The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

Season 1

1997 · 13 episodes

Episodes

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   1. The Case of the Burning Building

   7 May 1997

   When ex-gang member and ""new kid"" at Sussex Academy, Bo Sawchuk, is a suspect in a number of suspicious local fires, Shirley Holmes is on the case.

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   2. The Case of the Ruby Ring

   14 May 1997

   When Sussex Academy Presidential candidate Alicia Gianelli is electrocuted at the podium, all fingers point to the obvious suspect--her opponent Sterling 'Stink' Patterson.

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   3. The Case of the Liberated Beasts

   21 May 1997

   Watson, Shirley's not very faithful and often disobedient basset hound, leads her to Redington's latest crime--a break-in at ""Pete's Rare Pets"".

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   4. The Case of the Precious Cargo

   28 May 1997

   Shirley notices that Rita, the cafeteria assistant, is stealing food. By following her, Shirley discovers why: Rita is hiding her young niece in the school's laundry room.

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   5. The Case of the Alien Abductions

   4 Jun 1997

   In one month, three citizens of Redington have been attacked and knocked unconscious with no explanation other than--one victim claims it was an alien abduction!

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   6. The Case of the Blazing Star

   11 Jun 1997

   Bo has quit the football team, flunking half of his classes and falling asleep at school - and he won't tell Shirley what is going on.

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   7. The Case of the Maestro's Ghost

   18 Jun 1997

   It is the fiftieth anniversary of the disappearance of Sussex student Maggie Hancock and Maestro Vespemi, the school's music teacher. Every year on the anniversary the Maestro's ghost comes looking for Maggie.

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   8. The Case of the Mystery Child

   25 Jun 1997

   After receiving an ancient Egyptian toy from an old colleague on his deathbed, Peggy Holmes starts acting very strangely. Does the toy carry an ancient curse?

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   9. The Case of the King of Hearts

   2 Jul 1997

   The students at Sussex Academy cannot figure out what is wrong with the usually stern and strict Ms. Stratmann--she is smiling and laughing all the time and she is even complimenting Stink on his practical jokes.

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    10. The Case of the Exact Change

    9 Jul 1997

    When Stink, the class clown, goes missing from his thirteenth birthday party everyone, including his dad, thinks his disappearance is an elaborate practical joke. Everyone, that is, except Shirley.

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    11. The Case of the Cunning Coyote

    16 Jul 1997

    Ancient native ceremonies and a mysterious tribal trickster follow Shirley Holmes as she tries to find out what happened to a box of two-hundred-year-old bones that has gone missing from a reservation.

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    12. The Case of the Singer's Secret

    23 Jul 1997

    Bo is stunned and Shirley is devastated when they find Robert Holmes, Shirley's dad, kissing the pop music superstar Leah Farrell.

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    13. The Case of the Second Sight

    30 Jul 1997

    While performing in a local theatre production of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", Shirley discovers that the lead actress, Rebecca Radcliff, is a jinx--or so the entire cast and crew believe.