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“Measure of My Dreams” is the seventh episode of the eighteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred ninety-fifth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on November 18, 2024 on CBC Gem and aired on November 25, 2024 on CBC.
This Christmas episode is the last episode to air in 2024; Season 18 resumes on January 6, 2025.
Summary
On Christmas Eve, Murdoch and Choi investigate the disappearance of a trouble-seeking drunk.
Character Revelations
- For the first time, Margaret's three sisters, Amanda, Beatrice and Camilla, are at the Brackenreids for Christmas, revealing their personality dynamics.
- Ruth Higgins-Newsome has a bout of kleptomania.
- Violet Hart receives a proposal of marriage.
Continuity
- The Star Bright Club is where the party and the dramatic action is this Christmas.
- William has bought a Star steamship ticket to London.
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto December 1912 – 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.
Trivia
- Showrunner and writer Peter Mitchell considers this episode one of his favorites.
- This winter episode was filmed in August 2024. It’s the second time the show and the Salvation Army have collaborated, the first time being the Christmas special in 2016. This episode’s kettle musicians are not actors, but actual Salvation Army members: Four members of the Canadian Staff Songsters and four members of the Canadian Staff Band, the Army’s premier musical groups are featured delivering a rousing rendition of "Joy to the World".
- For the first time in a Christmas episode, George is not present, nor is Effie or Julia Ogden, while Susannah appears in a silent moving picture wishing her father season greetings.
Cast
Original Main Cast
Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Thomas Craig as Chief Constable Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as Constable George Crabtree
Recurring Cast
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Inspector Albert Choi
Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Siobhan Murphy as Ruth Higgins-Newsome
Mark Taylor as Isaiah Buchanan
Guest Cast
Hanneke Talbot as Kristy
Mac Fyfe as Frank Ryan
Daniel Beirne as Shane McCowan
Michael Hough as McBride
Thomas Mitchell Barnet as Jimmy Murphy
Travis Nelson as Joseph Greyson
Merle Newell as Amanda
Alison Brooks as Beatrice
Felipe Aukai as Dan Murphy
Maria Syrgiannis as Camilla
Candice Gilliam as Sally McLennane
Sherry Schell as Salvation Army Person
Non-Credited Cast
Paul Irving as Constable Paul