On the Waterfront Part 2

"On the Waterfront Part 2"
Season	8
Episode	2
Airdate	October 13, 2014
Writer	Peter Mitchell
Director	Laurie Lynd
Recurring	Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins Kristian Bruun as Slugger Jackson Giacomo Gianniotti as Leslie Garland Patrick McKenna as Hamish Slorach Tamara Hope as Edna Brooks (nee Garrison)
Previous	"On the Waterfront Part 1"
Next	"Glory Days"

"On the Waterfront Part 2" is the second episode of the eighth season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the ninety-eighth episode of the series.

Summary

The police continue their search for Mick and Tim O'Shea but Inspector Brackenreid is also out on his own looking for them. Murdoch finds someone who confirms that the O'Sheas killed Richard Dawkins but the man also suggests that the O'Sheas aren't working alone. Mrs. Cecily McKinnon, the harbor master, says she knows nothing of extortion on the docks but when pressed, points the finger at one of the merchants, Lionel Jeffries. When the O'Sheas are found dead, shot through the head, Brackenreid becomes the number one suspect.

Meanwhile, the ladies who participated in the suffragette protest - including Drs. Ogden and Grace - are still in jail. In court, they find that Leslie Garland is one of the Crown attorneys prosecuting them. They get a bit of a boost when Clara Brett Martin, the first woman lawyer so recognized in the British Empire, offers to represent them.

Character Revelations

• Leslie Garland still has animosity towards Dr. Ogden but displays an avenging grudge towards Dr. Grace when he arranges the prosecution against her for assault charges.
• With the reappearance of Edna Garrison, now Edna Brooks, George and Emily's relationship will not be rekindled any time soon.

Continuity

• Leslie plans his revenge on Emily for the hard slap and rejection of him in Kung Fu Crabtree.
• Clara Brett Martin makes her first appearance ready to defend Margaret Haile, Dr. Ogden and Dr. Grace and the suffragettes.
• George Crabtree is reunited with Edna Garrison, now Edna Brooks; they first met and kissed in Power.
• George gives Edna a copy of his first novel Curse Of The Pharaohs, a bestseller for a brief time in Evil Eye of Egypt.

Historical References

• Clara Brett Martin (1874 – 1923), born to Abram and Elizabeth Martin, a well-to-do Anglican-Irish family, opened the way for women to become lawyers in Canada by being the first in the British Empire in 1897.

Trivia

• The titles of this episode are also titles of a 1954 movie
• James Downing (Crown Attorney Atkinson) is recast from Still Waters, he played Coach Kane.

Cast

Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid
Jonny Harris as George Crabtree
Georgina Reilly as Emily Grace

Recurring Cast

Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins
Kristian Bruun as Slugger Jackson
Patrick McKenna as Hamish Slorach
Giacomo Gianniotti as Leslie Garland
Tamara Hope as Edna Brooks (nee Garrison)
Nicole Underhay as Margaret Haile
Jo Joyner as Cecily McKinnon
Trenna Keating as Kathleen King
Percy Hynes-White as Simon Brooks
Jonathan Llyr as Mick O'Shea
Nick Nolan as Tim O'Shea

Guest Cast

Patricia Fagan as Clara Brett Martin
Adrian Griffin as Judge
James Downing as Crown Attorney Atkinson
Tracey Ferencz as Mrs. Dawkins
Murray Furrow as Lionel Jeffries
Caleb Cosman as Arthur Blake
Marta Legrady as Dóra Storach
Aniko Kaszas as Zsuzsanna Gulyás
Jeff Christensen as Ship Captain
Dax Ravina as Mr. Ridgeway
Shawn Devlin as Merchant