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"Bottom of the Barrel" is the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred sixty-seventh episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on October 23, 2023.
Summary
Brackenreid's rowdy bachelor party for Constable Tucker takes a violent turn when a drunk patron is found dead in an oyster barrel. Making matters worse, Tucker had an altercation with the victim earlier in the evening. Murdoch suspects the stabbing of a man at an oyster bar is linked to a former case involving harlots sold into marriage.
Character Revelations
Continuity
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto – George V is King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
- The stimulant drug cocaine made from the leaves of the South American coca plant was used for thousands of years, indigenous people in the Amazon Rain forest and Andes Mountains have chewed coca leaves for energy and to ward off the effects of high altitude. European scientists first isolated cocaine from coca leaves in the 1850s. It was lauded as a medical “wonder drug,” freely used by Sigmund Freud to Coca-Cola. In 1914, cocaine and opiates are banned as illegal substances in the U.S.A under the Harrison Act. At the start of WWI in Europe, cocaine was given to British troops in the form of ‘Forced March Tablets’. Cocaine was banned as an illegal substance in the U.K. under the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1920. This started the illegal importation trade. Cocaine is recognize as one of the most addictive substances on Earth.
Trivia
- Reference to the case in The Ministry of Virtue.
- Neither George Crabtree nor Detective Watts appear in this episode.
Cast
Main Cast
Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
Recurring Cast
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Fiona Mongillo as Madeline Tomkins
Kenzie Delo as Constable Tucker
Guest Cast
Mark Taylor as Isaiah Buchanan
Lanette Ware as Mother Malone
Gavin Fox as Harry Hayes
Madison Sequin as Millicent Drysdale
Vanessa Jackson as Diana Mckeen
Simon Webster as Buster
Alison Deon as Eleanor Pinch
Jordan Andonov as Jeweler
Bennett Taylor as Mick Peterson
Jessalyn Ferguson as Fiancée
Non-Credited Cast
Gallery
Murdoch Mysteries Season 17 |
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Do the Right Thing Part 1 • Do the Right Thing Part 2 • Murdoch and the Mona Lisa • Bottom of the Barrel • Station House of Horrors • Dying to be Enlightened • Cool Million • The Cottage in the Woods • The Christmas List • Mrs. Crabtree's Neighborhood • A Heavy Event •Wheel of Bad Fortune • Train to Nowhere • The Smell of Alarm • Murdoch and the Treasure of Lima • Preacher Jimmy Wilde • The Fantastic Mr. Fawkes • Spirits in the Night • A Most Surprising Bond • Rhapsody in Blood • Engaged to be Murdered • Why Is Everybody Singing? • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes • For the Greater Good Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 • Season 11 • Season 12 • Season 13 • Season 14 • Season 15 •Season 16 |