Crabtree Mania

"Crabtree Mania"
Season	8
Episode	16
Airdate	March 16, 2015
Writer	Simon McNabb Jordan Christianson
Director	Peter Mitchell
Guests	David Chilton
Previous	Shipwreck
Next	Election Day

"Crabtree Mania" is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the one hundred-twelfth episode of the series.

Summary

Detective Murdoch and Constable Crabtree investigate the death of Handsome Randolph Henderson, a professional wrestler. Initially, Crabtree was convinced that Henderson died from a head slam inflicted on him by his ring opponent, the Masked Mauler but Dr. Grace finds no head injury. He died from a large dose of morphine.

As he investigates further, a disbelieving Crabtree learns that many of the ring moves are fake and that the outcomes of the matches are predetermined, uncovering deception and fraud. The wrestling promoter, Victor McAllister, is careful to protect the myth of being a professional sport and forbids any of his employees to speak to the police. The police have a witness but the killer was wearing a mask. 

Meanwhile, Julia and the other suffragettes receive an offer of support from the Temperance Movement - provided of course they support that movements views about liquor and other issues. Not everyone is comfortable with the offer, especially Dr. Grace.

Inspector Brackenreid gets financial advise from his barber who tells him to invest Margaret's cookie jar savings.

Character Revelations

• Crabtree was offered a job as detective for Station Number 3.

Cast

Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as George Crabtree
Georgina Reilly as Emily Grace

Recurring Cast

Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins