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"There's Something About Mary" is the twelfth episode of the fifteenth season of Murdoch Mysteries and the two hundred twenty-seventh episode of the series (not including the three stand-alone holiday specials). It first aired on January 3, 2022.

Summary

Murdoch investigates the suspicious death of a stage manager after a going away party for Mary Pickford.

The morning after a boisterous party celebrating actress Mary Pickford's departure for New York to make movies, the stage manager is found dead from an apparent fall. John Brackenreid says the deceased hurled drunken accusations at the theater owner and Mary's mother. When the investigation yields a film frame of Miss Pickford in a compromising moment, the actress and her mother become suspects.

Character Revelations

Continuity

Historical References

  • Mary Pickford appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in January 1909; Pickford screen-tested in New York in April 1909 which launched her legendary film career. She appeared in 51 films in 1909 alone.

Trivia

  • Neither George Crabtree nor Detective Watts appear in this episode. Showrunner Peter Mitchell live tweeted: "even without George and Watts this may have been our most 'cast heavy' episode of the season".
  • Recasted actor Mike "Nug" Nahrgang first appeared as the Bartender in A Murdog Mystery.

Errors

  • Regarding the time of this episode it was first released on CBC after the 1909 Christmas episode and the actual historical events in Mary Pickford's life happened earlier in the same year.

Cast

Main Cast

Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch
Hélène Joy as Dr. Julia Ogden
Thomas Craig as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid

Recurring Cast

Shanice Banton as Violet Hart
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Arwen Humphreys as Margaret Brackenreid
Bea Santos as Louise Cherry
James Graham as Arthur Carmichael
Samantha Walkes as Cassiopeia Bright
Eva Foote as Mary Pickford
Charles Vandervaart as John Brackenreid

Guest Cast

Ennis Esmer as Edwin Scantage
Rachel Wilson as Charlotte Hennessy
Amanda Jeanette Bridel as Susan Halliday
Liam Tobin as Owen Moore
Mike "Nug" Nahrgang as Percy Leavey
Mark Sparks as Ezra Steele
Graham Conway as City Offfical
David DiFrancesco as Blake Berger

Gallery


Murdoch Mysteries Season 15
The Things We Do for Love Part 1The Things We Do for Love Part 2ManhuntBlood on the TracksLove or MoneyI Know What You Did Last AutumnThe Incorrigible Dr. OgdenMurdoch Knows BestThe Lady VanishesDrawn in BloodThe Night Before ChristmasThere's Something About MaryMurdoch on the CouchThe Witches of East YorkRawhide RalphIt's a Wonderful GameBloodlinesPatriot GamesBrother Can You Spare a CrimePendrick's Planetary ParlourDevil MusicSweet AmeliaPay the PiperClose Encounters


Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10
Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15

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