User Reviews

My TiVo machine recorded this episode without my knowledge, so definitely was a surprise for me. The menu only called it "Murdoch Mysteries" and TiVo considered it a new episode. As soon as I started watching, it appeared a bit strange as the characters seemed younger and more stilted than the most recent episodes. Inspector Brackenreid's presentation was definitely more stilted with lots of shouting and demands for Murdoch to solve the case. He became much more amiable as the episodes progressed.

Ms. Phillips did an excellent job portraying the Charlotte character, with the contrasts involved in the various characters she portrayed. The ending was somewhat confusing to me when the Taylor family tree was being explained, including the mother's name change and status of siblings. This was the weakest part of the show to me. All in all, very entertaining and definitely a great who-done-it!

This story is about a man that gets killed on his birthday. His family lights birthday candles on a cake and brings the cake to his room. The man is dead on the couch with injuries that look like an axe.

The police come and his daughter Charlotte is in her room with an axe in her hand sitting on her bed in a trance like state. The police bring her in to question her. During the process they find out she has multiple personalities. She becomes a suspect because one of her personalities is very violent.

Murdoch brings in a doctor to see the girl and talk with her. The only time she gets violent is when she feels threatened and that is when "Mati" her protector comes out. The doctor uses hypnosis to bring her back in time but they don't get enough answers. The woman that is supposed to be her mother hates her. It comes out later that Charlotte suffered trauma, her father was a cruel drunk that used to lock her in the cellar.

I have to say the girl that plays Charlotte was homely but a good actress playing 3 personalities. Charlotte thinks she is possessed because of the personalities. (I would say I agree with that.} Police do a lot of investigating about the families past and about a older brother she might have had.

It is very interesting how they solve this case. I don't believe in hypnosis. We have a free will and if we let someone tamper with it or make suggestions bad things can happen.

In the end good investigating solves the crime.

You can watch the Murdoch Mysteries on this site "IMdb. Season 1-6 are free to watch.