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"Clean Hands" is the sixth episode of the sixteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred forty-fifth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on October 17, 2022.
Summary
While teaching at a rural clinic, Julia Ogden is surprised when a badly injured man is brought in, abandoned and then dies. After Murdoch determines it was blunt-force trauma, the couple go undercover at a Mennonite colony to investigate the killing.
Character Revelations
- Llewellyn Watts has established himself in the Mennonite community.
Continuity
- Watts struggles to find where he belongs...
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1910 – Edward VII (Albert Edward;1841-1910) is King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas.
- This episode takes place in Berlin, Ontario. The city of Berlin changed its named to Kitchener in 1916 due to unfavourable associations with Germany in WWI. People of German descent constituted a majority of the population in Kitchener at the time.
- The first Mennonites in Canada arrived in the late 18th century, settling initially in Southern Ontario. Since Mennonites originated in German-speaking countries, the German language has been one of their defining characteristics. Because of this, in the early years of immigration, many of the Mennonites who came to Canada were perceived as a minority group.
Trivia
- First time William Murdoch is shirtless...
- Eric McCormack had just finished filming Ripper, Slasher, “We shot all 8 episodes in the same space as a Canadian series”...Murdoch Mysteries' Backlot.
- Recast actress Sharron Matthews (Frankie Drake Mysteries) makes her second appearance in the series, her first was in Rich Boy, Poor Boy.
Cast
Main Cast
Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as Constable George Crabtree
Recurring Cast
Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Christopher Jones as Bobby Brackenreid
Guest Cast
Christopher Heyerdahl as Jebediah Friessen
Sharron Matthews as Marta Friessen
Geoggrey Pounsett as Abraham Friessen
Liam Green as Mervin Abraham Friessen
Maya Packer as Agnes Friessen
Vickie Papava as Esther Friessen
Brooklynn Belcher as Edna Friessen
Alanis Peart as Sadie Jutzib
Natalie Morgan as Ida Doerksen
Claire Nicola Guadagni as Ruth
Oliver Atherton as Enoch Snider
Non-Credited Cast
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