Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) 24 Hours Til Doomsday (2015) User Reviews

A Chump in Space

[pensman · 9/10 · 12 May 2016]

If it's Canadian secret agent Terrence Meyers and fellow inventor James Pendrick in the same episode, then we know this will be a more tongue-in-cheek adventure. And it is, Canada and America might end up in war because if the Canadian government doesn't pay a blackmailer millions, the Americans could suffer a devastating attack. Murdoch follows the trail of supplies and this leads to a rocket built by Pendrick, not to attack America, but to make him the first man in space. And at first sighting: is it a bird, is it a plane, no it is James Pendrick in his flying suit. But has Pendrick been betrayed? And possibly once again by a woman? And what about old enemy Allen Clegg? Could he once again be attempting a coup? It's up to Murdoch to attempt the impossible: he must be able to fly, and somehow find a way to disable the rocket. How is a Necco wafer the answer? As it was said of another show: tune in same Bat time; same Bat Channel. A great romp for Murdoch fans.

"I flew!"

[theoriginalantiblonde · 10/10 · 27 August 2020]

I flew! I flew! I think this episode is worth a ten just for the wonderfully child like innocence of those excited words coming out of Yannick Bisson's mouth, though that was only the tip of this episode's most excellent iceberg. It's always a good day when Murdoch and Pendrick are thrown in together, then seeing Meyers accidentally shooting himself into space... hah! The series doesn't always hit the mark, but when it does, like in this episode, the missed marks fade into the distance, and you realize once again just how beautifully it is put together, how beautifully written and acted this series is. Oh those Canadians.

Have you heard of Svante Arrhenius?

[shermanoaks-36823 · 11 August 2021]

My Heading alone would put this is a "Jump The Shark" category; But he 'flew' without even attempting to take some sort of lesson. At least try to make it look like it could happen; when you are pretending. The reason for blowing up an American city in 1903! The Jules Verne touch at the beginning was a great foreshadowing.