Once Burnt Twice Spied

Now available in PBS Passport. Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the adventures of Frankie Drake (Lauren Lee Smith) and her partner Trudy Clarke (Chantel Riley) at Drake Private Detectives, the city’s only all-female detective agency, as they find themselves fighting crime in the age of flyboys, gangsters, rum-runners, and speakeasies.

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Once Burnt Twice Spied

Season 1 Episode 11 | 43m 40s | CC

After Frankie gets a cryptic telephone call, she bolts from the office. As they set out to find her, Trudy tells Morality Officer Mary Shaw about how Frankie became a private detective. Immediately after the war, Frankie worked as a spy for MI-5, and as they quickly discover, the past doesn’t always stay in the past.

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