas are into each other still, as Lindsay senses. [[spoiler:She postpones their wedding in the season one finale, and Lucas kisses Darby]].
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* LoveDodecahedron: Darby and Lucas had previously dated. When they meet again though he's gotten engaged to Lindsay. Darby then starts dating Dez.Des. It soon becomes apparent Darby and Lucas are into each other still, as Lindsay senses. [[spoiler:She postpones their wedding in the season one finale, and Lucas kisses Darby]].
* TenMinuteRetirement: The first-season finale opens with Darby sulking at Des' cabin at the lake, still angry from her fight with her mother in the previous episode.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also both people of color, in a cast that's majority straight and white. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also both people of color, in a cast that's majority straight and white. Zahn Zane is black and Paolo's Latino.
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** Zahn is black and also gay. Paolo, Zach's husband, is a Latino.
** Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later. In "The Winemaker's Woe", the episode focused on him, more black people also appear (his family and friends), including two queer girls.
** Lindsay too is a woman of color, with an unknown ethnicity (played by a mixed race actress of Chinese and white parentage).
** Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later. In "The Winemaker's Woe", the episode focused on him, more black people also appear (his family and friends), including two queer girls.
** Lindsay too is a woman of color, with an unknown ethnicity (played by a mixed race actress of Chinese and white parentage).
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** Zahn Zane is black and also gay. Paolo, Zach's Zane's husband, is a Latino.
**Dez, Des, who's also black, starts dating Darby later. In "The Winemaker's Woe", the episode focused on him, more black people also appear (his family and friends), including two queer girls.
** Lindsaytoo Yip, Luke's new fiancee, is a woman of color, with an unknown ethnicity (played at least part Chinese (and played by a mixed race actress of Chinese and white parentage).
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also both people of color. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostly white. Zahn is black though, and also gay, who's married to Paolo, a Latino. Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostly white. Zahn is black though, and also gay, who's married to Paolo, a Latino. Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also both people of color.color, in a cast that's majority straight and white. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostlywhite. white and straight, with a few exceptions.
** Zahn is blackthough, and also gay, who's married to gay. Paolo, Zach's husband, is a Latino. Latino.
** Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darbylater.later. In "The Winemaker's Woe", the episode focused on him, more black people also appear (his family and friends), including two queer girls.
** Lindsay too is a woman of color, with an unknown ethnicity (played by a mixed race actress of Chinese and white parentage).
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostly
** Zahn is black
** Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby
** Lindsay too is a woman of color, with an unknown ethnicity (played by a mixed race actress of Chinese and white parentage).
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Darby is very unhappy to learn her deceased dad, whom [[DaddysGirl she adored]], was actually abusive toward her mom. She's also mad at her mom for keeping it a secret. Her mom initially hadn't told Darby precisely because she wanted to spare Darby learning this.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: Darby and Lucas had previously dated. When they meet again though he's gotten engaged to Lindsay. Darby then starts dating Dez. It soon becomes apparent Darby and Lucas are into each other still, as Lindsay senses. [[spoiler:She postpones their wedding in the season one finale, and Lucas kisses Darby]].
* TheMafiya: [[spoiler:It turns out that Billy is not actually a con artist or GoldDigger. In fact he's on the run from the law and a Russian mobster over a rare, very valuable painting. Finally he gets tracked down by the Russians, who kidnap him and extort Victoria to get them the painting back.]]
* TheMafiya: [[spoiler:It turns out that Billy is not actually a con artist or GoldDigger. In fact he's on the run from the law and a Russian mobster over a rare, very valuable painting. Finally he gets tracked down by the Russians, who kidnap him and extort Victoria to get them the painting back.]]
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also the main people of color. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also the main both people of color. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.Latino.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostly white. Zahn is black though, and also gay, who's married to Paolo, a Latino. Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The cast is mostly white. Zahn is black though, and also gay, who's married to Paolo, a Latino. Dez, who's also black, starts dating Darby later.
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* FairPlayWhodunnit: A GenreSavvy viewer can usually piece together the case of the week before the end of the episode; clues and revelations happen throughout and no information is hidden until just before the climax.
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* FairPlayWhodunnit: A GenreSavvy viewer can usually piece together the case of the week before the end of the episode; clues and revelations happen throughout and no information is hidden until just before the climax.episode.
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* FairPlayWhodunnit: A GenreSavvy viewer can usually piece together the case of the week before the end of the episode; clues and revelations happen throughout and no information is hidden until just before the climax.
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* LockedOutOfTheLooop: Darby has never read any of the Brynn Martell books, and thus has no idea that [[spoiler:the series' recurring antagonist is based on her late dad, who was emotionally abusive towards her mother.]]
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* LockedOutOfTheLooop: LockedOutOfTheLoop: Darby has never read any of the Brynn Martell books, and thus has no idea that [[spoiler:the series' recurring antagonist is based on her late dad, who was emotionally abusive towards her mother.]]
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* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:It turns out Sam, Victoria's deceased husband (Darby's father) had verbablly and psychologically abused her, constantly belittling her and stopping Victoria getting a career of her own.]]
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* FrameUp: In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" the caretaker of a private school is framed for theft by a student, with his criminal history helping to sell the frame up. He gets fired, but then rehired with apologies when the frame up is later revealed.
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* FrameUp: FrameUp:
** In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" the caretaker of a private school is framed for theft by a student, with his criminal history helping to sell the frame up. He gets fired, but then rehired with apologies when the frame up is laterrevealed.revealed.
** The poisoner from "The Diva's Disaster" had implicated a famous woman in the poisoning to throw the police off, while being BeneathNotice at first.
** In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" the caretaker of a private school is framed for theft by a student, with his criminal history helping to sell the frame up. He gets fired, but then rehired with apologies when the frame up is later
** The poisoner from "The Diva's Disaster" had implicated a famous woman in the poisoning to throw the police off, while being BeneathNotice at first.
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* HospitalHottie: Lucas, Darby's ex-boyfriend, is a very handsome medical doctor.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Zane accuses Darby of selfishness when refusing to assist her with any more cases, saying she never asks about his life, along talking with him for this. Darby apologizes, but Zane isn't very mollified.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Zane accuses Darby of selfishness when refusing to assist her with any more cases, saying she never asks about his life, along talking with him for this. Darby apologizes, but Zane isn't very mollified.
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When they solve the case together, Darby and Victoria grow closer to each other, deciding they make a good team. Victoria reveals she's suffering from writer's block, and Darby needs a job. The pair decide to open a detective agency which they dub [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] (as Victoria's mistaken often for Darby's sister instead of her mother where they solve more cases together.
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When they solve the case together, Darby and Victoria grow closer to each other, deciding they make a good team. Victoria reveals she's suffering from writer's block, and Darby needs a job. The pair decide to open a detective agency which they dub [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] (as Victoria's mistaken often for Darby's sister instead of her mother mother) where they solve more cases together.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance. Subverted towards the end of the first season when he starts to resent Darby constantly asking him to risk his job to help her and cuts her off.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance. Subverted {{Subverted}} towards the end of the first season when he starts to resent Darby constantly asking him to risk his job to help her and cuts her off.
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* DaddysGirl: Darby idolized her father, even deciding to become a cop because he was a cop.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance.
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* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance. Subverted towards the end of the first season when he starts to resent Darby constantly asking him to risk his job to help her and cuts her off.
* LockedOutOfTheLooop: Darby has never read any of the Brynn Martell books, and thus has no idea that [[spoiler:the series' recurring antagonist is based on her late dad, who was emotionally abusive towards her mother.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLooop: Darby has never read any of the Brynn Martell books, and thus has no idea that [[spoiler:the series' recurring antagonist is based on her late dad, who was emotionally abusive towards her mother.]]
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* WhamEpisode: "The Diva's Disaster" reveals that [[spoiler:Victoria had a much different (and much less idyllic) relationship with her late husband than Darby had with her father, and that the reason she's always trying to get Darby to read her books isn't because of ego but because she keeps hoping that if Darby would just read the books, she'd understand what Victoria went through.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:"The Scholar's Snafu" case is solved when Darby secretly records the fraudsters admitting to their crime, with the cops overhearing it.]]
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* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:"The EngineeredPublicConfession:
** "The Scholar's Snafu" case is solved when Darby secretly records the fraudsters admitting to their crime, with the cops overhearingit.]]it.
** In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" Darby and Victoria confront a student at her school who framed the caretaker for a crime. She admits it while the principal's listening nearby, who expels her immediately.
** "The Scholar's Snafu" case is solved when Darby secretly records the fraudsters admitting to their crime, with the cops overhearing
** In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" Darby and Victoria confront a student at her school who framed the caretaker for a crime. She admits it while the principal's listening nearby, who expels her immediately.
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* FrameUp: In "The Virtuoso's Vexation" the caretaker of a private school is framed for theft by a student, with his criminal history helping to sell the frame up. He gets fired, but then rehired with apologies when the frame up is later revealed.
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Darby's dad was killed years ago, with her being less than enthused about her mom's new boyfriend when he's introduced. She gets suspicious of him being a con artist GoldDigger who only wants her mom's money, looking into his past.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Darby previously dated Lucas, who's now engaged to Lindsay. When they cross paths again since Darby's working on cases Lucas and Lindsay are connected to, this causes some tension. Lindsay is jealous of Darby and suspicious, as she suspects Lucas might have lingering feelings for her. It's implied that Darby at least does still like Lucas. Lindsay gets over this however, partly as Darby is now connected to Des, another man, but also due to Darby's helping her out greatly.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Darby is comically dismayed when her mom Victoria teasingly indicates that Billy, her new boyfriend, is [[BiggerIsBetterInBed very well hung]], or [[SexyShirtSwitch seeing him in Victoria's robe]] after they have slept together. Victoria's a bit mischievous with her, and it's implied that she says this simply to annoy Darby.
* ParentChildTeam: Darby and Victoria, her mother, become private detectives partnered together.
* ParentChildTeam: Darby and Victoria, her mother, become private detectives partnered together.
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* ParentChildTeam: Darby and Victoria, her mother, become private detectives partnered together.
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* QueerEstablishingMoment: Darby's friend Zane quickly is shown as married to another man and has an adopted daughter with him when they speak on the phone, as she asks about how they're doing.
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* QueerEstablishingMoment: QueerEstablishingMoment:
** Darby's friend Zane quickly is shown as married to another man and has an adopted daughter with him when they speak on the phone, as she asks about how they'redoing.doing.
** "The Winemaker's Woe" opens with two girls sneaking into the vat room at a winery to make out.
** Darby's friend Zane quickly is shown as married to another man and has an adopted daughter with him when they speak on the phone, as she asks about how they're
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Darby and Victoria, her mother, look pretty similar. Both are redheads, have similar facial strecture and even sound much alike.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: In "The Lawyer's Lament", Darby is hired by her ex Luke to look into death threats against his new girlfriend, a corporate lawyer named Lindsay. Adding to the awkwardness, Luke and Lindsay's relationship is very clearly strained by her current case, in which she's defending a mining company.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Darby quickly wraps herself in her bedsheet after waking up the next morning beside Des following them sleeping together, with her afraid of him being caught there by her mom.
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Darby Spencer (Creator/StacyFarber), on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
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Darby Spencer (Creator/StacyFarber), (Creator/StaceyFarber), on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
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Darby Spencer, on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
Darby's mother Victoria (a succesful mystery writer who she's got a poor relationship with) lets her back into her old room as the two continually snipe at each other. Darby soon finds herself investigating a perjury claim against her friend, which her mother inserts herself into, to Darby's annoyance.
Darby's mother Victoria (a succesful mystery writer who she's got a poor relationship with) lets her back into her old room as the two continually snipe at each other. Darby soon finds herself investigating a perjury claim against her friend, which her mother inserts herself into, to Darby's annoyance.
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Darby Spencer, Spencer (Creator/StacyFarber), on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
Darby's mother Victoria(a succesful (Creator/LeaThompson), a successful mystery writer who she's got a poor relationship with) with, lets her back into her old room as the two continually snipe at each other. Darby soon finds herself investigating a perjury claim against her friend, which her mother inserts herself into, to Darby's annoyance.
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The first season was originally aired from January 29th to April 21st 2023 on Creator/{{CTV}} in Canada, with Creator/StaceyFarber playing Darby Spencer while Victoria was played by Creator/LeaThompson. Since then it has been picked up for US distribution by Creator/TheCW, which began airing it October 4th 2023.
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The first season was originally aired from January 29th to April 21st 2023 on Creator/{{CTV}} in Canada, with Creator/StaceyFarber playing Darby Spencer while Victoria was played by Creator/LeaThompson. Since since then it has been picked up for US distribution by Creator/TheCW, which began airing it October 4th 2023.
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* MurderTheHypoteneuse: In "The Executive's Elegy" the victim was killed by the husband of a woman he was seeing.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: The gay couple on the show are also the main people of color. Zahn is black and Paolo's Latino.
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* NeverTrustATitle: The title characters are actually a daughter and mother duo.
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* WunzaPlot: The titular duo are this. Darby is a former cop investigating crimes along with Victoria, her mother who writes mystery novels.
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* WunzaPlot: The series plot is based on this, due to its unusual titular duo are this. Darby is duo. Darby's a former cop investigating crimes along with Victoria, her mother who writes mystery novels.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Darby comes home early in "The Scholar's Snafu", the pilot, and soon discovers her boyfriend was having sex with another woman (who's hiding [[ClosetShuffle inside the closet]]).
* ClosetShuffle: Darby finds a woman who'd just had sex with her boyfriend standing inside of their walk-in closet early into "The Scholar's Snafu".
* ClosetShuffle: Darby finds a woman who'd just had sex with her boyfriend standing inside of their walk-in closet early into "The Scholar's Snafu".
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* NonIndicativeName: Darby and Victoria are the titular duo. Victoria however is Darby's mother. They simply named themselves this as detective partners since they're often [[MumLooksLikeASister mistaken for really being sisters]].
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* TitleDrop: The Spencer Sisters is the name Darby and Victoria use for their detective agency. Darby is really Victoria's daughter, but they get [[MumLooksLikeASister mistaken for sisters]], inspiring their name.
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* CowboyCop: Darby is a frustrated police officer when the story starts whose (correct) suggestions get ignored and thus she goes off to chase down leads on her own against the orders of her superiors. She's finally going to get officially reprimanded, which will kill her chance to make detective, making Darby quit in frustration.
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* CowboyCop: Darby is a frustrated police officer when the story starts whose (correct) suggestions get ignored and thus she goes off to chase down leads on her own against the orders of her superiors. She's finally going to get officially reprimanded, which will kill her chance to make detective, making Darby quit in frustration. It's {{downplayed}} since she doesn't break any laws doing this, and rather than indulged it gets her into trouble.
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* QueerEstablishingMoment: Darby's friend Zane quickly is shown as married to another man and has an adopted daughter with him when they speak on the phone, as she asks about how they're doing.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After being ignored yet again and punished after pursuing a lead as a police officer, she'd been right about, Darby angrily quite after chewing out her superiors for how they acted to her.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After being ignored yet again and punished after for pursuing a lead she was right about as a police officer, she'd been right about, officer (against orders), Darby angrily quite quits after chewing out her superiors for how they acted to her.
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Darby Spencer, on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
Darby's mother Victoria (a succesful mystery writer who she's got a poor relationship with) lets her back into her old room as the two continually snipe at each other. Darby soon finds herself investigating a perjury claim against her friend, which her mother inserts herself into, to Darby's annoyance.
When they solve the case together, Darby and Victoria grow closer to each other, deciding they make a good team. Victoria reveals she's suffering from writer's block, and Darby needs a job. The pair decide to open a detective agency which they dub [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] (as Victoria's mistaken often for Darby's sister instead of her mother where they solve more cases together.
The first season was originally aired from January 29th to April 21st 2023 on Creator/{{CTV}} in Canada, with Creator/StaceyFarber playing Darby Spencer while Victoria was played by Creator/LeaThompson. Since then it has been picked up for US distribution by Creator/TheCW, which began airing it October 4th 2023.
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* CowboyCop: Darby is a frustrated police officer when the story starts whose (correct) suggestions get ignored and thus she goes off to chase down leads on her own against the orders of her superiors. She's finally going to get officially reprimanded, which will kill her chance to make detective, making Darby quit in frustration.
* DetectiveDrama: The show focuses on Darby and Victoria Spencer, who are private detectives investigating crimes.
* DisappearedDad: Darby's father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. This is why Victoria, her mother, wasn't happy with Darby [[FollowingInRelativesFootsteps becoming a cop as well]].
* {{Dramedy}}: It's a family relationship comedy mixed with a DetectiveDrama, where Darby and Victoria, her mother, investigate crimes while having comic friction.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:"The Scholar's Snafu" case is solved when Darby secretly records the fraudsters admitting to their crime, with the cops overhearing it.]]
* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: Victoria is highly feminine, with long hair, a demure manner and always dressing in flattering slacks with blouses or similar outfits. Darby, her daughter, has a slightly tomboyish look in contrast. While she also has long hair, Darby eschews more feminine outfits (like her mother wants her to wear), for shirts and jeans. She's also more bold and unladylike in her attitude.
* FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: Darby followed her deceased dad into the police force. He was killed on the job, so her mother opposed it, fearing that she would lose Darby too.
* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance.
* MumLooksLikeASister: Sarita, Victoria's literary agent, says Victoria looks more like the older sister of her daughter Darby than her mother. Darby just dismissively notes that Sarita's working for her so she's flattering Victoria, but other people think so too. They end up calling their detective partnership [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] because of this.
* StraightGay: Zane and his husband Antonio. Both don't show any stereotypical traits of gay men, having looks and mannerisms indistinguishable from average straight men.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Darby and Victoria, her mother, look pretty similar. Both are redheads, have similar facial strecture and even sound much alike.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After being ignored yet again and punished after pursuing a lead as a police officer, she'd been right about, Darby angrily quite after chewing out her superiors for how they acted to her.
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[[caption-width-right:149:Left to right:Victoria and Darby]]
Darby Spencer, on being disrespected one too many times in her work as a police officer, abruptly quits. Then she finds out her boyfriend (whose condo Darby has lived in) is also cheating. She breaks up with him, but then finds herself homeless and with no friends willing to put her up reluctantly goes back home.
Darby's mother Victoria (a succesful mystery writer who she's got a poor relationship with) lets her back into her old room as the two continually snipe at each other. Darby soon finds herself investigating a perjury claim against her friend, which her mother inserts herself into, to Darby's annoyance.
When they solve the case together, Darby and Victoria grow closer to each other, deciding they make a good team. Victoria reveals she's suffering from writer's block, and Darby needs a job. The pair decide to open a detective agency which they dub [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] (as Victoria's mistaken often for Darby's sister instead of her mother where they solve more cases together.
The first season was originally aired from January 29th to April 21st 2023 on Creator/{{CTV}} in Canada, with Creator/StaceyFarber playing Darby Spencer while Victoria was played by Creator/LeaThompson. Since then it has been picked up for US distribution by Creator/TheCW, which began airing it October 4th 2023.
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* CowboyCop: Darby is a frustrated police officer when the story starts whose (correct) suggestions get ignored and thus she goes off to chase down leads on her own against the orders of her superiors. She's finally going to get officially reprimanded, which will kill her chance to make detective, making Darby quit in frustration.
* DetectiveDrama: The show focuses on Darby and Victoria Spencer, who are private detectives investigating crimes.
* DisappearedDad: Darby's father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. This is why Victoria, her mother, wasn't happy with Darby [[FollowingInRelativesFootsteps becoming a cop as well]].
* {{Dramedy}}: It's a family relationship comedy mixed with a DetectiveDrama, where Darby and Victoria, her mother, investigate crimes while having comic friction.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:"The Scholar's Snafu" case is solved when Darby secretly records the fraudsters admitting to their crime, with the cops overhearing it.]]
* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: Victoria is highly feminine, with long hair, a demure manner and always dressing in flattering slacks with blouses or similar outfits. Darby, her daughter, has a slightly tomboyish look in contrast. While she also has long hair, Darby eschews more feminine outfits (like her mother wants her to wear), for shirts and jeans. She's also more bold and unladylike in her attitude.
* FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: Darby followed her deceased dad into the police force. He was killed on the job, so her mother opposed it, fearing that she would lose Darby too.
* FriendOnTheForce: Zane is an officer with the police force in Alder Bluffs, and Darby's old friend. After she's moved back there and starts investigating crimes along with her mother, Zane is helpful as he can arrest suspects they find evidence on along with his colleagues or provide other assistance.
* MumLooksLikeASister: Sarita, Victoria's literary agent, says Victoria looks more like the older sister of her daughter Darby than her mother. Darby just dismissively notes that Sarita's working for her so she's flattering Victoria, but other people think so too. They end up calling their detective partnership [[TitleDrop The Spencer Sisters]] because of this.
* StraightGay: Zane and his husband Antonio. Both don't show any stereotypical traits of gay men, having looks and mannerisms indistinguishable from average straight men.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Darby and Victoria, her mother, look pretty similar. Both are redheads, have similar facial strecture and even sound much alike.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: After being ignored yet again and punished after pursuing a lead as a police officer, she'd been right about, Darby angrily quite after chewing out her superiors for how they acted to her.
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