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How did the killer do it?

[reb-warrior · 8/10 · 4 January 2023]

This is a good episode in so many ways. Finding dead bodies that have been turned into statues. Gold-plated no less. Naked statues, which added to the humor before they realized they were dead bodies.

Murdoch, cleverly figures out the statues were imitating the last supper. Loved the scene with the little figures as he tries to figure out the positions.

This episode has all the usual fun interactions. Loved seeing Dr. Ogden working with William. Tho, she was anyway as a psychologist. They introduced a new recurring character, Rebecca James.

Given the unusual nature of the murders and trying to figure out the motive and agenda of the killer it was compelling to watch.

I think what was missing was how did Ginny do it. How did she kill 3 women then bring them across the street to the gold-plating factory, set them up in a device, and then lowered them into it and back out? And then put them all in different places around the city? All without anyone seeing anything. She was a poor prostitute, so it's not like she had a car or a carriage. Like how did she physically do it? I mean given there was a wax coating and gold-plating, that would make the bodies even heavier. And Ginny was a tiny thing.

Also, how did she do the body poses? Would she pose them first and then wait hours for them to get stiff? Wouldn't that make everything even more awkward given the weight? It doesn't leave much time to go all over the city to place the bodies/statues. No wonder they didn't show a flash of how Ginny did it. Lol. I mean I know I overlook things all the time, but I just thought this part was very weak. She did it, but we don't know how. 8/10.

Awesome story but...

[richardstaschy · 10/10 · 21 March 2017]

This is an interesting story because the murders reminded me of A Bucket of Blood (1959).

Usually these Murdoch Mysteries seemed to follow a complete line, even though some of the murder can be far-fetched or something out of the Dr. Phibes playbook. It's not realistic, but it's not bad and yet entertaining.

This episode is a puzzle. I'm not sure if it was done with the intent to keep the viewer thinking about the killer or with the intent to make a part 2. Or maybe this was a poorly written script and us Murdoch fans like something more from this.

What do we have? The killer that moved dead bodies in a public place. Assuming the victims were 120 pounds, they were dipped and chromed, I would guess adding 20 more pounds. I would also assume the body would absorb the liquid adding more body wright and leakage. How did one person move the body? How could nobody seen this? I don't want to spoil too much of the episode but I'm going to assume that is more to come from this one... My eyes are open.

I'm currently watching the show on Amazon and I'm looking foreword in buying the next season... :)

All the Nudes fit to Print

[pensman · 6/10 · 12 May 2016]

A very realistic bronze stature of a naked woman appears suddenly in a public park. When an outraged citizen attacks the statue, it bleeds. It turns out a real woman's body is found electroplated under the bronze, and she was the victim of a murder—stabbed—before she was encased. A second statue appears also containing the body of a murdered woman. Then a third appears: is a serial killer murdering prostitutes? In addition to trying to solve the murders, Dr. Julie Ogden acquires a new female black assistant: Rebecca James (Mouna Taore) and a recurring subplot on the prejudices facing blacks in Toronto begins . Inspector Brackenreid suspects a local man, James Kirkham. But Murdoch has an insight: the statues are being posed to resemble the tableau of The Last Supper. But why? What is the message? Dr. Ogden tries to gain the confidence of two local prostitutes, Ginny and Cora, while Murdoch hopes to gain some insight from a local priest, Father Raymond. Murdoch begins to suspect the case may be related to another case where another prostitute, Sally Brown, was executed for the murder of her pimp. Could the key be a Bible that that Sally gave to Ginny Beasley before her execution?

Even Murdoch couldn't carry out the plans of the murders

[shermanoaks-36823 · 30 July 2021]

There are so many impossible things to make this work that "Even The Inspector couldn't carry it out"

Exhibit A in the Comical Ineptitude of Murdoch.

[randomserialnumber · 4/10 · 24 January 2017]

In this comedy a bronzed human corpse is found in the park, having been delivered to this highly public location with zero eyewitnesses.

Murdoch, only tipped off to there BEING a corpse by a sexually frustrated man with a hammer, fails to put a watch on any of the prostitute-bronzing facilities even after another victim turns up and he deduces the killer may intend to continue.

Murdoch fails to save anyone and the case is resolved when it conveniently turns out the killer is another diminutive prostitute that has masterfully posed and bronzed her peers in a fairly insane revenge-atonement scheme.

Said waif has the magical ability to lug bronzed corpses larger than she is from the local gild-a-doxy to the park while being unseen possibly demonstrating invisibility along with super- strength.

Said magic murder prostitute then conveniently slits her own wrists before she can be apprehended.

Case. Closed.

Not a dreaded Ogden-quest, but silly nevertheless...

[sfoyoitt · 1/10 · 14 January 2019]

As these episodes go on in Season 9, they integrate Julia Ogden more into the daily police operation. Now she is coroner again, in addition to being this consulting "psychiatrist" that apparently sits in all police interrogations. This can only mean an endless stream of "William, William, William, William, William", interspersed with speeches about women and occasional inappropriate giggles.

Seriously, the Julia Ogden character ruins what is otherwise a serviceable show. Her saccharine bromides and teen angst are insufferable.

Now on to the episode.. original thoughts, indeed, but as others have said, it falls apart when logic is considered. No spoilers here, but how in the heck is our killer supposed to have accomplished this outcome?

A few laughable pacing moments, both involving William and Julia (sorry). Murdoch wakes Ogden from sleep to show her his discovery, and she acts all hazy and half-asleep (like she usually does), and then suddenly, like a flash of lightning, she wakes up and recites which golden statue was which woman, and which Last Supper apostle they represented! Wow, that's a fast study.

And at the end of the episode, the writers apparently believe that the audience skulls were too thick to understand the story, so they present this strange sequence with Julia and Murdoch (I hate typing William, because I HEAR it in that voice) walking along a pond, basically summarizing the entire episode, along with the killer's motivation and future intentions. Uh, guys... we just SAW it happen. No need to tell us.

Oh boy.... this show nose dived somewhere between S7 and S9. The insipid virus of Julia Ogden has now spread everywhere, and decent plots are in short supply. Help us Obi Wan Brackenreid! You are our only hope!