This is possibly the least impressive "Murdoch" episode in recent memory. I confess to having limited interest in stories about Scottish clans and their enduring and rather arcane rivalries, but I could have put up with this plotline had it not been for the ridiculous device of dressing up the very non-Scottish William Murdoch and Thomas Brackenreid in Scots attire and having them participate in the "Highland Games"' Toronto offshoot. The only redeeming feature of the episode, in my view, was poor Henry Higgins' disastrous and amusing attempt to compete in the caber-tossing event. Sadly, that occupied far too little time in the scheme of things...
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Lame script and dialog
lima-230 April 2024
Warning: Spoilers
The Scottish clan games story was okay. The non-Scottish Murdoch, Brackenreid, and Higgins dressed in Highland attire was mildly amusing.
The secondary story line where Julia Ogden and Margaret Brackenreid investigate a suspicious death on their own is so improbable.
Julia jumps to the conclusion the man's death is a suicide. Her dialog to convince Margaret of suicide is so unlikely, that it doesn't even convince me, as a casual viewer.
Then Julia destroys evidence that could disprove suicide, by throwing the victim's belongings to the river! I don't know of any coroner or former corner that would do such a thing! Unconvincing script dialog and delivery.
The secondary story line where Julia Ogden and Margaret Brackenreid investigate a suspicious death on their own is so improbable.
Julia jumps to the conclusion the man's death is a suicide. Her dialog to convince Margaret of suicide is so unlikely, that it doesn't even convince me, as a casual viewer.
Then Julia destroys evidence that could disprove suicide, by throwing the victim's belongings to the river! I don't know of any coroner or former corner that would do such a thing! Unconvincing script dialog and delivery.
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