The Boys Are Back in Town

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"The Boys Are Back in Town"
Season	19
Episode	1901
Airdate	October 6, 2025
Writer	Peter Mitchell
Director	Elsbeth McCall
Recurring	Chadwick Vaughan Noelle Victoria
Previous	We Take Care of Our Own
Next	Diamonds in the Sand

“The Boys Are Back in Town” is the first episode of the nineteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the three hundred tenth episode not including the three stand-alone holiday specials of the series. It aired on October 6, 2025.

Summary

Murdoch investigates an explosion inside the City Morgue as a private citizen while he and his fellow officers fight to reopen the Station House No.4 against Mayor Vaughan's orders.

Character Revelations

• Watts is now a street florist, who names his favorite plants.
• Albert Choi, now a private detective with Ruth Higgins-Newsome as his only client, keeps an eye on Henry.
• Henry Higgins is now well-known as a 'kept man' and is clueless about shrimp cocktail.
• It's clear to Brackenreid that Teddy Roberts would return to being a constable even "without being paid".
• Joining together at the Star Bright Club with Violet and Ephraim Currant, they discover an unexpected powerful ally – and a cunning one, too.
• Louise Cherry has taken up fencing.

Continuity

• The City Morgue is the scene of a crime, again.
• William Murdoch continues to serve Lady Justice without a badge, along with Brackenreid, Watts, Effie Crabtree and the constables and allies of decommissioned Station House Four, while Julia and daughter Susannah remain in London - for another year.
• Like an inevitable event pattern, Detective Watts' love interest moves away.
• Mayor Vaughan has closed down The Sentinel press, tightening his control.
• Murdoch combines his upgraded Scrutiny Camera and Tele-Vision with the parabolic microphone he has been working on to obtain the evidence needed to remove Chadwick Vaughan as mayor of Toronto and to have Station House Four re-commissioned.

Historical References

• This episode takes place in Toronto 1913 – 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.
• John Edward Davison (1887 – 1971) was an English footballer and manager who had a long and successful association with the football clubs of Sheffield, playing for The Wednesday for 18 years and later managing Sheffield United for 20 years. Known for his fairness and diplomacy earned him "The George Washington of Sheffield football" and "Honest Ted" nicknames.
• The story of Samson: He is the biblical Hercules, a man of super-human strength yet displayed great moral weakness. His strength was due to his separation to the Lord; specifically, the fact that his hair had never been cut (see Numbers 6:5). Learning this a Philistine named Delilah, whom he loved, had his head shaved.

Trivia

• This episode is dedicated In Memoriam to Yuri "George" Yabubiw, director and cinematographer since Season 7 (2013-2023).
• George Crabtree is conspicuously absent from this episode.
• Noelle Victoria was created with Luann de Lesseps in mind and the name is actually a reference to her two children, Victoria and Noel.

Cast

Original Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Thomas Craig as Chief Constable Thomas Brackenreid

Recurring Cast

Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Inspector Albert Choi
Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Clare McConnell as Effie Crabtree
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome
Luann de Lesseps as Noelle Victoria
Lucy Hill as Iona Berger
Emmanuel Kabongo as Ephraim Currant
Mark Caven as Chadwick Vaughan
Mac Fyfe as Frank Ryan
Bea Santos as Louise Cherry
Gianpaolo Venuta as Jimmy Marano
Paul Irving as Constable Paul

Guest Cast

Leighton Alexander Williams as Serge
Hailey Summer as Sarah
Cole Depner as Mayor Assistant Randall
Dave Quin as Daniel "Danny" Catania
Diana Templeton as Customer
Joyce Rivera as Matron
Olaf Sam as Citizen
Christian Fairchild as Walliam (Councillor #3)
David Bradshawe as Councillor #1
Joe Ross as Councillor #2
Alastair Love as Councillor #4