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Murdoch Mysteries

First Air Date: 2008-01-24

Status: Returning Series

Rating: ⭐ 7.7/10 (262 votes)

Genres: Mystery, Drama

Overview: A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Seasons: 18

Episodes: 309

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Top Cast

Yannick Bisson
Yannick Bisson
as Detective William Murdoch
Helene Joy
Helene Joy
as Dr. Julia Ogden
Jonny Harris
Jonny Harris
as Constable George Crabtree
Lachlan Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch
as Constable Henry Higgins
Thomas Craig
Thomas Craig
as Chief Constable Thomas Brackenreid
Daniel Maslany
Daniel Maslany
as Detective Llewellyn Watts

User Reviews

MovieGuys
⭐ 6/10
Sep 27, 2022

When I first reviewed this series for another site several years ago, I gave The Murdoch Mysteries, an emphatic endorsement.

Regrettably, since then, like so much other entertainment, its become a vehicle for woke ideologues to push their brand of "intolerant, tolerance" on viewers.Its revisionism is, to make matters worse,completely out of touch with the period in which this series is set.

My advice, watch the first 10 or so seasons, they offer up a uniquely Canadian take on Agatha Christie style murder mysteries, albeit set in a slightly earlier, Victorian and Edwardian period.

Acting is excellent, the episodic tales of crime, presented in a polite, gentlemanly manner, that reflects the attitudes of the series, key protagonist, Detective William Murdoch.

In summary, a once great show tainted by the usual preachy, lecturing, woke nonsense, many of us wish would just "go away".

Sharon’sTomcat
⭐ 6/10
Sep 01, 2023

I completely concur with MovieGuys. My wife and I loved this show and up until around season 12, to maybe 13, this show is a wonderful period piece. Acting is great, character and story development are very entertaining. However, as with so many shows these days, it has died the death of a thousand ideologies.

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