"Toronto the Bad" is the seventh episode of the thirteenth season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the one hundred ninety-third of the series. It first aired on November 11, 2019.
Summary
While moonlighting as a cab driver, Higgins finds a dead passenger in the backseat.
Character Revelations
- Seedier side of Toronto is revealed...
- For the first time, Murdoch plays pool – rather well.
- Julia has befriended neighbour Goldie Huckabee.
Continuity
- Sleeplessly working his side job, cab driver Higgins tries to make ends meet for Ruth to live in the manner she is accustomed.
- William and Julia’s neighbour, Goldie Huckabee visits Julia in their home... and a statue goes missing afterward which is blamed (erroneously) on Murdoch's "Roomba" invention, requiring yet another tweak.
- Murdoch invents the rearview mirror for Henry's cab that helps to bring a prime suspect to the Station House.
Historical References
- This episode takes place in Toronto 1907 – 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.
Trivia
- Neither George Crabtree nor Detective Watts appear in this episode.
- Parts of this episode were filmed in St. Mary’s again.
- Recasted actress Annie Briggs first played Eileen in On the Waterfront Part 1
- Recasted actor Jameson Kraemer first played the Railway Boss in Glory Days.
- A possible nod to the classic cop drama "Hill Street Blues", according to Greg David of TV, eh?.
- Showrunner Peter Mitchell tweeted this episode influences include Thomas Berger’s novel Neighbors (1980), Taxi Driver (1976) and the murder of Kitty Genovese. Also, he noted Higgin's cab is "the best car we've ever had on the show".
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
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Jonelle Gunderson as Goldie Huckabee
Guest Cast
Erik Knudsen as Frank Rizzo
Annie Briggs as Lucille Anderson
Ethan Burnett as Tim Little
Jason Blicker as David Dillinger
Jameson Kraemer as Detective Babcock
John Fitzgerald Jay as Peter Guthrie
Nicole Stamp as Donna Chambers
Chris Wilson as Digby Pears
Bobby Daniels as "Dollar" Bill Buckles
Paul Irving as Constable Duncan
Drew Moss as Taxi Cab Passenger
Teddy Kellogg as Gambler
Robert Fulton as Landlord
Michel Bratty as Tiny
Non-credited Cast
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb
Gallery
Errors
Henry's taxi appears to be about a 1917 Ford Model T Touring car based on the type of headlights, shape of front fenders, and shape of radiator. It is not period-specific to the 1907 setting.
| Murdoch Mysteries Season 13 |
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| Troublemakers • Bad Pennies • Forever Young • Prodigal Father • Murdoch and the Cursed Caves • The Philately Fatality • Toronto the Bad • The Final Curtain • The Killing Dose • Parker in the Rye • Staring Blindly into the Future • Fox Hunt • Kill Thy Neighbour • Rigid Silence • The Trial of Terrence Meyers • In the Company of Women • Things Left Behind • The Future is Unwritten
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