Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)

Who Killed the Electric Carriage? (2012)

Yannick Bisson: Detective William Murdoch

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• Detective William Murdoch : Mr. Ford, why would a car that uses a gasoline engine need a battery?

  Henry Ford : At present, the engine needs to be hand-cranked. It's a problem - especially for the weaker sex. Wallensky's battery is just what I needed for an electrical ignition.

  Detective William Murdoch : So, it's just a coincidence then that by deprivng Mr. Pendrick of Mr. Wallensky of his battery, you would also be crushing your main competition.

  Henry Ford : I'm an engineer, Detective. I build cars. If I thought the electric car was superior, I would build electric cars, but the fact is the gasoline engine is superior.

  Detective William Murdoch : I've driven Mr. Pendrick's bullet. It was very impressive.

  Henry Ford : I've no doubt of that. I'm sure it's lightweight, streamlined.

  Detective William Murdoch : Yes, very much so.

  Henry Ford : It has to be, but the gasoline-powered car, on the other hand, can weigh a ton and look like an egg crate, but it can be driven a thousand miles because all it takes to keep it going is another tank of gasoline, and gas is cheap and always will be. There's an ocean of oil under the Texas desert.

• Constable George Crabtree : [referring to the lights one witness thought came from a UFO]  He thought they looked extra-terrestrial, sir.

  Detective William Murdoch : [sarcastically]  So, it's your feeling that this is the work of Martians, George?

  Constable George Crabtree : No, no, no, sir... Venusians! Venusians, sir, have a motive for invasion.

  Detective William Murdoch : And what would their motive be?

  Constable George Crabtree : Well, sir, Venus is permanenly beclouded. Clearly they have somehow managed to sully their own atmosphere and now covet our clear, blue skies, such as they are.

  Detective William Murdoch : [condescendingly]  Now, George, why go to the trouble of killing Ivan Wallensky and faking his suicide when they could easily dispatch him with a death ray?