I used to really look forward to episodes by Peter Mitchell (Hell to Pay, Everything is Broken, etc) but his latest storylines with the Ernst sisters and the unkillable villains like Ralph Fellows and Maurice Majors just show a real lack of creativity to me. It just borders the unbelievable (even in this episode, having Majors escape from a grave and kill two men, snapping their necks like toothpicks. I'd like to see some fresh ideas back in the Murdoch Mysteries writing room! Fairly slow episode too, hoping Part II will be better! I've been a long time viewer of the show, so I'm hoping to see some good writing in Season 16!
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Well!... so much for (Dead Men tell No Tails).
jcpolgrain13 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Wow! Just wow!.....
I have to say this was a pretty tragic yet very impressive way to start off the new season. There were so many unexpected twists and turns of events through out almost every part of the story.
Plus the whole side plot with the idea of a murderer coming back from beyond the grave was a very unexpecting but also very surprisingly nice touch.
But on a side note just when I thought George and Effie's troubles were over, and yet they still continue on.
I mean it was bad enough that both of their lives were already at stake back in the previous season.
I personally just hope the things will take a better turn for the two of them when part 2 comes out.
I have to say this was a pretty tragic yet very impressive way to start off the new season. There were so many unexpected twists and turns of events through out almost every part of the story.
Plus the whole side plot with the idea of a murderer coming back from beyond the grave was a very unexpecting but also very surprisingly nice touch.
But on a side note just when I thought George and Effie's troubles were over, and yet they still continue on.
I mean it was bad enough that both of their lives were already at stake back in the previous season.
I personally just hope the things will take a better turn for the two of them when part 2 comes out.
Some ideas for upcoming episodes
misisix15 September 2022
Some new ideas for upcoming episodes for Murdoch Mysteries
🔸In backgammon matches between several people, one person cheats with a strange dice with a needle inside. In the needle inside this dice, a substance is injected into the skin, which has caused the competitor's confusion and his constant winning in betting in this game. After one of the losers complained to the police department, Murdoch participated in this competition in order to find out how this person won in backgammon
🔸Murdoch and his friends, after participating in a balloon ride at the invitation of Rupert Newsome, by sabotaging one of the companions and diverting the route, land in an unknown area, and now he must find a way to escape from this place, while his life and his friends are also in danger. Is at risk
🔸In one of the newly built Muslim mosques in Toronto, a person who was present at the minaret of the mosque for calling the call to prayer is shot.
🔸Murdoch investigates a case where an anonymous person sends letters to everyone about secrets he knows about their personal lives. Secrets that no one except the recipient of the letter knew about.
I hope writers see this review.
🔸Murdoch and his friends, after participating in a balloon ride at the invitation of Rupert Newsome, by sabotaging one of the companions and diverting the route, land in an unknown area, and now he must find a way to escape from this place, while his life and his friends are also in danger. Is at risk
🔸In one of the newly built Muslim mosques in Toronto, a person who was present at the minaret of the mosque for calling the call to prayer is shot.
🔸Murdoch investigates a case where an anonymous person sends letters to everyone about secrets he knows about their personal lives. Secrets that no one except the recipient of the letter knew about.
I hope writers see this review.
Disingenuous, Deceitful, Insulting to Viewers
Kittylogue12 February 2023
This episode tries to open up various stories: a) zombie kill two guys in the cemetery? B) Is Ms Hart's Father Factually dead? C) Julia returning to the hospital with infant baby needing her? D) Where is Det. Watts? E) a private detective is looking for Watt's ex-boyfriend to claim his child for grandparent, f) George & Effie's Wedding
For a year, viewers wondered who interrupted The Wedding. I seemed most obvious that George's previous love, burlesque star in France was the obvious person. Viewers seen her face on posters about the stage "The Star Bright Club" Violet and Ms Bright run. The season ended with George and Effie saying 'You', not "You two," as in his aunts.
Yet, the episode goes off in an absurd direction of an Aunt perceiving danger for Effie if they marry. This is the most disingenuous crime against viewers. The Episode WAVED!!!! Nina Bloom on two posters at her old haunt after years in France. She was to be there as the wedding was happening, and nobody told George, "you know, Nina is back."
George is in the establishment, and the signs are gone.
In short, for no good reason, the producers, writers and production company decided to wave Nina Bloom on two posters after years in France and jerk it out from under loyal viewers feet. That was seriously wrong.
What gets the most attention is the graveyard killings. Viewers see a guy dug up, reach from the coffin and snap necks with one hand. Exploring the recent dead and this unknown burial. A list of the dead brings up Ms Hart's dead father.
Here is where they do not know if they are going to expose a zombie or a living person doing the killings. If one hand snapping necks isn't enough to say zombie, Ms Hart supposedly did her Father's autopsy. That's his organs scooped out dead. She is convinced he is dead
If that was not a problem, the 'zombie' killing leads to an investigation of the fresh dead. Coroner Ms Violet Hart supposedly did her Father's Autopsy. The sole coroner for Toronto area, she supposedly scooped out his insides, etc. She knows he is dead.
Even if it is say his brother pulling a con, you have a superhuman zomboid human who was buried alive.
In all, is he a zombie or not? Make up your mind.
The only thing keeping this episode alive is Watts and his butcher love Jack in New York with Jack's child. A detective is looking for him. Grandparents seem to want the child raised out of the seedy gay environment. It is one of them custody battles you do not see in Movies and Television. It is refreshing given this is about 100-years ago and not the 21st Century where it is possible to keep a child.
In all, last season they waved Nina Bloom likely will make a surprising appearance, but pull that away. There is a zombie buried alive that can snap a man's neck with one hand who because of the three-legged dog seems to be Maurice, Ms Heart's autopsy dead Father. But, a spoiler was made during a commercial and Maurice appears wanting money, not brains has a viewer wondering how he snapped necks and why the hard sell in the grave yard if all validation to be seen as a zombie, the zombie-fake kills the men off. A zombie or some con, it no longer is a 'Night Stalker' episode. Viewers are just asking what the heck are they trying to say.
The effort is a mess trying too hard to be slick and just does not know what it wants. Making the pedestrian viewer feel stupid is not how you treat loyal viewers.
This episode holds viewers in contempt. That is wrong.
For a year, viewers wondered who interrupted The Wedding. I seemed most obvious that George's previous love, burlesque star in France was the obvious person. Viewers seen her face on posters about the stage "The Star Bright Club" Violet and Ms Bright run. The season ended with George and Effie saying 'You', not "You two," as in his aunts.
Yet, the episode goes off in an absurd direction of an Aunt perceiving danger for Effie if they marry. This is the most disingenuous crime against viewers. The Episode WAVED!!!! Nina Bloom on two posters at her old haunt after years in France. She was to be there as the wedding was happening, and nobody told George, "you know, Nina is back."
George is in the establishment, and the signs are gone.
In short, for no good reason, the producers, writers and production company decided to wave Nina Bloom on two posters after years in France and jerk it out from under loyal viewers feet. That was seriously wrong.
What gets the most attention is the graveyard killings. Viewers see a guy dug up, reach from the coffin and snap necks with one hand. Exploring the recent dead and this unknown burial. A list of the dead brings up Ms Hart's dead father.
Here is where they do not know if they are going to expose a zombie or a living person doing the killings. If one hand snapping necks isn't enough to say zombie, Ms Hart supposedly did her Father's autopsy. That's his organs scooped out dead. She is convinced he is dead
If that was not a problem, the 'zombie' killing leads to an investigation of the fresh dead. Coroner Ms Violet Hart supposedly did her Father's Autopsy. The sole coroner for Toronto area, she supposedly scooped out his insides, etc. She knows he is dead.
Even if it is say his brother pulling a con, you have a superhuman zomboid human who was buried alive.
In all, is he a zombie or not? Make up your mind.
The only thing keeping this episode alive is Watts and his butcher love Jack in New York with Jack's child. A detective is looking for him. Grandparents seem to want the child raised out of the seedy gay environment. It is one of them custody battles you do not see in Movies and Television. It is refreshing given this is about 100-years ago and not the 21st Century where it is possible to keep a child.
In all, last season they waved Nina Bloom likely will make a surprising appearance, but pull that away. There is a zombie buried alive that can snap a man's neck with one hand who because of the three-legged dog seems to be Maurice, Ms Heart's autopsy dead Father. But, a spoiler was made during a commercial and Maurice appears wanting money, not brains has a viewer wondering how he snapped necks and why the hard sell in the grave yard if all validation to be seen as a zombie, the zombie-fake kills the men off. A zombie or some con, it no longer is a 'Night Stalker' episode. Viewers are just asking what the heck are they trying to say.
The effort is a mess trying too hard to be slick and just does not know what it wants. Making the pedestrian viewer feel stupid is not how you treat loyal viewers.
This episode holds viewers in contempt. That is wrong.
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