Lead players in this entertaining adventure are Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bission) and former coroner (now psychologist) Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy) as the investigative duo that unravels the evidence set before them. Assisted by Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Deputy Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris), Coroner Dr. Emily Grace (Georgina Reilly), and with Constable Henry Higgins (Lachlan Murdoch), the group combats murderers, thieves, spies and perhaps mole people.
Romance is afoot in this lovely metropolitan city between our handsome Detective Murdoch and the lovely Julia Ogden as they explore their true feelings after the death of Julia's husband, while Crabtree and Dr. Emily are still testing the waters of their love and trust. And, even our rough Inspector Brackenreid turns to putty in the hands of an enticing flirting woman.
In Murdoch Mysteries: Season 7, old friends and enemies make a call. In "Return of Sherlock Holmes," the detective and psychologist placate a traumatized young man, David Kingsley (Andrew Gower), who has assumed the identity of Sherlock Holmes, as the trio employs scientific and forensic measures to solve the mystery of a missing nanny. In "The Filmed Adventures of Detective William Murdoch," we find inventor James Pendrick's (Peter Stebbings) filmmaking adventure with Murdoch playing the lead. "The Spy Who Came Up From the Cold" is an episode where a United States president is assassinated, Canadian anarchists are rounded up, and Murdoch finds himself in a web of international espionage with his old acquaintance, government agent Terrence Meyers (Peter Keleghan). In "The Murdoch Sting," a white-collar con woman is pretending to be the illegitimate daughter of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. When Murdoch meets up with the lady impersonating the real con artist Cassie Chadwick, he finds it is none other than a bewitching con artist from the past. And finally, in "A Midnight Train to Kingston," Detective Murdoch, Inspector Brackenreid and Dr. Ogden accompany Murdoch's nemesis, convicted murderer James Gillies (Michael Seater), who previously framed Julia for the murder of her husband, Darcy (Jonathan Watton). Now after Murdoch exonerated her, the couple move on to pick up the pieces of their lives, but without Gillies' execution, will they ever be free of the threats made on their lives?
Interwoven in the stories of Murdoch Mysteries: Season 7, Murdoch and Julia take a voyage aboard an opulent passage ship; a Loch Ness monster threatens the lives of swimmers; and Murdoch discovers "stimulants" giving bicycle race participants an advantage while he creates new gears for his vehicle to give himself an advantage in the race. In an effort to bring her science into the future, Dr. Ogden tries some new techniques on her phobic patients, but receives threatening resistance. She also gets a message from her father that requires an immediate visit. Additionally, a respectable church choir discovers ragtime, and a bachelorette party turns horrific.
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 7 heightens our sense of innovation, adventure, mystery, science and history. The show is layered with historical events, figures and inventions. Our modest detective welcomes inventive scientific challenges and applies forensics and new inventions to solve crimes. He is methodical, religious, and courteous with an introverted metabolism that pushes him to continue to discover ways to bring justice to humanity.
The cast is brilliant and feels like family. It is easy to engage with this series and to anxiously await future episodes. The show is not rated, but there is a caution of disturbing images. The writing, costumes, and production is excellent. There is so much content that grabs your attentions, and makes you embrace and empathize with the characters. Canada has certainly given us a great gift -- it's like a history lesson come to life.
