Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)
24 Hours Til Doomsday (2015)
Yannick Bisson: Detective William Murdoch
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Quotes
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[last lines]
Dr. Julia Ogden : William.
Detective William Murdoch : Mn-mm.
Dr. Julia Ogden : I had an interesting conversation with the inspector today.
Detective William Murdoch : You did?
Dr. Julia Ogden : Indeed. You defused a bomb that could have caused a war?
Detective William Murdoch : I did.
Dr. Julia Ogden : A bomb affixed to a rocket.
Detective William Murdoch : Eh, yes.
Dr. Julia Ogden : So, a hero again.
[chuckles]
Dr. Julia Ogden : He told me something else, as well.
Detective William Murdoch : Well, the inspector certainly was talkative today.
Dr. Julia Ogden : You rode in a balloon and jumped out of it. In some kind of suit.
Detective William Murdoch : Mr. Pendrick assured me that it was safe.
Dr. Julia Ogden : And flew!
[sternly]
Dr. Julia Ogden : William Henry Murdoch, if you *ever* do something like that ever again... you had better take me with you.
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[first lines]
Detective William Murdoch : I'm merely stating that given that the film was based on a Jules Verne novel, it could pay at least cursory attention to scientific plausibility.
Dr. Julia Ogden : I believe it's meant for children, William.
Detective William Murdoch : Precisely. You wouldn't want them to go through life with a distorted understanding of physics.
Dr. Julia Ogden : So it's not possible to reach the moon by way of cannon?
Detective William Murdoch : Even if enough force could be summoned, the acceleration would crush you. I can't even begin to discuss the gravitational issues.
Dr. Julia Ogden : I thought you said you loved this book as a child.
Detective William Murdoch : Well, I know better now.
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Terrence Meyers : So... what is it exactly about our humble little country that you want so badly?
Allen Clegg : Have you heard of Svante Arrhenius?
Detective William Murdoch : The Swedish scientist who predicted that carbon dioxide emitted from coal burning would warm global temperatures by eight degrees by the end of the century.
Allen Clegg : In a hundred years when America is nothing but a boundless desert, Canada will have the ideal climate. How could I not do everything I could to save my country?
