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"'The Fantastic Mr. Fawkes” is the seventeenth episode of the seventeenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred eightieth episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on February 19, 2024.
Summary
Spy Terrence Meyers wants Louise Cherry arrested for a contentious article she wrote about the leading candidate for prime minister, Robert Borden. Murdoch refuses, but things get complicated when a recently fired employee of Borden's is murdered. Murdoch and Brackenreid are enlisted by Meyers to protect the prime ministerial candidate from assassins.
Character Revelations
- Laurier is running against Robert Borden in the latest election.
- Laura Söllner was released in a prisoner exchange, as Terrence Meyers predicted (ep.1508).
Continuity
- Murdoch builds a speakerphone.
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1911 – 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.
- Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. Borden and the Conservatives won the federal election in September 1911; One of the election issues was the debate about the start of the Canadian Navy.
Trivia
Error
- If the show is set in 1912, the election had already happened in September of 1911.
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
Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Peter Keleghan as Terrence Meyers
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Bea Santos as Louise Cherry
Paul Irving as Constable Paul
Guest Cast
Matt Lemche as William Price
Leah Pinsent as Laura Söllner
Dov Tiefenbach as Edward Blake
Patrick Galligan as Robert Borden
Deb Filler as Landlady
Madeline Kennedy as Hotel Operator
Joanna Haughton as Injured Woman
Non-Credited Cast
Gallery
Murdoch Mysteries Season 17 |
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Do the Right Thing Part 1 • Do the Right Thing Part 2 • Murdoch and the Mona Lisa • Bottom of the Barrel • Station House of Horrors • Dying to be Enlightened • Cool Million • The Cottage in the Woods • The Christmas List • Mrs. Crabtree's Neighborhood • A Heavy Event •Wheel of Bad Fortune • Train to Nowhere • The Smell of Alarm • Murdoch and the Treasure of Lima • Preacher Jimmy Wilde • The Fantastic Mr. Fawkes • Spirits in the Night • A Most Surprising Bond • Rhapsody in Blood • Engaged to be Murdered • Why Is Everybody Singing? • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes • For the Greater Good Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6 • Season 7 • Season 8 • Season 9 • Season 10 • Season 11 • Season 12 • Season 13 • Season 14 • Season 15 •Season 16 |