"Drowning in Money" is the eighth episode of the twelfth season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the one hundred seventy-sixth of the series. It first aired on November 12, 2018.
Summary
When a wealthy, high society couple are found drowned in their pool in an apparent double suicide, Murdoch suspects murder.
Character Revelations
- The Higgins-Newsomes are still members of 'The Club' as they are paid up to the end of the year.
Continuity
- Effie Newsome returns...
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1906 – 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.
- Allusion to prominent American heiresses marrying into the British Aristocracy for mutual social and financial advantages started in the Gilded Age.
Trivia
- This episode's headlines-inspired plot line is in part from a current news story: The Barry and Honey Sherman case but not the genesis of it, according to MM writer Noelle Girard, the story of Consuelo Vanderbilt was her inspiration.
- Scorpion venom is classified as the most expensive liquid in the world [*].
- Actress Hannah Endicott-Douglas first appeared in Murdoch Mysteries as Dorothy Cornell in Bloodlust.
- Actor Scott Anderson first appeared as a Desk Clerk in Season 1.
- The regularly scheduled next (new) episode on Monday night, November 19, is pre-empt for the Scotiabank Giller Prize; Season 12 resumes Monday, November 26th, 2018 on CBC.
- Filmed in part in Port Hope, Ontario. The Carlyle Hotel, known as Hotel Carlyle & Restaurant (Est. 1857) and on Yelp as Carlyle Inn and Bistro, actually exists at 86 John Street.
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
Charles Vandervaart as John Brackenreid
Clare McConnell as Effie Newsome
Guest Cast
Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Persephone Westerbrook
Brian Tree as Duke of Somerset Richard Seymour
Carmen Grant as Duchess of Somerset Elizabeth Seymour
Erica Anderson as Diana Seymour
AJ Simmons as Earl of Lincoln Albert Seymour
Natalie Jantzi as Housemaid (Pauline)
Diana Coatsworth as Housemaid (Sarah)
Chris Gibbs as Harvey Leech
Scott Anderson as Martin Erskine
Pedro Salvin as Mr. Sweeting
Cory Lipman as Anthony Pottier
Samantha Madely asFiona Small
Roland Rothchild as Caretaker
Dan MacKay as Concierge
Non-Credited Cast
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb
Gallery
Murdoch Mysteries Season 12 |
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Murdoch Mystery Mansion • Operation: Murder • My Big Fat Mimico Wedding • Murdoch Without Borders • The Spy Who Loved Murdoch • Sir. Sir? Sir!!! • Brother's Keeper • Drowning in Money • Secrets and Lies • Pirates of the Great Lakes • Annabella Cinderella • Six of the Best • Murdoch and the Undetectable Man • Sins of the Father • One Minute to Murder • Manual for Murder • Darkness Before the Dawn Part 1 • Darkness Before the Dawn Part 2 • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 • Season 11 • Season 12 • Season 13 • Season 15 |