Sometimes They Come Back Part 2

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"Sometimes They Come Back Part 2"
Season	16
Episode	1602
Airdate	September 19, 2022
Writer	Peter Mitchell
Director	Gary Harvey
Previous	Sometimes They Come Back Part 1
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"Sometimes They Come Back Part 2" is the second episode of the sixteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred forty-first episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on September 19, 2022.

Summary

Detective Murdoch suspects Mrs. Hart is lying about her father’s death. Higgins believes Crabtree's aunts might have an ulterior motive. Meanwhile in New York City, Inspector Brackenreid warns Watts and Jack that their custody of baby Samuel is in jeopardy. Unwittingly, Brackenreid has led a private investigator with a camera to Watts, endangering both their futures.

Character Revelations

• Unexpectedly, Arthur and Violet have tried to protect each other – unsuccessfully.
• Mrs. Hart helps Dr. Ogden bring a perpetrator to justice thus freeing her patient from his abuses.
• Not happy with himself, Watts decides he shouldn't be where he is.

Continuity

• Rather than reading the periodic table of the elements, William is reading to his daughter a children's classic while also explaining that "witches are not real, not in this world".
• Higgins, Effie and Miss Cherry team up to help George.
• Once again, Murdoch is not quite sure of Mrs.Hart's involvement and he is biding his time.
• While Brackenreid tosses out a glass of wine, Murdoch enjoys a glass with a toast to his good friend George and Julia serves baked potatoes again.

Historical References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.
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the 1900 children's classic, was written by L. Frank Baum and the first novel in the Oz series of books.
• Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders (July 1, 1898), the first voluntary cavalry in the Spanish-American War.
• New Orleans Voodoo is synonymous with the city and its fascination with spirits, magic, and mystery. Voodoo first came to Louisiana with enslaved West Africans, who merged their religious rituals and practices with those of the local Catholic population, then bolstered further by followers fleeing Haiti after its 1791 slave revolt.

Trivia

• This episode title is a foreshadowing hint of recurring characters from previous seasons re-appearing this season.
• Murdochians have been waiting for the ambitious Violet Hart to get her comeuppance but her punishment comes in an unexpected manner.
• Not the first time Voodoo or Vodou is referenced (see ep.310, 707)
• Recasted actor Amos Crawley first appeared as Geoffrey Coville in Stroll on the Wild Side (Part 1).

Notable Quote

Detective Murdoch to Violet Hart: "Mrs Hart, I don't think we have begun to explore the depths of what you are capable of."

Maurice Majors to Violet Hart: "Oh, I'm staying for a while. I'm interested in seeing how much crime a dead man could get away 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

Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Roger Cross as Maurice Majors
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Samantha Walkes as Cassiopeia Bright
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Clare McConnell as Effie Newsome
Bea Santos as Louise Cherry
Jesse Lavercombe as Jack Walker
Sarah Booth as Abigail Prescott
Siobhan Mc Sweeney as Aunt Oleander
Nora Sheenan as Aunt Chrysanthemum
James Graham as Arthur Carmichael
Sean Cage as Tim

Guest Cast

Marvin Kaye as Raymond Felding
Amos Crawley as Alderman Prescott
Steven Yaffee as Watkins
Tufford Kennedy as Grady
Daniel Matmor as Pawnbroker

Non-Credited Cast

Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb
Paul Irving as Constable Paul