[narrator] The storm's onslaught proved no match
for Detective Brannigan's steely resolve as he stepped from the shadows,
hands resting confidently in the pockets of his favorite pea coat.
"Of course he found the final clue," whispered Demonté. "It's Brannigan."
The detective cleared his throat, then announced, ever so quietly--
[radio clicks]
Did you know Amelia Earhart was the 16th woman to receive a pilot's license?
-Lizzie, what are you doing? -Reading a biography Steph recommended.
But we're in the middle of a mystery.
A mystery we've heard a thousand times.
Besides, we're here. We should just go inside.
Ugh. You're already in Steph mode.
She always acts different when we go to Aunt Linda's.
-I do not. -Yeah, you do.
That's enough. What'd I tell you guys?
That Aunt Linda, Steph, and Becky just went through a huge move
from Manhattan to "Handover."
It's Andover.
Steph mode.
-[Lizzie, Charles bickering, indistinct] -[breathes deeply]
You know, you could join me on the fishing trip.
Standing waist-deep in an ice-cold river doesn't sound half bad right now.
[chuckles]
Our focus this weekend is family, not fighting.
Understood?
-Understood. -Yes.
[sighs] I'm so excited to see what Steph has planned.
Last time in New York, we went to get shish kebabs at a street cart.
-And we saw an off-Broadway show. -[thunder rumbles]
Did you see that? I think a dog just ran past.
[scoffs] We're in the country. It's probably a deer.
[Charles] How do you know? You've never seen a deer.
-[Lizzie] Neither have you. -So?
There's an extra pole in the trunk. I'm just saying.
[groans, chuckles]
-[Linda] Welcome! Hey! -Hi.
-[Linda] Ooh. [chuckles] -Mmm. [chuckles]
-Oh, wow! Hi, Paul. -Hey.
-Oh, come here. Mmm. -[chuckles]
[chuckles] I am so happy to see you. Are you running for president yet?
-I'm keeping my options open. [chuckles] -Attagirl. [laughs]
Aunt Linda!
-Oh, there's my little dog whisperer! -[chuckles]
Snacks are in the pantry. Lemonade's in the fridge.
And tomorrow morning, I am baking not one, not two,
but three of my famous apple crumbles.
-Yes! -[chuckles]
Best part, they'll be cooling in the window of the barn.
[chuckles] I'm so country.
-[chuckles] -Soon you'll be raising chickens.
[Linda] Speaking of chickens, Paul,
are you going fishing to avoid losing to me in chess?
I'm going fishing to avoid losing my job.
Captain Carter takes the annual firehouse fishing trip very seriously.
[inhales sharply] See you Sunday. Have fun. Don't miss me too much.
-Lizzie! -Charles!
-[Steph giggling] Hi. -I don't think you have to worry.
-Hey. -[children giggling]
-Hi, girls. -Hi, Uncle Paul.
Hi, Uncle Paul.
-Aw. Now I don't want to leave. -Oh. I'll walk you out.
We thought you'd never get here.
Wow. This place is huge.
-[Becky] I'll give you the tour. -No, I can do it.
Hay, barn, hay.
-What'd I miss? Oh, more hay. -[both chuckle]
Come on, Steph. Let's show them around.
-Don't you wanna see the farm? -Not now.
You and Charles should go play. Let's go, Lizzie.
Coming. [chuckles]
Let's go to the barn. I'll show you where I broke my arm.
Tomorrow morning. It's late, Becky.
Fine.
Show Charles the old painting you found in the attic.
Oh, yeah!
It's a spaceship, but when you turn it upside down, it's Elvis Presley!
-Cool! -Come on.
[chuckles]
Slow down!
[sighs] The last thing we need around here is another accident.
[giggles] And that's how I fell off the ladder.
-I'm glad you're okay. -[chuckles] Me too.
How cool is this barn?
You and Steph are so lucky.
Steph hates it here.
-The barn? -No, the country.
She's been in a bad mood since we left New York.
We used to do things like go to Central Park,
but now she barely leaves her room.
That's kind of sad.
I can't force her to like it here.
So I just make up my own adventures. Like we're gonna do this weekend.
-Where should we start? -Only the best place on Earth.
Welcome to Drucker's Corner.
[Charles] Whoa.
Wow. This place has everything.
[sighs] This place has nothing.
New York has subways, museums,
anything you wanna eat, any time of the day.
Incredible theater.
[Lizzie] Oh, it's us by the Hudson River.
[chuckles] I think I ate, like, seven slices of pizza that day.
[Steph chuckles]
-[gasps] Remember this? -[chuckles]
Oh, my God. The Water Taxi tour.
You knew so many facts about the city we pretended to be junior tour guides.
[chuckles] Remember waiting in line in the rain
so we could try that Japanese bakery?
I still dream about those green tea cheesecakes at least once a week.
[chuckles]
[gasps] The gift shop. Oh, my gosh.
[Becky sighs]
What should we do tomorrow?
Just down the road is Jo Bitmark's farm.
We can feed the sheep, climb the peach tree.
-Maybe Jo will give us a tractor ride! -Cool.
And right next door is a haunted house.
-A real haunted house? -Yep.
An old farmhouse that's been empty for over 24 years.
Nothing there except old Hadley's ghost.
Hadley was the farmer?
Hadley was the cow.
But legend has it, you can still hear her calling out for some oats.
[imitating ghost] Moo.
-[metal clatters] -[gasps]
[breathes shakily] What was that?
[breathing shakily] I don't know.
[Becky] That's one of Mom's pie tins.
[whines]
A dog.
-[dog whimpers] -It's okay. We won't hurt you.
[whines]
Good thing Mom baked three apple crumbles.
[chuckles]
She's not wearing a collar, just that bandana.
[whimpering]
Maybe we should tell Steph and Lizzie.
Or we make this our adventure, like you said.
-We can solve the mystery on our own. -I'm in.
[whimpers]
Don't worry. We're going to find your home.
[barks softly]
I think she's still hungry.
[Becky] Okay. There's leftover steak on the middle shelf.
[Charles] Okay, perfect. What else?
Some lemonade to wash it down?
Uh, hi, Mom.
Gee, Linda. I wonder who took the missing apple crumble.
Mmm. So, listen up. In our family, we have rules.
If you're gonna sneak a whole pie,
you gotta take ice cream to go with it.
-[Linda] Mm-hmm. -Yeah, you're right.
[scoffs] What were we thinking?
[chuckles] Thanks. [sighs]
-For the pie. [chuckles] -Let's go, let's go.
Rookies.
-They're hiding something. -No doubt.
-I got a crumble. -[Betsy] Ooh.
I'll get the ice cream.
Mmm. [chuckles]
[birds singing]
[gasps] Lizzie, look. It's my field hockey team.
Yep. I remember them from all the videos you showed me last night.
You know, you could edit them into one much shorter highlight reel.
Ooh. That sounds fun. Let's do it tonight.
Or we could do something else around here that's fun.
I don't know, maybe something that's outside of your room?
Trust me. There's nothing.
[sighs] How do you know? Have you looked?
What's the point? All my friends are in New York anyway.
Well… maybe if you join the field hockey team at your new school,
I'm sure you'd make new friends.
There's no field hockey in the middle of nowhere.
-I'm surprised we have running water. -[doorbell rings]
[Linda] Hey, Steph. Could you get that? It's the pizza.
[sighs] Country pizza.
Have a "dough-licious" day.
Um, I think we actually ordered two pizzas?
Right. It's on my bike. I'll be right back.
-She seems pretty cool. -People here are not cool.
Okay.
Hey, she had an old airplane on her shirt. You love Amelia Earhart.
-I think I've seen her at school. -Oh, perfect. Introduce yourself.
I don't know.
Maybe at least try?
[sighs] Sorry about that.
No problem.
Um, I think we both go to Baxter. I'm Steph.
Oh, yeah. Penny. Well, see you.
That went well.
[sighs]
[Charles] Now, I know a thing or two about mysteries.
And what we need are some clues.
In order to determine where this dog came from,
we need to analyze everything we know about her.
All we know is that she showed up yesterday.
What could've happened yesterday to cause her to run away?
I wish we knew her name. Here, girl.
-[whines] -Drink some water.
-[bowl clatters] -[whines]
-[Charles] Whoa. Easy, girl. -[barks]
Aw, did that loud noise scare you?
[whimpering]
-W-Wait. Loud noise. -[thunder rumbles]
That's it! I bet the thunder and lightning yesterday scared her.
That's why she ran away.
We should call her Flash, like a flash of lightning.
We're gonna get you home, Flash. We just need some more clues.
Wait. I've seen this bandana somewhere.
Drucker's! The bandana's from Drucker's.
Maybe they'll know where Flash came from.
Who's Flash?
The dog Becky and I found.
[whines, pants]
You found a dog? Why didn't you tell me?
Because you didn't wanna hang out with us, remember?
Sounds vaguely familiar.
[sighs] Whenever you're around Steph, you forget about me.
So I decided to find Flash's family myself.
[Becky clears throat]
With Becky.
[sighs] You're right.
I was just so excited to see Steph,
but I shouldn't have left you out like that.
I don't blame you for doing the same to me.
I'm sorry.
We just found a big clue.
-Do you wanna come with us? -I could use a break from Steph mode.
[Lizzie, Becky chuckle]
[Flash whines]
There it is! See?
-It's the exact same one Flash is wearing. -M-Mr. Drucker!
Oh, you're back already?
I thought you'd be knee-deep in a sugar coma by now. [chuckles]
But you're in luck.
I just got in a fresh shipment of Caramel Creams.
-The chocolate ones? -[Drucker] Mmm.
Actually, we found a lost dog. We're trying to track down her owner.
Her bandana is from your store.
Do you remember who you might've sold it to?
[chuckles] I sell dozens of those bandanas every month.
I have no idea who might've bought 'em.
[barks]
Oh. Someone looks thirsty.
[strains] Here you go.
You're welcome to put a note on our community bulletin board.
-I'm sure-- Whoa! Hey! -[children] Flash!
-[barks] -[children] Flash!
[Lizzie sighs]
What if we never find her family?
[Becky sighs]
[sighs] This is our specialty.
If there's anybody who can find Flash's home, it's you and me.
-Oh, and Becky. -[chuckles]
I'd love to visit and meet your foster puppies.
We'd love that too.
I hope Steph will wanna come.
I doubt it. She barely wants to do anything with me anymore.
-[sighs] -[whines]
[giggles] What is it, Flash?
Who's Flash?
Uh, hey, Steph.
I was just helping Becky and Charles.
We found a lost dog, and we're trying to get her home.
Mmm. Got it. Well, come on, Lizzie.
I'm sure they can figure it out.
[sighs]
[Steph] Lizzie, let's go.
Actually, Steph, I think I'm gonna hang here instead.
-You are? -Yeah.
So, what would Detective Brannigan do in this situation?
He'd gather more clues.
Okay. Here's what I know about border collies.
They're complete brainiacs, they have a lot of energy,
and they were originally bred to herd sheep. They're also--
Sheep? The only place around here who has sheep is Jo Bitmark's farm.
Flash must be one of their dogs. Let's go!
Okay. [chuckles]
You should come with us.
To a sheep farm? Pass.
Steph, wait.
[sighs] Do this one thing.
And if you absolutely hate it,
we'll stay in your room… [sighs] …for the rest of the weekend.
Please?
[chuckles] It can't be that bad.
-Here. You hold Flash. I'll go find Jo. -Okay.
-[sniffs] -[Charles] Whoa.
I think Flash might know where she is.
-[barks, sniffing] -[Charles] Whoa.
[sheep bleating in distance]
[Steph sighs]
Huh. This place is pretty cool.
[scoffs]
[sighs] What do you think?
I think I miss the Union Square Greenmarket.
They had fresh-baked breads, local honey and--
Overpriced but delicious apple cider doughnuts.
Can't stop eating them, right?
-Are you from New York? -No.
But I sell to a bunch of restaurants in the city, so I'm there a lot.
Oh, which ones?
[inhales sharply] Let's see. Uh, Garrity Field Inn, Bonacarti's--
[gasps] I love Bonacarti's!
-Their beets are my favorite. -Mine too.
We make the maple mustard dressing right here.
-What do you mean, "here"? -You can't have farm-to-table food
without the farm, right?
-Oh, hi, Jo. [chuckles] -Hey, Becky.
-Wait. You're Jo Bitmark? -Depends who's asking.
This is my sister, Steph. These are my cousins, Lizzie and Charles.
Welcome to Bitmark's. How's that arm feeling, hon?
Almost as good as new.
-That's great news. [imitates explosion] -Bam.
-My peach tree misses you. -[chuckles]
-[Charles] There's more great news. -Hmm?
-[barks] -[Jo gasps] Oh.
Look who we found.
Hi, cutie. [chuckles]
What's her name?
[Charles] She's not yours?
Oh, no. Sorry.
[sighs] Poor Flash. She just wants to get home.
[clicks tongue] Aw.
Well, we better keep looking.
Good luck.
-Great to meet you. -Hey, you too.
Hey, come back if you can.
I'm working on a pear balsamic glaze, and I'd love your input.
I definitely will.
[chuckles]
[Charles] What do we do now?
I don't know.
There has to be something we're missing.
[sighs] Let's review the facts again.
-[groans] -I know.
You know, sometimes it's good to take a break.
Do something else to clear your minds.
Hey, Becks. Remember back in the city when I needed a study break?
You'd take me to Central Park. We'd play Frisbee.
Go long.
[barks]
-[Steph] Wow. -[Charles] Whoa. No way.
That was amazing, Flash.
She has definitely done that before.
Border collies have won the Frisbee Dog World Championships
more than any other breed.
Wait. Remember at Drucker's,
when she was barking for water but then didn't drink any?
-Because she didn't want the water at all. -She wanted the Frisbee!
I've seen kids playing Ultimate Frisbee by Sherman Creek.
Maybe they'll know something. It's not far. Come on.
You don't have to ask. I'm coming.
-[Flash barks] -Flash seems to know where we are.
That's a good sign.
After what happened at Bitmark's, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Chloe! Hey, guys! Look! Someone found Chloe.
-[players exclaiming] -[Penny] Chloe! Come here.
-[Lizzie] Think it's okay to get hopes up. -Hi.
So, Chloe's your dog?
[chuckles] I wish. She's Penny's.
Where did you go? I was so scared.
Thank you so much for finding Chloe. I was so worried about her.
Hey. I delivered a pizza to you earlier.
-Uh, two pizzas, actually. -Yeah. I remember.
-Steph, right? -Yeah.
Hey, sorry if I was acting weird.
I was so stressed about Chloe. I was just trying to get through my shift.
No worries. I would've done the same.
Hey, check this out.
[barking]
-[Charles] Whoa. -[Becky] Wow.
[Penny] Good girl, Chloe.
Do you wanna play?
-I do. -Me too.
Yeah. But I warn you, Becks and I are pretty good.
I mean, we used to play in Central Park.
[both giggle]
[chuckles] Well, come on then.
Great work, Detective Brannigan.
[barking]
[chattering, laughing]
So, what'd I miss this weekend?
[sniffs] Besides a shower?
[groans] You're in Linda mode.
-Come here. Stop it. [laughs] -[chuckles]
[Charles] And so ends the mystery of Flash the Frisbee dog.
But this time, I can't help but wonder,
who really helped who?
Or is it "whom"?
Perhaps it will always remain a mystery.
You do know you're talking out loud, right?
-Oh. Thanks. -[chuckles]
[whimpers]