For the Greater Good

For the Greater Good
Season	17
Episode	1724
Airdate	April 8, 2024
Writer	Noelle Girard
Director	Peter Mitchell
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"For the Greater Good" is the twenty-fourth episode of the seventeenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred eighty-seventh episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on April 8, 2024.

Summary

Now acting inspector, Murdoch investigates a prominent scientist who staged his own death.

Character Revelations

• Julia Ogden has a new prestigious job opportunity – in London, England, for an indefinite period of time.
• William isn’t interested in being a policeman in the U.K.
• Effie is to be a Crown Prosecutor - a first for a woman.

Continuity

• As acting inspector, Murdoch has been charting out efficiencies and have some changes that will improve efficiency and productivity.
• Dr. Ogden returns to the City Morgue to perform the post-mortem examination of the victim. And it evokes memories (flashbacks) for William.
• George and Henry squabble as usual but agree that something is not right with Tucker.
• Neither George nor Murdoch trust Constable Tucker, so George pairs up with Tucker in a prisoner transfer to take Pullia to trial in Kingston; A job the Station House coppers hate with good reason (ep.709,ep.1211).
• A return to Windsor House Hotel, where a crime is committed and the culprits captured.

Historical References

• This episode takes place in Toronto 1911 – George V is King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
• In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner (1749–1823) created the world's first successful vaccine.
• The first reported case of polio in Canada was in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1910, when a young girl became ill with the disease and died while in hospital. The virus soon spread to other Ontario communities, including Toronto, Windsor, and Niagara Falls.
• Polio is the short name for poliomyelitis, a highly infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Because no cure for polio exists, the focus is on increasing comfort, speeding recovery, and preventing complications. In the 1950s, Dr. Jonas Salk will create the first polio vaccine which helps the body create antibodies and protects one from getting polio if exposed to the virus.

Trivia

• Peter Mitchell revealed to a fan at the Why Is Everybody Singing? fan event that the Season 17 will end on a cliffhanger.
• Flashbacks of Dr Ogden's early years in the City Morgue. Mitchell live 'tweeted'(X), "There was no way to exact match the flashback (old footage) but did the best we could."

Notable Quote

William to Julia: "Don't deny who you are for me, Julia. If you did, you wouldn't be the woman I fell in love with."

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-Newsome
Clare McConnell as Effie Crabtree
Richard Zeppieri as Fabrizio Pullia
Scott Wentworth as Mr. Harold Warrington
Kenzie Delo as Constable Tucker
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb

Guest Cast

Tattiawna Jones as Edith Ritson
Craig Arnold as Jonathan Clarke
Tom Power as Mr. Power
Brad Hodder as Aaron Grenville
Ray Francis as Mirac Dogan
Dwight Ireland as Dr. Samuel Ritson
Luis Fernandes as Tony
Jazmine Campanale as Maid
Liam Kinanhan as Bar Lout

Non-Credited Cast

Paul Irving as Constable Paul

Gallery

Prisoner Transfer

The Betrayal