"Dial M for Murdoch" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the forty-seventh episode of the series. It first aired on April 5 2011 (UK).
Summary[]
A switchboard operator with a penchant for amateur sleuthing claims she overheard the strangulation death of a young woman. Murdoch taps into the phone system to prevent a killer from striking again.
Tess Moffatt fancies herself an amateur sleuth and has cried wolf before. She takes a shine to Constable George Crabtree but is an annoyance for Detective Murdoch has they uncover an elaborate workings of an unlikely gang of thieves.
Tess is vindicated when a street urchin, who they subsequently learn went by the name of Pip, is found murdered. Dr. Ogden determines that the boy was strangled with something that left a unique mark on the his neck. She also notes that he was wearing a new suit of clothes, odd for a boy who lived on the street. Their investigation leads them to another young boy named Dorrie. It is clear that the children are the bottom rung of a gang that specializes in burglarizing homes while the occupants are away on holidays or business trips.
Meanwhile Inspector Brackenreid hits the campaign trail in his quest for a seat on City Council with his political advisor Isaac Lowe.
Murdoch’s improvised telephone wire-tapping technology uncovers an elaborately constructed criminal enterprise and a psychotic killer who will stop at nothing to preserve it.
Character Revelations[]
- Crabtree and Tess grow closer as they work to solve the murders.
Continuity[]
- George's first romantic interest since Edna Garrison and the last one, before Emily Grace.
Historical References[]
- Telephone technology is still in its infancy, Detective Murdoch uses a recording device to wiretap the phone calls of the criminals to get the intel needed to solve the case.
Trivia[]
- Wayne Ward, who plays Jason Lawrence, is recast and returns as Guard Potter in Victoria Cross.
Errors[]
- Brackenreid's Rotary Club reference; the first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago in 1905 and became an international organization in 1910 when a club began meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as George Crabtree
Recurring Cast[]
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Rachel Wilson as Tess Moffatt
Guest Cast[]
Graham Abbey as Isaac Lowe
Jason Spevack as Dorrie
Geoffrey Pounsett as Mr. Whittaker
Wayne Ward as Jason Lawrence
Scott Edgecombe as Randolph Phillips
Lisa Merchant as Mrs. Handsworth
Lindsay Kyte as Telephone Operator
Gallery []
| Murdoch Mysteries Season 4 |
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| "All Tattered and Torn" • "Kommando" • "Buffalo Shuffle" • "Downstairs, Upstairs" • "Monsieur Murdoch" • "Dead End Street" • "Confederate Treasure" • "Dial M for Murdoch" • "The Black Hand" • "Voices" • "Bloodlust" • "The Kissing Bandit" • "Murdoch in Wonderland" Web-Series: The Curse of the Lost Pharaohs Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7• Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 |