And Yet Another Netflix Recommendation..."Murdoch Mysteries"
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 8:54 pm
I came across this one channel surfing one day...
I caught an episode from the latest season on Ovation, (It's a Canadian produced show; in the US it's called The Artful Detective)
I then looked it up and found all nine seasons on Netflix...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091909/
We're now nearly to the end of Season 2...
(There was also a short three episode version a few years earlier: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386955/?ref_=tt_rec_tti )
The show is set in 1890's Toronto, and it has some similarities to Ripper Street...
Particularly in the use of early versions of modern forensics and scientific evidence gathering methods...
But I wouldn't say that anyone who liked Ripper Street will also like this show, (though I like both of them) because it's less "dark" and gritty than Ripper Street, and more on the campy and witty side...
The main character, William Murdoch, (played by Yannick Bisson, who I had never heard of before) is such an up-tight Mr. Perfect...brilliant, an absolute gentleman, completely incorruptible, morally up-right, and glaringly handsome...
that I've frequently found myself wishing somebody would hit him in the face with a pie...
Though about half way through the second season he seems to be finally getting the pole out of his ass, and confronting the possibility that moral "right and wrong" might be a bit more complicated than he had assumed...(falling in love can have that effect...)
None of this is to say that the show would qualify as some sort of comedy spoof...(there are some very heavy issues dealt with, particularly as the series has been progressing through the second season...)
And the mysteries are well crafted, with a lot of plot twists, and there's also an excellent ensemble supporting cast....
Another interesting thing they do in the show in a number of episodes is bring in historical figures from the period...
So far they've had Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle is in a couple of episodes, as well as Wild Bill's Wild West Show (with Bill Hickock and Annie Oakley) and Harry Houdini...
Some of the episodes are a lot more "serious" than others...(one we recently watched dealing with abortion was just about as serious as you can get...on the other hand, the one with Houdini was hilarious...)
In any event, if you like a well cast, well written mystery show and you haven't seen this one...
Lord Jim Bob says check it out...
I caught an episode from the latest season on Ovation, (It's a Canadian produced show; in the US it's called The Artful Detective)
I then looked it up and found all nine seasons on Netflix...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091909/
We're now nearly to the end of Season 2...
(There was also a short three episode version a few years earlier: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386955/?ref_=tt_rec_tti )
The show is set in 1890's Toronto, and it has some similarities to Ripper Street...
Particularly in the use of early versions of modern forensics and scientific evidence gathering methods...
But I wouldn't say that anyone who liked Ripper Street will also like this show, (though I like both of them) because it's less "dark" and gritty than Ripper Street, and more on the campy and witty side...
The main character, William Murdoch, (played by Yannick Bisson, who I had never heard of before) is such an up-tight Mr. Perfect...brilliant, an absolute gentleman, completely incorruptible, morally up-right, and glaringly handsome...
that I've frequently found myself wishing somebody would hit him in the face with a pie...
Though about half way through the second season he seems to be finally getting the pole out of his ass, and confronting the possibility that moral "right and wrong" might be a bit more complicated than he had assumed...(falling in love can have that effect...)
None of this is to say that the show would qualify as some sort of comedy spoof...(there are some very heavy issues dealt with, particularly as the series has been progressing through the second season...)
And the mysteries are well crafted, with a lot of plot twists, and there's also an excellent ensemble supporting cast....
Another interesting thing they do in the show in a number of episodes is bring in historical figures from the period...
So far they've had Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle is in a couple of episodes, as well as Wild Bill's Wild West Show (with Bill Hickock and Annie Oakley) and Harry Houdini...
Some of the episodes are a lot more "serious" than others...(one we recently watched dealing with abortion was just about as serious as you can get...on the other hand, the one with Houdini was hilarious...)
In any event, if you like a well cast, well written mystery show and you haven't seen this one...
Lord Jim Bob says check it out...
