"Drawn in Blood" is the tenth episode of the fifteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred twenty-fifth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on November 22, 2021.
Summary
Murdoch suspects the murder of a nasty, satirical cartoonist has links to city politics.
At an awards ceremony, Ogden is thrilled by a generous pledge from Councilman Rekker for her women's health center. Then the night's honoree, satirical cartoonist Rexford Denison, is accosted by a businessman claiming his poison pen ruined him. Moments later Denison is shot dead. After a scathing cartoon of Rekker and the mayor's wife is published, Ogden's prime backer becomes the prime suspect.
Character Revelations
- George is thinking of introducing Effie to his family of aunts...
- Miss Cherry "steals" pens, like those who take umbrellas, but she is also a gifted pen user.
- Violet Hart is asked to be a mentor.
Continuity
- Reporter Louise Cherry is in trouble with the Toronto Constabulary again...
- Watts and Milo Strange continue their flirting, leading to a risk-taking date.
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1909 – 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.
- Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) is an Austrian Jewish composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. Written in 1904 and 1905 with repeated revisions to the scoring, the Symphony No.7 concludes the trio of Mahler's ‘middle’ instrumental symphonies (No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7).
- Chromatography was first devised in Russia by the Italian-born scientist Mikhail Tsvet in 1900, developing the technique primarily to the separation of plant pigments such as chlorophyll, carotenes, and xanthophylls and coining the term chromatography in the first decade of the 20th century.
- Africville, Halifax is a close‐knit Black community in the north end of Halifax and part of a much larger story of Black settlers in Nova Scotia, which goes back hundreds of years.
Trivia
- This episode introduces Cassiopeia Bright (Samantha Walkes) as a recurring character.
- The date on the first Toronto Sentinel Newspaper headline shown is July 1909 and the last one is dated September 1909.
- At 37 minutes and 28 seconds into this episode, as Murdoch is viewing the cartoon and deducing who is the murderer and the cartoon becomes animated.
Error
- Kole Fox states that Scotch is "too peaty" for him, and that "he would take a Maker's over that stuff any day." Maker's Mark bourbon dates from 1958.
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
Bea Santos as Louise Cherry
David Andrew Reid as Milo Strange
Samantha Walkes as Cassiopeia Bright
Guest Cast
Jack Mosshammer as Councilman Rekker
Matthew Edison as Kole Fox
Doug MacLeod as Rexford Samuel Denison III
Thom Marriott as Logan Locke
Drew Moss as Photographer
NCK Name as Stage Manager
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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