Up From Ashes

"Up From Ashes"
Season	11
Episode	1
Airdate	September 25, 2017
Writer	Peter Mitchell
Director	Don McCutcheon
Guests	Tamzin Outhwaite as Penelope Marsh Robin Dunne as Franklin Williams John Wildman as Robert Graham
Previous	Hell to Pay
Next	Merlot Mysteries

"Up From Ashes" is the premiere episode of the eleventh season of the Murdoch Mysteries and the one hundred fifty-first of the series. It first aired on September 25, 2017 and re-aired on November 27, 2017.

Summary

Following the gripping Season 10 finale, William Murdoch is under arrest for the murder of Lydia Hall. A jailed Murdoch must prove his innocence amid police and government corruption after the constables are ambushed, Dr. Ogden is kidnapped and Brackenreid goes missing. Who lives? Who dies?

While not giving away its hand, the Season 11 premiere wastes no time playing a game of red herrings leading to a series of revelations– all is not what it seems!

Making Murdoch A Peek at the Season 11 Premiere-0

Character Revelations

• Slugger Jackson is found dead at the church by Det. Watts, but Higgins is still alive.
• In the City Morgue, Rebecca James operates on George, saving his life.
• Dr. Ogden and Inspector Brackenreid cleverly survive their ordeals.
• John Hodge was released from prison six months earlier and now owns a dockside tavern.
• Nina Bloom has her own plan to avenge her best friend's death and "the best man I have ever met".

Continuity

• Constable Jackson does not survive the ambush in Hell to Pay and is given a touching tribute at the Station House in the closing scene.
• Franklin Williams installs Miss Marsh from London to manage the Station House, with strict instructions.
• This is the second time Dr. Ogden dresses as a man (Murdoch's solicitor); the first time was in Victor, Victorian.
• It is the first time, Miss James calls Dr. Ogden "Julia!?" at a moment when the good doctor appears little like her usual self.
• Murdoch's recording device is employed by Crabtree and Watts to capture the final incriminating evidence.
• Detective Watts decides to stay at Station House No. 4, with Murdoch's approval.
• Horace McWorthy returns in Shadows Are Falling.

Historical References

• This episode takes place in Toronto 1905 – the Edwardian Era (1901-1910) is the time when King Edward VII rules the British Empire; It is also known as the Belle Époque era, conventionally dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

Trivia

• Peter Mitchell's script makes allusion to current U.S. politics with Graham said to be, "trying to make this city (Toronto) great again."
• On Sept. 18, Yannick Bisson, in a promo with a cemetery in the background, announced: "A new season of Murdoch Mysteries is coming, but not everyone will return. Who lives? Who dies? Find out September 25th!"

Errors

• In the scene where Watts runs into the church, a plastic water bottle can be seen in one of the pews for one shot. Even if it was meant to be there, it doesn't show up again in any shots.

Notable Quote

Llewellyn to William: "There will be light at the end of this. I assure you."

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

Daniel Maslany as Detective Llewellyn Watts
Lachlan Murdoch as Constable Henry Higgins
Mouna Traoré as Rebecca James
Richard Clarkin as Chief Constable Davis
Robin Dunne as Franklin Williams
John Wildman as Robert Graham
Erin Agostino as Nina Bloom
Brian Kaulback as John Hodge
Calvin Desautels as Edward Dobbs
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb

Guest Cast

Tamzin Outhwaite as Miss Penelope Marsh
Sean Bell as Horace McWorthy
Jeff Sinasac as Graves
Chris White as Constable
Robert Skanes as Minister

Non-credited Cast

Kristian Bruun as Constable Jackson
Katy Breier as Lydia Hall
Nathan Hoppe as Constable McNabb

Gallery

Augustus Jackson's funeral

With Watts and Franklin Williams

Murdoch with Miss Marsh

A farewell toast to Jackson