The consensus is that you all loved last Monday’s Season 13 return of Murdoch Mysteries. And why not? A great storyline, a masterful Orsini bomb build by Craig Grant and a fantastic guest stint by Claire Goose added up to a stellar 43-or-so minute instalment.
On to Monday’s new instalment, “Bad Pennies,” written by showrunner Peter Mitchell and directed by Harvey Crossland. Here’s what the CBC revealed as the official storyline:
When a dockworker is shot, Murdoch pursues an elusive witness and learns anti-union thugs may be involved.Â
And here, as always, are a few more tidbits from me after checking out a screener.
A footrace on the Murdoch set
I’ve visited the set of Murdoch Mysteries several times, so I know how small it was in those early days. It’s gotten progressively larger, something that is really shown off in the episode’s opening moments.
Marc Senior joins Murdoch Mysteries
Introduced in “Bad Pennies,” Senior plays Special Agent Robert Parker, a recurring character. The Toronto actor has appeared in The Magicians, Timeless and The Gourmet Detective TV-movies. Also, keep an eye out for Michael Rhoades and George Masswohl in guest appearances this week. Sebastian Pigott, Clare McConnell and James McGowan return as Dr. Dixon, Effie Newsome and Dr. Forbes, respectively.
Julia is enraged
And it has everything to do with the aforementioned Doctors Dixon and Forbes.
Henry gets drunk
And it’s very, very funny.
Miss Hart vs. Detective Murdoch
He was positively rude to her last week. The trend continues. If looks could kill…
Inspector Brackenreid is on the warpath
Murdoch and Crabtree get the rough side of the Inspector’s tongue. I wonder what could be bothering him? An impending visit from his daughter perhaps?
Murdoch Mysteries airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on CBC.
Images courtesy of CBC.
