Colour Blinded

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"Colour Blinded"
Season	9
Episode	13
Airdate	February 8, 2016
Writer	Mary Pederson
Director	Leslie Hope
Previous	Unlucky In Love
Next	Wild Child

Colour Blinded is the thirteenth episode of season nine and the one hundredth twenty-seventh of the series. It aired on February 8, 2016.

Summary

The new Chief Constable pressures Inspector Brackenreid to make an expedient arrest when a white man is murdered in a negro church.

Character Revelations

• Rebecca James has a church-going young man, Nate Desmond, sweet on her.
• George does not like raccoons, "I don't trust anything that has hands for feet."
• Dr. Ogden, on a campaign to harden Miss James' weak stomach, had brought Rebecca to Leroux's for lunch and insisted that she try the escargot. 

Continuity

• Rebecca James' first crime scene is in her own church.
• Inspector Davis of Station House No. 5 is now the Chief Constable replacing former Chief Constable Giles who is doing time (Nolo Contendere). Brackenreid mentioned Chief Constable Davis in Raised On Robbery.
• Well established in previous episodes that little Roland is either in the Gleeful Bouncer or in his pram, he is not seen or heard in this episode.

Historical References

• He was born and died amid racism, but William Hubbard helped change the face of Toronto. As Toronto's first black elected official, his accomplishments included help for the most vulnerable, better transit and fire protection and strong, publicly owned hydroelectric and municipal water systems. He even saved George Brown from drowning. 

Trivia

• The church scenes were filmed at the Ball's Falls Historical Church in Lincoln, Ontario.
• In the previous episode Unlucky In Love, director Leslie Hope plays Mrs. Elizabeth Pym. She also directed Dial M for Murdoch back in Season 4.

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

Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Mouna Traoré as Rebecca James
Richard Clarkin as Chief Constable Davis (formerly Inspector Davis)

Guest Cast

Leah Doz as Gloria Thomson
Jordan Johnson-Hinds as Nate Desmond
Sandra Caldwell as Geraldine Desmond
Romaine Waite as Pastor Solomon Earle
Rothaford Gray as Alderman William Peyton Hubbard
Lamont James as Isaac Lowry
Cody Ray Thompson as Andrew Thomson
Mark Walker as Frank Parker
Chris Handfield as Maitre D'
Nicolas Rhino as Leader