Free Falling

"Free Falling"
Season	11
Episode	18
Airdate	March 19, 2018
Writer	Simon McNabb, Mary Pedersen and Dan Trotta
Director	Peter Mitchell
Previous	Shadows Are Falling
Next	Murdoch Mystery Mansion

"Free Falling" is the eighteenth episode of the eleventh season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the one hundred sixty-eighth of the series. The season finale first aired on March 19, 2018.

Summary

Murdoch helps a man look for his missing wife and the team from Station House No. 4 works on a murder case. Meanwhile, Crabtree contemplates his relationship.

Character Revelations

• Nina is offered a job at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and asks George to join her.
• George proposes to Nina...
• Violet Hart manipulates Inspector Horace McWorthy to discredit Dr. Ogden in her scheme to become the new coroner at the City Morgue.

Continuity

• William and Julia are separated, not only physically but by a chasm brought on by grieving separately for their loss while tirelessly working to save Nate from the gallows (ep.1117).
• Station House No. 4 is feeling the tension from the events of Shadows Are Falling.
• Violet Hart flat out lies to Dr. Ogden that Detective Watts urged her to do the autopsy of the murder victim.
• Julia Ogden visits the Travel Agency that first appeared in Game of Kings.
• George again asks Llewellyn for advice on going to Paris with Nina (ep. 1109), this time for good.

Historical References

• Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France, co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia.

Trivia

• The Moulin Rouge is mentioned first in The Talking Dead and Paris, France was first referenced in Monsieur Murdoch.
• The episode title “Free Falling” is a reference to the Tom Petty song, according to showrunner Peter Mitchell interview.

Notable Quote

Nina Bloom to George: "When you proposed I was suddenly thinking a thousand things all at once. I was thinking how beautiful the ring was, and how sweet you are, and I was thinking how I never wanted to marry. But then maybe I could, maybe you could come to Paris and we could spend our wonderful lives together, and I was thinking that I'd be happy to do that."

Llewellyn to George: "I know that we spend our whole lives holding on to what we have. We fear loss as much as death itself. But without loss there is no change. Without change there is no...life."

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
Charles Vandervaart as John Brackenreid
Erin Agostino as Nina Bloom
Sean Bell as Horace McWorthy
Sophie Goulet as Marilyn Clark
Brian Kaulback as Constable Hodge

Guest Cast

Jamie Mac as Mr. Beckett
Tanya Bevan as Annie Beckett
Lawrence Cotton as Lloyd Dixon
James Loxley as Frank Gage
Kara Arabian as Neighbour
Clive Walton as Mr. Leonard
Chris Ratz as Barfly #1
Timothy Cody as Barfly #2

Non-Credited Cast

Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb