Murdoch and the Sonic Boom

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"Murdoch and the Sonic Boom"
Season	16
Episode	1607
Airdate	October 24, 2022
Writer	Paul Aitken
Director	Dawn Sorokolit-Burke
Recurring	Terrence Meyers Alexander Graham Bell Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Previous	Clean Hands
Next	I Still Know What You Did Last Autumn

"Murdoch and the Sonic Boom" is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred forty-sixth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on October 24, 2022.

Summary

Terrence Meyers utilizes Station House No. 4 for a clandestine meeting between President Taft and Prime Minister Laurier. As he leaves, a suspicious death is reported at the telegraph office, and soon more people are reporting unexplained symptoms.

Character Revelations

• Allen Clegg has run out of cat lives...

Continuity

• Terrence Meyers returns to Toronto...

Historical References

• This episode takes place in Toronto 1910 – 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.
• William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States.
• In 1907, Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) founded the Aerial Experiment Association, which made significant progress in aircraft design and control and contributed to the career of pioneer aviator Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The AEA's Silver Dart makes the first flight of a heavier-than-air machine in Canada in 1909.

Trivia

• The storyline of this episode is a possible allusion to Havana Syndrome, a mysterious illness that was reported to have affected a number of US and Canadian government and military officials as well as their families between 2016 and 2017, with similar symptoms from pain and ringing in the ears to cognitive dysfunction.

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
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Peter Keleghan as Terrence Meyers
Matthew Bennett as Allen Clegg
John Tench as Alexander Graham Bell
Brian Paul as Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Paul Irving as Desk Sergeant

Guest Cast

Jeffery Wetsch as Calvert Weston
Brendan McMurtry-Howlett as Rupert Lamar
Darryl Pring as President Taft
Jamillah Ross as Ida Clark
Joshua Grahan as Grant Taylor
Ryan Sheedy as Cobstable Evans
Matthew Rogers as Soldier of Columbia
Nicole Passmore as Switchboard Operator