The Tesla Effect

"The Tesla Effect"
Airdate	June 13, 2010
Writer	Cal Coons
Director	Steve Wright
Recurring	Lachlan Murdoch as Henry Higgins Peter Stebbings as James Pendrick Kate Greenhouse as Sally Pendrick Dmitry Chepovetsky as Nikola Tesla Peter Keleghan as Terrence Meyers
Previous	"In the Altogether"
Next	"All Tattered and Torn"

The Tesla Effect is the thirteenth episode of the third season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the thirty-ninth episode of the series.

Character Revelations

• Sally Pendrick is revealed to be a confidence woman and the mind behind all the crimes Murdoch thought James Pendrick had committed.
• Julia Ogden reveals to William Murdoch that her abortion in her youth left her sterile.
• Julia leaves Toronto for her new position in a pediatric hospital in Buffalo, New York.

Trivia

• There was an alternate ending filmed, in which William bikes to the train station, and Julia is at the station, looking around for William. She is seen to board the train, and William arrives at the station, and looks around desperately for Julia. He then finds her, still at the station, and they share a passionate kiss, and then hug. It is likely that if Murdoch Mysteries had not been renewed, this ending would have been aired instead. The alternate ending is available as a bonus feature on the Season Three DVD.
• The second time a character other than Murdoch has had their name in an episode's title. This time it is also a historical character's name.

Errors

• The flag in the office is on the staff upside down.
• The cartridges from a revolver are magnetically attracted to Sally Pendricks' purse. Since both casing and bullets are made of non-magnetic metal, this should not happen.

Gallery

File:Murdoch Mysteries - Deleted scene - Yannick Bisson & Helene Joy