History Recap / TheHardyBoys2020Season2E1ADisappearance

** Frank and Joe state that the only people who know about the Eye having real magic powers are either "at this table" (them and their friends) or "in jail" (their grandma), but said friends counter by bringing up everybody else who knows this and doesn't fall into either category: Fenton Hardy, JB Cox, the Nabokovs, the Khans, likely Anya Kowalsky, and possibly Dean [=McFarlane=]. (Though [[ContinuitySnarl they do neglect to mention Trudy, who also knows this]].)

* DoubleEntendre: Callie invites Frank to come over in the evening to study. Frank replies that he has to work, but invites her to come do so at Wilt's while he's there, and she clarifies that that's not quite what she had in mind by "study", though she does still come there anyway.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Downplayed with Aunt Trudy; the boys aren't embarrassed by her in general, but they treat having an aunt who's now a guidance counselor at their school the way you'd expect from two teenage boys, refusing to ride there with her in her van because Frank's sports car is better for their reputation.

** Jessie tells the gang that Malone works for Stratemeyer Global, who owns the land at Demon's Paw, and him ordering them to leave wasn't suspicious because it's his job to keep kids from falling into the mines...''"again"'', while giving a pointed look at Biff and Joe, who fell into one there before.

** Downplayed. When the Hardy gang names everybody who knows about the Eye having actual magical powers (as opposed to only knowing that the Circle of the Eye is a major conspiracy run by powerful people, like Jessie does), they forget to mention Aunt Trudy, who was also explicitly aware in the first season that the Eye is supernatural. That being said, it's never {{Retcon}}ned by anyone outright stating that she ''doesn't'' know this, either, so it's likely that the kids just forget to add her to their list.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Between seasons, former Deputy Chief Jessie Hooper has been promoted to the new Chief of the Bridgeport PD to replace former Chief Collig.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In-universe, the Hardy family discussing Fenton's new look refers to the BeardOfSorrow he's grown, but it's really a thinly-veiled reference to [[TheOtherDarrin his actor changing]] between seasons, complete with Fenton saying, as if to the audience, "Let's just get over it and move on."

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In-universe, the Hardy family talking about Fenton's new look refers to the BeardOfSorrow he's grown, but it's really a thinly-veiled reference to [[TheOtherDarrin his actor changing]] between seasons, complete with Fenton saying, as if to the audience, "Let's just get over it and move on."

* NewTransferStudent: Belinda Conrad is "the new girl" in Bridgeport whom Chet meets in detention. It's especially jarring given that she's starting less than a month before the end of the school year.

* FakinMacGuffin: This is what Stratemeyer Global and then JB ''assume'' the Hardys or someone else did with the Eye, and that the relic Stratemeyer found in the Chamber is a fake, because it doesn't have any kind of magic at all and is just a powerless rock. As the ending strongly implies, and the next episode confirms, the actual ''relic'' is the real thing, but the power has transferred from it into Frank.

* EyeScream: The threat of this as ColdBloodedTorture is used to make JB talk under interrogation. After he claims that he's never seen the Eye relic before, Angela just says to Mack, "Right eye." Realizing that Mack is about to slash said eye with a knife, JB clarifies he's never seen the Eye before ''in one piece'' (which is true).

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In-universe, the Hardy family talking about Fenton's new look refers to the BeardOfSorrow he's grown, but it's really a thinly-veiled reference to [[TheOtherDarrin his actor changing]] from James Tupper to Anthony Lemke between seasons, complete with Fenton saying, as if to the audience, "Let's just get over it and move on."

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Joe, Biff, and Phil sneak out to look for Dennis, heading up to an old mine where they think he ''might'' be held prisoner (without any solid evidence to back it up, going there simply because it's where "The Demon of Bridgeport" is said to be located), and completely ignore the "Danger: Do Not Enter" sign blocking it. Not only do they not find Dennis, they don't get very far into the mine before all three of them pass out from the indeed-dangerous noxious fumes there and have to be rescued by Frank, Chet, and Callie.

** Jessie tells the gang that Malone is allowed to be on the land at Demon's Paw, and him ordering them to leave wasn't suspicious because it's his job to keep kids from falling into the mines...''"again"'', while giving a pointed look at Biff and Joe, who fell into one there before.

* EyeScream: The threat of this as ColdBloodedTorture is used to make JB talk under interrogation. After he claims that he's never seen the Eye relic before, Angela just says to Mack, "Right eye." Realizing that Mack is about to slash said eye with a knife, JB elaborates that he's never seen the Eye before ''in one piece'' (which is true).

* BaitAndSwitch: Dennis disappears at the beginning of the first episode, after being seemingly cornered by someone who means to hurt him; Malone and Stratemeyer Global are later shown to be holding someone captive. But near the end, the Hardys and co. discover Dennis unconscious but otherwise unharmed (physically) at an old mill in the woods, and Stratemeyer Global's prisoner is then revealed to be JB Cox.

** After Frank and Joe state that the only people who know about the Eye having actual magic power are either "at this table" (them and their friends) or "in jail" (their grandma), said friends proceed to bring up everybody else who knows this and doesn't fall into either category: Fenton Hardy, JB Cox, the Nabokovs, the Khans, likely Anya Kowalsky, and possibly Dean [=McFarlane=]. (Though [[ContinuitySnarl they do neglect to mention Trudy, who also knows this]].)

* AllergicToRoutine / SoWhatDoWeDoNow: In the six-month TimeSkip between seasons, the Hardy Boys haven't had any significant mysteries to solve, and Joe is bored to tears by "normal" life and desperately looking for something to investigate. Frank, on the other hand, is fine with this arrangement, and even wishes things could be ''more'' normal, since he's plagued by nightmares strongly implied to be Eye-induced).

* BaitAndSwitch: Dennis disappears at the beginning of the first episode, after being seemingly cornered by someone who means to hurt him; Malone and Stratemeyer Global are later shown to be holding someone captive. But near the end, the Hardys and co. discover Dennis unconscious but otherwise unharmed (physically, at least) at an old mill in the woods, and Stratemeyer Global's prisoner is then revealed to be JB Cox.

* RelationshipReveal: Trudy and Jessie are revealed to have begun dating between seasons, as shown when they exchange a kiss.
* RelationshipUpgrade:
** Frank and Callie are now dating after their BigDamnKiss from the previous season.
** Trudy and Jessie got together between seasons as well.

* TrespassingToTalk: The boys go to the attic to start a new StringTheory board, only for JB to emerge from behind the door and close it, having snuck in beforehand. He's there to get the Eye from them, which he's sure they have after Stratemeyer captured him and he sees their relic's a fake, but after they insist (truthfully, as far as they know) that they don't, he just warns them to be careful of Stratemeyer and departs.[[note]]Though, two episodes later, it's revealed that he had an additional reason for sneaking in: planting a bug in the Hardy attic.[[/note]]

* HappyEndingOverride: Downplayed, but JB's goodbye note to Joe at the end of the previous season left them on reasonably friendly terms, and stated that he'd decided to be done for good with the Eye. But then JB gets roped back in against his will after Stratemeyer abducts him, and is not happy when he visits the Hardys afterwards because he thinks they're indirectly responsible by swapping the Eye for a fake. He leaves for now when they deny it, but gives them a warning about Stratemeyer, and they wonder if it's really a threat and are a bit shaken.

* TrespassingToTalk: The boys go to the attic to start a new StringTheory board, only for JB to emerge from behind the door and close it, having snuck in beforehand. He's there to get the Eye from them, which he's sure they have after Stratemeyer captured him and he found that theirs is a fake, but after they insist (truthfully, as far as they know) that they don't, he warns them to be careful of Stratemeyer and leaves.[[note]]Though, two episodes later, it's also revealed that he had an additional reason for sneaking in: planting a bug in the Hardy attic.[[/note]]

* WarningMistakenForAThreat: Downplayed. JB's parting words to the Hardys before leaving are "Be careful. Because if [Stratemeyer] can get to me, you can be certain they can get to you, too." The boys aren't sure whether this is a warning or a threat, or some combination, though additional context throughout the season makes it clearer that it really ''is'' a warning, just a rather curt one.

** When JB visits the Hardy Boys to ask them for the Eye, he accuses them of having switched it with a fake, and mentions how it "wouldn't be the first time" they'd done so. This would otherwise be a ContinuityNod since the boys ''did'' use that trick before (although with only a ''piece'' of it), but it's unclear how JB would know about that considering he was not present, or involved at all, either of the two times the boys used the fake piece to trick someone.

* HappyEndingOverride: Downplayed, but JB's parting note to Joe at the end of the previous season left them on reasonably friendly terms, and indicated that he'd decided to be done for good with the Eye. But then JB gets roped back in against his will after Stratemeyer abducts him, and is not happy when he visits the Hardys afterwards because he thinks they indirectly caused it by swapping the Eye for a fake. He leaves for now when they deny it, but leaves them with a warning about Stratemeyer, and they wonder if it's really a threat and are a bit shaken.

* HiddenDisdainReveal: During the boys' argument, in which they're still quite frustrated and upset at Fenton unfairly [[YouAreGrounded grounding them]], Joe demonstrates that, just like Frank, he ''does'' have some buried resentment toward their dad for leaving them behind after Laura's death:

* NotMeThisTime: After being kidnapped by Stratemeyer, interrogated about the Eye, and seeing that the one they have is a fake, JB pays the Hardys a visit to see what they know and accuses them of "pulling a switcheroo" as they have before. Since the boys did absolutely nothing of the sort and didn't have any idea until then that Stratemeyer even has a relic at all, they just express complete confusion at this.

** In "What Happened in Bridgeport" as the kids talked about school starting, Phil encouraged the others to join the AV Club. His membership in it serves as the impetus for the plot, as his fellow club member and [[TheRival rival]], Dennis Gilroy, becomes the [[VictimOfTheWeek Victim of the Season]].

* ContinuitySnarl: Downplayed. When the Hardy gang names everybody who knows about the Eye having actual magical powers (as opposed to only knowing that the Circle of the Eye is a major conspiracy run by powerful people, like Jessie does), they forget to mention Aunt Trudy, who was also explicitly aware in the first season that the Eye is supernatural. That being said, it's never {{Retcon}}ned by anyone outright stating that she ''doesn't'' know this, either, so it's likely that the kids just forget to add her to their list.

* OfficialCouple:

* RelationshipReveal: Trudy and Jessie are revealed to have begun dating between seasons, as shown when they exchange a kiss.

* WhatsAHenway: Phil asks where Dennis is going to film his video, and he responds, "Mindya." Phil doesn't get it, so Lucy spells it out for him: "Mind ya own business," and Phil gives a growl of frustration.

* AllergicToRoutine / SoWhatDoWeDoNow: In the six-month TimeSkip between seasons, the Hardy Boys apparently haven't had any significant mysteries to solve, and Joe is bored to tears by "normal" life and is desperately looking for something to investigate. Frank, on the other hand, is happy with this arrangement, and in fact wishes things could be ''more'' normal, since he's plagued by nightmares that are strongly implied to be Eye-induced).
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Downplayed with Aunt Trudy; the boys aren't embarrassed by her in general, but they treat having an aunt who's a guidance counselor at their school the way you'd expect from two teenage boys, refusing to ride there with her in her van because Frank's sports car is better for their reputation.

** Jessie tells the gang that Mack Malone is allowed to be on the land at Demon's Paw, and him ordering them to get lost wasn't suspicious because it's his job to keep kids from falling into the mines...''"again"'', while giving a pointed look at Biff and Joe, who indeed fell into one there last season.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer for the second season implies that the boys' friend Dennis going missing, and their search for him, will be the major story arc. In fact, they actually find him at the end of this premiere episode, and the mystery for the rest of the season is instead trying to figure out what happened to him (since he has amnesia from being knocked out and getting a concussion).

* SayingTooMuch: Lucy refuses to tell the Hardy Boys where Dennis was filming because it would give away what his video's about, which he doesn't want Phil to know. However, Joe is able to use this to deduce that the opposite is also true: if they know what Dennis's film is about, they can learn where he was filming. The boys and Phil break into Dennis's AV Club locker to find out, and sure enough, it does narrow down their search area.