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"Close Encounters" is the twenty-fourth episode of the fifteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred thirty-ninth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on April 11, 2022.
Summary
Season Finale: With his family in hiding, Murdoch tries to discover who is behind attempts on their lives. Meanwhile, Effie gives George an unusual wedding gift which nearly backfires and uncovers a dead body.
After finding a bomb at their home, Murdoch secures Julia and baby Susannah at a seedy hotel with a panic button while he pursues the threat while both Brackenreid and Hart are being blackmailed by her nefarious father who is found dead.
Meanwhile Crabtree is hunting the otherworldly beings who seem to have abducted Effie's maid of honor, to the glee of his future father-in-law and disdain of his mother-in-law to be.
Character Revelations
- Effie's middle name is Esmeralda, "It's a long story".
- Nomi is living in Chicago and is coming home for a visit soon.
- Violet Hart's marriage to Arthur is not her first.
- Watts discovers Brackenreid's secret regarding Maurice Majors causing a rift between the two coppers.
Continuity
- Cousin Gigi is to attend the wedding but is not seen.
- Henry sends George a telegram from the wellness center.
- Brackenreid returns to the Records Office.
- Frank Rhodes escapes Don Jail
- Llewellyn receives a letter from Jack and purchases a ticket to New York.
- Cliffhanger ending...
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1910 – 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.
Trivia
- This episode's Story is by Paul Aitken, Simon McNabb, Noelle Girard, Christina Ray, Caleigh Bacchus.
- The episode title is a nod to the 1977 American science fiction film Encounters of the Third Kind, including a scene with a plate of mashed potatoes - a much parodied "sculpture" scene and satirized movie since it's first release.
- Showrunner Peter Mitchell live tweeted: "Went old school cliffhanger with this one complete with freeze frame".
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
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Clare McConnell as Effie Newsome
David Andrew Reid as Milo Strange
Alex Harrouch as Constable Georges Fournier
Samantha Walkes as Cassiopeia Bright
Roger Cross as Maurice Majors
James Graham as Arthur Carmichael
Brendan Murray as Frank Rhodes
Sergio Di Zio as Father Rockford
Jonathan Potts as Peregrine "Perry" Newsome
Teresa Pavlinek as Deirdre Newsome
Christopher Jacot as Roderick H. Roderick
Amy Stewart as Millie Montgomery
Jessica Allen as Myra Townsend
Scott Wickware as Wilf Townsend
Guest Cast
Nora Sheehan as Aunt Chrysanthemum
Marcus Tarnoy as Sniper
Jermaine Quailo James as Ticket Agent
Keith Savage as Priest
Non-Credited Cast
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb
Gallery
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| The Things We Do for Love Part 1 • The Things We Do for Love Part 2 • Manhunt • Blood on the Tracks • Love or Money • I Know What You Did Last Autumn • The Incorrigible Dr. Ogden• Murdoch Knows Best • The Lady Vanishes • Drawn in Blood • The Night Before Christmas •There's Something About Mary • Murdoch on the Couch • The Witches of East York • Rawhide Ralph • It's a Wonderful Game • Bloodlines • Patriot Games• Brother Can You Spare a Crime • Pendrick's Planetary Parlour • Devil Music • Sweet Amelia • Pay the Piper • Close Encounters
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