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Reviewed on December 1, 2018 | video
The Canadian television series (2008-) portrays the cases of Det. William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) of the Toronto Constabulary at the turn of the 20th century. Murdoch brings science and logic to bear on solving crimes, and the series often pushes the period's social and scientific bounds as with a scheme in Season 11 to establish high-speed rail and a research project on fertility treatments for women. Villains and allies reappear from past years along with famous figures. Alexander Graham Bell is back to help solve a murder at a dinner honoring Helen Keller. Murdoch must again save President Teddy Roosevelt, and Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy protests organ transplantation. Novel murder methods include an exploding cricket bat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More