With Dr Ogden convicted of killing her husband and sentenced to death, Murdoch has very little time to help her. For an instant, he sees Gillies, with whom he has crossed swords twice before, in the courtroom, but then he seems to vanish, unseen by anyone else.
Murdoch and his colleagues, convinced that Dr Ogden has been framed, set about discovering how it was done. Murdoch finds convincing ways the evidence may have been forged, but this leaves the judge asking, entirely reasonably, how he can be sure that Murdoch did not fabricate all the evidence himself, in order to cover up a crime of passion. For once, Chief Constable Giles cuts Murdoch some slack, in order to try to find evidence to clear Dr Grace.
In the race against time that follows, Murdoch goes missing at the critical moment. From his position in a locked cell, what can he do to thwart the plans of his nemesis?
This was a superb episode, only slightly devalued by the idea that only one outcome would have been acceptable.
I feel that I must comment on the other reviews,because they present such a poor take on the episode that the impression they leave is gravely misleading. Ctyankee1 has just reviewed the wrong episode. In the other reviews, one reviewer complains that it would not have been possible to synchronise sound with pictures, but in fact both sound and picture technologies were available, and all that was necessary was to find some way to start the film and recording together, and it would certainly be possible to create a suitable switch circuit. One might argue that the producers should have let sound slip out of sync with the pictures, but that's really as severe as one might reasonably be. As for the relationship between Dr Ogden and Detective Murdoch, let's be realistic - the series is called Murdoch Mysteries, so the romantic plot line must be subsidiary. That's why it takes a while to play out.
I know I'm a fan of the show, but clearly there are others who are not. Watch for yourself, gentle reader, and decide who is telling more truth...
Murdoch and his colleagues, convinced that Dr Ogden has been framed, set about discovering how it was done. Murdoch finds convincing ways the evidence may have been forged, but this leaves the judge asking, entirely reasonably, how he can be sure that Murdoch did not fabricate all the evidence himself, in order to cover up a crime of passion. For once, Chief Constable Giles cuts Murdoch some slack, in order to try to find evidence to clear Dr Grace.
In the race against time that follows, Murdoch goes missing at the critical moment. From his position in a locked cell, what can he do to thwart the plans of his nemesis?
This was a superb episode, only slightly devalued by the idea that only one outcome would have been acceptable.
I feel that I must comment on the other reviews,because they present such a poor take on the episode that the impression they leave is gravely misleading. Ctyankee1 has just reviewed the wrong episode. In the other reviews, one reviewer complains that it would not have been possible to synchronise sound with pictures, but in fact both sound and picture technologies were available, and all that was necessary was to find some way to start the film and recording together, and it would certainly be possible to create a suitable switch circuit. One might argue that the producers should have let sound slip out of sync with the pictures, but that's really as severe as one might reasonably be. As for the relationship between Dr Ogden and Detective Murdoch, let's be realistic - the series is called Murdoch Mysteries, so the romantic plot line must be subsidiary. That's why it takes a while to play out.
I know I'm a fan of the show, but clearly there are others who are not. Watch for yourself, gentle reader, and decide who is telling more truth...
