Episode Synopsis:

Velma Dinkley, a 20 year old grad school student. She excelled through college and is in her final year majoring in criminal justice. Velma wakes up early to get ahead of the line at the local 24hr diner. She buys her food and rides her bicycle to the park to eat. She listens to chillout music for focus on YouTube to get her into the zone. She begins one of her morning mind puzzles, coding. Today, she is attempting to break into a mutli-billion dollar company. She isn’t an evil mastermind, but instead a controlled hacker. The company hired her to test their firewalls and security systems.

She receives a DM from anonymous to meet her at a designated location, but before she clicks on the message. Her cell phone rings, it is her friend Daphne Blake face timing her. Velma talks to Daphne as she packs her things up and heads to her first class. Throughout her school day she connects with classmates and studies. Throughout the day her phone pings constantly, she finds herself in the library late at night working vigorously on a research project when her phone goes off again. Velma, irritated, checks the phone and realizes she has many notifications. She opens the last one, reads the message, packs up quickly and runs out the door.

Velma shares her location with a group chat then puts her phone on silent. She walks to the boardwalk overlooking the black ocean. The wind picks up and the street light above her flickers and she walks slowly back and forth. A figure in all black appears on the beach. It stares up at Velma. Velma takes a deep breath and walks down the stairs towards the black figure.

Velma meets the mysterious figure, who is an old classmate from Coolsville High School, Tawnya. Tawnya is looking for her girlfriend, Bailey, and she needs Velma’s help. Velma questions why she didn’t go to the police. Tawnya explains that the police are no help anymore because it is considered a ‘cold case’ but she knows the Mystery Inc can help.

Velma agrees and tells Tawnya to transfer all the information she has to Velma’s encrypted server. Velma goes to leave when a large vibrant van skids to a stop cutting her off before she crosses the street. The side door slides open and Scooby-Doo leaps out tackling Velma to the ground and licks her glasses off.

Shaggy and Daphne step out of the van and help her up, they exchange pleasantries; they all received the random location share and knew Velma needed their help. So Fred gathered up the old gang and raced to her location.

Velma takes them to her local 24hr diner and shares what she just uncovered. Excited and anxious they begin looking into the girlfriend, until they receive the notification from Tawnyal. Velma decodes the message and they divide up the research and begin working the mystery.

Fred, Velma, and Daphne head to Velma’s dorm for a more secure internet, while Shaggy and Scooby make a pitstop at the college’s cafeteria. Simultaneously, Velma receives a virus that begins to eat away at her harddrive and Shaggy and Scooby come face to face with a GHOST.

Shaggy face times Fred, and they see the ghost. Fred and Daphne leave Velma to help Shaggy and Scooby. While the chase scene is happening. Velma is fighting virtually with the culprit, and discovering the true identity of Bailey’s kidnapper and motive.

Velma texts Fred to start the trap, she knows who did it. Fred and the gang set the trap with Shaggy, Scooby, and the girl as the bait. The GHOST falls into the trap wrapping it up in a nice bow. Velma and the detectives walk into the courtyard. There Velma reveals the motive and the suspect as Bailey. Bailey ghosted Tawnya because her parents were arrested for a white collar crime that Bailey did and got away with.

Tawnya is shocked and thanks Mystery Inc. She mentions that she wishes all cold cases had Mystery Inc on their side. The detective, Detective Monroe, thanks the gang again and slips Velma his card. Bailey is escorted away, and Detective Monroe mentions that Tawnya’s parents will be released.

The episode ends with the gang back at the diner and the detective’s business card in the center of the table in front of them.