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Some birders, Plumlee and Harrison , are grousing about a fellow first-time birder when they are both shot by someone with a high powered rifle. Both were to testify against Rex Gray at a trial the following week. That leaves one witness left, Roger Newsome, who has been a thorn in Crabtree's side in two earlier cases, left alive to testify.

Crabtree and Higgins are ordered to guard Newsome who is supposed to be in hiding in a safe house. However, Newsome is planning on presenting his sighting of the rare Inca Tern to a group of ornithologists. To look his best, Newsome decides to go out for a haircut and he promptly gets shot. Before dying he leaves a message for George," Tell him I had a bird's eye view." Murdoch decides to be prescient and take a page out of "Weekend at Bernies" by parading the dead body about, as though he were alive to hopefully trap the shooter and have him testify against Grey.

Everyone gets involved including Julia and her assistant to make the corpse look alive. And Murdoch devises a special wheelchair that allows for Newsome's head and arms and legs to be moved. Thus the corpse is paraded through the street back to the hotel. What follows is a lot of word banter, and a silly parade of ideas to cover up the multiple deaths as the corpse keeps getting shot and resurrected. Unfortunately, Higgins spills the beans before reporter Louise Cherry who has to be brought into the conspiracy.

The plan sort of works and Henry stops the shooter. Unfortunately, he stops him by killing him. But Newsome's last words might still offer a clue and put Rex Grey behind bars for murder.

There is also a silly subplot about who has been cutting Murdoch's hair over the years.

In "Weekend at Murdoch's" (season 10, episode 8) the "resurrected" corpse of assassinated witness Roger Newsome is wheeled through the streets of Toronto in a special chair that the ever-inventive Detective Murdock has equipped with special controls to make it appear that the chair's "disabled" occupant is alive and able to move his limbs. The intent of the subterfuge is to draw out the killer who was hired to assassinate the witness. Since the unenviable Mr Newsom was portrayed in three (or more) previous episodes as a self-important and thoroughly-spoiled but cowardly braggart, the "antics" of the well-dressed cadaver in the wheelchair are hilarious. I couldn't help laughing out loud!

This is obviously a take on 'Weekend at Bernie's.' Roger Newsome of the Mimico Newsomes, is the last surviving witness of a murder. Unfortunately, he gets killed and Murdoch comes up with the idea of "keeping him alive" to smoke out the killer.

Lots of slapstick as Murdoch creates a wheelchair for Roger's body with levers to make Roger move therefore making it look like he's alive. At one point Crabtree punches himself with it. Lol.

This episode introduces Ruth Newsome who has a thing for Henry. Roger's sister and another eccentric nutty Newsome who has a thing for Henry. Lol.

While the parts with the dead Roger are hilarious, there is another area that is also hilarious. That is Julia and Murdoch's fun picking-on and teasing each other. They are incredibly funny as they are all smiles and polite about it. A lot of it is about who cuts Murdoch's hair. As we know William's hair is always perfect and never wavers in style or length. Lol. But it is also really funny at the end of the funeral scene at Roger's funeral when George asks William to say a few words. You can tell Julia is quite amused by this. That's how they should always write these two, teasing and lovey-dovey. They are very cute this way. 10/10.