Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series)
Election Day (2015)
Yannick Bisson: Detective William Murdoch
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : [on phone] I will do immediately. Thank you.
[hangs up]
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Crabtree! In here!
Constable George Crabtree : Sirs?
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Pack up your desk.
Constable George Crabtree : Excuse me?
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : And buy a suit. Davis's Station House Number 3 wants you as his detective. You start in two weeks.
Constable George Crabtree : Sir! Truly?
Detective William Murdoch : Detective Crabtree. Congratulations.
Constable George Crabtree : [laughing] Detective Crabtree. I like the sound of that.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : No time to celebrate; we've got to get to the polls. Margaret's waiting.
Detective William Murdoch : Oh, sir, I already voted. In the advance polls, in case I was detained on an investigation.
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Terrence Meyers : This is an unfortunate turn of events. I personally recruited McCarthy out of McGill University. Trained him myself.
Detective William Murdoch : Hm, perhaps *that* would explain his fate.
Terrence Meyers : I need you to help me find his killer.
Detective William Murdoch : Ah yes, I imagine it's a matter of
Terrence Meyers , Detective William Murdoch : National Security.
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Detective William Murdoch : So your spy tasked with monitoring international movement of munitions found time to vote in our elections this morning?
Terrence Meyers : Spies fulfill their civic duties as well as anyone else.
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Detective William Murdoch : If you will excuse me, I am to meet my wife.
Terrence Meyers : Of course! In all of this excitement, I forgot to congratulate you on your marriage.
Detective William Murdoch : Thank you. We are very happy.
Terrence Meyers : Quite a pistol, that Dr. Ogden, hmm? Election agitating and all. Puts me in mind of a noble salmon, swimming upstream, against the current, hmm? Do you fish, Murdoch?
Detective William Murdoch : No.
Terrence Meyers : Hmm. Well, that's a shame.
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Terrence Meyers : The murder was committed by a German, just not THAT German.
Detective William Murdoch : If this is indeed the work of a spy, we need information. Everything you know.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : And do not say the words "national security."
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Detective William Murdoch : Considering the weapon, and the force required to strangle someone, I would expect to see some marks on the killer's hands.
Terrence Meyers : Any spy worth his salt would wear gloves when executing a man.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : Any spy worth his salt won't speak German and expose himself.
Terrence Meyers : He exposed himself precisely to hide himself. Some things you have yet to learn, Inspector. That poor bugger is neither a killer nor a spy.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : That poor bugger is neither a killer nor a spy.
Detective William Murdoch : I agree.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : So let's find the real one.
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Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : So the victim, this Burt Larsen, was a plugger who used the spy's name by mistake, and got plugged for it. Ha, bit unfortunate, that.
Detective William Murdoch : Sir, he was strangled, not shot.
Inspector Thomas Brackenreid : , Murdoch, I know. It was a joke.