History Recap / TheHardyBoys2020Season1E3OfFreedomAndPleasure

** The three other miners who went on the expedition with Jann Kowalsky at Demon's Paw, who, as Anya puts it, "went on to have families and live their lives." All three of them become very important later once we learn their names, and one of them turns out to be '''George Estabrook''', Frank's own great-grandfather.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the Tragedy at Demon's Paw, miner Jann Kowalsky was fatally injured during the mine collapse, surviving long enough to reach his young daughter Anya before dying in her arms.
* {{Dramatization}}: Frank goes to see a reenactment of the Tragedy of Demon's Paw, which Laura was investigating, at the carnival. There, he learns that a man named Jann Kowalsky--father of Anya Kowalsky, the tarot card reader he met earlier--led an expedition of three other men into the mine at Demon's Paw. The four of them found ''something'' there, but taking it for themselves caused the ground to shake and the mine to collapse, and Jann did not survive his ensuing injuries, only barely able to reach his young daughter before succumbing to his wounds. However, she believed what little he was able to tell her before his death about what they found--despite the other men trying to claim he was delirious from the pain--and has maintained ever since that the town of Bridgeport is cursed.

* TarotTroubles: A tarot-reading fortune teller, Anya Kowalsky, insists on reading Frank's fortune when he, Chet, and Callie visit her to ask her some questions about the case.

* ShipTease: Trudy and Jessie get some. After watching their respective kids head off into the carnival together, the two of them decide to get dinner and hang out together as well.
-->'''Jessie''': I'll buy you a corn dog.\\

** Frank instantly becomes alarmed and rushes off with Biff when she comes to get him and tells him Joe's in trouble, and his immediate first reaction on seeing his brother is rushing up and asking if he's okay.

** Despite his [[TheDreaded (very justified)]] fear of the Tall Man, when JB realizes the killer is planning to go after Joe next--the kid JB's taken a liking to and got involved in his mess in the first place--he doesn't hesitate to follow them to the carnival, punches the Tall Man in the face to protect Joe, and tells him to run while he [[DrawAggro draws aggro]].

*** She tells him, somewhat bitterly, how the three other miners who survived where her father did not went on to become rich and powerful. She probably knows their names, but doesn't share them with Frank. If she had, they both would have learned that the boy she's talking to is the ''great-grandson'' of one of those men.

** Joe gets a ''huge'' one at the carnival when Biff tells him there's a man with a photo of him asking people where he is and he turns around and sees the Tall Man, and ''immediately'' tells her they need to get out of there.

* ForWantOfANail:
** A literal example. Joe only finds the idol that JB hid behind the vent after sneaking into his room in the previous episode because he steps on a loose screw on the floor, figures out the screw came from the vent, and checks behind it.
** And from there, the reason Joe finds the piece of the Eye (his "lucky charm") hidden inside the idol is due to idly tossing it in the air over and over, rather carelessly, only for Aunt Trudy to distract him by calling to him from downstairs, causing him to drop and break it.

* DrawAggro: JB showing up to save Joe serves this purpose as well to give the kid time to run away. The Tall Man recognizes him as the man who stole the idol from him on the plane in the first place and forgets all about chasing down Joe to attack JB instead.

** JB, hiding in Joe's closet, has a couple in rapid succession: first when he sees that the Tall Man (from whom he stole the idol) is the intruder in the Hardy home, and then when he sees him steal a photo of Joe and realizes this assassin is planning to go after his new pal.

*** The object that the miners found is later revealed to be called the Eye, and Anya states that finding it "cursed this town, and curses it still". Frank's brother, Joe, happens to have a piece of the Eye with him at the carnival, but has no idea yet what it even is; when the Tall Man is seemingly killed by JB while trying to steal this piece back from Joe, it perpetuates the town's perception that the carnival is cursed.

** Curtis, the bully who sneers at Joe's win streak and insists he must be cheating. When Joe and Biff later split up to get away from the Tall Man, Carter accosts Joe and steals one of the giant stuffed animals he won earlier, which actually ''helps'' Joe in the short term.

* WouldHurtAChild: It's made very clear that the Tall Man has ''no'' problems with hurting or killing Joe, who's 12 years old, when he figures out the kid has the piece of the Eye he's looking for. He corners Joe in the funhouse, pins him to the wall, grips him tightly, and seems prepared to do worse while Joe can only helplessly struggle to break free and desperately shout for help. Luckily for him, JB shows up JustInTime.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Like in the previous episode, the Hardy Boys have largely different storylines this episode. Frank works with Callie and Chet to look into the Tragedy of Demon's Paw that Laura was investigating, meeting Anya in the process, while Joe hangs out with Biff at the carnival and wins every game thanks to his GoodLuckCharm, only to be stalked by the Tall Man for it. The two of them finally meet up again when Biff goes to get Frank for help and all the kids find the Tall Man's "corpse" after JB electrocuted him.

* AbsenteeActor: Fenton and Phil both do not appear in this episode.

* BigDamnHeroes: Just as the Tall Man has caught up with Joe in the funhouse and is wrestling with him while the latter tries to get away, JB rushes up and punches the Tall Man in the face, then orders Joe to run, shoving him out the door when he hesitates. When the Tall Man recovers and sees JB, a pretty brutal fight ensues.

* MissingMom: Callie tells Frank, and the audience, that her mom [[ParentalAbandoment abandoned her and her dad]] when she was young, so she knows what it's like to not have your mother around.

** JB, hiding in Joe's closet, has a couple in rapid succession: first when he sees that the Tall Man (from whom he stole the idol) is the intruder in the Hardy home, and then when he sees him steal a photo of Joe and realizes this assassin is planning to go after the kid.

** Curtis, an older bully who gets jealous of Joe's many carnival wins and expresses skepticism that it's all because of luck, waits until Joe is alone (after he and Biff split up to better get away from the Tall Man), pushes him to the ground, and steals his big stuffed animal, saying, "Where's your luck now, kid?" Him doing this ''is'', in fact, lucky for Joe, as it misleads the Tall Man for a few extra seconds that Joe needs to reach the funhouse.

''Season 1, Episode 3:'''

* ChekhovsGunman: The three other miners who went on the expedition with Jann Kowalsky at Demon's Paw, who, as Anya puts it, "went on to have families and live their lives." All three of them become very important later once we learn their names, and one of them turns out to be '''George Estabrook''', Frank's own great-grandfather.
* CommonalityConnection: After Anya reads Frank [[TarotTroubles his fortune]], she shuts down his attempts to ask her questions about "the Tragedy at Demon's Paw", with the implication that it's a touchy subject for her. When Frank sees a reenactment of it and learns that her dad ''died'' in said tragedy, he promptly goes back to her tent to apologize and offer his sympathy, assuring her that he knows how she feels by citing his own still-raw feelings about his mom's recent death. She softens and expresses her condolences, and decides to give him the info he wants.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the Tragedy of Demon's Paw, miner Jann Kowalsky was fatally injured during the mine collapse, surviving long enough to reach his young daughter Anya before dying in her arms.
* {{Dramatization}}: Frank goes to see a reenactment of the Tragedy of Demon's Paw, which Laura was investigating, at the carnival. There, he learns that a man named Jann Kowalsky--father of Anya Kowalsky, the tarot card reader he met earlier--led an expedition of three other men into the mine at Demon's Paw. The four of them found ''something'' there, but taking it for themselves caused the ground to shake and the

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Frank, desperately wanting to know why Laura was looking into the Tragedy at Demon's Paw, tries repeatedly to question Anya about it, who doesn't want to cooperate. Then he attends a reenactment and discovers that this "tragedy" was a mine collapse that killed the expedition leader, Anya's father, who [[DiedInYourArmsTonight died in her arms]] after sustaining mortal wounds. Frank wastes no time in returning to talk to her again so he can apologize for this.
* {{Irony}}: Twofold regarding Anya's story to Frank about the mine collapse:
** She tells him, somewhat bitterly, how the three other miners who survived where her father did not went on to become rich and powerful. She probably knows their names, but doesn't share them with Frank. If she had, they both would have learned that the boy she's talking to is the ''great-grandson'' of one of those men.
** The object that the miners found is later revealed to be called the Eye, and Anya states that finding it "cursed this town, and curses it still". Frank's brother, Joe, happens to have a piece of the Eye with him at the carnival, but has no idea yet what it even is; when the Tall Man is seemingly killed by JB while trying to steal this piece back from Joe, it perpetuates the town's perception that the carnival is cursed.

** Said fortune is thankfully mostly free of "trouble": his cards are Death, the World inverted, and Two of Cups. Anya correctly tells the kids that the "Death" card isn't literal and symbolizes metamorphosis, a major change in Frank's life (which in this case, ironically, actually ''is'' from a literal death, Laura's, as well as the move to Bridgeport). The inverted World means a lack of closure and need for answers, representing Frank's and Joe's investigation into their mom's death. And finally, the Two of Cups indicates a new friend or partnership, which is indeed the case with the Hardy Boys' new friends who are helping them solve the mystery.

* TheUnReveal: What, exactly, the miners at Demon's Paw found before the mine collapsed is not revealed to the main characters here. It takes until "[[Recap/TheHardyBoys2020Season1E9TheKey The Key]]" before the boys find out what it was (the Eye).