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• 5.0 out of 5 stars Another Cliffhanger! And Another Great Murdoch Season!

  Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017

  This season has a couple story threads which evolve over several episodes. Dead people turn out to be not so dead. There is Detective Watts, visiting from Station 1, who is working on a string of missing women stretching back many years. And Murdoch and Julia are going to build a house. Murdoch is designing it himself, which means he has to explain to potential builders that he wants a science laboratory, an automated dishwashing cupboard, rainwater collection for irrigation, and an internal cooking system. A little unusual for 1904!

  ....espisodes 1 & 2, two-parter "Great Balls of Fire". Rodney Strong is "peculiarly uninterested in entertaining the company of young ladies". But that doesn't stop his wealthy parents from holding a ball to introduce him to all the eligible young ladies in Toronto. Like the prince in "Cinderella", he has to -choose a wife. Too bad the night is interrupted by a dead body.
  Real person: Elmina Ella Susannah Elliot (1867-1931) news paper columnist who married her publisher.
  Real: The Great Fire of Toronto, 4/19/1904.
  ....episode 3 "A Study in Pink" Murdoch has a new invention. Wearing equipment that makes them look like ghostbusters, two constables can track a person via radio receivers and a 'bug'. But will it help them find a murderer?
  Real: Montreal did indeed have an Irish criminal family in the early 1900s, called the West End Gang.
  ....episode 4 "Concocting a Killer" Gus Shanley has spent 12 years in prison, when a judge overturns his conviction for killing Rex Landon. Why? Because the coroner, now Mrs. Murdoch, made a mistake. As Murdoch cannot work on the re-opened case, Detective Watts is transferred to Station House 4 to handle it.
  ....episode 5 "Jagged Little Pill" Edward McInnes, magnate of McInnes Biscuits fame, is found dead in his automobile.
  ....episode 6 "Bend It Like Brackenreid" It's an important football match, Toronto vs Galt, a qualifier for the Olympics. Brackenreid is friends with the Galt trainer and half the station house turns out to watch. They get more excitement than they bargain for when a player dies on the field.
  Brackenreid objects to the term 'soccer': "I will not have you copying some toffee-nosed prat repeating another toffee-nosed prat. The sport is called football, Crabtree!"
  Real: Galt won a gold medal in soccer at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, MO.
  ....episode 7 "Painted Ladies" Murdoch is called to a lake, where a dandy lies dead in a paddle boat, his lips smeared with red lipstick. Is it because of a "flirtation card"?
  This is a fun episode. Real: There were early 1900s ads promoting tapeworm pills for losing weight. Supposedly the pills contained a tapeworm egg. No proof today that the pills actually had such an egg, nor that anyone was dumb enough to buy them.
  ....episode 8 "The Weekend at Murdochs" Gilford and Alistair are birders out on a beautiful June morning. They are hoping to see the mustachioed Inca Tern, because a rival has seen one, "the first... in all of North America." Who knew being a birder could be so deadly?
  ....episode 9 "Excitable Chap" Estephanie and Peregrine are 'parking'. I imagine that as soon as there were cars there were couples parking. This night, though, a masked man pulls Peregrine out of the car and procedes to purr as he kisses Estephanie's hand. The Lurker strikes again. But is he a murderer?
  This is Murdoch's Jekyll & Hyde episode.
  ....episode 10 "The Devil Inside" Murdoch is called to a double murder scene. The villain is still there, hunched over and bedraggled, and he tells Murdoch, "I'm sorry. He made me do it." But isn't James Gillies supposed to be dead after his fall from the railroad bridge?
  ....episode 11 "A Murdog Mystery" Someone has killed Mrs. Frizzel's beloved Horace. Murdoch is acting police chief while Brackenreid is on leave, and he explains to Crabtree, "Canicide is not murder."
  ....episode 12 "The Missing" Twenty years ago, little Adam Gordon disappeared from the mansion yard. His grandmother is sure he's still alive, and every year offers a $1,000 reward if he comes forward. But not everyone wants him to be found.
  ....episode 13 "Mr Murdoch's Neighborhood" Dr. Ogden creates an unusual training exercise for the constables, as well as seeking forensic data. (I like Murdoch Mysteries' introduction of real scientific discoveries, but this one seemed too anachronistic to me.)
  ....episode 14 "From Murdoch to Eternity" Oh, no! Murdoch has turned into a snake-oil salesman. He's selling a potion of eternal youth!
  ....episode 15 "Hades Hath No Fury" A young woman is killed by a bomb blast. Detective Watts is dismayed to find out that she is on his disappeared list, lost for two years. If she has been alive all this time, what about the other women on his list?
  ....episode 16 "Master of Lovecraft" Budding horror fantasy author, H.P. Lovecraft, is in Toronto. And he forms a crush on an unlikely person.
  Real: HP Lovecraft never made a living off his writing, and died penniless.
  ....episode 17 "Hot Wheels of Thunder" It's murder at the roller skating rink. Dr. Ogden goes undercover on a roller derby team.
  ....episode 18 "Hell to Pay" We've seen poor Crabtree framed and convicted after a prior season cliffhanger. In this last episode of Season 10, Murdoch is suspected of murder – and not everyone is sure he's innocent. Not only that – we have to wait until Season 11 to find out who did it!
  "TO BE CONTINUED"

  Season 10's eighteen episodes total 792 minutes. If you buy them on disc, English subtitles are available on the episodes and the Bonus Features.

  There are 20 short Bonus Features totaling 22 minutes. The topics are varied and there's some 26 commentators, from both cast and crew and more.
  In Bonus P, "Favorite Historical Character", series actors tell who their favorite Guest Star has been from the first 10 seasons of the show. Match the actor to the guest star! Answers are given in a comment to this review:
  WHICH ACTOR...PICKED WHICH....GUEST STAR?
  Kristian Bruun........??????............Bat Masterson
  Yannick Besson......??????.............Mark Twain
  Monna Traore.......??????............Sherlock Holmes
  Jonny Harris..........??????.............Canadian Suffragettes
  Thomas Craig........??????.............Thomas Edison
  Lachlan Murdoch..??????.............Nikola Tesla
  Helene Joy............??????..............Mark Twain

  Favorite quote from the Bonus Features,
  "Crabtree is the golden retriever of the team."

  Happy Reader

  

  5.0 out of 5 stars

  Another Cliffhanger! And Another Great Murdoch Season!

  Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017

  This season has a couple story threads which evolve over several episodes. Dead people turn out to be not so dead. There is Detective Watts, visiting from Station 1, who is working on a string of missing women stretching back many years. And Murdoch and Julia are going to build a house. Murdoch is designing it himself, which means he has to explain to potential builders that he wants a science laboratory, an automated dishwashing cupboard, rainwater collection for irrigation, and an internal cooking system. A little unusual for 1904!

  ....espisodes 1 & 2, two-parter "Great Balls of Fire". Rodney Strong is "peculiarly uninterested in entertaining the company of young ladies". But that doesn't stop his wealthy parents from holding a ball to introduce him to all the eligible young ladies in Toronto. Like the prince in "Cinderella", he has to -choose a wife. Too bad the night is interrupted by a dead body.
  Real person: Elmina Ella Susannah Elliot (1867-1931) news paper columnist who married her publisher.
  Real: The Great Fire of Toronto, 4/19/1904.
  ....episode 3 "A Study in Pink" Murdoch has a new invention. Wearing equipment that makes them look like ghostbusters, two constables can track a person via radio receivers and a 'bug'. But will it help them find a murderer?
  Real: Montreal did indeed have an Irish criminal family in the early 1900s, called the West End Gang.
  ....episode 4 "Concocting a Killer" Gus Shanley has spent 12 years in prison, when a judge overturns his conviction for killing Rex Landon. Why? Because the coroner, now Mrs. Murdoch, made a mistake. As Murdoch cannot work on the re-opened case, Detective Watts is transferred to Station House 4 to handle it.
  ....episode 5 "Jagged Little Pill" Edward McInnes, magnate of McInnes Biscuits fame, is found dead in his automobile.
  ....episode 6 "Bend It Like Brackenreid" It's an important football match, Toronto vs Galt, a qualifier for the Olympics. Brackenreid is friends with the Galt trainer and half the station house turns out to watch. They get more excitement than they bargain for when a player dies on the field.
  Brackenreid objects to the term 'soccer': "I will not have you copying some toffee-nosed prat repeating another toffee-nosed prat. The sport is called football, Crabtree!"
  Real: Galt won a gold medal in soccer at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, MO.
  ....episode 7 "Painted Ladies" Murdoch is called to a lake, where a dandy lies dead in a paddle boat, his lips smeared with red lipstick. Is it because of a "flirtation card"?
  This is a fun episode. Real: There were early 1900s ads promoting tapeworm pills for losing weight. Supposedly the pills contained a tapeworm egg. No proof today that the pills actually had such an egg, nor that anyone was dumb enough to buy them.
  ....episode 8 "The Weekend at Murdochs" Gilford and Alistair are birders out on a beautiful June morning. They are hoping to see the mustachioed Inca Tern, because a rival has seen one, "the first... in all of North America." Who knew being a birder could be so deadly?
  ....episode 9 "Excitable Chap" Estephanie and Peregrine are 'parking'. I imagine that as soon as there were cars there were couples parking. This night, though, a masked man pulls Peregrine out of the car and procedes to purr as he kisses Estephanie's hand. The Lurker strikes again. But is he a murderer?
  This is Murdoch's Jekyll & Hyde episode.
  ....episode 10 "The Devil Inside" Murdoch is called to a double murder scene. The villain is still there, hunched over and bedraggled, and he tells Murdoch, "I'm sorry. He made me do it." But isn't James Gillies supposed to be dead after his fall from the railroad bridge?
  ....episode 11 "A Murdog Mystery" Someone has killed Mrs. Frizzel's beloved Horace. Murdoch is acting police chief while Brackenreid is on leave, and he explains to Crabtree, "Canicide is not murder."
  ....episode 12 "The Missing" Twenty years ago, little Adam Gordon disappeared from the mansion yard. His grandmother is sure he's still alive, and every year offers a $1,000 reward if he comes forward. But not everyone wants him to be found.
  ....episode 13 "Mr Murdoch's Neighborhood" Dr. Ogden creates an unusual training exercise for the constables, as well as seeking forensic data. (I like Murdoch Mysteries' introduction of real scientific discoveries, but this one seemed too anachronistic to me.)
  ....episode 14 "From Murdoch to Eternity" Oh, no! Murdoch has turned into a snake-oil salesman. He's selling a potion of eternal youth!
  ....episode 15 "Hades Hath No Fury" A young woman is killed by a bomb blast. Detective Watts is dismayed to find out that she is on his disappeared list, lost for two years. If she has been alive all this time, what about the other women on his list?
  ....episode 16 "Master of Lovecraft" Budding horror fantasy author, H.P. Lovecraft, is in Toronto. And he forms a crush on an unlikely person.
  Real: HP Lovecraft never made a living off his writing, and died penniless.
  ....episode 17 "Hot Wheels of Thunder" It's murder at the roller skating rink. Dr. Ogden goes undercover on a roller derby team.
  ....episode 18 "Hell to Pay" We've seen poor Crabtree framed and convicted after a prior season cliffhanger. In this last episode of Season 10, Murdoch is suspected of murder – and not everyone is sure he's innocent. Not only that – we have to wait until Season 11 to find out who did it!
  "TO BE CONTINUED"

  Season 10's eighteen episodes total 792 minutes. If you buy them on disc, English subtitles are available on the episodes and the Bonus Features.

  There are 20 short Bonus Features totaling 22 minutes. The topics are varied and there's some 26 commentators, from both cast and crew and more.
  In Bonus P, "Favorite Historical Character", series actors tell who their favorite Guest Star has been from the first 10 seasons of the show. Match the actor to the guest star! Answers are given in a comment to this review:
  WHICH ACTOR...PICKED WHICH....GUEST STAR?
  Kristian Bruun........??????............Bat Masterson
  Yannick Besson......??????.............Mark Twain
  Monna Traore.......??????............Sherlock Holmes
  Jonny Harris..........??????.............Canadian Suffragettes
  Thomas Craig........??????.............Thomas Edison
  Lachlan Murdoch..??????.............Nikola Tesla
  Helene Joy............??????..............Mark Twain

  Favorite quote from the Bonus Features,
  "Crabtree is the golden retriever of the team."

  Happy Reader

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH THE WAIT

  Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017

  After the Monk tv series, this became our 2nd favorite. To watch the very last episode of Murdoch's Season 9 and know that there was not going to be a Season 10 for some months was very disagreeable. But my dh and I managed to carry on in spite of the wait. Upon seeing Season 10's first episode in 2 parts, we were not disappointed in any way.
  Regarding the special Murdoch Christmas, it appears it can be seen as a special watch for a minimal fee through Acorn. It would be better if it could have been part of Acorn's offerings without a price. However after searching high and low last year trying to lay hold of it, even contacting friends in Canada, I found it couldn't be done. Therefore, we are happy it can be seen now even if it means accepting the rental fee.
  6/15/17 - We just finished watching Episode 8: Weekend at Murdoch's. More must be said regarding this formidable series and especially this episode. One of the things we have grown to appreciate and find entertaining is the relationship between Detective Murdoch and Julia, his wife. It is delightful to see and hear the interplay between them. Moreover, the ending of this episode was a grand one because of them, IMHO. Even though we have seen all the past episodes, I can't remember one leaving me with such delight.
  

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars Murdoch and dinner - the winning combination.

  Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017

  One of the main reasons that I can easily justify paying the yearly subscription fee for Amazon Prime is because I am able to watch on a regular basis one of the greatest detective programs that has ever aired on television. My wife and I look forward to watching each episode while we unwind from a busy day of work and recreational activities. Dinner, wine and Murdoch - the perfect way to enjoy life. I've watched all episodes of each season several times and have every intention to repeat the process again when the last episode of season 10 is viewed later tonight. The chemistry between the main characters is brilliant, vibrant and at times magical. Perhaps the best comment that I can offer within this review is the simple fact that my wife is also enamored with Detective Murdoch and his cast of characters. I've been a fan of detective shows for many years and Murdoch Mysteries is the first and only one that my wife has ever found to hold her interest for more than a few minutes. In my humble opinion, Murdoch Mysteries is magnificent and if it were possible to watch 10 more seasons with the same cast and eventually see George find his way into a meaningful relationship with the woman of his dreams, that would be the perfect ending.
  

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously need new Murdoch Season 10 episodes!

  Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2017

  Please, please - publish additional Season 10 episodes on Amazon Video. Acorn committed to providing new episodes of current season within 24 hours of original air date. Yet this is not occurring. I contacted Amazon to see if they could resolve this issue yet they indicated I would need to take the matter up with "Amazon International". Given that I am not an Amazon employee, I will hold off spending time managing their customer serivice duties. The issue is - the current season, is on episode 13 yet Acorn has chosen to only offer up to episode 6. So, here is a shout out to my fellow Murdoch Mystery Fans in the USA -- - while I say this all lightheartedly still seems fitting to say: Hang in there - - you are not alone as I too am sad and blue in serious need of a a new Murdoch Mystery episodes. I tried watching other mystery programs yet they fall short comparatively. Perhaps one day Acorn or another service will overcome the issue with providing us opportunity to view episode 7 and beyond in Season 10. Perhaps we need to ring Murdoch, Crabtree or The Inspector to see if they can resolve this issue.
  

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